[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 92 (Friday, May 15, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H2042-H2253]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      HEALTH AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY OMNIBUS EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS ACT

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 967, I call up 
the bill (H.R. 6800) making emergency supplemental appropriations for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, and 
ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Brown of Maryland). Pursuant to House 
Resolution 967, the amendment printed in House Report 116-421 is 
adopted, and the bill, as amended, is considered read.
  The text of the bill, as amended, is as follows:

                               H.R. 6800

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


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  May 15, 2020, on page H2042, the following appeared: The text of 
the bill, as amended, is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate 
and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 
Congress assembled,
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: The text of the 
bill, as amended, is as follows: H.R. 6800 Be it enacted by the 
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of 
America in Congress assembled,


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     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as ``The Heroes Act''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

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 DIVISION A--CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020

                     DIVISION B--REVENUE PROVISIONS

Title I--Economic stimulus
Title II--Additional relief for workers
Title III--Net operating losses

                     DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS

Title I--Medicaid Provisions
Title II--Medicare Provisions
Title III--Private Insurance Provisions
Title IV--Application to Other Health Programs
Title V--Public Health Policies
Title VI--Public Health Assistance

                   DIVISION D--RETIREMENT PROVISIONS

Title I--Relief for Multiemployer Pension Plans
Title II--Relief for Single Employer Pension Plans
Title III--Other Retirement Related Provisions

         DIVISION E--CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED WORKERS

  DIVISION F--ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND OTHER MATTERS 
                        RELATING TO AGRICULTURE

Title I--Livestock
Title II--Dairy
Title III--Specialty Crops and Other Commodities
Title IV--Commodity Credit Corporation
Title V--Conservation
Title VI--Nutrition

          DIVISION G--ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Title I--Accountability
Title II--Census Matters
Title III--Federal Workforce
Title IV--Federal Contracting Provisions
Title V--District of Columbia
Title VI--Other Matters

           DIVISION H--VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS PROVISIONS

                 DIVISION I--SMALL BUSINESS PROVISIONS

    DIVISION J--SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS, 
                       FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES

Title I--Family Care for Essential Workers
Title II--Pandemic Emergency Assistance and Services
Title III--Program flexibility during the pandemic

                     DIVISION K--COVID-19 HERO ACT

Title I--Providing Medical Equipment for First Responders and Essential 
              Workers
Title II--Protecting Renters and Homeowners from Evictions and 
              Foreclosures
Title III--Protecting People Experiencing Homelessness
Title IV--Suspending Negative Credit Reporting and Strengthening 
              Consumer and Investor Protections
Title V--Forgiving Student Loan Debt and Protecting Student Borrowers
Title VI--Standing Up For Small Businesses, Minority-Owned Businesses, 
              and Non-Profits
Title VII--Empowering Community Financial Institutions
Title VIII--Providing Assistance for State, Territory, Tribal, and 
              Local Governments
Title IX--Providing Oversight and Protecting Taxpayers

    DIVISION L--FAMILIES, WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROVISIONS

Title I--Amendments to Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act 
              and Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act
Title II--COVID-19 Workforce Development Response Activities
Title III--COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020
Title IV--Community and Family Support
Title V--COVID-19 Protections under Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
              Compensation Act

   DIVISION M--CONSUMER PROTECTION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS

Title I--COVID-19 Price Gouging Prevention
Title II--E-Rate Support for Wi-Fi Hotspots, Other Equipment, and 
              Connected Devices
Title III--Emergency Benefit for Broadband Service
Title IV--Continued Connectivity
Title V--Don't Break Up the T-Band
Title VI--National Suicide Hotline Designation
Title VII--COVID-19 Compassion and Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice
Title VIII--Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID-19

          DIVISION N--GIVING RETIREMENT OPTIONS TO WORKERS ACT

          DIVISION O--EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER PROGRAMS

Title I--Higher Education Provisions
Title II--Other Programs

                         DIVISION P--ACCESS ACT

                    DIVISION Q--COVID-19 HEROES FUND

Title I--Provisions relating to State, Local, Tribal, and Private 
              Sector Workers
Title II--Provisions relating to Federal employees and COVID-19
Title III--Coordination of benefits with other programs and laws

            DIVISION R--CHILD NUTRITION AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                       DIVISION S--OTHER MATTERS

Title I--Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act
Title II--Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity
Title III--PRC for Native Veterans Act
Title IV--Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention
Title V--Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers and Passengers
Title VI--Amtrak and Rail Workers
Title VII--Energy and Environment Provisions
Title VIII--Death and disability benefits for public safety officers 
              impacted by COVID-19
Title IX--Victims of Crime Act Amendments
Title X--Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act
Title XI--Prisons and Jails
Title XII--Immigration Matters
Title XIII--Coronavirus Relief Fund Amendments
Title XIV--Rural Digital Opportunity
Title XV--Foreign Affairs Provisions

                  DIVISION T--ADDITIONAL OTHER MATTERS

     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--CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY 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--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, 
                          AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                      Office of Inspector General

       For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector 
     General'', $2,500,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, domestically or internationally:  Provided, That 
     the funding made available under this heading in this Act 
     shall be used for conducting audits and investigations of 
     projects and activities carried out with funds made available 
     to the Department of Agriculture to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally:  
     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.

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

                         Rural Housing Service

                       rental assistance program

       For an additional amount for ``Rental Assistance Program'', 
     $309,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for 
     temporary adjustment of wage income losses for residents of 
     housing financed or assisted under section 514, 515, or 516 
     of the Housing Act of 1949, without regard to any existing 
     eligibility requirements based on income: 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.

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

       For an additional amount for ``Child Nutrition Programs'', 
     $3,000,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  Provided, That the amount 
     provided under this heading is for the purposes of carrying 
     out section 180002 of the ``Child Nutrition and Related 
     Programs Recovery 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.

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'', 
     $1,100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: 
      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.

                supplemental nutrition assistance program

       For an additional amount for ``Supplemental Nutrition 
     Assistance Program'', $10,000,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus:  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 ``Commodity Assistance 
     Program'', $150,000,000, to remain available through 
     September 30, 2021, 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)):  
     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.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 10101.  For an additional amount for the Commonwealth 
     of the Northern Mariana Islands, $1,822,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2021, for nutrition assistance 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:  
     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. 10102. 
       Under the heading ``Commodity Assistance Program'' in the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and

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     Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), strike ``to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally,'':  Provided, That the 
     amounts repurposed pursuant to the amendment made by this 
     section that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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.
       Sec. 10103.  For an additional amount for the program 
     established under section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and 
     Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936), to prevent, prepare for, 
     and respond to coronavirus, $20,000,000, to remain available 
     until 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.
       Sec. 10104.  Section 11004 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by 
     inserting after the 4th proviso the following: ``Provided 
     further, That the condition set forth in section 9003(f) of 
     the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 shall 
     apply with respect to all construction, alteration, or repair 
     work carried out, in whole or in part, with funds made 
     available by this section:'': Provided, That amounts 
     repurposed pursuant to the amendments made pursuant to this 
     section are 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--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                          Bureau of the Census

                      current surveys and programs

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Current Surveys and 
     Programs'', $10,000,000:  Provided, That such sums may be 
     transferred to the Bureau of the Census Working Capital Fund 
     for necessary expenses incurred as a result of the 
     coronavirus, including for payment of salaries and leave to 
     Bureau of the Census staff resulting from the suspension of 
     data collection for reimbursable surveys conducted for other 
     Federal agencies:  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.

                     periodic censuses and programs

       For an additional amount for ``Periodic Censuses and 
     Programs'', $400,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  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.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                   assistance to fishery participants

       Pursuant to section 12005 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-136), for 
     an additional amount for ``Assistance to Fishery 
     Participants'', $100,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to provide 
     assistance to Tribal, subsistence, commercial, and charter 
     fishery participants affected by the novel coronavirus 
     (COVID-19), which may include direct relief payments:  
     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.

                        Departmental Management

                      office of inspector general

       For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector 
     General'', $1,000,000, to remain available until expended to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 
     the impact of coronavirus on the work of the Department of 
     Commerce and to carry out investigations and audits related 
     to the funding made available for the Department of Commerce 
     in this Act and in title II of division B of Public Law 116-
     136:  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.

            administrative provision--department of commerce

       Sec. 10201.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Federal share for grants provided by the Economic 
     Development Administration under Public Law 116-93, Public 
     Law 116-20, and Public Law 116-136 shall be 100 percent:  
     Provided, That the amounts repurposed in this section that 
     were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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.

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         Federal Prison System

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     including the impact of coronavirus on the work of the 
     Department of Justice, to include funding for medical testing 
     and services, personal protective equipment, hygiene supplies 
     and services, and sanitation services:  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.

                      Office of Inspector General

       For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector 
     General'', $3,000,000, to remain available until expended to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 
     the impact of coronavirus on the work of the Department of 
     Justice and to carry out investigations and audits related to 
     the funding made available for the Department of Justice in 
     this Act:  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.

               State and Local Law Enforcement Activities

                    Office on Violence Against Women

       violence against women prevention and prosecution programs

       For an additional amount for ``Violence Against Women 
     Prevention and Prosecution Programs'', $100,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, of which--
       (1) $30,000,000 is for grants to combat violence against 
     women, as authorized by part T of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Acts of 1968;
       (2) $15,000,000 is for transitional housing assistance 
     grants for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, 
     stalking, or sexual assault, as authorized by section 40299 
     of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 
     (Public Law 103-322; ``1994 Act'');
       (3) $15,000,000 is for sexual assault victims assistance, 
     as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 Act;
       (4) $10,000,000 is for rural domestic violence and child 
     abuse enforcement assistance grants, as authorized by section 
     40295 of the 1994 Act;
       (5) $10,000,000 is for legal assistance for victims, as 
     authorized by section 1201 of the Victims of Trafficking and 
     Violence Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-386; ``2000 
     Act'');
       (6) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal governments 
     in exercising special domestic violence criminal 
     jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of the Violence 
     Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013; and
       (7) $16,000,000 is for grants to support families in the 
     justice system, as authorized by section 1301 of the 2000 
     Act:
       Provided, That a recipient of such funds shall not be 
     subject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any 
     otherwise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
     Federal or non-Federal funds:  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 Justice Programs

               state and local law enforcement assistance

       For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance'', $300,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for the same purposes and subject to the same 
     conditions as the appropriations for fiscal year 2020 under 
     this heading in title II of division B of Public Law 116-136, 
     including for the purchase of personal protective equipment, 
     and for costs related to preventing and controlling 
     coronavirus at correctional institutions:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Omnibus Crime 
     Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10153), funds 
     provided under this heading in both this Act and title II of 
     division B of Public Law 116-136 may be used to supplant 
     State or local funds:  Provided further, That a recipient of 
     funds made available under this heading in both this Act and 
     title II of division B of Public Law 116-136 shall not be 
     subject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any 
     otherwise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
     Federal or non-Federal funds:  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.
       For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance'', $250,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for offender reentry programs and research, 
     as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 
     110-199) and by the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018 
     (Public Law 115-391), without regard to the time limitations 
     specified at section 6(1) of such Act, to prevent, prepare 
     for, and respond to coronavirus:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds provided 
     under this heading may be used to supplant State or local 
     funds:  Provided further, That a recipient of funds made 
     available under this heading in this Act shall not be 
     subject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any 
     otherwise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
     Federal or non-Federal funds:  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.
       For an additional amount for ``State and Local Law 
     Enforcement Assistance'', $600,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for grants, contracts, cooperative 
     agreements, and other assistance as authorized by the 
     Pandemic Justice Response Act (``the Act''):  Provided, That 
     $500,000,000 is to establish and implement policies and 
     procedures to prevent, detect, and stop the presence and 
     spread of COVID-19 among arrestees, detainees, inmates, 
     correctional facility staff, and visitors to the facilities; 
     and for pretrial citation and release grants, as authorized 
     by the Act:  Provided further, That $25,000,000 is for Rapid 
     COVID-19

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     Testing, as authorized by the Act:  Provided further, That 
     $75,000,000 is for grants for Juvenile Specific Services, as 
     authorized by the Act:  Provided further, That a recipient of 
     funds made available under this heading in this Act shall not 
     be subject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any 
     otherwise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
     Federal or non-Federal funds:  Provided further, That funds 
     made available under this heading shall be made available 
     without any otherwise applicable requirement that a recipient 
     of such funds provide any other Federal funds, or any non-
     Federal funds, as a condition to receive the funds made 
     available under this heading:  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.

                  Community Oriented Policing Services

             community oriented policing services programs

       For an additional amount for ``Community Oriented Policing 
     Services'', $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for grants under section 1701 of title I of the 1968 Omnibus 
     Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (34 U.S.C. 10381) for 
     hiring and rehiring of additional career law enforcement 
     officers under part Q of such title, notwithstanding 
     subsection (i) of such section, and including for the 
     purchase of personal protective equipment:  Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding section 1704 of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
     Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10384), funds provided 
     under this heading may be used to supplant State or local 
     funds and may be used to retain career law enforcement 
     officers:  Provided further, That a recipient of funds made 
     available under this heading in this Act shall not be 
     subject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any 
     otherwise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
     Federal or non-Federal funds:  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.

                                SCIENCE

                      National Science Foundation

                    research and related activities

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Research and Related 
     Activities'', $125,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, including to fund research grants, of which 
     $1,000,000 shall be for a study on the spread of COVID-19 
     related disinformation:  Provided further, That, of the 
     amount appropriated under this heading in this Act, up to 2 
     percent of funds may be transferred to the ``Agency 
     Operations and Award Management'' account for management, 
     administration, and oversight of funds provided 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.

                   administrative provision--science


                    study on covid-19 disinformation

       Sec. 10202.  (a) Study.--No later than 30 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the National 
     Science Foundation shall enter into an arrangement with the 
     National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine 
     (National Academies) to conduct a study on the current 
     understanding of the spread of COVID-19-related 
     disinformation on the internet and social media platforms. 
     The study shall address the following:
       (1) the role disinformation and misinformation has played 
     in the public response to COVID-19;
       (2) the sources of COVID-19-related disinformation--both 
     foreign and domestic--and the mechanisms by which that 
     disinformation influences the public debate;
       (3) the role social media plays in the dissemination and 
     promotion of COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation 
     content and the role social media platforms play in the 
     organization of groups seeking to spread COVID-19 
     disinformation;
       (4) the potential financial returns for creators or 
     distributors of COVID-19 disinformation, and the role such 
     financial incentives play in the propagation of COVID-19 
     disinformation;
       (5) potential strategies to mitigate the dissemination and 
     negative impacts of COVID-19 disinformation, including 
     specifically, the dissemination of disinformation on social 
     media, including through improved disclosures; and
       (6) an analysis of the limitations of these mitigation 
     strategies, and an analysis of how these strategies can be 
     implemented without infringing on Americans' Constitutional 
     rights and civil liberties.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Legal Services Corporation

               payment to the legal services corporation

       For an additional amount for ``Payment to the Legal 
     Services Corporation'', $50,000,000, for the same purposes 
     and subject to the same conditions as the appropriations for 
     fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title II of division B 
     of Public Law 116-136:  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--FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, to conduct 
     monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and 
     use of funds made available under the ``Coronavirus State 
     Fiscal Relief Fund'' and the ``Coronavirus Local Fiscal 
     Relief Fund'' (collectively, ``Fiscal Relief Funds''):  
     Provided, That, if the Inspector General of the Department of 
     the Treasury determines that an entity receiving a payment 
     from amounts provided by the Fiscal Relief Funds has failed 
     to comply with the provisions governing the use of such 
     funding, the Inspector General shall transmit any relevant 
     information related to such determination to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate not later than 5 days after any such determination is 
     made:  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.

           treasury inspector general for tax administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
     internationally:  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.

                       homeowner assistance fund

       For activities and assistance authorized in section 110202 
     of the ``COVID-19 HERO Act'' , $75,000,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  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.

                      Bureau of the Fiscal Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $78,650,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  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.

                  coronavirus state fiscal relief fund

       For making payments to States, territories, and Tribal 
     governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the 
     public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus 
     Disease (COVID-19), $540,000,000,000 to remain available 
     until expended, which shall be in addition to any other 
     amounts available for making payments to States, territories, 
     and Tribal governments for any purpose (including payments 
     made under section 601 of the Social Security Act), of which:
       (1) $20,000,000,000 shall be for making payments to the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, 
     Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
     American Samoa:  Provided, That of the amount made available 
     in this paragraph, half shall be allocated equally among each 
     entity specified in this paragraph, and half shall be 
     allocated as an additional amount to each such entity in an 
     amount which bears the same proportion to half of the total 
     amount provided under this paragraph as the relative 
     population of each such entity bears to the total population 
     of all such entities;
       (2) $20,000,000,000 shall be for making payments to Tribal 
     governments:  Provided, That payments of amounts made 
     available in this paragraph shall be made to each Tribal 
     Government in an amount determined by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior 
     and Indian Tribes, that is based on increased aggregate 
     expenditures of each such Tribal government (or a tribally-
     owned entity of such Tribal government) in fiscal year 2020 
     relative to aggregate expenditures in fiscal year 2019 by the 
     Tribal government (or tribally-owned entity) and determined 
     in such manner as the Secretary determines appropriate to 
     ensure that all amounts available pursuant to the preceding 
     proviso for fiscal year 2020 are distributed to Tribal 
     governments:
       (3) $250,000,000,000 shall be for making initial payments 
     to each of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, of 
     which--

       (A) $51,000,000,000 shall be allocated equally between each 
     of the 50 States and the District of Columbia;
       (B) $150,000,000,000 shall be allocated as an additional 
     amount to each such entity in an amount which bears the same 
     proportion to the total amount provided under this 
     subparagraph as the relative population of each such entity 
     bears to the total population of all such entities;
       (C) $49,000,000,000 shall be allocated as additional 
     amounts among each of the 50 States and the District of 
     Columbia in an amount which bears the same proportion to the 
     total amount provided under this subparagraph as the relative 
     prevalence of COVID-19 within each such entity bears to the 
     total prevalence of COVID-19 within all such entities:  
     Provided, That the relative prevalence of COVID-19 shall be 
     calculated using the most recent data on the number of 
     confirmed and probable cases as published on the Internet by 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for each 
     entity specified in the preceding proviso;

       (4) $250,000,000,000 shall be for making an additional 
     payment to each of the 50 States and the District of 
     Columbia, of which--
       (A) $51,000,000,000 shall be allocated equally between each 
     of the 50 States and the District of Columbia; and
       (B) $199,000,000,000 shall be allocated between each such 
     entity in an additional amount which

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     bears the same proportion to the total amount provided under 
     this subparagraph as the average estimated number of 
     seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured by 
     the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment 
     Statistics program) in each such entity over the 3-month 
     period ending in March 2021 bears to the average estimated 
     number of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in all 
     such entities over the same period.
       Provided further, That any entity receiving a payment from 
     funds made available under this heading in this Act shall 
     only use such amounts to respond to, mitigate, cover costs or 
     replace foregone revenues not projected on January 31, 2020 
     stemming from the public health emergency, or its negative 
     economic impacts, with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 
     (COVID-19):  Provided further, That if the Inspector General 
     of the Department of the Treasury determines that an entity 
     receiving a payment from amounts provided under this heading 
     has failed to comply with the preceding proviso, the amount 
     equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such 
     subsection shall be booked as a debt of such entity owed to 
     the Federal Government, and any amounts recovered under this 
     subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
     Treasury as discretionary offsetting receipts:  Provided 
     further, That for purposes of the preceding provisos under 
     this heading in this Act, the population of each entity 
     described in any such proviso shall be determined based on 
     the most recent year for which data are available from the 
     Bureau of the Census, or in the case of an Indian tribe, 
     shall be determined based on data certified by the Tribal 
     government:  Provided further, That as used under this 
     heading in this Act, the terms ``Tribal government'' and 
     ``Indian Tribe'' have the same meanings as specified in 
     section 601(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601(g)), 
     as added by section 5001 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136) and amended by section 191301 of division X of this Act, 
     and the term ``State'' means one of the 50 States:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary of Treasury shall make all 
     payments required pursuant to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
     not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, and shall make all payments required pursuant to 
     paragraph (4) not later than May 3, 2021:  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.

                  coronavirus local fiscal relief fund

       For making payments to metropolitan cities, counties, and 
     other units of general local government to mitigate the 
     fiscal effects stemming from the public health emergency with 
     respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), 
     $375,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which 
     shall be in addition to any other amounts available for 
     making payments to metropolitan cities, counties, and other 
     units of general local government (including payments made 
     under section 601 of the Social Security Act), of which--
       (1) $187,500,000,000 shall be for making payments to 
     metropolitan cities and other units of general local 
     government (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the 
     Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
     5302)), of which--
       (A) $131,250,000,000 shall be allocated pursuant to the 
     formula under section 106(b)(1) of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)(1)) to 
     metropolitan cities (as defined in section 102(a)(4) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)), including metropolitan cities 
     that have relinquished or deferred their status as a 
     metropolitan city as of the date of enactment of this Act:  
     Provided, That $87,500,000,000 of the funds provided under 
     this subparagraph shall be paid not later than 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That 
     $43,750,000,000 of the funds provided under this subparagraph 
     shall be paid not earlier than April 15, 2021, but not later 
     than May 3, 2021; and
       (B) $56,250,000,000 shall be distributed to each State (as 
     that term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) for use 
     by units of general local government, other than counties or 
     parishes, in nonentitlement areas (as defined in such section 
     102) of such States in an amount which bears the same 
     proportion to the total amount provided under this 
     subparagraph as the total population of such units of general 
     local government within the State bears to the total 
     population of all such units of general local government in 
     all such States:  Provided, That two-thirds of the funds 
     provided under this subparagraph and allocated to each such 
     unit of general local government shall be distributed to each 
     such unit of general local government not later than 30 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That the remainder of the funds provided under this 
     subparagraph and allocated to each such unit of general local 
     government shall be distributed to each such unit of general 
     local government not earlier than April 15, 2021, but not 
     later than May 3, 2021:  Provided further, That a State shall 
     pass-through the amounts received under this subparagraph, 
     within 30 days of receipt, to each such unit of general local 
     government in an amount that bears the same proportion to the 
     amount distributed to each such State as the population of 
     such unit of general local government bears to the total 
     population of all such units of general local government 
     within each such State:  Provided further, That if a State 
     has not elected to distribute amounts allocated under this 
     paragraph, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the 
     applicable amounts under this subparagraph to such units of 
     general local government in the State not later than 30 days 
     after the date on which the State would otherwise have 
     received the amounts from the Secretary; and
       (2) $187,500,000,000 shall be paid directly to counties 
     within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, and American Samoa in an amount which bears the same 
     proportion to the total amount provided under this paragraph 
     as the relative population of each such county bears to the 
     total population of all such entities:  Provided, That two-
     thirds of the funds provided under this paragraph and 
     allocated to each such county shall be distributed to each 
     such county not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the remainder 
     of the amount allocated to each such county under this 
     paragraph shall be distributed to each such county not 
     earlier than April 15, 2021, but not later than May 3, 2021:  
     Provided further, That no county that is an ``urban county'' 
     (as defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive less 
     than the amount the county would otherwise receive if the 
     amount distributed under this paragraph were allocated to 
     metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 106(b) 
     of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 5306(b)):  Provided further, That in the case of an 
     amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of general 
     local government, the amount shall instead be paid to the 
     State in which such county is located, and such State shall 
     distribute such amount to units of general local government 
     within such county in an amounts that bear the same 
     proportion as the population of such units of general local 
     government bear to the total population of such county: 
     Provided further, That for purposes of this paragraph, the 
     District of Columbia shall be considered to consist of a 
     single county that is a unit of general local government:
      Provided further, That if the Inspector General of the 
     Department of the Treasury determines that an entity 
     receiving a payment from amounts provided under this heading 
     has failed to comply with the preceding proviso, the amount 
     equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such 
     subsection shall be booked as a debt of such entity owed to 
     the Federal Government, and any amounts recovered under this 
     subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
     Treasury as discretionary offsetting receipts:


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    Provided further, That nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be 
 construed as prohibiting a unit of general local government that has 
 formed a consolidated government, or that is geographically contained 
 (in full or in part) within the boundaries of another unit of general 
     local government from receiving a distribution under each of 
 subparagraphs (A) and (B) under paragraph (1) or under paragraph (2), 
  as applicable, based on the respective formulas specified contained 
 therein:  Provided further, That the amounts otherwise determined for 
 distribution to units of local government under each of subparagraphs 
 (A) and (B) under paragraph (1) and under paragraph (2) shall each be 
 adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury on a pro rata basis to the 
    extent necessary to comply with the amount appropriated and the 
     requirements specified in each paragraph and subparagraph, as 
applicable:  Provided further, That as used under this heading in this 
 Act, the term ``county'' means a county, parish, or other equivalent 
  county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census):  Provided 
further, That for purposes of the preceding provisos under this heading 
 in this Act, the population of an entity shall be determined based on 
 the most recent year for which data are available from the Bureau of 
   the Census:  Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
  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.Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program 
                                Account

       For an additional amount for the ``Community Development 
     Financial Institutions Fund Program Account'', 
     $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:  
     Provided, That the Community Development Financial 
     Institutions Fund (CDFI) shall provide grants using a formula 
     that takes into account criteria such as certification 
     status, financial and compliance performance, portfolio and 
     balance sheet strength, and program capacity:  Provided 
     further, That not less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
     financial assistance, technical assistance, and training and 
     outreach programs designed to benefit Native American, Native 
     Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities:  Provided further, 
     That the CDFI Fund shall make funds available under this 
     subsection within 60 days of the date of enactment of this 
     Act:  Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading may be used for administrative expenses, including 
     administration of CDFI Fund programs and the New Markets Tax 
     Credit Program:  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.

           administrative provision--internal revenue service

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 10301.  In addition to the amounts otherwise available 
     to the Internal Revenue Service in fiscal year 2020, 
     $520,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     shall be available to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, including for costs associated with the extended 
     filing season:  Provided, That such funds may be transferred 
     by the Commissioner to the ``Taxpayer Services'', 
     ``Enforcement'', or

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     ``Operations Support'' accounts of the Internal Revenue 
     Service for an additional amount to be used solely to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  Provided further, That the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate shall be notified in advance of any such 
     transfer:  Provided further, That such transfer authority is 
     in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law:  
     Provided further, That not later than 30 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate a spending plan for such 
     funds:  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.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     Election Assistance Commission

                       election resilience grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for payments by the Election 
     Assistance Commission to States for contingency planning, 
     preparation, and resilience of elections for Federal office, 
     $3,600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021: 
      Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading, up 
     to $5,000,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
     ``Election Assistance Commission--Salaries and Expenses'':  
     Provided further, That under this heading the term ``State'' 
     means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
     States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands:  Provided further, That the amount of the 
     payments made to a State under this heading shall be 
     consistent with section 103 of the Help America Vote Act of 
     2002 (52 U.S.C. 20903):  Provided further, That for the 
     purposes of the preceding proviso, each reference to 
     ``$5,000,000'' in such sections 101(d) and 103 shall be 
     deemed to refer to ``$7,500,000'':  Provided further, That 
     not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall obligate the 
     funds to States under this heading in this Act:  Provided 
     further, That not less than 50 percent of the amount of the 
     payment made to a State under this heading in this Act shall 
     be allocated in cash or in kind to the units of local 
     government which are responsible for the administration of 
     elections for Federal office in the State:  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.

        administrative provision--election assistance commission

       Sec. 10302. (a) The last proviso under the heading 
     ``Election Assistance Commission--Election Security Grants'' 
     in the Financial Services and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116-93; 
     133 Stat. 2461) shall not apply with respect to any payment 
     made to a State using funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Election Assistance Commission under the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136).
       (b) The first proviso under the heading ``Election 
     Assistance Commission--Election Security Grants'' in the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended by striking ``within 20 days of each 
     election in the 2020 Federal election cycle in that State,'' 
     and inserting ``not later than October 30, 2021,''.
       (c) The fourth proviso under the heading ``Election 
     Assistance Commission--Election Security Grants'' in the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and 
     inserting ``September 30, 2021''.
       (d) Notwithstanding any requirement that a State 
     legislature appropriate and release any funds made available 
     under the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the chief election 
     official of each State shall have access to the funds made 
     available under the heading ``Election Assistance 
     Commission--Election Security Grants'' in this Act and in the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) without any such action by the State 
     legislature.
       (e) A State may elect to reallocate funds allocated under 
     the heading ``Election Assistance Commission--Election 
     Security Grants'' in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
     Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) or under this 
     heading in this Act as funds allocated under the heading 
     ``Election Assistance Commission--Election Security Grants'' 
     in the Financial Services and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116-93; 
     133 Stat. 2461) that were spent to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for 
     the 2020 Federal election cycle; or funds allocated under the 
     heading ``Election Assistance Commission--Election Reform 
     Program'' in the Financial Services and Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2018 (division E of Public Law 115-141) 
     that were spent to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 2020 
     Federal election cycle.
       (f) This section shall take effect as if included in the 
     enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
     Security Act (Public Law 116-136).
       (g) The amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
     were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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.

                   Federal Communications Commission

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $24,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     for implementing title VIII of the Communications Act of 1934 
     (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as added by the Broadband DATA Act 
     (Public Law 116-130):  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.

                      emergency connectivity fund

       For an additional amount for the ``Emergency Connectivity 
     Fund'', $1,500,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, domestically or internationally, through the 
     provision of funding for Wi-fi hotspots, other equipment, 
     connected devices, and advanced telecommunications and 
     information services to schools and libraries as authorized 
     in section 130201:  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.

                 emergency broadband connectivity fund

       For an additional amount for the ``Emergency Broadband 
     Connectivity Fund'', $4,000,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, 
     through the provision of an emergency benefit for broadband 
     service as authorized in section 130301:  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.

                    General Services Administration

                     technology modernization fund

       For an additional amount for the ``Technology Modernization 
     Fund'', $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2022, for technology-related modernization activities to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  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.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                      office of inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $1,000,000, to remain available until expended to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
     internationally:  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.

                     Small Business Administration

                         emergency eidl grants

       For an additional amount for ``Emergency EIDL Grants'' for 
     the cost of emergency EIDL grants authorized by section 1110 
     of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), 
     $10,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     domestically or internationally:  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.

        administrative provisions--small business administration

       Sec. 10303. (a) The third proviso under the heading ``Small 
     Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in 
     the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations 
     Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116-93) is amended by 
     striking ``$30,000,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$75,000,000,000''.
       (b) The sixth proviso under the heading ``Small Business 
     Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in the 
     Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
     2020 (division C of Public Law 116-93) is amended by striking 
     ``$12,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$35,000,000,000''.

                      United States Postal Service

                     payment to postal service fund

       For an additional payment to the ``Postal Service Fund'', 
     for revenue forgone due to coronavirus, $25,000,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2022:  Provided, That 
     the Postal Service, during the coronavirus emergency, shall 
     prioritize the purchase of, and make available to all Postal 
     Service employees and facilities, personal protective 
     equipment, including gloves, masks, and sanitizers, and shall 
     conduct additional cleaning and sanitizing of Postal Service 
     facilities and delivery vehicles:  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 inspector general

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
     internationally:  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.

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                     general provisions--this title

       Sec. 10304. (a) Title V of division B of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended in the first proviso under 
     the heading ``Independent Agencies--Pandemic Response 
     Accountability Committee'' by inserting ``or any other Act 
     (including Acts other than appropriations Acts)'' after 
     ``provided in this Act''.
       (b) Amounts repurposed under this section that were 
     previously designated by the Congress, respectively, as an 
     emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act are 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 or 
     as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.
       Sec. 10305.  Title V of division B of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended by striking the fifth proviso under 
     the heading ``General Services Administration--Real Property 
     Activities--Federal Buildings Fund'':  Provided, That the 
     amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were 
     previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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.
       Sec. 10306.  For an additional amount for ``Department of 
     the Treasury--Departmental Offices--Coronavirus Relief 
     Fund'', an amount equal to--
       (1) $1,250,000,000; less
       (2) the amount allocated for the District of Columbia 
     pursuant to section 601(c)(6) of the Social Security Act:
       Provided, That such amounts shall only be available for 
     making a payment to the District of Columbia, and shall be in 
     addition to any other funds available for such purpose:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     pay all amounts provided by this section directly to the 
     District of Columbia not less than 5 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the District 
     of Columbia shall use such amounts only to cover costs or 
     replace foregone revenues stemming from the public health 
     emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): 
      Provided further, That such amount is designated by 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--HOMELAND SECURITY

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

                         operations and support

       For an additional amount for ``Operations and Support'', 
     $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for 
     oversight of activities of the Department of Homeland 
     Security funded in this Act and in title VI of division B of 
     Public Law 116-136 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  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.

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                           federal assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Federal Assistance'', 
     $1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, of which 
     $500,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Firefighter Grants 
     for the purchase of personal protective equipment and related 
     supplies, mental health evaluations, training, and temporary 
     infectious disease de-contamination or sanitizing facilities 
     and equipment; of which $500,000,000 shall be for Staffing 
     for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants; of which 
     $100,000,000 shall be for Emergency Management Performance 
     Grants; and of which $200,000,000 shall be for the Emergency 
     Food and Shelter Program:  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.

                     General Provisions--This Title

       Sec. 10401.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds made available under ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency--Federal Assistance'' shall only be used for the 
     purposes specifically described under that heading.
       Sec. 10402. (a) Subsections (c)(2), (f), (g)(1), (h)(1)-
     (4), (h)(6), and (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) shall not 
     apply to amounts appropriated for ``Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency - Federal Assistance'' for Assistance to 
     Firefighter Grants in this Act.
       (b) Subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) shall not 
     apply to Amounts provided for ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency-Federal Assistance'' for Assistance to Firefighter 
     Grants in title III of division D of Public Law 116-93 and in 
     title VI of division B of Public Law 116-136.
       (c) Amounts repurposed under this section that were 
     previously designated by the Congress, respectively, as an 
     emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act are 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 or 
     as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.
       Sec. 10403.  Subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), 
     (a)(1)(G), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the 
     Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
     2229a) shall not apply to amounts appropriated for ``Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency - Federal Assistance'' for 
     Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants in 
     this Act and in division D, title III of the Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-93).

          TITLE V--INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          resource management

       For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'', 
     $21,000,000, to remain available until expended for research; 
     listing injurious species; electronic permitting system 
     development; operation and maintenance; law enforcement 
     interdiction and inspections; and other support activities, 
     as described in sections 190402, 190403, and 190404 of 
     division S of this Act:  Provided, That amounts may be 
     transferred to ``Surveys, Investigations and Research'' in 
     the United States Geological Survey; ``National Oceanic and 
     Atmospheric Administration'' in the Department of Commerce; 
     and the ``Center for Disease Control'' in the Department of 
     Health and Human Services:  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.

                    state and tribal wildlife grants

       For an additional amount for ``State and Tribal Wildlife 
     Grants'', $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for a onetime grant program, as described in section 190405 
     of division S of this Act:  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.

                    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
     Research'', $40,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021, for technical assistance, biosurveillance of 
     wildlife and environmental persistence studies and related 
     research, database development, and accompanying activities 
     as described in section 190404 of division S of this Act:  
     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.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                      operation of indian programs

       For an additional amount for ``Operation of Indian 
     Programs'', $900,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, of which--
       (1) $100,000,000 shall be for housing improvement;
       (2) $780,000,000 shall be for providing Tribal government 
     services, for Tribal government employee salaries to maintain 
     operations, and cleaning and sanitization of Tribally owned 
     and operated facilities; and
       (3) $20,000,000 shall be used to provide and deliver 
     potable water; and,
       Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall 
     be obligated until 3 days after the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     provides a detailed spend plan, which includes distribution 
     and use of funds by Tribe, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate:  Provided further, That the Bureau shall notify the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate quarterly on the obligations and expenditures 
     of the funds provided by this Act:  Provided further, That 
     assistance received herein shall not be included in the 
     calculation of funds received by those Tribal governments who 
     participate in the ``Small and Needy'' program:  Provided 
     further, That such amounts, if transferred to Indian Tribes 
     and Tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act (1) will be transferred on a 
     one-time basis, (2) are non-recurring funds that are not part 
     of the amount required by 25 U.S.C. 5325, and (3) may only be 
     used for the purposes identified under this heading in this 
     Act, notwithstanding any other provision of law:  Provided 
     further, That section 11008 of this Act shall not apply to 
     tribal contracts entered into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     with this appropriation:  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.

                          Departmental Offices

                            Insular Affairs

                       assistance to territories

       For an additional amount for ``Assistance to Territories'', 
     $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, of which 
     (1) $945,000,000 is for Capital Improvement Project grants 
     for hospitals and other critical infrastructure; and (2) 
     $55,000,000 is for territorial assistance, including general 
     technical assistance:  Provided, That any appropriation for 
     disaster assistance under this heading in this Act or 
     previous appropriations Acts may be used as non-Federal 
     matching funds for the purpose of hazard mitigation grants 
     provided pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     5170c):  Provided further, That amounts repurposed pursuant 
     to this section that were previously designated by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
     Budget and

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     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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:  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 Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'' , 
     $5,000,000, to remain available until expended:  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.

                    Environmental Protection Agency

                 environmental programs and management

       For an additional amount for ``Environmental Programs and 
     Management'', $50,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, for environmental justice grants as 
     described in section 190702 of division S of this Act: 
     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.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service

                         indian health services

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Services'', 
     $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     prevent, prepare for, respond to, and provide health services 
     related to coronavirus, of which--
       (1) $1,000,000,000 shall be used to supplement reduced 
     third party revenue collections;
       (2) $500,000,000 shall be used for direct health and 
     telehealth services, including to purchase supplies and 
     personal protective equipment;
       (3) $140,000,000 shall be used to expand broadband 
     infrastructure and information technology for telehealth and 
     electronic health record system purposes;
       (4) $20,000,000 shall be used to address the needs of 
     domestic violence victims and homeless individuals and 
     families;
       (5) not less than $64,000,000 shall be for Urban Indian 
     Organizations; and,
       (6) not less than $10,000,000 shall be used to provide and 
     deliver potable water:
       Provided, That such funds shall be allocated at the 
     discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Service:  
     Provided further, That of the funds provided herein, not less 
     than $366,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
     ``Indian Health Service--Indian Health Facilities'' at the 
     discretion of the Director to modify existing health 
     facilities to provide isolation or quarantine space, to 
     purchase and install updated equipment necessary, and for 
     maintenance and improvement projects necessary to the 
     purposes specified in this Act:  Provided further, That such 
     amounts may be used to supplement amounts otherwise available 
     for such purposes under ``Indian Health Facilities'':  
     Provided further, That such amounts, if transferred to Tribes 
     and Tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act, will be transferred on a one-
     time basis and that these non-recurring funds are not part of 
     the amount required by section 106 of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5325), 
     and that such amounts may only be used for the purposes 
     identified under this heading notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law:  Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act for telehealth 
     broadband activities shall be available for obligation until 
     3 days after the Indian Health Service provides to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, a detailed spend plan that includes the cost, 
     location, and expected completion date of each activity:  
     Provided further, That the Indian Health Service shall notify 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate quarterly on the obligations 
     and expenditures of the funds provided by this Act:  Provided 
     further, That section 11008 of this Act shall not apply to 
     tribal contracts entered into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
     with this appropriation:  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.

             National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities

                    National Endowment for the Arts

                       grants and administration

       For an additional amount for ``Grants and Administration'', 
     $10,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2021, for 
     grants to respond to the impacts of coronavirus:  Provided, 
     That such funds are available under the same terms and 
     conditions as grant funding appropriated to this heading in 
     Public Law 116-94:  Provided further, That 40 percent of such 
     funds shall be distributed to State arts agencies and 
     regional arts organizations and 60 percent of such funds 
     shall be for direct grants:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, such funds may 
     also be used by the recipients of such grants for purposes of 
     the general operations of such recipients:  Provided further, 
     That the matching requirements under subsections (e), 
     (g)(4)(A), and (p)(3) of section 5 of the National Foundation 
     on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954) may be 
     waived with respect to such grants:  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.

                 National Endowment for the Humanities

                       grants and administration

       For an additional amount for ``Grants and Administration'', 
     $10,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2021, for 
     grants to respond to the impacts of coronavirus:  Provided, 
     That such funds are available under the same terms and 
     conditions as grant funding appropriated to this heading in 
     Public Law 116-94:  Provided further, That 40 percent of such 
     funds shall be distributed to state humanities councils and 
     60 percent of such funds shall be for direct grants:  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, such funds may also be used by the recipients of such 
     grants for purposes of the general operations of such 
     recipients:  Provided further, That the matching requirements 
     under subsection (h)(2)(A) of section 7 of the National 
     Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 may be 
     waived with respect to such grants:  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--DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
                    EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

                 Employment and Training Administration

                    training and employment services

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Training and Employment 
     Services'', $2,040,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, of which $15,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to ``Program Administration'', to remain 
     available until September 30, 2021, to carry out activities 
     in this Act, Public Law 116-127 and Public Law 116-136 for 
     full-time equivalent employees, information technology 
     upgrades needed to expedite payments and support 
     implementation, including to expedite policy guidance and 
     disbursement of funds, technical assistance and other 
     assistance to States and territories to speed payment of 
     Federal and State unemployment benefits, and of which the 
     remaining amounts shall be used to carry out activities under 
     the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (referred to in 
     this Act as ``WIOA'') as follows:
       (1) $485,000,000 for grants to the States for adult 
     employment and training activities, including incumbent 
     worker trainings, transitional jobs, on-the-job training, 
     individualized career services, supportive services, needs-
     related payments, and to facilitate remote access to training 
     services provided through a one-stop delivery system through 
     the use of technology, to remain available until June 30, 
     2021:  Provided, That an adult shall not be required to meet 
     the requirements of section 134(c)(3)(B) of the WIOA:  
     Provided further, That an adult who meets the requirements 
     described in section 2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116-136 may 
     be eligible for participation:  Provided further, That 
     priority may be given to individuals who are adversely 
     impacted by economic changes due to the coronavirus, 
     including individuals seeking employment, dislocated workers, 
     individuals with barriers to employment, individuals who are 
     unemployed, or individuals who are underemployed;
       (2) $518,000,000 for grants to the States for youth 
     activities, including supportive services, summer employment 
     for youth, and to facilitate remote access to training 
     services provided through a one-stop delivery system through 
     the use of technology, to remain available until June 30, 
     2021:  Provided, That individuals described in section 
     2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116-136 may be eligible for 
     participation as an out-of-school youth if they meet the 
     requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 129(a)(1)(B) 
     or as in-school youth if they meet the requirements of 
     clauses (i) and (iii) of section 129(a)(1)(C) of the WIOA;  
     Provided further, That priority shall be given for out-of-
     school youth and youth with multiple barriers to employment:  
     Provided further, That funds shall support employer 
     partnerships for youth employment and subsidized employment, 
     and partnerships with community-based organizations to 
     support such employment;
       (3) $597,000,000 for grants to States for dislocated worker 
     employment and training activities, including incumbent 
     worker trainings, transitional jobs, on-the-job training, 
     individualized career services, supportive services, needs-
     related payments, and to facilitate remote access to training 
     services provided through a one-stop delivery system through 
     the use of technology, to remain available until June 30, 
     2021:  Provided, That a dislocated worker shall not be 
     required to meet the requirements of section 134(c)(3)(B) of 
     the WIOA:  Provided further, That a dislocated worker who 
     meets the requirements described in section 2102(a)(3)(A) of 
     Public Law 116-136 may be eligible for participation;
       (4) $400,000,000 for the dislocated workers assistance 
     national reserve to remain available until September 30, 
     2023; and
       (5) $25,000,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker 
     programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including emergency 
     supportive services, to remain available until June 30, 2021, 
     of which no less than $500,000 shall be for the collection 
     and dissemination of electronic and printed materials related 
     to coronavirus to the migrant and seasonal farmworker 
     population nationwide, including Puerto Rico, through a 
     cooperative agreement;
       Provided, That the impact of the COVID-19 national 
     emergency may be considered as an additional factor for 
     reimbursement for on-the-job training under section 
     134(c)(3)(H) of the WIOA and as a factor in determining an 
     employer's portion of the costs of providing customized

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     training under section 3(14) of the WIOA:  Provided further, 
     That notwithstanding section 134(d)(5) of the WIOA, a local 
     board may use 40 percent of funds received under paragraphs 
     (1) and (3) for transitional jobs:  Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 194(10) of the WIOA, that funds used 
     to support transitional jobs may also be used to support 
     public service employment:  Provided further, That sections 
     127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(III), 132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III), and 
     132(b)(2)(B)(iii)(II) shall not apply to funds appropriated 
     under this heading:  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.

                         Wage and Hour Division

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Wage and Hour Division'', 
     $6,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 
     for the administration, oversight, and coordination of worker 
     protection activities related thereto:  Provided, That the 
     Secretary of Labor shall use funds provided under this 
     heading to support enforcement activities and outreach 
     efforts to make individuals, particularly low-wage workers, 
     aware of their rights under division C and division E of 
     Public Law 116-127:  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.

             Occupational Safety and Health Administration

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Occupational Safety and 
     Health Administration'', $100,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021, for implementation of section 
     120302 of The Heroes Act and for worker protection and 
     enforcement activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
     to coronavirus, of which $25,000,000 shall be for Susan 
     Harwood training grants and at least $70,000,000 shall be to 
     hire additional compliance safety and health officers, and 
     for state plan enforcement, to protect workers from 
     coronavirus by enforcing all applicable standards and 
     directives, including 29 CFR 1910.132, 29 CFR 1910.134, 
     section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
     1970, and 29 CFR 1910.1030:  Provided, That activities to 
     protect workers from coronavirus supported by funds provided 
     under this heading includes additional enforcement of 
     standards and directives referenced in the preceding proviso 
     at slaughterhouses, poultry processing plants, and 
     agricultural workplaces:  Provided further, That within 15 
     days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Labor shall submit a spending and hiring plan for the funds 
     made available under this heading, and a monthly staffing 
     report until all funds are expended, to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate:  Provided further, That within 15 days of the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a 
     plan for the additional enforcement activities described in 
     the third proviso to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate:  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 Inspector General

       For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector 
     General'', $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.  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.

             administrative provision--department of labor

       Sec. 10601.  There is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 
     2021 for ``Department of Labor--Employment Training 
     Administration--State Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
     Service Operations'', $28,600,000, to be expended from the 
     Employment Security Administration Account in the 
     Unemployment Trust Fund (``the Trust Fund'') to carry out 
     title III of the Social Security Act:  Provided, That such 
     amount shall only become available for obligation if the 
     Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (``AWIU'') for fiscal 
     year 2021 is projected, by the Department of Labor during 
     fiscal year 2021 to exceed 1,728,000:  Provided further, That 
     to the extent that the AWIU for fiscal year 2021 is projected 
     by the Department of Labor to exceed 1,728,000, an additional 
     $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be made available for 
     obligation during fiscal year 2021 for every 100,000 increase 
     in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any 
     increment less than 100,000):  Provided further, That, except 
     as specified in this section, amounts provided herein shall 
     be available under the same authority and conditions 
     applicable to funds provided to carry out title III of the 
     Social Security Act under the heading ``Department of Labor--
     Employment Training Administration--State Unemployment 
     Insurance and Employment Service Operations'' in division A 
     of Public Law 116-94:  Provided further, That such amounts 
     shall be in addition to any other funds made available in any 
     fiscal year for such purposes:  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.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

              Health Resources and Services Administration

                          primary health care

       For an additional amount for ``Primary Health Care'', 
     $7,600,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2025, 
     for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
     to coronavirus, for grants and cooperative agreements under 
     the Health Centers Program, as defined by section 330 of the 
     Public Health Service Act, and for grants to Federally 
     qualified health centers, as defined in section 
     1861(aa)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act, and for eligible 
     entities under the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement 
     Act, including maintenance or expansion of health center and 
     system capacity and staffing levels:  Provided, That sections 
     330(r)(2)(B), 330(e)(6)(A)(iii), and 330(e)(6)(B)(iii) shall 
     not apply to funds provided under this heading in this Act:  
     Provided further, That funds provided under this heading in 
     this Act may be used to (1) purchase equipment and supplies 
     to conduct mobile testing for SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19; (2) 
     purchase and maintain mobile vehicles and equipment to 
     conduct such testing; and (3) hire and train laboratory 
     personnel and other staff to conduct such mobile testing:  
     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.

                      ryan white hiv/aids program

       For an additional amount for ``Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
     Program'', $10,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  Provided, That awards from funds provided under 
     this heading in this Act shall be through modifications to 
     existing contracts and supplements to existing grants and 
     cooperative agreements under parts A, B, C, D, F, and section 
     2692(a) of title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act:  
     Provided further, That such supplements shall be awarded 
     using a data-driven methodology determined by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services:  Provided further, That 
     sections 2604(c), 2612(b), and 2651(c) of the Public Health 
     Service Act shall not apply to funds provided under this 
     heading in this Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     may waive any penalties and administrative requirements as 
     necessary to ensure that the funds may be used efficiently:  
     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.

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                cdc-wide activities and program support

       For an additional amount for ``CDC-Wide Activities and 
     Program Support'', $2,130,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, domestically or internationally:  Provided, That 
     of the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 
     $1,000,000,000 shall be for Public Health Emergency 
     Preparedness cooperative agreements under section 319C-1 of 
     the Public Health Service Act:  Provided further, That, of 
     the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 
     $1,000,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for grants for 
     core public health infrastructure for State, local, 
     Territorial, or Tribal health departments as described in 
     section 30550 of division C of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading in this 
     Act for specified programs, not less than $100,000,000 shall 
     be allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian 
     health organizations, or health service providers to tribes:  
     Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
     heading in this Act, $130,000,000 shall be for public health 
     data surveillance and analytics infrastructure modernization: 
      Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     in this Act for grants may be used for the rent, lease, 
     purchase, acquisition, construction, alteration, or 
     renovation of non-Federally owned facilities to improve 
     preparedness and response capability at the State and local 
     level:  Provided further, That all construction, alteration, 
     or renovation work, carried out, in whole or in part, with 
     funds appropriated under this heading in this Act, or under 
     this heading in the CARES ACT (P.L. 116-136), shall be 
     subject to the requirements of section 1621(b)(1)(I) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300s-1(b)(1)(I)):  
     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.

                     National Institutes of Health

         national institute of allergy and infectious diseases

       For an additional amount for ``National Institute of 
     Allergy and Infectious Diseases'', $500,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, 
     and respond to coronavirus:  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.

                  national institute of mental health

       For an additional amount for ``National Institute of Mental 
     Health'', $200,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  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.

                         office of the director

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Office of the Director'', 
     $4,021,000,000, to remain available

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     until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally:  
     Provided. That not less than $3,000,000,000 of the amount 
     provided under this heading in this Act shall be for 
     offsetting the costs related to reductions in lab 
     productivity resulting from the coronavirus pandemic or 
     public health measures related to the coronavirus pandemic:  
     Provided further, That up to $1,021,000,000 of the amount 
     provided under this heading in this Act shall be to support 
     additional scientific research or the programs and platforms 
     that support research:  Provided further, That funds made 
     available under this heading in this Act may be transferred 
     to the accounts of the Institutes and Centers of the National 
     Institutes of Health (``NIH''):  Provided further, That this 
     transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
     authority available to the NIH:  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.

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

                health surveillance and program support

       For an additional amount for ``Health Surveillance and 
     Program Support'', $3,000,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  Provided, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading in this Act, $1,500,000,000 shall be for 
     grants for the substance abuse prevention and treatment block 
     grant program under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the 
     Public Health Service Act (``PHS Act''):  Provided further, 
     That of the funds made available under this heading in this 
     Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be for grants for the community 
     mental health services block grant program under subpart I of 
     part B of title XIX of the PHS Act:  Provided further, That 
     of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, 
     $100,000,000 shall be for services to the homeless 
     population:  Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading in this Act, $100,000,000 shall 
     be for activities and services under Project AWARE:  Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available under this heading 
     in this Act, $10,000,000 shall be for the National Child 
     Traumatic Stress Network:  Provided further, That of the 
     amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
     $265,000,000 is available for activities authorized under 
     section 501(o) of the Public Health Service Act:  Provided 
     further, That of the amount made available under this heading 
     in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be for the Suicide Lifeline 
     and Disaster Distress Helpline:  Provided further, That of 
     the amount made available under this heading in this Act for 
     specified programs, not less than $150,000,000 shall be 
     allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian 
     health organizations, or health or behavioral health service 
     providers to tribes:  Provided further, That the Substance 
     Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has 
     flexibility to amend allowable activities, timelines, and 
     reporting requirements for the Substance Abuse Prevention and 
     Treatment Block Grant and the Community Mental Health 
     Services Block Grant pursuant to the public health emergency 
     declaration:  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.

                Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

                           program management

       For an additional amount for ``Program Management'', 
     $150,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, 
     to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for 
     State strike teams for resident and employee safety in 
     skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities, including 
     activities to support clinical care, infection control, and 
     staffing pursuant to section 30209 of this Act:  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.

                Administration For Children And Families

                   low income home energy assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Low Income Home Energy 
     Assistance'', $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, for making payments under subsection (b) of 
     section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
     1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.):  Provided, That of the amount 
     provided under this heading in this Act, $750,000,000 shall 
     be allocated as though the total appropriation for such 
     payments for fiscal year 2020 was less than $1,975,000,000:  
     Provided further, That each grantee that receives an 
     allotment of funds made available under this heading in this 
     Act shall, for purposes of income eligibility, deem to be 
     eligible any household that documents job loss or severe 
     income loss dated after February 29, 2020, such as a layoff 
     or furlough notice or verification of application for 
     unemployment benefits:  Provided further, That the limitation 
     in section 2605(b)(9)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Act of 1981, regarding planning and administering 
     the use of funds, shall apply to funds provided under this 
     heading in this Act by substituting ``12.5 percent'' for ``10 
     percent'':  Provided further, That section 2607(b)(2)(B) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)(B)) 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.

   payments to states for the child care and development block grant

       For an additional amount for ``Payments to States for the 
     Child Care and Development Block Grant'', $7,000,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for 
     Federal administrative expenses, which shall be used to 
     supplement, not supplant State, Territory, and Tribal general 
     revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income 
     families within the United States (including territories) 
     without regard to requirements in sections 658E(c)(3)(D)-(E) 
     or section 658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
     Act:  Provided, That funds provided under this heading in 
     this Act may be used for costs of providing relief from 
     copayments and tuition payments for families and for paying 
     that portion of the child care provider's cost ordinarily 
     paid through family copayments, to provide continued payments 
     and assistance to child care providers in the case of 
     decreased enrollment or closures related to coronavirus, and 
     to ensure child care providers are able to remain open or 
     reopen as appropriate and applicable:  Provided further, That 
     States, Territories, and Tribes are encouraged to place 
     conditions on payments to child care providers that ensure 
     that child care providers use a portion of funds received to 
     continue to pay the salaries and wages of staff:  Provided 
     further, That lead agencies shall, for the duration of the 
     COVID-19 public health emergency, implement enrollment and 
     eligibility policies that support the fixed costs of 
     providing child care services by delinking provider 
     reimbursement rates from an eligible child's absence and a 
     provider's closure due to the COVID-19 public health 
     emergency:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall remind 
     States that CCDBG State plans do not need to be amended prior 
     to utilizing existing authorities in the Child Care and 
     Development Block Grant Act for the purposes provided herein: 
      Provided further, That States, Territories, and Tribes are 
     authorized to use funds appropriated under this heading in 
     this Act to provide child care assistance to health care 
     sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, 
     farmworkers, and other workers deemed essential during the 
     response to coronavirus by public officials, without regard 
     to the income eligibility requirements of section 658P(4) of 
     such Act:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
     this heading in this Act shall be available to eligible child 
     care providers under section 658P(6) of the CCDBG Act, even 
     if such providers were not receiving CCDBG assistance prior 
     to the public health emergency as a result of the 
     coronavirus, for the purposes of cleaning and sanitation, and 
     other activities necessary to maintain or resume the 
     operation of programs:  Provided further, That no later than 
     60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each State, 
     Territory, and Tribe that receives funding under this heading 
     in this Act shall submit to the Secretary a report, in such 
     manner as the Secretary may require, describing how the funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act will be spent and 
     that no later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report summarizing such 
     reports from the States, Territories, and Tribes:  Provided 
     further, That no later than October 31, 2021, each State, 
     Territory, and Tribe that receives funding under this heading 
     in this Act shall submit to the Secretary a report, in such 
     manner as the Secretary may require, describing how the funds 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act were spent and 
     that no later than 60 days after receiving such reports from 
     the States, Territories, and Tribes, the Secretary shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate, the Committee on Education 
     and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
     report summarizing such reports from the States, Territories, 
     and Tribes:  Provided further, That payments made under this 
     heading in this Act may be obligated in this fiscal year or 
     the succeeding two fiscal years:  Provided further, That 
     funds appropriated under this heading in this Act may be made 
     available to restore amounts, either directly or through 
     reimbursement, for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare 
     for, and respond to coronavirus, prior to the date of 
     enactment of 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.

                children and families services programs

       For an additional amount for ``Children and Families 
     Services Programs'', $1,590,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, which shall be used as follows:
       (1) $50,000,000 for Family Violence Prevention and Services 
     grants as authorized by section 303(a) and 303(b) of the 
     Family Violence Prevention and Services Act with such funds 
     available to grantees without regard to matching requirements 
     under section 306(c)(4) of such Act, of which $2,000,000 
     shall be for the National Domestic Violence Hotline:  
     Provided, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services may 
     make such funds available for providing temporary housing and 
     assistance to victims of family, domestic, and dating 
     violence;
       (2) $20,000,000 for necessary expenses for community-based 
     grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect under 
     section 209 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, 
     which the Secretary shall make without regard to sections 
     203(b)(1) and 204(4) of such Act; and

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       (3) $20,000,000 for necessary expenses for the Child Abuse 
     Prevention and Treatment Act State Grant program as 
     authorized by Section 112 of such Act;
       (4) $1,500,000,000 for necessary expenses for grants to 
     carry out the Low-Income Household Drinking Water and 
     Wastewater Assistance program, as described in section 190703 
     of division S of this Act.
       Provided, That funds made available under this heading in 
     this Act may be used for the purposes provided herein to 
     reimburse costs incurred between January 20, 2020, and the 
     date of award:  Provided further, That funds appropriated by 
     the CARES Act (P.L. 116-136) to carry out the Community 
     Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) and 
     received by a State shall be made available to eligible 
     entities (as defined in section 673(1)(A) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 9902(1)(A)) not later than either 30 days after such 
     State receives such funds or 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, whichever occurs later:  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.

                  ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

                 aging and disability services programs

       For an additional amount for ``Aging and Disability 
     Services Programs'', $100,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     the coronavirus:  Provided, That of the amount made available 
     under this heading in this Act, $85,000,000 shall be for 
     activities authorized under the Older Americans Act of 1965 
     (``OAA'') and activities authorized under part B of title XX 
     of the Social Security Act, including $20,000,000 for 
     supportive services under part B of title III; $19,000,000 
     for nutrition services under subparts 1 and 2 of part C of 
     title III; $1,000,000 for nutrition services under title VI; 
     $20,000,000 for supportive services for family caregivers 
     under part E of title III; $10,000,000 for evidence-based 
     health promotion and disease prevention services under part D 
     of title III; $10,000,000 for elder rights protection 
     activities, including the long-term ombudsman program under 
     title VII and adult protective services programs through the 
     Elder Justice Act; and $5,000,000 shall be for grants to 
     States to support the network of statewide senior legal 
     services, including existing senior legal hotlines, efforts 
     to expand such hotlines to all interested States, and legal 
     assistance to providers, in order to ensure seniors have 
     access to legal assistance, with such fund allotted to States 
     consistent with paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 304(a) 
     of the OAA:  Provided further, That State matching 
     requirements under sections 304(d)(1)(D) and 373(g)(2) of the 
     OAA shall not apply to funds made available under this 
     heading:  Provided further, That of the amount made available 
     under this heading in this Act, $10,000,000 shall be for 
     activities authorized in the Developmental Disabilities 
     Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this heading in this 
     Act, $5,000,000 shall be for activities authorized in the 
     Assistive Technology Act of 2004:  Provided further, That of 
     the amount made available in the preceding proviso, 
     $5,000,000 shall be for the purchase of equipment to allow 
     interpreters to provide appropriate and essential services to 
     the hearing-impaired community:  Provided further, That for 
     the purposes of the funding provided in the preceding 
     proviso, during the emergency period described in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act, for purposes of 
     section 4(e)(2)(A) of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, 
     the term ``targeted individuals and entities'' (as that term 
     is defined in section 3(16) of the Assistive Technology Act 
     of 2004) shall be deemed to include American Sign Language 
     certified interpreters who are providing interpretation 
     services remotely for individuals with disabilities:  
     Provided further, That during such emergency period, for the 
     purposes of the previous two provisos, to facilitate the 
     ability of individuals with disabilities to remain in their 
     homes and practice social distancing, the Secretary shall 
     waive the prohibitions on the use of grant funds for direct 
     payment for an assistive technology device for an individual 
     with a disability under sections 4(e)(2)(A) and 4(e)(5) of 
     such 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 Fund'', $4,575,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, 
     and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, 
     including the development of necessary countermeasures and 
     vaccines, prioritizing platform-based technologies with U.S.-
     based manufacturing capabilities, the purchase of vaccines, 
     therapeutics, diagnostics, necessary medical supplies, as 
     well as medical surge capacity, addressing blood supply 
     chain, workforce modernization, telehealth access and 
     infrastructure, initial advanced manufacturing, novel 
     dispensing, enhancements to the U.S. Commissioned Corps, and 
     other preparedness and response activities:  Provided, That 
     funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may be 
     used to develop and demonstrate innovations and enhancements 
     to manufacturing platforms to support such capabilities:  
     Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall purchase vaccines developed using funds made 
     available under this paragraph in this Act to respond to an 
     outbreak or pandemic related to coronavirus in quantities 
     determined by the Secretary to be adequate to address the 
     public health need:  Provided further, That products 
     purchased by the Federal government with funds made available 
     under this paragraph in this Act, including vaccines, 
     therapeutics, and diagnostics, shall be purchased in 
     accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance on 
     fair and reasonable pricing:  Provided further, That the 
     Secretary may take such measures authorized under current law 
     to ensure that vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics 
     developed from funds provided in this Act will be affordable 
     in the commercial market:  Provided further, That in carrying 
     out the previous proviso, the Secretary shall not take 
     actions that delay the development of such products:  
     Provided further, That products purchased with funds 
     appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may, at the 
     discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, be 
     deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 
     319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act:  Provided further, 
     That funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may 
     be transferred to, and merged with, the fund authorized by 
     section 319F-4, the Covered Countermeasure Process Fund, of 
     the Public Health Service Act:  Provided further, That of the 
     amount made available under this paragraph in this Act, 
     $3,500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced 
     Research and Development Authority for necessary expenses of 
     advanced research, development, manufacturing, production, 
     and purchase of vaccines and therapeutics:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this paragraph in 
     this Act, $500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical 
     Advanced Research and Development Authority for the 
     construction, renovation, or equipping of U.S.-based next 
     generation manufacturing facilities, other than facilities 
     owned by the United States Government:  Provided further, 
     That of the amount made available under this paragraph in 
     this Act, $500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical 
     Advanced Research and Development Authority to promote 
     innovation in antibacterial research and development:  
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     paragraph in this Act may be used for grants for the rent, 
     lease, purchase, acquisition, construction, alteration, or 
     renovation of non-Federally owned facilities to improve 
     preparedness and response capability at the State and local 
     level:  Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
     paragraph in this Act may be used for the construction, 
     alteration, renovation or equipping of non-Federally owned 
     facilities for the production of vaccines, therapeutics, 
     diagnostics, and medicines and other items purchased under 
     section 319F-2(a) of the Public Health Service Act where the 
     Secretary determines that such a contract is necessary to 
     assure sufficient domestic production of such supplies:  
     Provided further, That all construction, alteration, or 
     renovation work, carried out, in whole or in part, with fund 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act, the CARES Act 
     (P.L. 116-136), or the Paycheck Protection Program and Health 
     Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116-139), shall be subject to the 
     requirements of 42 U.S.C. 300s-1(b)(1)(I):  Provided further, 
     That not later than seven days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, and weekly thereafter until the public health 
     emergency related to coronavirus is no longer in effect, the 
     Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate on the current 
     inventory of ventilators and personal protective equipment in 
     the Strategic National Stockpile, including the numbers of 
     face shields, gloves, goggles and glasses, gowns, head 
     covers, masks, and respirators, as well as deployment of 
     ventilators and personal protective equipment during the 
     previous week, reported by state and other jurisdiction:  
     Provided further, That after the date that a report is 
     required to be submitted by the preceding proviso, amounts 
     made available for ``Department of Health and Human 
     Services--Office of the Secretary--General Departmental 
     Management'' in Public Law 116-94 for salaries and expenses 
     of the Immediate Office of the Secretary shall be reduced by 
     $250,000 for each day that such report has not been 
     submitted:  Provided further, That not later than the first 
     Monday in February of fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall include in the annual budget 
     submission for the Department, and submit to the Congress, 
     the Secretary's request with respect to expenditures 
     necessary to maintain the minimum level of relevant supplies 
     in the Strategic National Stockpile, including in case of a 
     significant pandemic, in consultation with the working group 
     under section 319F(a) of the Public Health Service Act and 
     the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures 
     Enterprise established under section 2811-1 of such 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.
       For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund'', $100,000,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to make 
     payments under the Health Care Provider Relief Fund as 
     described in section 30611 of division C of this Act:  
     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.
       For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency Fund'', $75,000,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to carry out 
     the COVID-19 National Testing and Contact Tracing Initiative, 
     as described in subtitle D of

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     division C of this Act:  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.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    State Fiscal Stabilization Fund

       For an additional amount for ``State Fiscal Stabilization 
     Fund'', $90,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  Provided, That the Secretary of Education 
     (referred to under this heading as ``Secretary'') shall make 
     grants to the Governor of each State for support of 
     elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as 
     applicable, early childhood education programs and services:  
     Provided further, That of the amount made available, the 
     Secretary shall first allocate up to one-half of 1 percent to 
     the outlying areas and one-half of 1 percent to the Bureau of 
     Indian Education (``BIE'') for activities consistent with 
     this heading under such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
     may determine:  Provided further, That the Secretary may 
     reserve up to $30,000,000 for administration and oversight of 
     the activities under this heading:  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall allocate 61 percent of the remaining 
     funds made available to carry out this heading to the States 
     on the basis of their relative population of individuals aged 
     5 through 24 and allocate 39 percent on the basis of their 
     relative number of children counted under section 1124(c) of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred 
     to under this heading as ``ESEA'') as State grants:  Provided 
     further, That State grants shall support statewide 
     elementary, secondary, and postsecondary activities; 
     subgrants to local educational agencies; and, subgrants to 
     public institutions of higher education:  Provided further, 
     That States shall allocate 65 percent of the funds received 
     under the fourth proviso as subgrants to local educational 
     agencies in proportion to the amount of funds such local 
     educational agencies received under part A of title I of the 
     ESEA in the most recent fiscal year:  Provided further, That 
     States shall allocate 30 percent of the funds received under 
     the fourth proviso as subgrants to public institutions of 
     higher education, of which the Governor shall reserve a 
     percentage necessary to make the minimum grants described in 
     the next proviso and, of the amounts remaining after making 
     such reservation, 75 percent shall be apportioned according 
     to the relative share in the State of students who received 
     Pell Grants who are not exclusively enrolled in distance 
     education courses prior to the coronavirus emergency at the 
     institution in the previous award year and 25 percent shall 
     be apportioned according to the relative share in the State 
     of the total enrollment of students at the institution who 
     are not exclusively enrolled in distance education courses 
     prior to the coronavirus emergency at the institution in the 
     previous award year: Provided further, That any public 
     institution of higher education that is not otherwise 
     eligible for a grant of at least $1,000,000 under the 
     preceding proviso and has an enrollment of at least 500 
     students shall be eligible to receive an amount equal to 
     whichever is lesser of the total loss of revenue and 
     increased costs associated with the coronavirus or 
     $1,000,000: Provided further, That the Governor shall use any 
     remaining funds that were unnecessary to carry out the 
     previous proviso to distribute such funds to institutions of 
     higher education in accordance with the formula in the 
     preceding provisos: Provided further, That the Governor may 
     use any funds received under the fourth proviso that are not 
     specifically reserved under this heading for additional 
     support to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary 
     education, including supports for under-resourced 
     institutions, institutions with high burden due to the 
     coronavirus, and institutions who did not possess distance 
     education capabilities prior to the coronavirus emergency:  
     Provided further, That the Governor shall return to the 
     Secretary any funds received that the Governor does not award 
     to local educational agencies and public institutions of 
     higher education or otherwise commit within two years of 
     receiving such funds, and the Secretary shall reallocate such 
     funds to the remaining States in accordance with the fourth 
     proviso:  Provided further, That Governors shall use State 
     grants and subgrants to maintain or restore State and local 
     fiscal support for elementary, secondary and postsecondary 
     education:  Provided further, That funds for local 
     educational agencies may be used for any activity authorized 
     by the ESEA, including the Native Hawaiian Education Act and 
     the Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support, and Assistance 
     Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 
     (``IDEA''), subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act , the Adult Education and Family 
     Literacy Act or the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
     Education Act of 2006 (``the Perkins Act''):  Provided 
     further, That a State or local educational agency receiving 
     funds under this heading may use the funds for activities 
     coordinated with State, local, tribal, and territorial public 
     health departments to detect, prevent, or mitigate the spread 
     of infectious disease or otherwise respond to coronavirus; 
     support online learning by purchasing educational technology 
     and internet access for students, which may include assistive 
     technology or adaptive equipment, that aids in regular and 
     substantive educational interactions between students and 
     their classroom instructor; provide ongoing professional 
     development to staff in how to effectively provide quality 
     online academic instruction; provide assistance for children 
     and families to promote equitable participation in quality 
     online learning; plan and implement activities related to 
     supplemental afterschool programs and summer learning, 
     including providing classroom instruction or quality online 
     learning during the summer months; plan for and coordinate 
     during long-term closures, provide technology for quality 
     online learning to all students, and how to support the needs 
     of low-income students, racial and ethnic minorities, 
     students with disabilities, English learners, students 
     experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care, 
     including how to address learning gaps that are created or 
     exacerbated due to long-term closures; support the continuity 
     of student engagement through social and emotional learning; 
     and other activities that are necessary to maintain the 
     operation of and continuity of services in local educational 
     agencies, including maintaining employment of existing 
     personnel, and reimbursement for eligible costs incurred 
     during the national emergency:  Provided further, That a 
     public institution of higher education that receives funds 
     under this heading shall use funds for education and general 
     expenditures (including defraying expenses due to lost 
     revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, and 
     payroll) and grants to students for expenses directly related 
     to coronavirus and the disruption of campus operations (which 
     may include emergency financial aid to students for tuition, 
     food, housing, technology, health care, and child care costs 
     that shall not be required to be repaid by such students) or 
     for the acquisition of technology and services directly 
     related to the need for distance education and the training 
     of faculty and staff to use such technology and services:  
     Provided further, That an institution of higher education may 
     not use funds received under this heading to increase its 
     endowment or provide funding for capital outlays associated 
     with facilities related to athletics, sectarian instruction, 
     or religious worship:  Provided further, That funds may be 
     used to support hourly workers, such as education support 
     professionals, classified school employees, and adjunct and 
     contingent faculty:  Provided further, That a Governor of a 
     State desiring to receive an allocation under this heading 
     shall submit an application at such time, in such manner, and 
     containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
     require:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue a 
     notice inviting applications not later than 15 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That any 
     State receiving funding under this heading shall maintain its 
     percent of total spending on elementary, secondary, and 
     postsecondary education in fiscal year 2019 for fiscal years 
     2020, 2021, and 2022:  Provided further, That a State's 
     application shall include assurances that the State will 
     maintain support for elementary and secondary education in 
     fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2021, and fiscal year 2022 at 
     least at the level of such support that is the average of 
     such State's support for elementary and secondary education 
     in the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which 
     State support for elementary and secondary education is 
     provided:  Provided further, That a State's application shall 
     include assurances that the State will maintain State support 
     for higher education (not including support for capital 
     projects or for research and development or tuition and fees 
     paid by students) in fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2021, and 
     fiscal year 2022 at least at the level of such support that 
     is the average of such State's support for higher education 
     (which shall include State and local government funding to 
     institutions of higher education and state financial aid) in 
     the 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which State 
     support for higher education is provided, and that any such 
     State's support for higher education funding, as calculated 
     as spending for public higher education per full-time 
     equivalent student, shall be at least the same in fiscal year 
     2022 as it was in fiscal year 2019:  Provided further, That 
     in such application, the Governor shall provide baseline data 
     that demonstrates the State's current status in each of the 
     areas described in such assurances in the preceding provisos: 
      Provided further, That a State's application shall include 
     assurances that the State will not construe any provisions 
     under this heading as displacing any otherwise applicable 
     provision of any collective-bargaining agreement between an 
     eligible entity and a labor organization as defined by 
     section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
     152(5)) or analogous State law:  Provided further, That a 
     State's application shall include assurances that the State 
     shall maintain the wages, benefits, and other terms and 
     conditions of employment set forth in any collective-
     bargaining agreement between the eligible entity and a labor 
     organization, as defined in the preceding proviso:  Provided 
     further, That a State's application shall include assurances 
     that all students with disabilities are afforded their full 
     rights under IDEA, including all rights and services outlined 
     in individualized education programs (``IEPs''):  Provided 
     further, That a State receiving funds under this heading 
     shall submit a report to the Secretary, at such time and in 
     such manner as the Secretary may require, that describes the 
     use of funds provided under this heading:  Provided further, 
     That no recipient of funds under this heading shall use funds 
     to provide financial assistance to students to attend private 
     elementary or secondary schools, unless such funds are used 
     to provide special education and related services to children 
     with disabilities whose IEPs require such placement, and 
     where the school district maintains responsibility for 
     providing such children a free appropriate public education, 
     as authorized by IDEA:  Provided further, That a local 
     educational agency, State, institution of higher education, 
     or other entity that receives funds under ``State Fiscal 
     Stabilization Fund'', shall to the greatest extent 
     practicable, continue to pay its employees and contractors 
     during the period of any disruptions or closures related to 
     coronavirus:  Provided further, That the terms ``elementary 
     education'' and ``secondary education'' have the meaning

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     given such terms under State law:  Provided further, That the 
     term ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965:  Provided further, That the term ``fiscal year'' shall 
     have the meaning given such term under State law:  Provided 
     further, That the term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
     the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico:  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.

                            Higher Education

       For an additional amount for ``Higher Education'', 
     $10,150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, of 
     which $11,000,000 shall be transferred to ``National 
     Technical Institute for the Deaf'' to help defray expenses 
     (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses 
     already incurred, technology costs associated with a 
     transition to distance education, sign language and 
     captioning costs associated with a transition to distance 
     education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) directly 
     caused by coronavirus and to enable emergency financial aid 
     to students for expenses directly related to coronavirus and 
     the disruption of university operations (which may include 
     food, housing, transportation, technology, health care, and 
     child care), of which $20,000,000 shall be transferred to 
     ``Howard University'' to help defray expenses (which may 
     include lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already 
     incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to 
     distance education, technology costs associated with a 
     transition to distance education, faculty and staff 
     trainings, and payroll) directly related to coronavirus and 
     to enable grants to students for expenses directly related to 
     coronavirus and the disruption of university operations 
     (which may include food, housing, transportation, technology, 
     health care, and child care), of which $11,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to ``Gallaudet University'' to help defray 
     expenses (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement for 
     expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a 
     transition to distance education, sign language and 
     captioning costs associated with a transition to distance 
     education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) directly 
     related to coronavirus and to enable grants to students for 
     expenses directly related to coronavirus and the disruption 
     of university operations (which may include food, housing, 
     transportation, technology, health care, and child care), and 
     of which the remaining amounts shall be used to carry out 
     parts A and B of title III, parts A and B of title V, subpart 
     4 of part A of title VII, and part B of title VII of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (``HEA'') as follows:
       (1) $1,708,000,000 for parts A and B of title III, parts A 
     and B of title V, and subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the 
     HEA to address needs directly related to coronavirus:  
     Provided, That such amount shall be allocated by the 
     Secretary proportionally to such programs covered under this 
     paragraph and based on the relative share of funding 
     appropriated to such programs in the Further Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) and distributed 
     to institutions of higher education as follows:
       (A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B), for 
     eligible institutions under part B of title III and subpart 4 
     of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act, the 
     Secretary shall allot to each eligible institution an amount 
     using the following formula:
       (i) 70 percent according to a ratio equivalent to the 
     number of Pell Grant recipients in attendance at such 
     institution at the end of the school year preceding the 
     beginning of that fiscal year and the total number of Pell 
     Grant recipients at all such institutions;
       (ii) 20 percent according to a ratio equivalent to the 
     total number of students enrolled at such institution at the 
     end of the school year preceding the beginning of that fiscal 
     year and the number of students enrolled at all such 
     institutions; and
       (iii) 10 percent according to a ratio equivalent to the 
     total endowment size at all eligible institutions at the end 
     of the school year preceding the beginning of that fiscal 
     year and the total endowment size at such institutions;
       (B) For eligible institutions under section 326 of the 
     Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall allot to each 
     eligible institution an amount in proportion to the award 
     received from funding for such institutions in the Further 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94);
       (C) For eligible institutions under section 316 of the 
     Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall allot funding 
     according to the formula in section 316(d)(3) of the Higher 
     Education Act;
       (D) Notwithstanding section 318(f) of the Higher Education 
     Act, for eligible institutions under section 318 of the 
     Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall allot funding 
     according to the formula in section 318(e) of the Higher 
     Education Act;
       (E) Except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), for 
     eligible institutions under part A of title III of the Higher 
     Education Act and parts A and B of title V, the Secretary 
     shall issue an application for eligible institutions to 
     demonstrate unmet need, and the Secretary shall allow 
     eligible institutions to apply for funds under one of the 
     programs for which they are eligible.
       (2) $8,400,000,000 for part B of title VII of the HEA for 
     institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 
     or 102(c) of the HEA) to address needs directly related to 
     coronavirus as follows:
       (A) $7,000,000,000 shall be provided to private, nonprofit 
     institutions of higher education--
       (i) by reserving an amount necessary to make the minimum 
     grants described in the second to last proviso under this 
     heading; and
       (ii) from amounts not reserved under clause (i), by 
     apportioning--

       (I) 75 percent according to the relative share of 
     enrollment of Federal Pell Grant recipients who are not 
     exclusively enrolled in distance education courses prior to 
     the coronavirus emergency; and
       (II) 25 percent according to the relative share of the 
     total enrollment of students who were not Federal Pell Grant 
     recipients who are not exclusively enrolled in distance 
     education courses prior to the coronavirus emergency.

       (B) $1,400,000,000 shall be for institutions of higher 
     education with unmet need related to the coronavirus, 
     including institutions of higher education that offer their 
     courses and programs exclusively through distance education:
       Provided, That funds shall be used to make payments to such 
     institutions to provide emergency grants to students who 
     attended such institutions at any point during the 
     coronavirus emergency and for any component of the student's 
     cost of attendance (as defined under section 472 of the HEA), 
     including tuition, food, housing, course materials, 
     technology, health care, and child care):  Provided further, 
     That institutions of higher education may use such funds to 
     defray expenses (including lost revenue, reimbursement for 
     expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a 
     transition to distance education, faculty and staff 
     trainings, and payroll) incurred by institutions of higher 
     education:  Provided further, That such payments shall not be 
     used to increase endowments or provide funding for capital 
     outlays associated with facilities related to athletics, 
     sectarian instruction, or religious worship:  Provided 
     further, That any private, nonprofit institution of higher 
     education that is not otherwise eligible for a grant of at 
     least $1,000,000 under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of this heading 
     and has a total enrollment of at least 500 students shall be 
     eligible to receive, from amounts reserved under paragraph 
     (2)(A)(i), an amount equal to whichever is the lesser of the 
     total loss of revenue and increased costs associated with the 
     coronavirus or $1,000,000: Provided further, That of the 
     funds provided under paragraph 2(B), the Secretary shall make 
     an application available for institutions of higher education 
     to demonstrate unmet need, which shall include for this 
     purpose a dramatic decline in revenue as a result of campus 
     closure, exceptional costs or challenges implementing 
     distance education platforms due to lack of a technological 
     infrastructure, serving a large percentage of students who 
     lack access to adequate technology to move to distance 
     education, serving a region or community that has been 
     especially impacted by increased unemployment and displaced 
     workers, serving communities or regions where the number of 
     coronavirus cases has imposed exceptional costs on the 
     institution, and other criteria that the Secretary shall 
     identify after consultation with institutions of higher 
     education or their representatives: Provided further, That no 
     institution may receive an award unless it has submitted an 
     application that describes the impact of the coronavirus on 
     the institution and the ways that the institution will use 
     the funds to ameliorate such impact: Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall brief the Committees on Appropriations 
     fifteen days in advance of making any application available 
     for funds under paragraph (2)(B):  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--Department of Education

       Sec. 10602.  Amounts made available to ``Department of 
     Education--Office of Inspector General'' in title VIII of 
     division B of Public Law 116-136 are hereby permanently 
     rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority 
     equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to 
     remain available until expended, for the same purposes and 
     under the same authorities as they were originally 
     appropriated, and shall be in addition to any other funds 
     available for such purposes:  Provided, That the amounts 
     appropriated by this section may also be used for 
     investigations and are available until expended:  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.
       Sec. 10603. 
       The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
     (P.L. 116-136) is amended by striking section 18001(a)(3):  
     Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to the amendment 
     made by this section that were previously designated by the 
     Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 
     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.
       Sec. 10604. 
       Section 18005(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
     Economic Security Act (P.L. 116-136) is amended by inserting 
     ``including subsections (a)(4)(A)(i) and (c) of such 
     section'' after ``section 1117'' and by inserting ``Such 
     equitable services shall be provided by the local educational 
     agency in which the students reside, and the amount of funds 
     available for such equitable services shall be based on the 
     number of nonpublic school students who were identified in 
     the calculation under section 1117(c)(1) of the ESEA for 
     purposes of Title I-A during the 2019-2020 school year 
     relative to the sum of such students in public schools during 
     the 2019-2020 school year.'' after ``representatives of 
     nonpublic schools.'':  Provided, That amounts

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     repurposed pursuant to the amendment made by this section 
     that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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.
       Sec. 10605. 
       Section 18004(c) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
     Economic Security Act (P.L. 116-136) is amended by striking 
     ``to cover any costs associated with significant changes to 
     the delivery of instruction due to the coronavirus'' and 
     inserting ``to defray expenses (including lost revenue, 
     reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs 
     associated with a transition to distance education, faculty 
     and staff trainings, payroll) incurred by institutions of 
     higher education.'':  Provided, That amounts repurposed 
     pursuant to the amendment made by this section that were 
     previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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.
       Sec. 10606.  With respect to the allocation and award of 
     funds under this title, the Secretary of Education is 
     prohibited from--
        (a) establishing a priority or preference not specified in 
     this title; and
       (b) imposing limits on the use of such funds not specified 
     in this title.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

             Corporation For National And Community Service

   administrative provisions--corporation for national and community 
                                service

       Sec. 10607. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds 
     as of September 30, 2020, from amounts provided to 
     ``Corporation for National and Community Service--Salaries 
     and Expenses'' in title IV of division A of the Further 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94), 
     are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional 
     new budget authority equal to the unobligated balances 
     rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2021, for the same 
     purposes and under the same authorities that they were 
     originally made available in Public Law 116-94, which shall 
     be in addition to any other funds available for such 
     purposes:  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.
       (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of 
     September 30, 2020, from amounts provided to ``Corporation 
     for National and Community Service--Operating Expenses'' in 
     title IV of division A of the Further Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94), are hereby 
     permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget 
     authority equal to the unobligated balances rescinded is 
     hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2021, for the same purposes and 
     under the same authorities that they were originally made 
     available in Public Law 116-94, which shall be in addition to 
     any other funds available for such purposes:  Provided, That 
     any amounts appropriated by the preceding proviso shall not 
     be subject to the allotment requirements otherwise applicable 
     under sections 129(a), (b), (d), and (e) of the National and 
     Community Service Act of 1993:  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.
       (c) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of 
     September 30, 2020, from amounts provided to ``Corporation 
     for National and Community Service--Office of Inspector 
     General'' in title IV of division A of the Further 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94), 
     are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional 
     new budget authority equal to the amount rescinded is hereby 
     appropriated on September 30, 2020, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, for the same purposes and under the same 
     authorities that they were originally made available in 
     Public Law 116-94, which shall be in addition to any other 
     funds available for such purposes:  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.
       (d)(1) Section 3514(b) of title III of division A of Public 
     Law 116-136 is hereby repealed, and such section shall be 
     applied hereafter as if such subsection had never been 
     enacted.
       (2)(A) In general.--The amounts provided under this 
     subsection are designated as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 
     of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)), and the budgetary effects shall 
     not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant 
     to section 4(d) of such Act.
       (B) Designation in the senate.--In the Senate, this 
     subsection is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and 
     the budgetary effects shall not be entered on any PAYGO 
     scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of such 
     concurrent resolution.
       (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)(7) 
     and (c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this subsection 
     shall not be estimated--
       (i) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
       (ii) 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.

                Institute of Museum and Library Services

    office of museum and library services: grants and administration

       For an additional amount for ``Institute of Museum and 
     Library Services'', $5,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, including grants to States, territories, tribes, 
     museums, and libraries, to expand digital network access, 
     purchase internet accessible devices, provide technical 
     support services, and for operational expenses:  Provided, 
     That any matching funds requirements for States, tribes, 
     libraries, and museums are waived for grants provided with 
     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.

                       Railroad Retirement Board

                      limitation on administration

       For an additional amount for ``Limitation on 
     Administration'', $4,500,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus, including the expeditious dispensation of 
     railroad unemployment insurance benefits, and to support 
     full-time equivalents and overtime hours as needed to 
     administer the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act:  
     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.

             limitation on the office of inspector general

       For an additional amount for ``Office of the Inspector 
     General'', $500,000, to remain available until expended, to 
     prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 
     salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, investigations 
     and audits of the Railroad Retirement Board and railroad 
     unemployment insurance benefits funded in this Act and Public 
     Law 116-136:  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.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 10608.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds made available under each heading in this title shall 
     only be used for the purposes specifically described under 
     that heading.
       Sec. 10609.  Funds appropriated by this title may be used 
     by the Secretary of the Health and Human Services to appoint, 
     without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 
     3319 of title 5 of the United States Code, candidates needed 
     for positions to perform critical work relating to 
     coronavirus for which--
       (1) public notice has been given; and
       (2) the Secretary has determined that such a public health 
     threat exists.
       Sec. 10610.  Funds made available by this title may be used 
     to enter into contracts with individuals for the provision of 
     personal services (as described in section 104 of part 37 of 
     title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (48 CFR 37.104)) to 
     support the prevention of, preparation for, or response to 
     coronavirus, domestically and internationally, subject to 
     prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided, That such 
     individuals may not be deemed employees of the United States 
     for the purpose of any law administered by the Office of 
     Personnel Management:  Provided further, That the authority 
     made available pursuant to this section shall expire on 
     September 30, 2024.
       Sec. 10611.  Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of anticipated 
     uses of funds made available to the Department of Health and 
     Human Services in this Act, including estimated personnel and 
     administrative costs, to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate:  Provided, That 
     such plans shall be updated and submitted to such Committees 
     every 60 days until September 30, 2024:  Provided further, 
     That the spend plans shall be accompanied by a listing of 
     each contract obligation incurred that exceeds $5,000,000 
     which has not previously been reported, including the amount 
     of each such obligation.
       Sec. 10612.  Not later than September 30, 2020, the 
     remaining unobligated balances of funds made available 
     through September 30, 2020, under the heading ``National 
     Institutes of Health'' in the Further Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94) are hereby 
     permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget 
     authority equivalent to the amount rescinded from each 
     account is hereby appropriated to that account, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available 
     for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be 
     available for such purposes, and under the same authorities 
     for which the funds were originally provided in Public Law 
     116-94:  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. 10613.  Funds made available in Public Law 113-235 to 
     the accounts of the National Institutes of Health that were 
     available for obligation through fiscal year 2015 and were 
     obligated

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     for multi-year research grants shall be available through 
     fiscal year 2021 for the liquidation of valid obligations if 
     the Director of the National Insitutes of Health determines 
     the project suffered an interruption of activities 
     attributable to SARS-CoV-2:  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. 10614.  Of the funds appropriated by this title under 
     the heading ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
     Fund'', $75,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, 
     funds made available under the heading ``Office of the 
     Secretary, Office of Inspector General'', and shall remain 
     available until expended, for oversight of activities 
     supported with funds appropriated to the Department of Health 
     and Human Services in this Act:  Provided, That the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall 
     consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate prior to obligating such 
     funds:  Provided further, That the transfer authority 
     provided by this section is in addition to any other transfer 
     authority provided by law.

                     TITLE VII--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

       For an additional amount for the ``House of 
     Representatives'', $5,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:  Provided, That the 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall 
     be allocated in accordance with a spend plan submitted to the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     by the Chief Administrative Officer and approved by such 
     Committee:  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.

                    Government Accountability Office

                         salaries and expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, for audits 
     and investigations relating to COVID-19 or similar pandemics, 
     as well as any related stimulus funding to assist the United 
     States response to health and economic vulnerabilities to 
     pandemics:  Provided, That, not later than 90 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability 
     Office shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan 
     specifying funding estimates and a timeline for such audits 
     and investigations:  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 VIII--DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED 
                                PROGRAMS

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

                      office of inspector general

       For an additional amount for ``Office of Inspector 
     General'', $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2022, for oversight of funds administered by the 
     Department of State and made available to prevent, prepare 
     for, and respond to coronavirus by this title and by prior 
     acts:  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.

                    GENERAL PROVISIONS -- THIS TITLE

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 10801.  Section 21005 of the Emergency Appropriations 
     for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations 
     (division B of Public Law 116-136) is amended by inserting at 
     the end before the period ``and is further amended by 
     striking `$5,563,619' in the second proviso under the heading 
     `Repatriation Loans Program Account' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof `$15,563,619' ''.
       Sec. 10802.  Section 21009 of the Emergency Appropriations 
     for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations 
     (division B of Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking 
     ``fiscal year 2020'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``fiscal 
     years 2020 and 2021'':  Provided, That the amount provided by 
     this section 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 IX

  TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                               operations

       For an additional amount for ``Operations'', $75,000,000, 
     to remain available until September 30, 2022, to prevent, 
     prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:  Provided, That 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act shall 
     be derived from the general fund, of which not less than 
     $1,000,000 shall be for the Administrator to seek to enter 
     into an agreement not later than 45 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act with a research organization 
     established under chapter 1503 of title 36, United States 
     Code, to conduct a study to determine whether the 
     environmental controls systems in commercial airliners 
     recirculate pathogens in the cabin air and to assess existing 
     and potential technological solutions to reduce pathogen 
     recirculation and to mitigate any elevated risk of exposure 
     to pathogens in the cabin air:  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.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                    highway infrastructure programs

       For an additional amount for ``Highway Infrastructure 
     Programs'', $15,000,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That the funds made available under this 
     heading shall be derived from the general fund, shall be in 
     addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 2020 in this 
     or any other Act for ``Federal-aid Highways'' under chapters 
     1 or 2 of title 23, United States Code, and shall not affect 
     the distribution or amount of funds provided in any other 
     Act:  Provided further, That notwithstanding chapter 1 of 
     title 23, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 
     a State, territory, Puerto Rico, or Indian Tribe may use 
     funds made available under this heading in this Act for 
     activities eligible under section 133(b) of title 23, United 
     States Code, for administrative and operations expenses, 
     including salaries of employees (including those employees 
     who have been placed on administrative leave) or contractors, 
     information technology needs, and availability payments:  
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading, $14,775,000,000 shall be available for States, 
     $150,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Transportation 
     Program, as described in section 202 of title 23, United 
     States Code, $60,000,000 shall be available for the Puerto 
     Rico Highway Program, as described in section 
     165(b)(2)(C)(iii) of such title; and $15,000,000 shall be 
     available for under the Territorial Highway Program, as 
     described in section 165(c)(6) of such title:  Provided 
     further, That for the purposes of funds made available under 
     this heading the term ``State'' means any of the 50 States or 
     the District of Columbia:  Provided further, That the funds 
     made available under this heading for States shall be 
     apportioned to States in the same ratio as the obligation 
     limitation for fiscal year 2020 was distributed among the 
     States in accordance with the formula specified in section 
     120(a)(5) of division H of Public Law 116-94 and shall be 
     apportioned not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be administered as if 
     apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, 
     except that activities eligible under the Tribal 
     Transportation Program shall be administered as if allocated 
     under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code:  Provided 
     further, That funds apportioned to a State under this heading 
     shall be suballocated within the State to areas described in 
     subsection 133(d)(1)(A)(i) of title 23, United States Code, 
     in the same ratio that funds suballocated to those areas for 
     fiscal year 2020 bears to the total amount of funds 
     apportioned to the State for the Federal-aid highway program 
     under section 104 of such title for fiscal year 2020:  
     Provided further, That of funds made available under this 
     heading for activities eligible under section 133(b) of title 
     23, United States Code, any such activity shall be subject to 
     the requirements of section 133(i) of such title:  Provided 
     further, That, except as provided in the following proviso, 
     the funds made available under this heading for activities 
     eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program and activities 
     eligible under the Territorial Highway Program shall be 
     administered as if allocated under sections 165(b) and 
     165(c), respectively, of such title:  Provided further, That 
     the funds made available under this heading for activities 
     eligible under the Puerto Rico Highway Program shall not be 
     subject to the requirements of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 
     165(b)(2)(B) of such title:  Provided further, That for 
     amounts subject to the obligation limitation under the 
     heading ``Department of Transportation--Federal Highway 
     Administration--Federal-aid Highways--(Limitation on 
     Obligations)--(Highway Trust Fund)'' in Public Law 116-94 for 
     fiscal year 2020 that are obligated after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and for any amounts made available 
     under this heading in this Act, the Federal share of the 
     costs shall be, at the option of the State, District of 
     Columbia, territory, Puerto Rico, or Indian Tribe, up to 100 
     percent, and may be available for administrative and 
     operations expenses, including salaries of employees 
     (including those employees who have been placed on 
     administrative leave) or contractors, information technology 
     needs, and availability payments:  Provided further, That 
     section 120(c) of Public Law 116-94 shall not apply for 
     fiscal year 2020, and that amounts that would otherwise have 
     been redistributed by section 120(c) shall be retained by 
     States and shall be available for their original purpose 
     until September 30, 2021, except that such amounts shall be 
     subject to such redistribution in fiscal year 2021:  Provided 
     further, That amounts made available under section 147 of 
     title 23, United States Code, for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 
     are available for the administrative and operating expenses 
     of eligible entities related to the response to a coronavirus 
     public health emergency beginning on January 20, 2020, 
     reimbursement for administrative and operating costs to 
     maintain service including the purchase of personal 
     protective equipment, and paying the administrative leave of 
     operations personnel due to reductions in service:  Provided 
     further, That funds made available for administrative and 
     operating expenses authorized for fiscal year 2020 in Public 
     Law 116-94 or in this Act under this heading are not required 
     to be included in a transportation improvement program or a 
     statewide transportation improvement program under sections 
     134 or 135 of title 23, United States Code, or chapter 53 of 
     title 49, United States Code, as applicable:  Provided 
     further, That unless otherwise specified, applicable 
     requirements under title 23, United States Code, shall apply 
     to funds made available under this heading:  Provided 
     further,

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     That the Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration 
     may retain up to one half of one percent of the funds made 
     available under this heading to fund the oversight by the 
     Administrator of activities carried out with funds made 
     available under this heading:  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.

                     Federal Transit Administration

                 public transportation emergency relief

       For an additional amount for ``Public Transportation 
     Emergency Relief'', $15,750,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
     under this heading in this Act--
       (1) $11,750,000,000 shall be for grants to urbanized areas 
     with populations over 3,000,000 and shall be allocated in the 
     same ratio as funds were provided in fiscal year 2020:  
     Provided, That 15 percent of the amounts provided in this 
     paragraph shall be allocated as if such funds were provided 
     under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code and 
     apportioned in accordance with section 5336 of such title 
     (other than subsection (b)(3) and (c)(1)(A)) and 85 percent 
     of the amounts provided in this paragraph shall be allocated 
     under section 5337 of such title and apportioned in 
     accordance with such section:  Provided further, That funds 
     provided under section 5337 shall be added to funds 
     apportioned under section 5307 for administration in 
     accordance with provisions under section 5307:  Provided 
     further, That for urbanized areas with multiple 
     subrecipients, funds provided under section 5337 in this 
     paragraph shall be distributed among subrecipients using the 
     same ratio used to distribute funds made available for 
     section 5337 in fiscal year 2020; and
       (2) $4,000,000,000 shall be for grants to transit agencies 
     that, as a result of coronavirus, require significant 
     additional assistance to maintain basic transit services:  
     Provided, That such funds shall be administered as if they 
     were provided under section 5324 of title 49, United States 
     Code:  Provided further, That any recipient or subrecipient 
     of funds under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, or 
     an intercity bus service provider that has, since October 1, 
     2018, partnered with a recipient or subrecipient in order to 
     meet the requirements of section 5311(f) of such title shall 
     be eligible to directly apply for funds under this paragraph: 
      Provided further, That entities that are subrecipients of 
     funds under chapter 53 of title 49 and have partnered with a 
     recipient or subrecipient in order to meet the requirements 
     of section 5311(f) of such title shall be eligible to receive 
     not more than 18.75 percent of the total funds provided under 
     this paragraph:  Provided further, That such entities shall 
     use assistance provided under this heading only for workforce 
     retention or, the recall or rehire of any laid off, 
     furloughed, or terminated employee, associated with the 
     provision of bus service:  Provided further, That, the 
     Secretary shall issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity not 
     later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
     and that such Notice of Funding Opportunity shall require 
     application submissions not later than 45 days after the 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall make awards not later than 45 days after the 
     application deadline:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall require grantees to provide estimates of financial 
     need, data on reduced ridership, and a spending plan for 
     funds:  Provided further, That when evaluating applications 
     for assistance, the Secretary shall give priority to transit 
     agencies with the largest revenue loss as a percentage of 
     their operating expenses:  Provided further, That if 
     applications for assistance do not exceed available funds, 
     the Secretary shall reserve the remaining amounts for 
     grantees to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus 
     and shall accept applications on a rolling basis:  Provided 
     further, That if amounts made available under this heading in 
     this Act remain unobligated on December 31, 2021, such 
     amounts shall be available for any purpose eligible under 
     section 5324 of title 49, United States Code:
       Provided further, That the provision of funds under this 
     section shall not affect the ability of any other agency of 
     the Government, including the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, or State agency, a local governmental entity, 
     organization, or person, to provide any other funds otherwise 
     authorized by law:  Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     subsection (a)(1) or (b) of section 5307 of title 49, United 
     States Code, subsection (a)(1) of section 5324 of such title, 
     or any provision of chapter 53 of title 49, funds provided 
     under this heading in this Act are available for the 
     operating expenses of transit agencies related to the 
     response to a coronavirus public health emergency, including, 
     beginning on January 20, 2020, reimbursement for operating 
     costs to maintain service and lost revenue due to the 
     coronavirus public health emergency, including the purchase 
     of personal protective equipment, and paying the 
     administrative leave of operations or contractor personnel 
     due to reductions in service:  Provided further, That to the 
     maximum extent possible, funds made available under this 
     heading in this Act and in title XII of division B of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) shall be directed to payroll 
     and public transit service, unless the recipient certifies to 
     the Secretary they have not furloughed any employees:  
     Provided further, That such operating expenses are not 
     required to be included in a transportation improvement 
     program, long-range transportation plan, statewide 
     transportation plan, or a statewide transportation 
     improvement program:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall not waive the requirements of section 5333 of title 49, 
     United States Code, for funds appropriated under this heading 
     in this Act:  Provided further, That unless otherwise 
     specified, applicable requirements under chapter 53 of title 
     49, United States Code, shall apply to funding made available 
     under this heading in this Act, except that the Federal share 
     of the costs for which any grant is made under this heading 
     in this Act shall be, at the option of the recipient, up to 
     100 percent:  Provided further, That the amount made 
     available under this heading in this Act shall be derived 
     from the general fund and shall not be subject to any 
     limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth in 
     any Act:  Provided further, That not more than one-half of 
     one percent of the funds for transit infrastructure grants 
     provided under this heading in this Act shall be available 
     for administrative expenses and ongoing program management 
     oversight as authorized under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) of 
     title 49, United States Code, and shall be in addition to any 
     other appropriations for such purpose:  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.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                       Public and Indian Housing

                     tenant-based rental assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Tenant-Based Rental 
     Assistance'', $4,000,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, and to be used under the same authority and 
     conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 
     2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), except that any amounts 
     provided for administrative expenses and other expenses of 
     public housing agencies for their section 8 programs, 
     including Mainstream vouchers, under this heading in the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and under this heading in this 
     Act shall also be available for Housing Assistance Payments 
     under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
     (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)):  Provided, That amounts made available 
     under this heading in this Act and under the same heading in 
     title XII of division B of the CARES Act may be used to cover 
     or reimburse allowable costs incurred to prevent, prepare 
     for, and respond to coronavirus regardless of the date on 
     which such costs were incurred:  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
     $500,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses 
     and other expenses of public housing agencies for their 
     section 8 programs, including Mainstream vouchers:  Provided 
     further, That of the amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act, $2,500,000,000 shall be available for 
     adjustments in the calendar year 2020 section 8 renewal 
     funding allocations, including Mainstream vouchers, for 
     public housing agencies that experience a significant 
     increase in voucher per-unit costs due to extraordinary 
     circumstances or that, despite taking reasonable cost savings 
     measures, as determined by the Secretary, would otherwise be 
     required to terminate rental assistance for families as a 
     result of insufficient funding:  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
     $1,000,000,000 shall be used for incremental rental voucher 
     assistance under section 8(o) of the United States Housing 
     Act of 1937 for use by individuals and families who are--
     homeless, as defined under section 103(a) of the McKinney-
     Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)); at risk 
     of homelessness, as defined under section 401(1) of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); 
     or fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating 
     violence, sexual assault, or stalking:  Provided further, 
     That the Secretary shall allocate amounts made available in 
     the preceding proviso to public housing agencies not later 
     than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     according to a formula that considers the ability of the 
     public housing agency to use vouchers promptly and the need 
     of geographical areas based on factors to be determined by 
     the Secretary, such as risk of transmission of coronavirus, 
     high numbers or rates of sheltered and unsheltered 
     homelessness, and economic and housing market conditions:  
     Provided further, That if a public housing authority elects 
     not to administer or does not promptly issue all of its 
     authorized vouchers within a reasonable period of time, the 
     Secretary shall reallocate any unissued vouchers and 
     associated funds to other public housing agencies according 
     to the criteria in the preceding proviso:  Provided further, 
     That a public housing agency shall not reissue any vouchers 
     under this heading in this Act for incremental rental voucher 
     assistance when assistance for the family initially assisted 
     is terminated:  Provided further, That upon termination of 
     incremental rental voucher assistance under this heading in 
     this Act for one or more families assisted by a public 
     housing agency, the Secretary shall reallocate amounts that 
     are no longer needed by such public housing agency for 
     assistance under this heading in this Act to another public 
     housing agency for the renewal of vouchers previously 
     authorized under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, 
     That amounts made available in this paragraph are in addition 
     to any other amounts made available for such purposes:  
     Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act may be transferred, 
     in aggregate, to ``Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development, Program Offices--Public and Indian Housing'' to 
     supplement existing resources for the necessary costs of 
     administering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure 
     of these amounts, to remain available until September 30, 
     2024:  Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
     the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section

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     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                     public housing operating fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Public Housing Operating 
     Fund'', as authorized by section 9(e) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $2,000,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2021, and to be used 
     under the same authority and conditions as the additional 
     appropriations for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in 
     title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136):  Provided, That amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act and under the same heading in title XII 
     of division B of the CARES Act may be used to cover or 
     reimburse allowable costs incurred to prevent, prepare for, 
     and respond to coronavirus regardless of the date on which 
     such costs were incurred:  Provided further, That up to 0.5 
     percent of the amounts made available under this heading in 
     this Act may be transferred, in aggregate, to ``Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, Program Offices--Public and 
     Indian Housing'' to supplement existing resources for the 
     necessary costs of administering and overseeing the 
     obligation and expenditure of these amounts, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2024:  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.

                   Community Planning and Development

              housing opportunities for persons with aids

       For an additional amount for ``Housing Opportunities for 
     Persons with AIDS'', $15,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, and to be used under the same authority 
     and conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136):  Provided, That amounts 
     provided under this heading in this Act that are allocated 
     pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.) shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2022:  Provided further, That not less than 
     $15,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading in this 
     Act shall be allocated pursuant to the formula in section 854 
     of such Act using the same data elements as utilized pursuant 
     to that same formula in fiscal year 2020:  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.

                       community development fund

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Community Development 
     Fund'', $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2023, and to be used under the same authority and 
     conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 
     2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136):  Provided, That such amount 
     made available under this heading in this Act shall be 
     distributed pursuant to section 106 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306) to 
     grantees that received allocations pursuant to such formula 
     in fiscal year 2020, and that such allocations shall be made 
     within 30 days of enactment of this Act:  Provided further, 
     That in administering funds under this heading, an urban 
     county shall consider needs throughout the entire urban 
     county configuration to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus:  Provided further, That up to $100,000,000 of 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act may be 
     used to make new awards or increase prior awards to existing 
     technical assistance providers:  Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, up 
     to $25,000,000 may be transferred to ``Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development, Program Offices--Community Planning 
     and Development'' for necessary costs of administering and 
     overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under 
     this heading in this Act, to remain available until September 
     30, 2028:  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.

                       homeless assistance grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Homeless Assistance 
     Grants'', $11,500,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2025, for the Emergency Solutions Grants 
     program as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et 
     seq.), as amended, and to be used under the same authority 
     and conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136):  Provided, That 
     $4,000,000,000 of the amount made available under this 
     heading in this Act shall be distributed pursuant to 24 CFR 
     576.3 to grantees that received allocations pursuant to that 
     same formula in fiscal year 2020, and that such allocations 
     shall be made within 30 days of enactment of this Act:  
     Provided further, That, in addition to amounts allocated in 
     the preceding proviso, remaining amounts shall be allocated 
     directly to a State or unit of general local government by 
     the formula specified in the third proviso under this heading 
     in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136):  Provided further, That not later than 90 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act and every 60 days 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate a minimum of an 
     additional $500,000,000, pursuant to the formula referred to 
     in the preceding proviso, based on the best available data:  
     Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act may be transferred 
     to ``Department of Housing and Urban Development--Program 
     Offices--Community Planning and Development'' for necessary 
     costs of administering and overseeing the obligation and 
     expenditure of amounts under this heading in this Act, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2030:  Provided further, 
     That funds made available under this heading in this Act and 
     under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES 
     Act (Public Law 116-136) may be used for eligible activities 
     the Secretary determines to be critical in order to assist 
     survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating 
     violence, and stalking or to assist homeless youth, age 24 
     and under:  Provided further, That amounts repurposed by this 
     paragraph that were previously designated by the Congress as 
     an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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:  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.

                      emergency rental assistance

       For activities and assistance authorized in section 110201, 
     $100,000,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     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.

                            Housing Programs

                    project-based rental assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Project-Based Rental 
     Assistance'', $750,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, and to be used under the same authority and 
     conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 
     2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136):  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.

                        housing for the elderly

       For an additional amount for ``Housing for the Elderly'', 
     $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, 
     and to be used under the same authority and conditions as the 
     additional appropriations for fiscal year 2020 under this 
     heading in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136):  Provided, That notwithstanding the first 
     proviso under this heading in the CARES Act, $300,000,000 of 
     the amount made available under this heading in this Act 
     shall be for one-time grants for service coordinators, as 
     authorized under section 676 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632), and the 
     continuation of existing congregate service grants for 
     residents of assisted housing projects:  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.

                  housing for persons with disabilities

       For an additional amount for ``Housing for Persons with 
     Disabilities'', $200,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2023, and to be used under the same authority 
     and conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136):  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.

                     housing counseling assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Housing Counseling 
     Assistance'', for contracts, grants, and other assistance 
     excluding loans, as authorized under section 106 of the 
     Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968, $100,000,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2022, including up to 
     $8,000,000 for administrative contract services:  Provided, 
     That funds made available under this heading in this Act 
     shall be used for providing counseling and advice to tenants 
     and homeowners, both current and prospective, with respect to 
     property maintenance, financial management or literacy, 
     foreclosure and eviction mitigation, and such other matters 
     as may be appropriate to assist them in improving their 
     housing conditions, meeting their financial needs, and 
     fulfilling the responsibilities of tenancy or homeownership; 
     for program administration; and for housing counselor 
     training:  Provided further, That amounts made available 
     under this heading in this Act may be used to purchase 
     equipment and technology to deliver services through use of 
     the Internet or other electronic or virtual means in response 
     to the public health emergency related to the Coronavirus 
     Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic:  Provided further, That for 
     purposes of providing such grants from amounts provided under 
     this heading, the Secretary may enter into multiyear 
     agreements, as appropriate, subject to the availability of 
     annual appropriations:  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.

                   Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

                        fair housing activities

       For an additional amount for ``Fair Housing Activities'', 
     $14,000,000, to remain available until

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     September 30, 2022, and to be used under the same authority 
     and conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal 
     year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136):  Provided, That of the 
     funds made available under this heading in this Act, 
     $4,000,000 shall be for Fair Housing Organization Initiative 
     grants through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), 
     made available to existing grantees, which may be used for 
     fair housing activities and for technology and equipment 
     needs to deliver services through use of the Internet or 
     other electronic or virtual means in response to the public 
     health emergency related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
     (COVID-19) pandemic:  Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading in this Act, $10,000,000 
     shall be for FHIP Education and Outreach grants made 
     available to previously-funded national media grantees and 
     State and local education and outreach grantees, to educate 
     the public and the housing industry about fair housing rights 
     and responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic:  Provided 
     further, That such grants in the preceding proviso shall be 
     divided evenly between the national media campaign and 
     education and outreach activities:  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

                        (including Rescissions)

       Sec. 10901.  There is hereby appropriated from the General 
     Fund of the Treasury, for payment to the Airport and Airway 
     Trust Fund, an amount equal to the amount authorized by 
     section 9502(c) of title 26, United States Code.
       Sec. 10902.  Amounts previously made available in the 
     Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113-
     6) for the heading ``Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development--Public and Indian Housing--Choice Neighborhoods 
     Initiative'' shall remain available for expenditure for the 
     purpose of paying valid obligations incurred prior to the 
     expiration of such amounts through September 30, 2021.
       Sec. 10903.  The provision under the heading ``Office of 
     the Inspector General--Salaries and Expenses'' in title XII 
     of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
     Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking 
     ``with funds made available in this Act to'' and inserting 
     ``by'':  Provided, That the amounts repurposed in this 
     section that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
     Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are 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.
       Sec. 10904. (a) Notwithstanding section 51309(a)(1)(B) of 
     title 46, United States Code, for fiscal year 2020, the 
     Secretary of Transportation may confer the degree of bachelor 
     of science on an individual who has not passed the 
     examination for a merchant marine officer's license due to 
     intervening efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
     coronavirus.
       (b) The Secretary of Transportation may provide such 
     individual up to 1 year after receipt of such degree to pass 
     the examination for a merchant marine officer's license.
       (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the 
     provision of a license under section 7101 of title 46, United 
     States Code, to an individual who has not passed the required 
     examination.
       Sec. 10905. (a) Notwithstanding section 51506(a)(3) of 
     title 46, United States Code, for fiscal year 2020, the 
     Secretary of Transportation may allow a State maritime 
     academy to waive a condition for graduation for an individual 
     to pass the examination required for the issuance of a 
     license under section 7101 of title 46, United States Code, 
     due to intervening efforts to prevent, prepare for, and 
     respond to coronavirus.
       (b) The Secretary of Transportation may provide such 
     individual up to 1 year after graduation to pass such 
     examination.
       (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the 
     provision of a license under section 7101 of title 46, United 
     States Code, to an individual who has not passed the required 
     examination.
       Sec. 10906. 
       Amounts made available under the headings ``Project-Based 
     Rental Assistance,'' ``Housing for the Elderly'' and 
     ``Housing for Persons With Disabilities'' in title XII of 
     division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and under 
     such headings in this title of this Act may be used, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, to provide 
     additional funds to maintain operations for such housing, for 
     providing supportive services, and for taking other necessary 
     actions to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
     including to actions to self-isolate, quarantine, or to 
     provide other coronavirus infection control services as 
     recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, including providing relocation services for 
     residents of such housing to provide lodging at hotels, 
     motels, or other locations:  Provided, That the amounts 
     repurposed pursuant to this section that were previously 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 are 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.

                                TITLE X

                   GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS DIVISION

       Sec. 11001.  Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the head of each executive agency that 
     receives funding in any division of this Act, or that 
     received funding in the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public 
     Law 116-123), the Second Coronavirus Preparedness and 
     Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of 
     Public Law 116-127), the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), or 
     the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement 
     Act (Public Law 116-139) 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 report 
     shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 
     days until all funds are expended or expire:  Provided 
     further, That reports submitted pursuant to this section 
     shall satisfy the requirements of section 1701 of division A 
     of Public Law 116-127.
       Sec. 11002.  Each amount appropriated or made available by 
     this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
     the fiscal year involved.
       Sec. 11003.  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. 11004.  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. 11005.  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. 11006.  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.
       Sec. 11007. (a) Any contract or agreement entered into by 
     an agency with a State or local government or any other non-
     Federal entity for the purposes of providing covered 
     assistance, including any information and documents related 
     to the performance of and compliance with such contract or 
     agreement, shall be--
       (1) deemed an agency record for purposes of section 
     552(f)(2) of title 5, United States Code; and
       (2) subject to section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
     (commonly known as the ``Freedom of Information Act'').
       (b) In this section--
       (1) the term ``agency'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 551 of title 5, United States Code; and
       (2) the term ``covered assistance''--
       (A) means any assistance provided by an agency in 
     accordance with an Act or amendments made by an Act to 
     provide aid, assistance, or funding related to the outbreak 
     of COVID-19 that is enacted before, on, or after the date of 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (B) includes any such assistance made available by an 
     agency under--
       (i) this Act;
       (ii) the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139), or an amendment made by 
     that Act;
       (iii) the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), or an amendment 
     made by that Act;
       (iv) the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public 
     Law 116-127), or an amendment made by that Act; or
       (v) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123), or an 
     amendment made by that Act.
       Sec. 11008. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     and in a manner consistent with other provisions in any 
     division of this Act, all laborers and mechanics employed by 
     contractors and subcontractors on projects funded directly by 
     or assisted in whole or in part by and through the Federal 
     Government pursuant to any division of this Act shall be paid 
     wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of 
     a character similar in the locality as determined by the 
     Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of 
     chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. With respect to 
     the labor standards specified in this section, the Secretary 
     of Labor shall have the authority and functions set forth in 
     Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 
     U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States 
     Code.
       (b) The amounts provided by this section are 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.


                           budgetary effects

       Sec. 11009.  (a) Statutory PAYGO Emergency Designation.--
     The amounts provided under division B and each succeeding 
     division are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 
     to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 
     U.S.C. 933(g)), and the budgetary effects shall not be 
     entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to 
     section 4(d) of such Act.
       (b) Senate PAYGO Emergency Designation.--In the Senate, 
     division B and each succeeding division are designated as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. 
     Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2018, and the budgetary effects shall 
     not be entered

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     on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 
     4106 of such concurrent resolution.
       (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) shall not be estimated 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.
       (d) Ensuring No Within-Session Sequestration.--Solely for 
     the purpose of calculating a breach within a category for 
     fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 251(a)(6) or section 
     254(g) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985, and notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     division, the budgetary effects from this division shall be 
     counted as amounts designated as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
       
       This division may be cited as the ``Coronavirus Recovery 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020''.

                     DIVISION B--REVENUE PROVISIONS

     SEC. 20001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Worker Health Coverage 
     Protection Act''.

                       TITLE I--ECONOMIC STIMULUS

             Subtitle A--2020 Recovery Rebate Improvements

     SEC. 20101. DEPENDENTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING 
                   CREDIT AND REBATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 6428(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``qualifying children 
     (within the meaning of section 24(c))'' and inserting 
     ``dependents (as defined in section 152)''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 6428(g) of such Code is amended by striking 
     ``qualifying child'' each place it appears and inserting 
     ``dependent''.
       (2) Section 6428(g)(2)(B) of such Code is amended by 
     striking ``such child'' and inserting ``such dependent''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in section 2201 of the CARES 
     Act.

     SEC. 20102. INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION 
                   NUMBERS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING 
                   CREDIT AND REBATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 6428(g) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, as amended by section 20101 of this Act, is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(g) Identification Number Requirement.--
       ``(1) In general.--The $1,200 amount in subsection (a)(1) 
     shall be treated as being zero unless the taxpayer includes 
     the TIN of the taxpayer on the return of tax for the taxable 
     year.
       ``(2) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return, the 
     $2,400 amount in subsection (a)(1) shall be treated as 
     being--
       ``(A) zero if the TIN of neither spouse is included on the 
     return of tax for the taxable year, and
       ``(B) $1,200 if the TIN of only one spouse is so included.
       ``(3) Dependents.--A dependent shall not be taken into 
     account under subsection (a)(2) unless the TIN of such 
     dependent is included on the return of tax for the taxable 
     year.
       ``(4) Coordination with certain advance payments.--In the 
     case of any payment made pursuant to subsection (f)(5)(B), a 
     TIN shall be treated for purposes of this subsection as 
     included on the taxpayer's return of tax if such TIN is 
     provided pursuant to such subsection.
       ``(5) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Any 
     omission of a correct TIN required under this subsection 
     shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical error for 
     purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to such omission.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in section 2201 of the CARES 
     Act.

     SEC. 20103. 2020 RECOVERY REBATES NOT SUBJECT TO REDUCTION OR 
                   OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO PAST-DUE SUPPORT.

       (a) In General.--Section 2201(d)(2) of the CARES Act is 
     amended by inserting ``(c),'' before ``(d)''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to credits and refunds allowed or made after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 20104. PROTECTION OF 2020 RECOVERY REBATES.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 2201 of the 
     CARES Act, as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
     Act, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
     subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), and by moving such 
     subparagraphs 2 ems to the right,
       (2) by striking ``Reduction or Offset.--Any credit'' and 
     inserting ``Reduction, Offset, Garnishment, etc.--
       ``(1) In general.--Any credit'', and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(2) Assignment of benefits.--
       ``(A) In general.--Any applicable payment shall not be 
     subject to transfer, assignment, execution, levy, attachment, 
     garnishment, or other legal process, or the operation of any 
     bankruptcy or insolvency law, to the same extent as payments 
     described in section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 407) without regard to subsection (b) thereof.
       ``(B) Encoding of payments.--As soon as practicable after 
     the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall encode applicable payments that are paid 
     electronically to any account--
       ``(i) with a unique identifier that is reasonably 
     sufficient to allow a financial institution to identify the 
     payment as a payment protected under subparagraph (A), and
       ``(ii) pursuant to the same specifications as required for 
     a benefit payment to which part 212 of title 31, Code of 
     Federal regulations applies.
       ``(C) Garnishment.--
       ``(i) Encoded payments.--Upon receipt of a garnishment 
     order that applies to an account that has received an 
     applicable payment that is encoded as provided in 
     subparagraph (B), a financial institution shall follow the 
     requirements and procedures set forth in part 212 of title 
     31, Code of Federal Regulations. This paragraph shall not 
     alter the status of payments as tax refunds or other 
     nonbenefit payments for purpose of any reclamation rights of 
     the Department of Treasury or the Internal Revenue Service as 
     per part 210 of title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       ``(ii) Other payments.--If a financial institution receives 
     a garnishment order (other than an order that has been served 
     by the United States) that applies to an account into which 
     an applicable payment that has not been encoded as provided 
     in subparagraph (B) has been deposited on any date in the 
     prior 60 days (including any date before the date of the 
     enactment of this paragraph), the financial institution, upon 
     the request of the account holder or for purposes of 
     complying in good faith with a State order, State law, court 
     order, or interpretation by a State Attorney General relating 
     to garnishment order, may, but is not required to, treat the 
     amount of the payment as exempt under law from garnishment 
     without requiring the account holder to assert any right of 
     garnishment exemption or requiring the consent of the 
     judgment creditor.
       ``(iii) Liability.--A financial institution that complies 
     in good faith with clause (i) or that acts in good faith in 
     reliance on clause (ii) shall not be liable under any Federal 
     or State law, regulation, or court or other order to a 
     creditor that initiates an order for any protected amounts, 
     to an account holder for any frozen amounts or garnishment 
     order applied.
       ``(D) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph--
       ``(i) Account holder.--The term `account holder' means a 
     natural person against whom a garnishment order is issued and 
     whose name appears in a financial institution's records.
       ``(ii) Applicable payment.--The term `applicable payment' 
     means any payment of credit or refund by reason of section 
     6428 of such Code (as so added) or by reason of subsection 
     (c) of this section.
       ``(iii) Garnishment.--The term `garnishment' means 
     execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal 
     process.
       ``(iv) Garnishment order.--The term `garnishment order' 
     means a writ, order, notice, summons, judgment, levy, or 
     similar written instruction issued by a court, a State or 
     State agency, a municipality or municipal corporation, or a 
     State child support enforcement agency, including a lien 
     arising by operation of law for overdue child support or an 
     order to freeze the assets in an account, to effect a 
     garnishment against a debtor.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 20105. PAYMENTS TO REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES AND 
                   FIDUCIARIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 6428(f) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph (6) as 
     paragraph (7) and by inserting after paragraph (5) the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Payment to representative payees and fiduciaries.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of any individual for which 
     payment information is provided to the Secretary by the 
     Commissioner of Social Security, the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the payment by 
     the Secretary under paragraph (3) with respect to such 
     individual may be made to such individual's representative 
     payee or fiduciary and the entire payment shall be--
       ``(i) provided to the individual who is entitled to the 
     payment, or
       ``(ii) used only for the benefit of the individual who is 
     entitled to the payment.
       ``(B) Application of enforcement provisions.--
       ``(i) In the case of a payment described in subparagraph 
     (A) which is made with respect to a social security 
     beneficiary or a supplemental security income recipient, 
     section 1129(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320a-8(a)(3)) shall apply to such payment in the same manner 
     as such section applies to a payment under title II or XVI of 
     such Act.
       ``(ii) In the case of a payment described in subparagraph 
     (A) which is made with respect to a railroad retirement 
     beneficiary, section 13 of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 
     U.S.C. 231l) shall apply to such payment in the same manner 
     as such section applies to a payment under such Act.
       ``(iii) In the case of a payment described in subparagraph 
     (A) which is made with respect to a veterans beneficiary, 
     sections 5502, 6106, and 6108 of title 38, United States 
     Code, shall apply to such payment in the same manner as such 
     sections apply to a payment under such title.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in section 2201 of the CARES 
     Act.

     SEC. 20106. APPLICATION TO TAXPAYERS WITH RESPECT TO WHOM 
                   ADVANCE PAYMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.

       In the case of any taxpayer with respect to whom refund or 
     credit was made or allowed before the date of the enactment 
     of this Act under subsection (f) of section 6428 of the 
     Internal

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     Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by the CARES Act), such 
     subsection shall be applied separately with respect to the 
     excess (if any) of--
       (1) the advance refund amount determined under section 
     6428(f)(2) of such Code after the application of the 
     amendments made by this subtitle, over
       (2) the amount of such refund or credit so made or allowed.

         Subtitle B--Additional Recovery Rebates to Individuals

     SEC. 20111. ADDITIONAL RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 
     6428 the following new section:

     ``SEC. 6428A. ADDITIONAL RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS.

       ``(a) In General.--In the case of an eligible individual, 
     there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by 
     subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning in 2020 an 
     amount equal to the additional rebate amount determined for 
     such taxable year.
       ``(b) Additional Rebate Amount.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term `additional rebate amount' means, with 
     respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year, the sum of--
       ``(1) $1,200 ($2,400 in the case of a joint return), plus
       ``(2) $1,200 multiplied by the number of dependents of the 
     taxpayer for such taxable year (not in excess of 3 such 
     dependents).
       ``(c) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, 
     the term `eligible individual' means any individual other 
     than--
       ``(1) any nonresident alien individual,
       ``(2) any individual with respect to whom a deduction under 
     section 151 is allowable to another taxpayer for a taxable 
     year beginning in the calendar year in which the individual's 
     taxable year begins, and
       ``(3) an estate or trust.
       ``(d) Limitation Based on Modified Adjusted Gross Income.--
     The amount of the credit allowed by subsection (a) 
     (determined without regard to this subsection and subsection 
     (f)) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 5 percent of so 
     much of the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income as 
     exceeds--
       ``(1) $150,000 in the case of a joint return or a surviving 
     spouse (as defined in section 2(a)),
       ``(2) $112,500 in the case of a head of household (as 
     defined in section 2(b)), and
       ``(3) $75,000 in any other case.
       ``(e) Definitions and Special Rules.--
       ``(1) Modified adjusted gross income.--For purposes of this 
     subsection (other than this paragraph), the term `modified 
     adjusted gross income' means adjusted gross income determined 
     without regard to sections 911, 931, and 933.
       ``(2) Dependent defined.--For purposes of this section, the 
     term `dependent' has the meaning given such term by section 
     152.
       ``(3) Credit treated as refundable.--The credit allowed by 
     subsection (a) shall be treated as allowed by subpart C of 
     part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1.
       ``(4) Identification number requirement.--
       ``(A) In general.--The $1,200 amount in subsection (b)(1) 
     shall be treated as being zero unless the taxpayer includes 
     the TIN of the taxpayer on the return of tax for the taxable 
     year.
       ``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return, the 
     $2,400 amount in subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as 
     being--
       ``(i) zero if the TIN of neither spouse is included on the 
     return of tax for the taxable year, and
       ``(ii) $1,200 if the TIN of only one spouse is so included.
       ``(C) Dependents.--A dependent shall not be taken into 
     account under subsection (b)(2) unless the TIN of such 
     dependent is included on the return of tax for the taxable 
     year.
       ``(D) Coordination with certain advance payments.--In the 
     case of any payment made pursuant to subsection 
     (g)(5)(A)(ii), a TIN shall be treated for purposes of this 
     paragraph as included on the taxpayer's return of tax if such 
     TIN is provided pursuant to such subsection.
       ``(f) Coordination With Advance Refunds of Credit.--
       ``(1) Reduction of refundable credit.--The amount of the 
     credit which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable 
     under subsection (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 
     the aggregate refunds and credits made or allowed to the 
     taxpayer (or any dependent of the taxpayer) under subsection 
     (g). Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as 
     arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and assessed 
     according to section 6213(b)(1).
       ``(2) Joint returns.--In the case of a refund or credit 
     made or allowed under subsection (g) with respect to a joint 
     return, half of such refund or credit shall be treated as 
     having been made or allowed to each individual filing such 
     return.
       ``(g) Advance Refunds and Credits.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (5), each 
     individual who was an eligible individual for such 
     individual's first taxable year beginning in 2019 shall be 
     treated as having made a payment against the tax imposed by 
     chapter 1 for such taxable year in an amount equal to the 
     advance refund amount for such taxable year.
       ``(2) Advance refund amount.--For purposes of paragraph 
     (1), the advance refund amount is the amount that would have 
     been allowed as a credit under this section for such taxable 
     year if this section (other than subsection (f) and this 
     subsection) had applied to such taxable year.
       ``(3) Timing and manner of payments.--
       ``(A) Timing.--The Secretary shall, subject to the 
     provisions of this title, refund or credit any overpayment 
     attributable to this section as rapidly as possible. No 
     refund or credit shall be made or allowed under this 
     subsection after December 31, 2020.
       ``(B) Delivery of payments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary may certify and disburse 
     refunds payable under this subsection electronically to any 
     account to which the payee authorized, on or after January 1, 
     2018, the delivery of a refund of taxes under this title or 
     of a Federal payment (as defined in section 3332 of title 31, 
     United States Code).
       ``(C) Waiver of certain rules.--Notwithstanding section 
     3325 of title 31, United States Code, or any other provision 
     of law, with respect to any payment of a refund under this 
     subsection, a disbursing official in the executive branch of 
     the United States Government may modify payment information 
     received from an officer or employee described in section 
     3325(a)(1)(B) of such title for the purpose of facilitating 
     the accurate and efficient delivery of such payment. Except 
     in cases of fraud or reckless neglect, no liability under 
     sections 3325, 3527, 3528, or 3529 of title 31, United States 
     Code, shall be imposed with respect to payments made under 
     this subparagraph.
       ``(4) No interest.--No interest shall be allowed on any 
     overpayment attributable to this section.
       ``(5) Application to individuals who do not file a return 
     of tax for 2019.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of an individual who, at the 
     time of any determination made pursuant to paragraph (3), has 
     not filed a tax return for the year described in paragraph 
     (1), the Secretary shall--
       ``(i) apply paragraph (1) by substituting `2018' for 
     `2019', and
       ``(ii) in the case of a specified individual who has not 
     filed a tax return for such individual's first taxable year 
     beginning in 2018, determine the advance refund amount with 
     respect to such individual without regard to subsections (d) 
     and on the basis of information with respect to such 
     individual which is provided by--

       ``(I) in the case of a specified social security 
     beneficiary or a specified supplemental security income 
     recipient, the Commissioner of Social Security,
       ``(II) in the case of a specified railroad retirement 
     beneficiary, the Railroad Retirement Board, and
       ``(III) in the case of a specified veterans beneficiary, 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (in coordination with, and 
     with the assistance of, the Commissioner of Social Security 
     if appropriate).

       ``(B) Specified individual.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `specified individual' means any 
     individual who is--
       ``(i) a specified social security beneficiary,
       ``(ii) a specified supplemental security income recipient,
       ``(iii) a specified railroad retirement beneficiary, or
       ``(iv) a specified veterans beneficiary.
       ``(C) Specified social security beneficiary.--For purposes 
     of this paragraph--
       ``(i) In general.--The term `specified social security 
     beneficiary' means any individual who, for the last month 
     that ends prior to the date of enactment of this section, is 
     entitled to any monthly insurance benefit payable under title 
     II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), 
     including payments made pursuant to sections 202(d), 223(g), 
     and 223(i)(7) of such Act.
       ``(ii) Exception.--Such term shall not include any 
     individual if such benefit is not payable for such month by 
     reason of section 202(x) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 402(x)) or section 1129A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-
     8a).
       ``(D) Specified supplemental security income recipient.--
     For purposes of this paragraph--
       ``(i) In general.--The term `specified supplemental 
     security income recipient' means any individual who, for the 
     last month that ends prior to the date of enactment of this 
     section, is eligible for a monthly benefit payable under 
     title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) 
     (other than a benefit to an individual described in section 
     1611(e)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(B)), 
     including--

       ``(I) payments made pursuant to section 1614(a)(3)(C) of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)(C)),
       ``(II) payments made pursuant to section 1619(a) (42 U.S.C. 
     1382h) or subsections (a)(4), (a)(7), or (p)(7) of section 
     1631 (42 U.S.C. 1383) of such Act, and
       ``(III) State supplementary payments of the type referred 
     to in section 1616(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382e(a)) (or 
     payments of the type described in section 212(a) of Public 
     Law 93-66) which are paid by the Commissioner under an 
     agreement referred to in such section 1616(a) (or section 
     212(a) of Public Law 93-66).

       ``(ii) Exception.--Such term shall not include any 
     individual if such monthly benefit is not payable for such 
     month by reason of subsection (e)(1)(A) or (e)(4) of section 
     1611 (42 U.S.C. 1382) or section 1129A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320a-8a).
       ``(E) Specified railroad retirement beneficiary.--For 
     purposes of this paragraph, the term `specified railroad 
     retirement beneficiary' means any individual who, for the 
     last month that ends prior to the date of enactment of this 
     section, is entitled to a monthly annuity or pension payment 
     payable (without regard to section 5(a)(ii) of the Railroad 
     Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231d(a)(ii))) under--
       ``(i) section 2(a)(1) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 231a(a)(1)),
       ``(ii) section 2(c) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 231a(c)),
       ``(iii) section 2(d)(1) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 231a(d)(1)), 
     or
       ``(iv) section 7(b)(2) of such Act (45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(2)) 
     with respect to any of the benefit payments described in 
     subparagraph (C)(i).
       ``(F) Specified veterans beneficiary.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph--
       ``(i) In general.--The term `specified veterans 
     beneficiary' means any individual who, for the last month 
     that ends prior to the date of enactment of this section, is 
     entitled to a compensation or pension payment payable under--

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       ``(I) section 1110, 1117, 1121, 1131, 1141, or 1151 of 
     title 38, United States Code,
       ``(II) section 1310, 1312, 1313, 1315, 1316, or 1318 of 
     title 38, United States Code,
       ``(III) section 1513, 1521, 1533, 1536, 1537, 1541, 1542, 
     or 1562 of title 38, United States Code, or
       ``(IV) section 1805, 1815, or 1821 of title 38, United 
     States Code,

     to a veteran, surviving spouse, child, or parent as described 
     in paragraph (2), (3), (4)(A)(ii), or (5) of section 101, 
     title 38, United States Code.
       ``(ii) Exception.--Such term shall not include any 
     individual if such compensation or pension payment is not 
     payable, or was reduced, for such month by reason of section 
     1505, 5313, or 5313B of title 38, United States Code.
       ``(G) Subsequent determinations and redeterminations not 
     taken into account.--For purposes of this section, any 
     individual's status as a specified social security 
     beneficiary, a specified supplemental security income 
     recipient, a specified railroad retirement beneficiary, or a 
     specified veterans beneficiary shall be unaffected by any 
     determination or redetermination of any entitlement to, or 
     eligibility for, any benefit, payment, or compensation, if 
     such determination or redetermination occurs after the last 
     month that ends prior to the date of enactment of this 
     section.
       ``(H) Payment to representative payees and fiduciaries.--
       ``(i) In general.--If the benefit, payment, or compensation 
     referred to in subparagraph (C)(i), (D)(i), (E), or (F)(i) 
     with respect to any specified individual is paid to a 
     representative payee or fiduciary, payment by the Secretary 
     under paragraph (3) with respect to such specified individual 
     shall be made to such individual's representative payee or 
     fiduciary and the entire payment shall be used only for the 
     benefit of the individual who is entitled to the payment.
       ``(ii) Application of enforcement provisions.--

       ``(I) In the case of a payment described in clause (i) 
     which is made with respect to a specified social security 
     beneficiary or a specified supplemental security income 
     recipient, section 1129(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1320a-8(a)(3)) shall apply to such payment in the same 
     manner as such section applies to a payment under title II or 
     XVI of such Act.
       ``(II) In the case of a payment described in clause (i) 
     which is made with respect to a specified railroad retirement 
     beneficiary, section 13 of the Railroad Retirement Act (45 
     U.S.C. 231l) shall apply to such payment in the same manner 
     as such section applies to a payment under such Act.
       ``(III) In the case of a payment described in clause (i) 
     which is made with respect to a specified veterans 
     beneficiary, sections 5502, 6106, and 6108 of title 38, 
     United States Code, shall apply to such payment in the same 
     manner as such sections apply to a payment under such title.

       ``(6) Notice to taxpayer.--Not later than 15 days after the 
     date on which the Secretary distributed any payment to an 
     eligible taxpayer pursuant to this subsection, notice shall 
     be sent by mail to such taxpayer's last known address. Such 
     notice shall indicate the method by which such payment was 
     made, the amount of such payment, and a phone number for the 
     appropriate point of contact at the Internal Revenue Service 
     to report any error with respect to such payment.
       ``(h) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
     regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or 
     appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section, 
     including--
       ``(1) regulations or other guidance providing taxpayers the 
     opportunity to provide the Secretary information sufficient 
     to allow the Secretary to make payments to such taxpayers 
     under subsection (g) (including the determination of the 
     amount of such payment) if such information is not otherwise 
     available to the Secretary, and
       ``(2) regulations or other guidance providing for the 
     proper treatment of joint returns and taxpayers with 
     dependents to ensure that an individual is not taken into 
     account more than once in determining the amount of any 
     credit under subsection (a) and any credit or refund under 
     subsection (g).
       ``(i) Outreach.--The Secretary shall carry out a robust and 
     comprehensive outreach program to ensure that all taxpayers 
     described in subsection (h)(1) learn of their eligibility for 
     the advance refunds and credits under subsection (g); are 
     advised of the opportunity to receive such advance refunds 
     and credits as provided under subsection (h)(1); and are 
     provided assistance in applying for such advance refunds and 
     credits. In conducting such outreach program, the Secretary 
     shall coordinate with other government, State, and local 
     agencies; federal partners; and community-based nonprofit 
     organizations that regularly interface with such 
     taxpayers.''.
       (b) Treatment of 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 amendments made by 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 amendments 
     made by 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) Coordination with credit allowed against united states 
     income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed against United 
     States income taxes under section 6428A of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section), nor shall 
     any credit or refund be made or allowed under subsection (g) 
     of such section, to any person--
       (A) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes imposed by 
     the possession by reason of the amendments made by this 
     section, or
       (B) who is eligible for a payment under a plan described in 
     paragraph (2).
       (4) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, 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.
       (c) Administrative Provisions.--
       (1) Definition of deficiency.--Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``and 
     6428'' and inserting ``6428, and 6428A''.
       (2) Mathematical or clerical error authority.--Section 
     6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``or section 6428A (relating to additional 
     recovery rebates to individuals)'' before the comma at the 
     end of subparagraph (H), and
       (B) by striking ``or 6428'' in subparagraph (L) and 
     inserting ``6428, or 6428A''.
       (3) Exception from reduction or offset.--Any credit or 
     refund allowed or made to any individual by reason of section 
     6428A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this 
     section) or by reason of subsection (b) of this section shall 
     not be--
       (A) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to section 3716 
     or 3720A of title 31, United States Code,
       (B) subject to reduction or offset pursuant to subsection 
     (c), (d), (e), or (f) of section 6402 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, or
       (C) reduced or offset by other assessed Federal taxes that 
     would otherwise be subject to levy or collection.
       (4) Assignment of benefits.--
       (A) In general.--Any applicable payment shall not be 
     subject to transfer, assignment, execution, levy, attachment, 
     garnishment, or other legal process, or the operation of any 
     bankruptcy or insolvency law, to the same extent as payments 
     described in section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 407) without regard to subsection (b) thereof.
       (B) Encoding of payments.--As soon as practicable after the 
     date of the enactment of the paragraph, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall encode applicable payments that are paid 
     electronically to any account--
       (i) with a unique identifier that is reasonably sufficient 
     to allow a financial institution to identify the payment as a 
     payment protected under subparagraph (A), and
       (ii) pursuant to the same specifications as required for a 
     benefit payment to which part 212 of title 31, Code of 
     Federal regulations applies.
       (C) Garnishment.--
       (i) Encoded payments.--Upon receipt of a garnishment order 
     that applies to an account that has received an applicable 
     payment that is encoded as provided in subparagraph (B), a 
     financial institution shall follow the requirements and 
     procedures set forth in part 212 of title 31, Code of Federal 
     Regulations. This paragraph shall not alter the status of 
     payments as tax refunds or other nonbenefit payments for 
     purpose of any reclamation rights of the Department of 
     Treasury or the Internal Revenue Serves as per part 210 of 
     title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       (ii) Other payments.--If a financial institution receives a 
     garnishment order (other than an order that has been served 
     by the United States) that applies to an account into which 
     an applicable payment that has not been encoded as provided 
     in subparagraph (B) has been deposited on any date in the 
     prior 60 days (including any date before the date of the 
     enactment of this paragraph), the financial institution, upon 
     the request of the account holder or for purposes of 
     complying in good faith with a State order, State law, court 
     order, or interpretation by a State Attorney General relating 
     to garnishment order, may, but is not required to, treat the 
     amount of the payment as exempt under law from garnishment 
     without requiring the account holder to assert any right of 
     garnishment exemption or requiring the consent of the 
     judgment creditor.
       (iii) Liability.--A financial institution that complies in 
     good faith with clause (i) or that acts in good faith in 
     reliance on clause (ii) shall not be liable under any Federal 
     or State law, regulation, or court or other order to a 
     creditor that initiates an order for any protected amounts, 
     to an account holder for any frozen amounts or garnishment 
     order applied.
       (D) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph--
       (i) Account holder.--The term ``account holder'' means a 
     natural person against whom a garnishment order is issued and 
     whose name appears in a financial institution's records.
       (ii) Applicable payment.--The term ``applicable payment'' 
     means any payment of credit or refund by reason of section 
     6428 of such Code (as so added) or by reason of subsection 
     (c) of this section.
       (iii) Garnishment.--The term ``garnishment'' means 
     execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal 
     process.
       (iv) Garnishment order.--The term ``garnishment order'' 
     means a writ, order, notice,

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     summons, judgment, levy, or similar written instruction 
     issued by a court, a State or State agency, a municipality or 
     municipal corporation, or a State child support enforcement 
     agency, including a lien arising by operation of law for 
     overdue child support or an order to freeze the assets in an 
     account, to effect a garnishment against a debtor.
       (5) Treatment of credit and advance payments.--For purposes 
     of section 1324 of title 31, United States Code, any credit 
     under section 6428A(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
     any credit or refund under section 6428A(g) of such Code, and 
     any payment under subsection (b) of 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 
     1324.
       (6) Agency information sharing and assistance.--The 
     Commissioner of Social Security, the Railroad Retirement 
     Board, and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each 
     provide the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's 
     delegate) such information and assistance as the Secretary of 
     the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) may require for 
     purposes of making payments under section 6428A(g) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to individuals described in 
     paragraph (5)(A)(ii) thereof.
       (7) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for 
     subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 6428 the following new item:

``Sec. 6428A. Additional recovery rebates to individuals.''.
       (d) Appropriations to Carry Out This Section.--
       (1) In general.--Immediately upon the enactment of this 
     Act, the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2020--
       (A) Social security administration.--For an additional 
     amount for ``Social Security Administration--Limitation on 
     Administrative Expenses'', $40,500,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2021: Provided, that $2,500,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2024, shall be 
     transferred to ``Social Security Administration--Office of 
     Inspector General'' for necessary expenses in carrying out 
     the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978.
       (B) Railroad retirement board.--For an additional amount 
     for ``Railroad Retirement Board--Limitation on 
     Administration'', $8,300, to remain available until September 
     30, 2021.
       (2) Reports.--Beginning 90 days after enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a quarterly 
     report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate detailing the actual 
     expenditure of Internal Revenue Service funds in this Act, 
     and the expected expenditure of such funds in the subsequent 
     quarter.
       (e) Certain Requirements Related to Recovery Rebates and 
     Additional Recovery Rebates.--
       (1) Signatures on checks and notices, etc., by the 
     department of the treasury.--Any check issued to an 
     individual by the Department of the Treasury pursuant to 
     section 6428 or 6428A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
     and any notice issued pursuant to section 6428(f)(6) or 
     section 6428A(g)(6) of such Code, may not be signed by or 
     otherwise bear the name, signature, image or likeness of the 
     President, the Vice President or any elected official or 
     cabinet level officer of the United States, or any individual 
     who, with respect to any of the aforementioned individuals, 
     bears any relationship described in subparagraphs (A) through 
     (G) of section 152(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.
       (2) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall apply to checks 
     and notices issued after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (f) Reports to Congress.--Each week beginning after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and beginning before 
     December 31, 2020, on Friday of such week, not later than 3 
     p.m. Eastern Time, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     provide a written report to the Committee on Ways and Means 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
     of the Senate. Such report shall include the following 
     information with respect to payments made pursuant to each of 
     sections 6428 and 6428A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986:
       (1) The number of scheduled payments sent to the Bureau of 
     Fiscal Service for payment by direct deposit or paper check 
     for the following week (stated separately for direct deposit 
     and paper check).
       (2) The total dollar amount of the scheduled payments 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (3) The number of direct deposit payments returned to the 
     Department of the Treasury and the total dollar value of such 
     payments, for the week ending on the day prior to the day on 
     which the report is provided.
       (4) The total number of letters related to payments under 
     section 6428 or 6428A of such Code mailed to taxpayers during 
     the week ending on the day prior to the day on which the 
     report is provided.

                  Subtitle C--Earned Income Tax Credit

     SEC. 20121. STRENGTHENING THE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR 
                   INDIVIDUALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN.

       (a) Special Rules for 2020.--Section 32 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(n) Special Rules for Individuals Without Qualifying 
     Children.--In the case of any taxable year beginning after 
     December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2021--
       ``(1) Decrease in minimum age for credit.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) shall be 
     applied by substituting `the applicable minimum age' for `age 
     25'.
       ``(B) Applicable minimum age.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `applicable minimum age' means--
       ``(i) except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, 
     age 19,
       ``(ii) in the case of a full-time student (other than a 
     qualified former foster youth or a qualified homeless youth), 
     age 25, and
       ``(iii) in the case of a qualified former foster youth or a 
     qualified homeless youth, age 18.
       ``(C) Full-time student.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
     the term `full-time student' means, with respect to any 
     taxable year, an individual who is an eligible student (as 
     defined in section 25A(b)(3)) during at least 5 calendar 
     months during the taxable year.
       ``(D) Qualified former foster youth.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `qualified former foster youth' means an 
     individual who--
       ``(i) on or after the date that such individual attained 
     age 14, was in foster care provided under the supervision or 
     administration of a State or tribal agency administering (or 
     eligible to administer) a plan under part B or part E of the 
     Social Security Act (without regard to whether Federal 
     assistance was provided with respect to such child under such 
     part E), and
       ``(ii) provides (in such manner as the Secretary may 
     provide) consent for State and tribal agencies which 
     administer a plan under part B or part E of the Social 
     Security Act to disclose to the Secretary information related 
     to the status of such individual as a qualified former foster 
     youth.
       ``(E) Qualified homeless youth.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `qualified homeless youth' means, with 
     respect to any taxable year, an individual who--
       ``(i) is certified by a local educational agency or a 
     financial aid administrator during such taxable year as being 
     either an unaccompanied youth who is a homeless child or 
     youth, or as unaccompanied, at risk of homelessness, and 
     self-supporting. Terms used in the preceding sentence which 
     are also used in section 480(d)(1) of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 shall have the same meaning as when used in such 
     section, and
       ``(ii) provides (in such manner as the Secretary may 
     provide) consent for local educational agencies and financial 
     aid administrators to disclose to the Secretary information 
     related to the status of such individual as a qualified 
     homeless youth.
       ``(2) Increase in maximum age for credit.--Subsection 
     (c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) shall be applied by substituting `age 66' 
     for `age 65'.
       ``(3) Increase in credit and phaseout percentages.--The 
     table contained in subsection (b)(1) shall be applied by 
     substituting `15.3' for `7.65' each place it appears therein.
       ``(4) Increase in earned income and phaseout amounts.--
       ``(A) In general.--The table contained in subsection 
     (b)(2)(A) shall be applied--
       ``(i) by substituting `$9,720' for `$4,220', and
       ``(ii) by substituting `$11,490' for `$5,280'.
       ``(B) Coordination with inflation adjustment.--Subsection 
     (j) shall not apply to any dollar amount specified in this 
     paragraph.''.
       (b) Information Return Matching.--As soon as practicable, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) 
     shall develop and implement procedures to use information 
     returns under section 6050S (relating to returns relating to 
     higher education tuition and related expenses) to check the 
     status of individuals as full-time students for purposes of 
     section 32(n)(1)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     (as added by this section).
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.

     SEC. 20122. TAXPAYER ELIGIBLE FOR CHILDLESS EARNED INCOME 
                   CREDIT IN CASE OF QUALIFYING CHILDREN WHO FAIL 
                   TO MEET CERTAIN IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 32(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 20123. CREDIT ALLOWED IN CASE OF CERTAIN SEPARATED 
                   SPOUSES.

       (a) In General.--Section 32(d) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Married Individuals.--In the case of'' 
     and inserting the following: ``Married Individuals.--
       ``(1) In general.--In the case of'', and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) Determination of marital status.--For purposes of 
     this section--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     marital status shall be determined under section 7703(a).
       ``(B) Special rule for separated spouse.--An individual 
     shall not be treated as married if such individual--
       ``(i) is married (as determined under section 7703(a)) and 
     does not file a joint return for the taxable year,
       ``(ii) lives with a qualifying child of the individual for 
     more than one-half of such taxable year, and
       ``(iii)(I) during the last 6 months of such taxable year, 
     does not have the same principal place of abode as the 
     individual's spouse, or
       ``(II) has a decree, instrument, or agreement (other than a 
     decree of divorce) described in section 121(d)(3)(C) with 
     respect to the individual's spouse and is not a member of the 
     same household with the individual's spouse by the end of the 
     taxable year.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 32(c)(1)(A) of such Code is amended by striking 
     the last sentence.
       (2) Section 32(c)(1)(E)(ii) of such Code is amended by 
     striking ``(within the meaning of section 7703)''.

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       (3) Section 32(d)(1) of such Code, as amended by subsection 
     (a), is amended by striking ``(within the meaning of section 
     7703)''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 20124. ELIMINATION OF DISQUALIFIED INVESTMENT INCOME 
                   TEST.

       (a) In General.--Section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by striking subsection (i).
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Section 32(j)(1) of such Code is amended by striking 
     ``subsections (b)(2) and (i)(1)'' and inserting ``subsection 
     (b)(2)''.
       (2) Section 32(j)(1)(B)(i) of such Code is amended by 
     striking ``subsections (b)(2)(A) and (i)(1)'' and inserting 
     ``subsection (b)(2)(A)''.
       (3) Section 32(j)(2) of such Code is amended--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (B), and
       (B) by striking ``Rounding.--'' and all that follows 
     through ``If any dollar amount'' and inserting the following: 
     ``Rounding.--If any dollar amount''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 20125. APPLICATION OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT IN 
                   POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 7530. APPLICATION OF EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT TO 
                   POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES.

       ``(a) Puerto Rico.--
       ``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2021 and 
     each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as 
     otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to 
     Puerto Rico equal to--
       ``(A) the specified matching amount for such calendar year, 
     plus
       ``(B) in the case of calendar years 2021 through 2025, the 
     lesser of--
       ``(i) the expenditures made by Puerto Rico during such 
     calendar year for education efforts with respect to 
     individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to the 
     earned income tax credit, or
       ``(ii) $1,000,000.
       ``(2) Requirement to reform earned income tax credit.--The 
     Secretary shall not make any payments under paragraph (1) 
     with respect to any calendar year unless Puerto Rico has in 
     effect an earned income tax credit for taxable years 
     beginning in or with such calendar year which (relative to 
     the earned income tax credit which was in effect for taxable 
     years beginning in or with calendar year 2019) increases the 
     percentage of earned income which is allowed as a credit for 
     each group of individuals with respect to which such 
     percentage is separately stated or determined in a manner 
     designed to substantially increase workforce participation.
       ``(3) Specified matching amount.--For purposes of this 
     subsection--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `specified matching amount' 
     means, with respect to any calendar year, the lesser of--
       ``(i) the excess (if any) of--

       ``(I) the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax 
     credit for taxable years beginning in or with such calendar 
     year, over
       ``(II) the base amount for such calendar year, or

       ``(ii) the product of 3, multiplied by the base amount for 
     such calendar year.
       ``(B) Base amount.--
       ``(i) Base amount for 2020.--In the case of calendar year 
     2020, the term `base amount' means the greater of--

       ``(I) the cost to Puerto Rico of the earned income tax 
     credit for taxable years beginning in or with calendar year 
     2019 (rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000,000), or
       ``(II) $200,000,000.

       ``(ii) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any calendar 
     year after 2021, the term `base amount' means the dollar 
     amount determined under clause (i) increased by an amount 
     equal to--

       ``(I) such dollar amount, multiplied by--
       ``(II) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under 
     section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by 
     substituting `calendar year 2020' for `calendar year 2016' in 
     subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.

     Any amount determined under this clause shall be rounded to 
     the nearest multiple of $1,000,000.
       ``(4) Rules related to payments and reports.--
       ``(A) Timing of payments.--The Secretary shall make 
     payments under paragraph (1) for any calendar year--
       ``(i) after receipt of the report described in subparagraph 
     (B) for such calendar year, and
       ``(ii) except as provided in clause (i), within a 
     reasonable period of time before the due date for individual 
     income tax returns (as determined under the laws of Puerto 
     Rico) for taxable years which began on the first day of such 
     calendar year.
       ``(B) Annual reports.--With respect to calendar year 2021 
     and each calendar year thereafter, Puerto Rico shall provide 
     to the Secretary a report which shall include--
       ``(i) an estimate of the costs described in paragraphs 
     (1)(B)(i) and (3)(A)(i)(I) with respect to such calendar 
     year, and
       ``(ii) a statement of such costs with respect to the 
     preceding calendar year.
       ``(C) Adjustments.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the event that any estimate of an 
     amount is more or less than the actual amount as later 
     determined and any payment under paragraph (1) was determined 
     on the basis of such estimate, proper payment shall be made 
     by, or to, the Secretary (as the case may be) as soon as 
     practicable after the determination that such estimate was 
     inaccurate. Proper adjustment shall be made in the amount of 
     any subsequent payments made under paragraph (1) to the 
     extent that proper payment is not made under the preceding 
     sentence before such subsequent payments.
       ``(ii) Additional reports.--The Secretary may require such 
     additional periodic reports of the information described in 
     subparagraph (B) as the Secretary determines appropriate to 
     facilitate timely adjustments under clause (i).
       ``(D) Determination of cost of earned income tax credit.--
     For purposes of this subsection, the cost to Puerto Rico of 
     the earned income tax credit shall be determined by the 
     Secretary on the basis of the laws of Puerto Rico and shall 
     include reductions in revenues received by Puerto Rico by 
     reason of such credit and refunds attributable to such 
     credit, but shall not include any administrative costs with 
     respect to such credit.
       ``(E) Prevention of manipulation of base amount.--No 
     payments shall be made under paragraph (1) if the earned 
     income tax credit as in effect in Puerto Rico for taxable 
     years beginning in or with calendar year 2019 is modified 
     after the date of the enactment of this subsection.
       ``(b) Possessions With Mirror Code Tax Systems.--
       ``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2020 and 
     each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as 
     otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to the 
     Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands equal to--
       ``(A) 75 percent of the cost to such possession of the 
     earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or 
     with such calendar year, plus
       ``(B) in the case of calendar years 2020 through 2024, the 
     lesser of--
       ``(i) the expenditures made by such possession during such 
     calendar year for education efforts with respect to 
     individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to 
     such earned income tax credit, or
       ``(ii) $50,000.
       ``(2) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the 
     rules of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of subsection 
     (a)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
       ``(c) American Samoa.--
       ``(1) In general.--With respect to calendar year 2020 and 
     each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary shall, except as 
     otherwise provided in this subsection, make payments to 
     American Samoa equal to--
       ``(A) the lesser of--
       ``(i) 75 percent of the cost to American Samoa of the 
     earned income tax credit for taxable years beginning in or 
     with such calendar year, or
       ``(ii) $12,000,000, plus
       ``(B) in the case of calendar years 2020 through 2024, the 
     lesser of--
       ``(i) the expenditures made by American Samoa during such 
     calendar year for education efforts with respect to 
     individual taxpayers and tax return preparers relating to 
     such earned income tax credit, or
       ``(ii) $50,000.
       ``(2) Requirement to enact and maintain an earned income 
     tax credit.--The Secretary shall not make any payments under 
     paragraph (1) with respect to any calendar year unless 
     American Samoa has in effect an earned income tax credit for 
     taxable years beginning in or with such calendar year which 
     allows a refundable tax credit to individuals on the basis of 
     the taxpayer's earned income which is designed to 
     substantially increase workforce participation.
       ``(3) Inflation adjustment.--In the case of any calendar 
     year after 2020, the $12,000,000 amount in paragraph 
     (1)(A)(ii) shall be increased by an amount equal to--
       ``(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by--
       ``(B) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under 
     section 1(f)(3) for such calendar year, determined by 
     substituting `calendar year 2019' for `calendar year 2016' in 
     subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof.
     Any increase determined under this clause shall be rounded to 
     the nearest multiple of $100,000.
       ``(4) Application of certain rules.--Rules similar to the 
     rules of subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of subsection 
     (a)(4) shall apply for purposes of this subsection.
       ``(d) 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.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     77 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 7529. Application of earned income tax credit to possessions of 
              the United States.''.

     SEC. 20126. TEMPORARY SPECIAL RULE FOR DETERMINING EARNED 
                   INCOME FOR PURPOSES OF EARNED INCOME TAX 
                   CREDIT.

       (a) In General.--If the earned income of the taxpayer for 
     the taxpayer's first taxable year beginning in 2020 is less 
     than the earned income of the taxpayer for the preceding 
     taxable year, the credit allowed under section 32 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 may, at the election of the 
     taxpayer, be determined by substituting---
       (1) such earned income for the preceding taxable year, for
       (2) such earned income for the taxpayer's first taxable 
     year beginning in 2020.
       (b) Earned Income.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``earned income'' has the meaning given such term under 
     section 32(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       (2) Application to joint returns.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), in the case of a joint return, the earned 
     income of the taxpayer for the

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     preceding taxable year shall be the sum of the earned income 
     of each spouse for such preceding taxable year.
       (c) Special Rules.--
       (1) Errors treated as mathematical error.--For purposes of 
     section 6213 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, an 
     incorrect use on a return of earned income pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall be treated as a mathematical or clerical 
     error.
       (2) No effect on determination of gross income, etc.--
     Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied without regard to any 
     substitution under subsection (a).
       (d) Treatment of 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 (other than 
     this subsection) with respect to section 32 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986. 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 (other than this subsection) with respect to 
     section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 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.

                      Subtitle D--Child Tax Credit

     SEC. 20131. CHILD TAX CREDIT IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2020.

       (a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(i) Special Rules for 2020.--In the case of any taxable 
     year beginning in 2020--
       ``(1) Refundable credit.--Subsection (h)(5) shall not apply 
     and the increase determined under the first sentence of 
     subsection (d)(1) shall be the amount determined under 
     subsection (d)(1)(A) (determined without regard to subsection 
     (h)(4)).
       ``(2) Credit amount.--Subsection (h)(2) shall not apply and 
     subsection (a) shall be applied by substituting `$3,000 
     ($3,600 in the case of a qualifying child who has not 
     attained age 6 as of the close of the calendar year in which 
     the taxable year of the taxpayer begins)' for `$1,000'.
       ``(3) 17-year-olds eligible for treatment as qualifying 
     children.--This section shall be applied--
       ``(A) by substituting `age 18' for `age 17' in subsection 
     (c)(1), and
       ``(B) by substituting `described in subsection (c) 
     (determined after the application of subsection (i)(3)(A))' 
     for `described in subsection (c)' in subsection (h)(4)(A).''.
       (b) Advance Payment of Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 77 of such Code is amended by 
     inserting after section 7527 the following new section:

     ``SEC. 7527A. ADVANCE PAYMENT OF CHILD TAX CREDIT.

       ``(a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     program for making advance payments of the credit allowed 
     under subsection (a) of section 24 on a monthly basis 
     (determined without regard to subsection (i)(4)) of such 
     section), or as frequently as the Secretary determines to be 
     administratively feasible, to taxpayers determined to be 
     eligible for advance payment of such credit.
       ``(b) Limitation.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may make payments under 
     subsection (a) only to the extent that the total amount of 
     such payments made to any taxpayer during the taxable year 
     does not exceed an amount equal to the excess, if any, of--
       ``(A) subject to paragraph (2), the amount determined under 
     subsection (a) of section 24 with respect to such taxpayer 
     (determined without regard to subsection (i)(4)) of such 
     section) for such taxable year, over
       ``(B) the estimated tax imposed by subtitle A, as reduced 
     by the credits allowable under subparts A and C (other than 
     section 24) of such part IV, with respect to such taxpayer 
     for such taxable year, as determined in such manner as the 
     Secretary deems appropriate.
       ``(2) Application of threshold amount limitation.--The 
     program described in subsection (a) shall make reasonable 
     efforts to apply the limitation of section 24(b) with respect 
     to payments made under such program.
       ``(c) Application.--The advance payments described in this 
     section shall only be made with respect to credits allowed 
     under section 24 for taxable years beginning during 2020.''.
       (2) Reconciliation of credit and advance credit.--Section 
     24(i) of such Code, as amended by subsection (a), is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Reconciliation of credit and advance credit.--
       ``(A) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed under 
     this section for any taxable year shall be reduced (but not 
     below zero) by the aggregate amount of any advance payments 
     of such credit under section 7527A for such taxable year.
       ``(B) Excess advance payments.--If the aggregate amount of 
     advance payments under section 7527A for the taxable year 
     exceeds the amount of the credit allowed under this section 
     for such taxable year (determined without regard to 
     subparagraph (A)), the tax imposed by this chapter for such 
     taxable year shall be increased by the amount of such 
     excess.''.
       (3) Clerical amemdment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     77 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 7527 the following new item:

``Sec. 7527A. Advance payment of child tax credit.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.

     SEC. 20132. APPLICATION OF CHILD TAX CREDIT IN POSSESSIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Application of Credit in Possessions.--
       ``(1) Mirror code possessions.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to each 
     possession of the United States with a mirror code tax system 
     amounts equal to the loss to that possession by reason of the 
     application of this section (determined without regard to 
     this subsection) with respect to taxable years beginning 
     after 2019. Such amounts shall be determined by the Secretary 
     based on information provided by the government of the 
     respective possession.
       ``(B) Coordination with credit allowed against united 
     states income taxes.--No credit shall be allowed under this 
     section for any taxable year to any individual to whom a 
     credit is allowable against taxes imposed by a possession 
     with a mirror code tax system by reason of the application of 
     this section in such possession for such taxable year.
       ``(C) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, 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.
       ``(2) Puerto rico.--In the case of any bona fide resident 
     of Puerto Rico (within the meaning of section 937(a))--
       ``(A) the credit determined under this section shall be 
     allowable to such resident,
       ``(B) in the case of any taxable year beginning during 
     2020, the increase determined under the first sentence of 
     subsection (d)(1) shall be the amount determined under 
     subsection (d)(1)(A) (determined without regard to subsection 
     (h)(4)),
       ``(C) in the case of any taxable year beginning after 
     December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 2026, the increase 
     determined under the first sentence of subsection (d)(1) 
     shall be the lesser of--
       ``(i) the amount determined under subsection (d)(1)(A) 
     (determined without regard to subsection (h)(4)), or
       ``(ii) the dollar amount in effect under subsection (h)(5), 
     and
       ``(D) in the case of any taxable year after December 31, 
     2025, the increase determined under the first sentence of 
     subsection (d)(1) shall be the amount determined under 
     subsection (d)(1)(A).
       ``(3) American samoa.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pay to American 
     Samoa amounts estimated by the Secretary as being equal to 
     the aggregate benefits that would have been provided to 
     residents of American Samoa by reason of the application of 
     this section for taxable years beginning after 2019 if the 
     provisions of this section had been in effect in American 
     Samoa.
       ``(B) Distribution requirement.--Subparagraph (A) shall not 
     apply unless American Samoa has a plan, which has been 
     approved by the Secretary, under which American Samoa will 
     promptly distribute such payments to the residents of 
     American Samoa in a manner which replicates to the greatest 
     degree practicable the benefits that would have been so 
     provided to each such resident.
       ``(C) Coordination with credit allowed against united 
     states income taxes.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of a taxable year with 
     respect to which a plan is approved under subparagraph (B), 
     this section (other than this subsection) shall not apply to 
     any individual eligible for a distribution under such plan.
       ``(ii) Application of section in event of absence of 
     approved plan.--In the case of a taxable year with respect to 
     which a plan is not approved under subparagraph (B), rules 
     similar to the rules of paragraph (2) shall apply with 
     respect to bona fide residents of American Samoa (within the 
     meaning of section 937(a)).
       ``(4) Treatment of payments.--The payments made under this 
     subsection shall be treated in the same manner for purposes 
     of section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, United States Code, as 
     refunds due from the credit allowed under this section.''.

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       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.

                 Subtitle E--Dependent Care Assistance

     SEC. 20141. REFUNDABILITY AND ENHANCEMENT OF CHILD AND 
                   DEPENDENT CARE TAX CREDIT.

       (a) In General.--Section 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(g) Special Rules for 2020.--In the case of any taxable 
     year beginning after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 
     2021--
       ``(1) Credit made refundable.--In the case of an individual 
     other than a nonresident alien, the credit allowed under 
     subsection (a) shall be treated as a credit allowed under 
     subpart C (and not allowed under this subpart).
       ``(2) Increase in applicable percentage.--Subsection (a)(2) 
     shall be applied--
       ``(A) by substituting `50 percent' for `35 percent ', and
       ``(B) by substituting `$120,000' for `$15,000'.
       ``(3) Increase in dollar limit on amount creditable.--
     Subsection (c) shall be applied--
       ``(A) by substituting `$6,000' for `$3,000' in paragraph 
     (1) thereof, and
       ``(B) by substituting `twice the amount in effect under 
     paragraph (1)' for `$6,000' in paragraph (2) thereof.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1324(b)(2) of title 31, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting ``21 (by reason 
     of subsection (g) thereof),'' before ``25A''.
       (c) Coordination With Possession Tax Systems.--Section 
     21(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by 
     this section) shall not apply to any person--
       (1) to whom a credit is allowed against taxes imposed by a 
     possession with a mirror code tax system by reason of the 
     application of section 21 of such Code in such possession for 
     such taxable year, or
       (2) to whom a credit would be allowed against taxes imposed 
     by a possession which does not have a mirror code tax system 
     if the provisions of section 21 of such Code had been in 
     effect in such possession for such taxable year.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.

     SEC. 20142. INCREASE IN EXCLUSION FOR EMPLOYER-PROVIDED 
                   DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--Section 129(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Special rule for 2020.--In the case of any taxable 
     year beginning during 2020, subparagraph (A) shall be applied 
     be substituting `$10,500 (half such dollar amount' for 
     `$5,000 ($2,500'.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.
       (c) Retroactive Plan Amendments.--A plan or other 
     arrangement that otherwise satisfies all applicable 
     requirements of sections 106, 125, and 129 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (including any rules or regulations 
     thereunder) shall not fail to be treated as a cafeteria plan 
     or dependent care flexible spending arrangement merely 
     because such plan or arrangement is amended pursuant to a 
     provision under this section and such amendment is 
     retroactive, if--
       (1) such amendment is adopted no later than the last day of 
     the plan year in which the amendment is effective, and
       (2) the plan or arrangement is operated consistent with the 
     terms of such amendment during the period beginning on the 
     effective date of the amendment and ending on the date the 
     amendment is adopted.

         Subtitle F--Flexibility for Certain Employee Benefits

     SEC. 20151. INCREASE IN CARRYOVER FOR HEALTH FLEXIBLE 
                   SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS.

       (a) In General.--A plan or other arrangement that otherwise 
     satisfies all of the applicable requirements of sections 106 
     and 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including any 
     rules or regulations thereunder) shall not fail to be treated 
     as a cafeteria plan or health flexible spending arrangement 
     merely because such plan or arrangement permits participants 
     to carry over an amount not in excess of $2,750 of unused 
     benefits or contributions remaining in a health flexible 
     spending arrangement from the plan year ending in 2020 to the 
     plan year ending in 2021.
       (b) Definitions.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in section 106 or 125 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 or the rules or regulations thereunder shall have the 
     same meaning as when used in such section or rules or 
     regulations.

     SEC. 20152. CARRYOVER FOR DEPENDENT CARE FLEXIBLE SPENDING 
                   ARRANGEMENTS.

       (a) In General.--A plan or other arrangement that otherwise 
     satisfies all applicable requirements of sections 106, 125, 
     and 129 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including any 
     rules or regulations thereunder) shall not fail to be treated 
     as a cafeteria plan or dependent care flexible spending 
     arrangement merely because such plan or arrangement permits 
     participants to carry over (under rules similar to the rules 
     applicable to health flexible spending arrangements) an 
     amount, not in excess of the amount in effect under section 
     129(a)(2)(A) of such Code, of unused benefits or 
     contributions remaining in a dependent care flexible spending 
     arrangement from the plan year ending in 2020 to the plan 
     year ending in 2021.
       (b) Definitions.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in section 106, 125, or 129 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 or the rules or regulations thereunder shall 
     have the same meaning as when used in such section or rules 
     or regulations.

     SEC. 20153. CARRYOVER OF PAID TIME OFF.

       (a) In General.--A plan that otherwise satisfies all 
     applicable requirements of section 125 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 (including any rules or regulations 
     thereunder) shall not fail to be treated as a cafeteria plan 
     merely because such plan permits participants to carry over 
     (under rules similar to the rules applicable to health 
     flexible spending arrangements) any amount of paid time off 
     (without limitation) from the plan year ending in 2020 to the 
     plan year ending in 2021.
       (b) Definitions.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in section 125 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     or the rules or regulations thereunder shall have the same 
     meaning as when used in such section or rules or regulations.

     SEC. 20154. CHANGE IN ELECTION AMOUNT.

       (a) In General.--A plan or other arrangement that otherwise 
     satisfies all applicable requirements of sections 106 and 125 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including any rules or 
     regulations thereunder) shall not fail to be treated as a 
     cafeteria plan or health flexible spending arrangement merely 
     because such plan or arrangement allows an employee to make, 
     with respect to the remaining portion of a period of coverage 
     within the applicable period--
       (1) an election modifying the amount of such employee's 
     contributions to such a health flexible spending arrangement 
     (without regard to any change in status), or
       (2) an election modifying the amount of such employee's 
     elective paid time off.
     Any election as modified under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 
     the limitation applicable under section 125(i) for the 
     taxable year.
       (b) One-time Application.--Paragraphs (1) and (2) of 
     subsection (a) shall each apply to only 1 election change 
     described in such paragraph with respect to an employee (in 
     addition to any other election changes during a period of 
     coverage permitted under the plan or arrangement without 
     regard to this section).
       (c) Applicable Period.--For purposes of this section, the 
     term ``applicable period'' means the period beginning on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 
     2020.
       (d) Definitions.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in section 106 or 125 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 or the rules or regulations thereunder shall have the 
     same meaning as when used in such section or rules or 
     regulations.

     SEC. 20155. EXTENSION OF GRACE PERIODS, ETC.

       (a) In General.--A plan or other arrangement that otherwise 
     satisfies all applicable requirements of sections 106, 125, 
     or 129 of the Internal Revenue Code (including any rules or 
     regulations thereunder) shall not fail to be treated as a 
     cafeteria plan, health flexible spending arrangement, or 
     dependent care flexible spending arrangement (whichever is 
     applicable) merely because such plan or arrangement extends 
     the grace period for the plan year ending in 2020 to 12 
     months after the end of such plan year, with respect to 
     unused benefits or contributions remaining in a health 
     flexible spending arrangement or a dependent care flexible 
     spending arrangement.
       (b) Post-termination Reimbursements From Health FSAs.--A 
     plan or other arrangement that otherwise satisfies all 
     applicable requirements of sections 106 and 125 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including any rules or 
     regulations thereunder) shall not fail to be treated as a 
     cafeteria plan or health flexible spending arrangement merely 
     because such plan or arrangement allows (under rules similar 
     to the rules applicable to dependent care flexible spending 
     arrangements) an employee who ceases participation in the 
     plan during calendar year 2020 to continue to receive 
     reimbursements from unused benefits or contributions through 
     the end of the plan year (including any grace period, taking 
     into account any modification of a grace period permitted 
     under subsection (a)).
       (c) Definitions.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in section 106, 125, or 129 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 or the rules or regulations thereunder shall 
     have the same meaning as when used in such section or rules 
     or regulations.

     SEC. 20156. PLAN AMENDMENTS.

       A plan or other arrangement that otherwise satisfies all 
     applicable requirements of sections 106, 125, and 129 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (including any rules or 
     regulations thereunder) shall not fail to be treated as a 
     cafeteria plan, health flexible spending arrangement, or 
     dependent care flexible spending arrangement merely because 
     such plan or arrangement is amended pursuant to a provision 
     under this subtitle and such amendment is retroactive, if--
       (1) such amendment is adopted no later than the last day of 
     the plan year in which the amendment is effective, and
       (2) the plan or arrangement is operated consistent with the 
     terms of such amendment during the period beginning on the 
     effective date of the amendment and ending on the date the 
     amendment is adopted.

             Subtitle G--Deduction of State and Local Taxes

     SEC. 20161. ELIMINATION FOR 2020 AND 2021 OF LIMITATION ON 
                   DEDUCTION OF STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.

       (a) In General.--Section 164(b)(6)(B) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ``in the case of 
     a taxable year beginning before January 1, 2020, or after 
     December 31, 2021,'' before ``the aggregate amount of 
     taxes''.

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       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 164(b)(6) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``For purposes of subparagraph (B)'' and 
     inserting ``For purposes of this section'',
       (2) by striking ``January 1, 2018'' and inserting ``January 
     1, 2022'',
       (3) by striking ``December 31, 2017, shall'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2021, shall'', and
       (4) by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of 
     this section, in the case of State or local taxes with 
     respect to any real or personal property paid during a 
     taxable year beginning in 2020 or 2021, the Secretary shall 
     prescribe rules which treat all or a portion of such taxes as 
     paid in a taxable year or years other than the taxable year 
     in which actually paid as necessary or appropriate to prevent 
     the avoidance of the limitations of this subsection.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxes paid or accrued in taxable years 
     beginning after December 31, 2019.

                TITLE II--ADDITIONAL RELIEF FOR WORKERS

                     Subtitle A--Additional Relief

     SEC. 20201. INCREASE IN ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR CERTAIN 
                   EXPENSES OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL 
                   TEACHERS.

       (a) Increase.--Section 62(a)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$250'' and inserting 
     ``$500''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 62(d)(3) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (1) by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2020'',
       (2) by striking ``$250'' and inserting ``$500'', and
       (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2014'' and inserting 
     ``2019''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.

     SEC. 20202. ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION ALLOWED FOR CERTAIN 
                   EXPENSES OF FIRST RESPONDERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 62(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Certain expenses of first responders.--The deductions 
     allowed by section 162 which consist of expenses, not in 
     excess of $500, paid or incurred by a first responder--
       ``(i) as tuition or fees for the participation of the first 
     responder in professional development courses related to 
     service as a first responder, or
       ``(ii) for uniforms used by the first responder in service 
     as a first responder.''.
       (b) First Responder Defined.--Section 62(d) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(4) First responder.--For purposes of subsection 
     (a)(2)(F), the term `first responder' means, with respect to 
     any taxable year, any employee who provides at least 1000 
     hours of service during such taxable year as a law 
     enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency 
     medical technician.''.
       (c) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 62(d)(3) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions 
     of this Act, is further amended by striking ``the $500 amount 
     in subsection (a)(2)(D)'' and inserting ``the $500 amount in 
     each of subparagraphs (D) and (F) of subsection (a)(2)''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.

     SEC. 20203. TEMPORARY ABOVE-THE-LINE DEDUCTION FOR SUPPLIES 
                   AND EQUIPMENT OF FIRST RESPONDERS AND COVID-19 
                   FRONT LINE EMPLOYEES.

       (a) In General.--Section 62(d) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, 
     is amended by adding at the end of the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) Temporary rule for first responders and covid-19 
     front line employees.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of any taxable year 
     beginning in 2020--
       ``(i) subsection (a)(2)(F)(ii) shall be applied by 
     substituting `uniforms, supplies, or equipment' for 
     `uniforms', and
       ``(ii) for purposes of subsection (a)(2)(F), the term 
     `first responder' shall include any COVID-19 front line 
     employee.
       ``(B) COVID-19 front line employee.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the term `COVID-19 front line employee' means, 
     with respect to any taxable year, any individual who performs 
     at least 1000 hours of essential work (as defined in the 
     COVID-19 Heroes Fund Act of 2020 except without regard to the 
     time period during which such work is performed) during such 
     taxable year as an employee in a trade or business of an 
     employer.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2019.

     SEC. 20204. PAYROLL CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PANDEMIC-RELATED 
                   EMPLOYEE BENEFIT EXPENSES PAID BY EMPLOYERS.

       (a) In General.--In the case of an employer, there shall be 
     allowed as a credit against applicable employment taxes for 
     each calendar quarter an amount equal to the applicable 
     percentage of the qualified pandemic-related employee benefit 
     expenses paid by such employer with respect to such calendar 
     quarter.
       (b) Limitations and Refundability.--
       (1) Dollar limitation per employee.--The qualified 
     pandemic-related employee benefit expenses which may be taken 
     into account under subsection (a) with respect to any 
     employee for any calendar quarter shall not exceed $5,000.
       (2) Credit limited to certain employment taxes.--The credit 
     allowed by subsection (a) with respect to any calendar 
     quarter shall not exceed the applicable employment taxes for 
     such calendar quarter (reduced by any credits allowed under 
     subsections (e) and (f) of section 3111 of such Code, 
     sections 7001 and 7003 of the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act, and section 2301 of the CARES Act, for such 
     quarter) on the wages paid with respect to the employment of 
     all the employees of the employer for such calendar quarter.
       (3) Refundability of excess credit.--
       (A) In general.--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 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       (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.
       (4) Coordination with government grants.--The qualified 
     pandemic-related employee benefit expenses taken into account 
     under this section by any employer shall be reduced by any 
     amounts provided by and Federal, State, or local government 
     for purposes of making or reimbursing such expenses.
       (c) Qualified Pandemic-related Employee Benefit Expenses.--
     For purposes of this section, the term ``qualified pandemic-
     related employee benefit expenses'' means any amount paid to 
     or for the benefit of an employee in the employment of the 
     employer if--
       (1) such amount is excludible from the gross income of the 
     employee under section 139 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 by reason of being a qualified disaster relief payment 
     described in subsection (b)(1) of such section with respect 
     to a qualified disaster described in subsection (c)(2) of 
     such section which was declared by reason of COVID-19, and
       (2) the employer elects (at such time and in such manner as 
     the Secretary may provide) to treat such amount as a 
     qualified pandemic-related employee benefit expense.
       (d) Applicable Percentage.--For purposes of this section--
       (1) In general.--The term ``applicable percentage'' means--
       (A) 50 percent, in the case of qualified pandemic-related 
     employee benefit expenses paid with respect to an essential 
     employee, and
       (B) 30 percent, in any other case.
       (2) Essential employee.--The term ``essential employee'' 
     means, with respect to any employer for any calendar quarter, 
     any employee of such employer if a substantial portion of the 
     services performed by such employee for such employer during 
     such calendar quarter are essential work (as defined in the 
     COVID-19 Heroes Fund Act of 2020 except without regard to the 
     time period during which such work is performed).
       (e) Special Rules; Other Definitions.--
       (1) Application of certain non-discrimination rules.--No 
     credit shall be allowed under this section to any employer 
     for any calendar quarter if qualified pandemic-related 
     employee benefit expenses are provided by such employer to 
     employees for such calendar quarter in a manner which 
     discriminates in favor of highly compensated individuals 
     (within the meaning of section 125) as to eligibility for, or 
     the amount of, such benefit expenses. An employer may elect 
     with respect to any calendar quarter to apply this paragraph 
     separately with respect to essential employees and with 
     respect to all other employees.
       (2) Denial of double benefit.--For purposes of chapter 1 of 
     such Code, no deduction or credit (other than the credit 
     allowed under this section) shall be allowed for so much of 
     qualified pandemic-related employee benefit expenses as is 
     equal to the credit allowed under this section.
       (3) Third party payors.--Any credit allowed under this 
     section shall be treated as a credit described in section 
     3511(d)(2) of such Code.
       (4) Applicable employment taxes.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``applicable employment taxes'' means the 
     following:
       (A) The taxes imposed under section 3111(a) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       (B) So much of the taxes imposed under section 3221(a) of 
     such Code as are attributable to the rate in effect under 
     section 3111(a) of such Code.
       (5) Secretary.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Treasury or the 
     Secretary's delegate.
       (6) Certain terms.--
       (A) In general.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in chapter 21 or 22 of such Code shall have the 
     same meaning as when used in such chapter (as the case may 
     be).
       (B) Certain provisions not taken into account except for 
     purposes of limiting credit to employment taxes.--For 
     purposes of subparagraph (A) (other than with respect to 
     subsection (b)(2)), section 3121(b) of such Code shall be 
     applied without regard to paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7), (8), 
     (10), (13), (18), (19), and (22) thereof (except with respect 
     to services performed in a penal institution by an inmate 
     thereof) and section 3231(e)(1) shall be applied without 
     regard to the sentence that begins ``Such term does not 
     include remuneration''.
       (f) Certain Governmental Employers.--
       (1) In general.--The credit under this section shall not be 
     allowed to the Federal Government or any agency or 
     instrumentality thereof.
       (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     organization described in section 501(c)(1) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) 
     of such Code.
       (g) Treatment of Deposits.--The Secretary shall waive any 
     penalty under section 6656 of such Code for any failure to 
     make a deposit of applicable employment taxes if the 
     Secretary determines that such failure was due to the 
     anticipation of the credit allowed under this section.

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       (h) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
     regulations or other guidance as may be necessary to carry 
     out the purposes of this section, including regulations or 
     other guidance--
       (1) to allow the advance payment of the credit determined 
     under subsection (a), subject to the limitations provided in 
     this section, based on such information as the Secretary 
     shall require,
       (2) to provide for the reconciliation of such advance 
     payment with the amount of the credit at the time of filing 
     the return of tax for the applicable quarter or taxable year,
       (3) 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), and
       (4) with respect to the application of the credit to third 
     party payors (including professional employer organizations, 
     certified professional employer organizations, or agents 
     under section 3504 of such Code), including to allow such 
     payors to submit documentation necessary to substantiate 
     eligibility for, and the amount of, the credit allowed under 
     this section.
       (i) Application of Section.--This section shall apply only 
     to qualified pandemic-related employee benefit expenses paid 
     after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2021.
       (j) Transfers to Certain Trust Funds.--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) and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit 
     Account established under section 15A(a) of the Railroad 
     Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(a)) 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 or Account had this section 
     not been enacted.

        Subtitle B--Tax Credits to Prevent Business Interruption

     SEC. 20211. IMPROVEMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT.

       (a) Increase in Credit Percentage.--Section 2301(a) of the 
     CARES Act is amended by striking ``50 percent'' and inserting 
     ``80 percent''.
       (b) Increase in Per Employee Limitation.--Section 
     2301(b)(1) of the CARES Act is amended by striking ``for all 
     calendar quarters shall not exceed $10,000.'' and inserting 
     ``shall not exceed--
       ``(A) $15,000 in any calendar quarter, and
       ``(B) $45,000 in the aggregate for all calendar 
     quarters.''.
       (c) Modification of Threshold for Treatment as a Large 
     Employer.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2301(c)(3)(A) of the CARES Act is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``for which the average number of full-time 
     employees (within the meaning of section 4980H of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986) employed by such eligible 
     employer during 2019 was greater than 100'' in clause (i) and 
     inserting ``which is a large employer'', and
       (B) by striking ``for which the average number of full-time 
     employees (within the meaning of section 4980H of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986) employed by such eligible 
     employer during 2019 was not greater than 100'' in clause 
     (ii) and inserting ``which is not a large employer''.
       (2) Large employer defined.--Section 2301(c) of the CARES 
     Act is amended by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph 
     (7) and by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(6) Large employer.--The term `large employer' means any 
     eligible employer if--
       ``(A) the average number of full-time employees (as 
     determined for purposes of determining whether an employer is 
     an applicable large employer for purposes of section 
     4980H(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) employed by 
     such eligible employer during calendar year 2019 was greater 
     than 1,500, and
       ``(B) the gross receipts (within the meaning of section 
     448(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of such eligible 
     employer during calendar year 2019 was greater than 
     $41,500,000.''.
       (d) Phase-in of Eligibility Based on Reduction in Gross 
     Receipts.--
       (1) Decrease of reduction in gross receipts necessary to 
     qualify for credit.--Section 2301(c)(2)(B) of the CARES Act 
     is amended--
       (A) by striking ``50 percent'' in clause (i) and inserting 
     ``90 percent'', and
       (B) by striking ``80 percent'' in clause (ii) and inserting 
     ``90 percent''.
       (2) Phase-in of credit if reduction in gross receipts is 
     less than 50 percent.--Section 2301(c)(2) of the CARES Act is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Phase-in of credit where business not suspended and 
     reduction in gross receipts less than 50 percent.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of any calendar quarter with 
     respect to which an eligible employer would not be an 
     eligible employer if subparagraph (B)(i) were applied by 
     substituting `50 percent' for `90 percent', the amount of the 
     credit allowed under subsection (a) shall be reduced by the 
     amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of such 
     credit (determined without regard to this subparagraph) as--

       ``(I) the excess gross receipts percentage point amount, 
     bears to
       ``(II) 40 percentage points.

       ``(ii) Excess gross receipts percentage point amount.--For 
     purposes of this subparagraph, the term `excess gross 
     receipts percentage point amount' means, with respect to any 
     calendar quarter, the excess of--

       ``(I) the lowest of the gross receipts percentage point 
     amounts determined with respect to any calendar quarter 
     during the period ending with such calendar quarter and 
     beginning with the first calendar quarter during the period 
     described in subparagraph (B), over
       ``(II) 50 percentage points.

       ``(iii) Gross receipts percentage point amounts.--For 
     purposes of this subparagraph, the term `gross receipts 
     percentage point amount' means, with respect to any calendar 
     quarter, the percentage (expressed as a number of percentage 
     points) obtained by dividing--

       ``(I) the gross receipts (within the meaning of 
     subparagraph (B)) for such calendar quarter, by
       ``(II) the gross receipts for the same calendar quarter in 
     calendar year 2019.''.

       (3) Gross receipts of tax-exempt organizations.--Section 
     2301(c)(2)(C) of the CARES Act is amended--
       (A) by striking ``of such Code, clauses (i) and (ii)(I)'' 
     and inserting ``of such Code--
       ``(i) clauses (i) and (ii)(I)'',
       (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
     and'', and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ii) any reference in this section to gross receipts 
     shall be treated as a reference to gross receipts within the 
     meaning of section 6033 of such Code.''.
       (e) Modification of Treatment of Health Plan Expenses.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2301(c)(5) of the CARES Act is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(5) Wages.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `wages' means wages (as defined 
     in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and 
     compensation (as defined in section 3231(e) of such Code).
       ``(B) Allowance for certain health plan expenses.--
       ``(i) In general.--Such term shall include amounts paid or 
     incurred by the eligible employer to provide and maintain a 
     group health plan (as defined in section 5000(b)(1) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986), but only to the extent that 
     such amounts are excluded from the gross income of employees 
     by reason of section 106(a) of such Code.
       ``(ii) Allocation rules.--For purposes of this section, 
     amounts treated as wages under clause (i) shall be treated as 
     paid with respect to any employee (and with respect to any 
     period) to the extent that such amounts are properly 
     allocable to such employee (and to such period) in such 
     manner as the Secretary may prescribe. Except as otherwise 
     provided by the Secretary, such allocation shall be treated 
     as properly made if made on the basis of being pro rata among 
     periods of coverage.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 2301(c)(3) of the CARES 
     Act is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
       (f) Qualified Wages Permitted to Include Amounts for Tip 
     Replacement.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2301(c)(3)(B) of the CARES Act is 
     amended by inserting ``(including tips which would have been 
     deemed to be paid by the employer under section 3121(q))'' 
     after ``would have been paid''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 2301(h)(2) of the CARES 
     Act is amended by inserting ``45B or'' before ``45S''.
       (g) Certain Governmental Employers Eligible for Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2301(f) of the CARES Act is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(f) Certain Governmental Employers.--
       ``(1) In general.--The credit under this section shall not 
     be allowed to the Federal Government or any agency or 
     instrumentality thereof.
       ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     organization described in section 501(c)(1) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) 
     of such Code.
       ``(3) Special rules.--In the case of any State government, 
     Indian tribal government, or any agency, instrumentality, or 
     political subdivision of the foregoing--
       ``(A) clauses (i) and (ii)(I) of subsection (c)(2)(A) shall 
     apply to all operations of such entity, and
       ``(B) subclause (II) of subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii) shall not 
     apply.''.
       (2) Coordination with application of certain definitions.--
       (A) In general.--Section 2301(c)(5)(A) of the CARES Act, as 
     amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following: ``For purposes of the 
     preceding sentence (other than for purposes of subsection 
     (b)(2)), wages as defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 shall be determined without regard to 
     paragraphs (1), (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (13), (18), (19), 
     and (22) of section 3212(b) of such Code (except with respect 
     to services performed in a penal institution by an inmate 
     thereof).''.
       (B) Conforming amendments.--Sections 2301(c)(6) of the 
     CARES Act is amended by striking ``Any term'' and inserting 
     ``Except as otherwise provided in this section, any term''.
       (h) Application of Credit to Employers of Domestic 
     Workers.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2301(c)(2) of the CARES Act, as 
     amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) Employers of domestic workers.--In the case of an 
     employer with one or more employees who perform domestic 
     service (within the meaning of section 3121(a)(7) of such 
     Code) in the private home of such employer, with respect to 
     such employees--
       ``(i) subparagraph (A) shall be applied--

       ``(I) by substituting `employing an employee who performs 
     domestic service in the private home of such employer' for 
     `carrying on a trade or business' in clause (i) thereof, and
       ``(II) by substituting `such employment' for `the operation 
     of the trade or business' in clause (ii)(I) thereof.

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       ``(ii) subclause (II) of subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not 
     apply, and
       ``(iii) such employer shall be treated as a large 
     employer.''.
       (2) Denial of double benefit.--Section 2301(h)(2) of the 
     CARES Act, as amended by preceding provisions of this Act, is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``shall not be taken into account for 
     purposes of'' and inserting ``shall not be taken into 
     account--
       ``(A) for purposes of'',
       (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
     and'' , and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) if such wages are paid for domestic service described 
     in subsection (c)(2)(E), as employment-related expenses for 
     purposes of section 21 of such Code.
     In the case of any individual who pays wages for domestic 
     service described in subsection (c)(2)(E) and receives a 
     reimbursement for such wages which is excludible from gross 
     income under section 129 of such Code, such wages shall not 
     be treated as qualified wages for purposes of this 
     section.''.
       (i) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in section 2301 of the CARES 
     Act.

     SEC. 20212. PAYROLL CREDIT FOR CERTAIN FIXED EXPENSES OF 
                   EMPLOYERS SUBJECT TO CLOSURE BY REASON OF 
                   COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--In the case of an eligible employer, there 
     shall be allowed as a credit against applicable employment 
     taxes for each calendar quarter an amount equal to 50 percent 
     of the qualified fixed expenses paid or incurred by such 
     employer during such calendar quarter.
       (b) Limitations and Refundability.--
       (1) Limitation.--The qualified fixed expenses which may be 
     taken into account under subsection (a) by any eligible 
     employer for any calendar quarter shall not exceed the least 
     of--
       (A) the qualified fixed expenses paid by the eligible 
     employer in the same calendar quarter of calendar year 2019,
       (B) $50,000, or
       (C) the greater of--
       (i) 25 percent of the wages paid with respect to the 
     employment of all the employees of the eligible employer for 
     such calendar quarter, or
       (ii) 6.25 percent of the gross receipts of the eligible 
     employer for calendar year 2019.
       (2) Credit limited to certain employment taxes.--The credit 
     allowed by subsection (a) with respect to any calendar 
     quarter shall not exceed the applicable employment taxes for 
     such calendar quarter (reduced by any credits allowed under 
     subsections (e) and (f) of section 3111 of such Code, 
     sections 7001 and 7003 of the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act, section 2301 of the CARES Act, and section 
     20204 of this division, for such quarter) on the wages paid 
     with respect to the employment of all the employees of the 
     eligible employer for such calendar quarter.
       (3) Refundability of excess credit.--
       (A) In general.--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 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       (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) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       (1) Applicable employment taxes.--The term ``applicable 
     employment taxes'' means the following:
       (A) The taxes imposed under section 3111(a) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.
       (B) So much of the taxes imposed under section 3221(a) of 
     such Code as are attributable to the rate in effect under 
     section 3111(a) of such Code.
       (2) Eligible employer.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``eligible employer'' means any 
     employer--
       (i) which was carrying on a trade or business during 
     calendar year 2020,
       (ii) which had either--

       (I) not more than 1,500 full-time equivalent employees (as 
     determined for purposes of determining whether an employer is 
     an applicable large employer for purposes of section 
     4980H(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) for 
     calendar year 2019, or
       (II) not more than $41,500,000 of gross receipts in the 
     last taxable year ending in 2019, and

       (iii) with respect to any calendar quarter, for which--

       (I) the operation of the trade or business described in 
     clause (i) is fully or partially suspended during the 
     calendar quarter due to orders from an appropriate 
     governmental authority limiting commerce, travel, or group 
     meetings (for commercial, social, religious, or other 
     purposes) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), or
       (II) such calendar quarter is within the period described 
     in subparagraph (B).

       (B) Significant decline in gross receipts.--The period 
     described in this subparagraph is the period--
       (i) beginning with the first calendar quarter beginning 
     after December 31, 2019, for which gross receipts (within the 
     meaning of section 448(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986) for the calendar quarter are less than 90 percent of 
     gross receipts for the same calendar quarter in the prior 
     year, and
       (ii) ending with the calendar quarter following the first 
     calendar quarter beginning after a calendar quarter described 
     in clause (i) for which gross receipts of such employer are 
     greater than 90 percent of gross receipts for the same 
     calendar quarter in the prior year.
       (C) Tax-exempt organizations.--In the case of an 
     organization which is described in section 501(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
     section 501(a) of such Code--
       (i) any reference in this section to a trade or business 
     shall be treated as a reference to all operations of such 
     organization, and
       (ii) any reference in this section to gross receipts shall 
     be treated as a reference to gross receipts within the 
     meaning of section 6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       (D) Phase-in of credit where business not suspended and 
     reduction in gross receipts less than 50 percent.--
       (i) In general.--In the case of any calendar quarter with 
     respect to which an eligible employer would not be an 
     eligible employer if subparagraph (B)(i) were applied by 
     substituting ``50 percent'' for ``90 percent'', the amount of 
     the credit allowed under subsection (a) shall be reduced by 
     the amount which bears the same ratio to the amount of such 
     credit (determined without regard to this subparagraph) as--

       (I) the excess gross receipts percentage point amount, 
     bears to
       (II) 40 percentage points.

       (ii) Excess gross receipts percentage point amount.--For 
     purposes of this subparagraph, the term ``excess gross 
     receipts percentage point amount'' means, with respect to any 
     calendar quarter, the excess of--

       (I) the lowest of the gross receipts percentage point 
     amounts determined with respect to any calendar quarter 
     during the period ending with such calendar quarter and 
     beginning with the first calendar quarter during the period 
     described in subparagraph (B), over
       (II) 50 percentage points.

       (iii) Gross receipts percentage point amounts.--For 
     purposes of this subparagraph, the term ``gross receipts 
     percentage point amount'' means, with respect to any calendar 
     quarter, the percentage (expressed as a number of percentage 
     points) obtained by dividing--

       (I) the gross receipts (within the meaning of subparagraph 
     (B)) for such calendar quarter, by
       (II) the gross receipts for the same calendar quarter in 
     calendar year 2019.

       (3) Qualified fixed expenses.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``qualified fixed expenses'' 
     means the payment or accrual, in the ordinary course of the 
     eligible employer's trade or business, of any covered 
     mortgage obligation, covered rent obligation, or covered 
     utility payment. Such term shall not include the prepayment 
     of any obligation for a period in excess of a month unless 
     the payment for such period is customarily due in advance.
       (B) Application of definitions.--The terms ``covered 
     mortgage obligation'', ``covered rent obligation'', and 
     ``covered utility payment'' shall each have the same meaning 
     as when used in section 1106 of the CARES Act.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate.
       (5) Wages.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``wages'' means wages (as defined 
     in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) and 
     compensation (as defined in section 3231(e) of such Code). 
     For purposes of the preceding sentence (other than for 
     purposes of subsection (b)(2)), wages as defined in section 
     3121(a) of such Code shall be determined without regard to 
     paragraphs (1), (8), (10), (13), (18), (19), and (22) of 
     section 3121(b) of such Code.
       (B) Allowance for certain health plan expenses.--
       (i) In general.--Such term shall include amounts paid or 
     incurred by the eligible employer to provide and maintain a 
     group health plan (as defined in section 5000(b)(1) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986), but only to the extent that 
     such amounts are excluded from the gross income of employees 
     by reason of section 106(a) of such Code.
       (ii) Allocation rules.--For purposes of this section, 
     amounts treated as wages under clause (i) shall be treated as 
     paid with respect to any employee (and with respect to any 
     period) to the extent that such amounts are properly 
     allocable to such employee (and to such period) in such 
     manner as the Secretary may prescribe. Except as otherwise 
     provided by the Secretary, such allocation shall be treated 
     as properly made if made on the basis of being pro rata among 
     periods of coverage.
       (6) Employer.--The term ``employer'' means any employer (as 
     defined in section 3401(d) of such Code) of at least one 
     employee on any day in calendar year 2020.
       (7) Other terms.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     section, any term used in this section which is also used in 
     chapter 21 or 22 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 
     have the same meaning as when used in such chapter.
       (d) Aggregation Rule.--All persons treated as a single 
     employer under subsection (a) or (b) of section 52 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or subsection (m) or (o) of 
     section 414 of such Code, shall be treated as one employer 
     for purposes of this section.
       (e) Denial of Double Benefit.--For purposes of chapter 1 of 
     such Code, the gross income of any eligible 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.
       (f) Certain Governmental Employers.--
       (1) In general.--The credit under this section shall not be 
     allowed to the Federal Government, the government of any 
     State, of the District of Columbia, or of any possession of 
     the United States, any tribal government, or any political 
     subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of any of the 
     foregoing.
       (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
     organization described in section 501(c)(1) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) 
     of such Code.

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       (g) Election Not to Have Section Apply.--This section shall 
     not apply with respect to any eligible employer for any 
     calendar quarter if such employer elects (at such time and in 
     such manner as the Secretary may prescribe) not to have this 
     section apply.
       (h) Transfers to Certain Trust Funds.--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) and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit 
     Account established under section 15A(a) of the Railroad 
     Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(a)) 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 or Account had this section 
     not been enacted.
       (i) Treatment of Deposits.--The Secretary shall waive any 
     penalty under section 6656 of such Code for any failure to 
     make a deposit of applicable employment taxes if the 
     Secretary determines that such failure was due to the 
     anticipation of the credit allowed under this section.
       (j) Third Party Payors.--Any credit allowed under this 
     section shall be treated as a credit described in section 
     3511(d)(2) of such Code.
       (k) Regulations and Guidance.--The Secretary shall issue 
     such forms, instructions, regulations, and guidance as are 
     necessary--
       (1) to allow the advance payment of the credit under 
     subsection (a), subject to the limitations provided in this 
     section, based on such information as the Secretary shall 
     require,
       (2) regulations or other guidance to provide for the 
     reconciliation of such advance payment with the amount of the 
     credit at the time of filing the return of tax for the 
     applicable quarter or taxable year,
       (3) with respect to the application of the credit under 
     subsection (a) to third party payors (including professional 
     employer organizations, certified professional employer 
     organizations, or agents under section 3504 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986), including regulations or guidance 
     allowing such payors to submit documentation necessary to 
     substantiate the eligible employer status of employers that 
     use such payors,
       (4) for application of subsection (b)(1)(A) and 
     subparagraphs (A)(ii)(II) and (B) of subsection (c)(2) in the 
     case of any employer which was not carrying on a trade or 
     business for all or part of the same calendar quarter in the 
     prior year, and
       (5) 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).
       (l) Application of Section.--This section shall apply only 
     to qualified fixed expenses paid or accrued after March 12, 
     2020, and before January 1, 2021.

     SEC. 20213. BUSINESS INTERRUPTION CREDIT FOR CERTAIN SELF-
                   EMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.

       (a) Credit Against Tax.--In the case of an eligible self-
     employed individual, there shall be allowed as a credit 
     against the tax imposed by chapter 1 of subtitle A of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the taxpayer's first 
     taxable year beginning in 2020 an amount equal to 90 percent 
     of the eligible self-employed individual's qualified self-
     employment income.
       (b) Limitations.--
       (1) Overall limitation.--The amount of qualified self-
     employment income taken into account under subsection (a) 
     with respect to any eligible self-employed individual shall 
     not exceed $45,000.
       (2) Limitation based on modified adjusted gross income.--
       (A) In general.--The amount of the credit allowed by 
     subsection (a) (after application of paragraph (1)) shall be 
     reduced (but not below zero) by 50 percent of so much of the 
     taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income for the taxpayer's 
     first taxable year beginning in 2020 as exceeds $60,000 
     ($120,000 in the case of a joint return).
       (B) Modified adjusted gross income.--For purposes of this 
     section the term ``modified adjusted gross income'' means 
     adjusted gross income determined without regard to sections 
     911, 931, and 933 of such Code.
       (c) Eligible Self-employed Individual.--For purposes of 
     this section, the term ``eligible self-employed individual'' 
     means an individual--
       (1) who--
       (A) regularly carries on one or more trades or businesses 
     within the meaning of section 1402 of such Code, or
       (B) is allocated income or loss described in section 
     702(a)(8) of such Code from any trade or business carried on 
     by a partnership which is not excluded under section 1402 of 
     such Code, and
       (2) for whom gross self-employment income during the first 
     taxable year beginning in 2020 is less than 90 percent of 
     such individual's gross self-employment income during the 
     first taxable year beginning in 2019.
       (d) Qualified Self-employment Income.--For purposes of this 
     section--
       (1) In general.--The term ``qualified self-employment 
     income'' means the product of--
       (A) the specified gross self-employment income reduction 
     for the first taxable year beginning in 2020, multiplied by
       (B) the ratio of--
       (i) self-employment income (as determined under section 
     1402(b) of such Code, but not below zero) for the first 
     taxable year beginning in 2019, divided by
       (ii) gross self-employment income for the first taxable 
     year beginning in 2019.
       (2) Limitation based on modified adjusted gross income.--In 
     the case of any taxpayer, qualified self-employment income 
     shall not exceed the excess (if any) of--
       (A) modified adjusted gross income for the first taxable 
     year beginning in 2019, over
       (B) modified adjusted gross income for the first taxable 
     year beginning in 2020.
       (3) Specified gross self-employment income reduction.--For 
     purposes of paragraph (1), the term ``specified gross self-
     employment income reduction'' means, with respect to a 
     taxable year, the excess (if any) of--
       (A) 90 percent of gross self-employment income for the 
     taxable year preceding such taxable year, over
       (B) gross self-employment income for such taxable year.
       (e) Gross Self-employment Income.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``gross self-employment income'' means, 
     with respect to any taxable year, the sum of--
       (1) the eligible self-employed individuals' gross income 
     derived from all trades or business carried on by such 
     individual for purposes of determining net earnings from 
     self-employment under section 1402 of such Code for such 
     taxable year, and
       (2) the eligible individual's distributive share of gross 
     income (as determined under section 702(c) of such Code) from 
     any trade or business carried on by a partnership for 
     purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment 
     under section 1402 of such Code (and which is not excluded 
     under such section) for such taxable year.
       (f) 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 
     allowed 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 taxpayer maintains such documentation as 
     the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) 
     may prescribe to establish such individual as an eligible 
     self-employed individual.
       (3) Denial of double benefit.--Qualified self-employment 
     income shall be reduced by--
       (A) the qualified sick leave equivalent amount for which a 
     credit is allowed under section 7002(a) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act and the qualified family leave 
     equivalent amount for which a credit is allowed under section 
     7004(a) of such Act,
       (B) the qualified wages for which a credit is allowed under 
     section 2301 of the CARES Act,
       (C) the amount of the credit allowed under section 6432 of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this Act), and
       (D) except to the extent taken into account in determining 
     gross self-employment income, amounts from a covered loan 
     under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act that are--
       (i) forgiven pursuant to section 1106(b) of the CARES Act, 
     and
       (ii) paid or distributed to the eligible self-employed 
     individual as payroll costs described in section 
     7(a)(36)(A)(viii)(I) of the Small Business Act.
       (4) Joint returns.--
       (A) In general.--In the case of a joint return, the 
     taxpayer shall be treated for purposes of this section as an 
     eligible self-employed individual if either spouse is an 
     eligible self-employed individual.
       (B) Application of modified adjusted gross income 
     limitation on qualified self-employment income.--If the 
     taxpayer filed a joint return for only one of the taxable 
     years described in subsection (d)(2), such limitation shall 
     apply in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
     Secretary's delegate) may provide.
       (5) Election not to have section apply.--This section shall 
     not apply with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year 
     if such taxpayer 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.
       (g) Application of Credit in Certain Possessions.--
       (1) Payments to possessions with mirror code tax systems.--
     The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) 
     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 (or the Secretary's 
     delegate) based on information provided by the government of 
     the respective possession.
       (2) Payments to other possessions.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) 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 (or the Secretary's delegate) 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 (or the Secretary's 
     delegate), 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

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     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.
       (h) 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.
       (i) Regulations and Guidance.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall issue such 
     forms, instructions, regulations, and guidance as are 
     necessary or appropriate--
       (1) to allow the advance payment of the credit under 
     subsection (a) (including allowing use of the anticipated 
     credit to offset estimated taxes) based on the taxpayer's 
     good faith estimates of gross self-employment income and 
     qualified self-employment income for the first taxable year 
     beginning in 2020 and such other information as the Secretary 
     of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) shall require, 
     subject to the limitations provided in this section,
       (2) to provide for the reconciliation of such advance 
     payment with the amount of the credit at the time of filing 
     the return of tax for the taxpayer's first taxable year 
     beginning in 2020,
       (3) to provide for the application of this section to 
     partners in partnerships, and
       (4) to implement the purposes of this section.

           Subtitle C--Credits for Paid Sick and Family Leave

     SEC. 20221. EXTENSION OF CREDITS.

       (a) In General.--Sections 7001(g), 7002(e), 7003(g), and 
     7004(e) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act are 
     each amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act to which they relate.

     SEC. 20222. REPEAL OF REDUCED RATE OF CREDIT FOR CERTAIN 
                   LEAVE.

       (a) Payroll Credit.--Section 7001(b) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act is amended by inserting ``or any day 
     on or after the date of the enactment of the Worker Health 
     Coverage Protection Act'' after ``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''.
       (b) Self-Employed Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
     7002(c)(1)(B) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 
     are each amended by inserting inserting ``or any day on or 
     after the date of the enactment of the Worker Health Coverage 
     Protection Act'' after ``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''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 7002(d)(3) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act is amended by 
     inserting inserting ``or any day on or after the date of the 
     enactment of the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act'' 
     after ``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''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to days on or after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 20223. INCREASE IN LIMITATIONS ON CREDITS FOR PAID 
                   FAMILY LEAVE.

       (a) Increase in Overall Limitation on Qualified Family 
     Leave Wages.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7003(b)(1)(B) of the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act is amended by striking 
     ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$12,000''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 7004(d)(3) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act is amended by 
     striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$12,000''.
       (b) Increase in Qualified Family Leave Equivalent Amount 
     for Self-employed Individuals.--Section 7004(c)(1)(A) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act is amended by 
     striking ``50'' and inserting ``60''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act to which they relate.

     SEC. 20224. ELECTION TO USE PRIOR YEAR NET EARNINGS FROM 
                   SELF-EMPLOYMENT IN DETERMINING AVERAGE DAILY 
                   SELF-EMPLOYMENT INCOME.

       (a) Credit for Sick Leave.--Section 7002(c) of the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Election to use prior year net earnings from self-
     employment income.--In the case of an individual who elects 
     (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary, or the 
     Secretary's delegate, may provide) the application of this 
     paragraph, paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by substituting 
     `the prior taxable year' for `the taxable year'.''.
       (b) Credit for Family Leave.--Section 7004(c) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Election to use prior year net earnings from self-
     employment income.--In the case of an individual who elects 
     (at such time and in such manner as the Secretary, or the 
     Secretary's delegate, may provide) the application of this 
     paragraph, paragraph (2)(A) shall be applied by substituting 
     `the prior taxable year' for `the taxable year'.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act to which they relate.

     SEC. 20225. FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ALLOWED TAX 
                   CREDITS FOR PAID SICK AND PAID FAMILY AND 
                   MEDICAL LEAVE.

       (a) In General.--Sections 7001(e) and 7003(e) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act are each amended by 
     striking paragraph (4).
       (b) Coordination With Application of Certain Definitions.--
       (1) In general.--Sections 7001(c) and 7003(c) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act are each amended--
       (A) by inserting ``, determined without regard to 
     paragraphs (1) through (22) of section 3121(b) of such Code'' 
     after ``as defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986'', and
       (B) by inserting ``, determined without regard to the 
     sentence in paragraph (1) thereof which begins `Such term 
     does include remuneration' '' after ``as defined in section 
     3231(e) of the Internal Revenue Code''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Sections 7001(e)(3) and 
     7003(e)(3) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act are 
     each amended by striking ``Any term'' and inserting ``Except 
     as otherwise provided in this section, any term''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act to which they relate.

     SEC. 20226. CERTAIN TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENTS.

       (a) Coordination With Exclusion From Employment Taxes.--
     Sections 7001(c) and 7003(c) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act, as amended by the preceding 
     provisions of this Act, are each amended--
       (1) by inserting ``and section 7005(a) of this Act,'' after 
     ``determined without regard to paragraphs (1) through (22) of 
     section 3121(b) of such Code'', and
       (2) by inserting ``and without regard to section 7005(a) of 
     this Act'' after ``which begins `Such term does not include 
     remuneration' ''.
       (b) Clarification of Applicable Railroad Retirement Tax for 
     Paid Leave Credits.--Sections 7001(e) and 7003(e) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act, as amended by the 
     preceding provisions of this Act, are each amended by adding 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) References to railroad retirement tax.--Any reference 
     in this section to the tax imposed by section 3221(a) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be treated as a reference 
     to so much of such tax as is attributable to the rate in 
     effect under section 3111(a) of such Code.''.
       (c) Clarification of Treatment of Paid Leave for Applicable 
     Railroad Retirement Tax.--Section 7005(a) of the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act is amended by adding the 
     following sentence at the end of such subsection: ``Any 
     reference in this subsection to the tax imposed by section 
     3221(a) of such Code shall be treated as a reference to so 
     much of the tax as is attributable to the rate in effect 
     under section 3111(a) of such Code.''
       (d) Clarification of Applicable Railroad Retirement Tax for 
     Hospital Insurance Tax Credit.--Section 7005(b)(1) of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(1) In general.--The credit allowed by section 7001 and 
     the credit allowed by section 7003 shall each be increased by 
     the amount of the tax imposed by section 3111(b) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and so much of the taxes 
     imposed under section 3221(a) of such Code as are 
     attributable to the rate in effect under section 3111(b) of 
     such Code on qualified sick leave wages, or qualified family 
     leave wages, for which credit is allowed under such section 
     7001 or 7003 (respectively).''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act to which they relate.

     SEC. 20227. CREDITS NOT ALLOWED TO CERTAIN LARGE EMPLOYERS.

       (a) Credit for Required Paid Sick Leave.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7001(a) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act is amended by striking ``In the case 
     of an employer'' and inserting ``In the case of an eligible 
     employer''.
       (2) Eligible employer.--Section 7001(c) of the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act, as amended by the preceding 
     provisions of this Act, is amended by striking ``For purposes 
     of this section, the term'' and all that precedes it and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       ``(1) Eligible employer.--The term `eligible employer' 
     means any employer other than an applicable large employer 
     (as defined in section 4980H(c)(2), determined by 
     substituting `500' for `50' each place it appears in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) thereof and without regard to 
     subparagraphs (D) and (F) thereof). For purposes of the 
     preceding sentence, 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 shall 
     not be treated as an applicable large employer.
       ``(2) Qualified sick leave wages.--The term''.
       (b) Credit for Required Paid Family Leave.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7003(a) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act is amended by striking ``In the case 
     of an employer'' and inserting ``In the case of an eligible 
     employer''.
       (2) Eligible employer.--Section 7003(c) of the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act, as amended by the preceding 
     provisions of this Act, is amended by striking ``For purposes 
     of this section, the term'' and all that precedes it and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       ``(1) Eligible employer.--The term `eligible employer' 
     means any employer other than an

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     applicable large employer (as defined in section 4980H(c)(2), 
     determined by substituting `500' for `50' each place it 
     appears in subparagraphs (A) and (B) thereof and without 
     regard to subparagraphs (D) and (F) thereof). For purposes of 
     the preceding sentence, 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, 
     shall not be treated as an applicable large employer.
       ``(2) Qualified family leave wages.--The term''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to wages paid after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

                        Subtitle D--Other Relief

     SEC. 20231. PAYROLL TAX DEFERRAL ALLOWED FOR RECIPIENTS OF 
                   CERTAIN LOAN FORGIVENESS.

       (a) In General.--Section 2302(a) of the CARES Act is 
     amended by striking paragraph (3).
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in section 2302 of the CARES 
     Act.

     SEC. 20232. EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS.

       (a) In General.--In the case of a student receiving a 
     qualified emergency financial aid grant--
       (1) such grant shall not be included in the gross income of 
     such individual for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986, and
       (2) such grant shall not be treated as described in 
     subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 25A(g)(2) of such 
     Code.
       (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the term 
     ``qualified emergency financial aid grant'' means--
       (1) any emergency financial aid grant awarded by an 
     institution of higher education under section 3504 of the 
     CARES Act,
       (2) any emergency financial aid grant from an institution 
     of higher education made with funds made available under 
     section 18004 of the CARES Act, and
       (3) any other emergency financial aid grant made to a 
     student from a Federal agency, a State, an Indian tribe, an 
     institution of higher education, or a scholarship-granting 
     organization (including a tribal organization, as defined in 
     section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.5304)) for the purpose of providing 
     financial relief to students enrolled at institutions of 
     higher education in response to a qualifying emergency (as 
     defined in section 3502(a)(4) of the CARES Act).
       (c) Limitation.--This section shall not apply to that 
     portion of any amount received which represents payment for 
     teaching, research, or other services required as a condition 
     for receiving the qualified emergency financial aid grant.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to qualified 
     emergency financial aid grants made after March 26, 2020.

     SEC. 20233. CERTAIN LOAN FORGIVENESS AND OTHER BUSINESS 
                   FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER CARES ACT NOT 
                   INCLUDIBLE IN GROSS INCOME.

       (a) United States Treasury Program Management Authority.--
     For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, no amount 
     shall be included in gross income by reason of loan 
     forgiveness described in section 1109(d)(2)(D) of the CARES 
     Act.
       (b) Emergency EIDL Grants.--For purposes of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986, any advance described in section 
     1110(e) of the CARES Act shall not be included in the gross 
     income of the person that receives such advance.
       (c) Subsidy for Certain Loan Payments.--For purposes of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any payment described in 
     section 1112(c) of the CARES Act shall not be included in the 
     gross income of the person on whose behalf such payment is 
     made.
       (d) Effective Date.--Subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall 
     apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment 
     of the CARES Act.

     SEC. 20234. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN INFORMATION REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) 
     may provide an exception from any requirement to file an 
     information return otherwise required by chapter 61 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to any amount 
     excluded from gross income by reason of section 1106(i) of 
     the CARES Act or section 20232 or 20233 of this Act.

     SEC. 20235. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF EXPENSES PAID OR 
                   INCURRED WITH PROCEEDS FROM CERTAIN GRANTS AND 
                   LOANS.

       (a) In General.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
     deduction and the basis of any property shall be determined 
     without regard to whether any amount is excluded from gross 
     income under section 20233 of this Act or section 1106(i) of 
     the CARES Act.
       (b) Clarification of Exclusion of Loan Forgiveness.--
     Section 1106(i) of the CARES Act is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(i) Taxability.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, no amount shall be included in the gross income 
     of the eligible recipient by reason of forgiveness of 
     indebtedness described in subsection (b).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) and the amendment made 
     by subsection (b) shall apply to taxable years ending after 
     the date of the enactment of the CARES Act.

     SEC. 20236. REINSTATEMENT OF CERTAIN PROTECTIONS FOR TAXPAYER 
                   RETURN INFORMATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 6103(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, as amended by section 3516 of the CARES Act, is 
     amended by striking ``(13)(A), (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i), 
     (16)'' and inserting ``(13), (16)''.
       (b) Records Requirements.--Section 6103(p)(3)(A) of such 
     Code, as so amended, is amended by striking ``(12), (13)(A), 
     (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i)'' and inserting ``(12),''.
       (c) Application of Safeguards.--Section 6103(p)(4) of such 
     Code, as so amended, is amended by striking ``(13)(A), 
     (13)(B), (13)(C), (13)(D)(i)'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``(13)''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to disclosures made after the date of the 
     enactment of the FUTURE Act (Public Law 116-91).

                    TITLE III--NET OPERATING LOSSES

     SEC. 20301. LIMITATION ON EXCESS BUSINESS LOSSES OF NON-
                   CORPORATE TAXPAYERS RESTORED AND MADE 
                   PERMANENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 461(l)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Limitation.--In the case of a taxpayer other than a 
     corporation, any excess business loss of the taxpayer shall 
     not be allowed.''.
       (b) Farming Losses.--Section 461 of such Code is amended by 
     striking subsection (j).
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2017.

     SEC. 20302. CERTAIN TAXPAYERS ALLOWED CARRYBACK OF NET 
                   OPERATING LOSSES ARISING IN 2019 AND 2020.

       (a) Carryback of Losses Arising in 2019 and 2020.--
       (1) In general.--Section 172(b)(1)(D)(i) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of any net operating loss 
     arising in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2018, 
     and before January 1, 2021, and to which subparagraphs (B) 
     and (C)(i) do not apply, such loss shall be a net operating 
     loss carryback to each taxable year preceding the taxable 
     year of such loss, but not to any taxable year beginning 
     before January 1, 2018.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) The heading for section 172(b)(1)(D) of such Code is 
     amended by striking ``2018, 2019, and'' and inserting ``2019 
     and''.
       (B) Section 172(b)(1)(D) of such Code is amended by 
     striking clause (iii) and by redesignating clauses (iv) and 
     (v) as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively.
       (C) Section 172(b)(1)(D)(iii) of such Code, as so 
     redesignated, is amended by striking ``(i)(I)'' and inserting 
     ``(i)''.
       (D) Section 172(b)(1)(D)(iv) of such Code, as so 
     redesignated, is amended--
       (i) by striking ``If the 5-year carryback period under 
     clause (i)(I)'' in subclause (I) and inserting ``If the 
     carryback period under clause (i)'', and
       (ii) by striking ``2018 or'' in subclause (II).
       (b) Disallowed for Certain Taxpayers.--Section 172(b)(1)(D) 
     of such Code, as amended by the preceding provisions of this 
     Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     clauses:
       ``(v) Carryback disallowed for certain taxpayers.--Clause 
     (i) shall not apply with respect to any loss arising in a 
     taxable year in which--

       ``(I) the taxpayer (or any related person) is not allowed a 
     deduction under this chapter for the taxable year by reason 
     of section 162(m) or section 280G, or
       ``(II) the taxpayer (or any related person) is a specified 
     corporation for the taxable year.

       ``(vi) Specified corporation.--For purposes of clause (v)--

       ``(I) In general.--The term `specified corporation' means, 
     with respect to any taxable year, a corporation the aggregate 
     distributions (including redemptions) of which during all 
     taxable years ending after December 31, 2017, exceed the sum 
     of applicable stock issued of such corporation and 5 percent 
     of the fair market value of the stock of such corporation as 
     of the last day of the taxable year.
       ``(II) Applicable stock issued.--The term `applicable stock 
     issued' means, with respect to any corporation, the aggregate 
     fair market value of stock (as of the issue date of such 
     stock) issued by the corporation during all taxable years 
     ending after December 31, 2017, in exchange for money or 
     property other than stock in such corporation.
       ``(III) Certain preferred stock disregarded.--For purposes 
     of subclause (I), stock described in section 1504(a)(4), and 
     distributions (including redemptions) with respect to such 
     stock, shall be disregarded.

       ``(vii) Related person.--For purposes of clause (v), a 
     person is a related person to a taxpayer if the related 
     person bears a relationship to the taxpayer specified in 
     section 267(b) or section 707(b)(1).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 
     2303(b) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
     Act.

                     DIVISION C--HEALTH PROVISIONS

                      TITLE I--MEDICAID PROVISIONS

     SEC. 30101. COVID-19-RELATED TEMPORARY INCREASE OF MEDICAID 
                   FMAP.

       (a) In General.--Section 6008 of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d note) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by inserting ``(or, if later, June 30, 2021)'' after 
     ``last day of such emergency period occurs''; and
       (B) by striking ``6.2 percentage points.'' and inserting 
     ``the percentage points specified in subsection (e). In no 
     case may the application of this section result in the 
     Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a State 
     being more than 95 percent.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
       ``(e) Specified Percentage Points.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), the percentage points specified in this 
     subsection are--

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       ``(1) for each calendar quarter occurring during the period 
     beginning on the first day of the emergency period described 
     in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)) and ending on June 30, 2020, 6.2 
     percentage points;
       ``(2) for each calendar quarter occurring during the period 
     beginning on July 1, 2020, and ending on June 30, 2021, 14 
     percentage points; and
       ``(3) for each calendar quarter, if any, occurring during 
     the period beginning on July 1, 2021, and ending on the last 
     day of the calendar quarter in which the last day of such 
     emergency period occurs, 6.2 percentage points.
       ``(f) Clarifications.--
       ``(1) In the case of a State that treats an individual 
     described in subsection (b)(3) as eligible for the benefits 
     described in such subsection, for the period described in 
     subsection (a), expenditures for medical assistance and 
     administrative costs attributable to such individual that 
     would not otherwise be included as expenditures under section 
     1903 of the Social Security Act shall be regarded as 
     expenditures under the State plan approved under title XIX of 
     the Social Security Act or for administration of such State 
     plan.
       ``(2) The limitations on payment under subsections (f) and 
     (g) of section 1108 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1308) shall not apply to Federal payments made under section 
     1903(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)(1)) 
     attributable to the increase in the Federal medical 
     assistance percentage under this section.
       ``(3) Expenditures attributable to the increased Federal 
     medical assistance percentage under this section shall not be 
     counted for purposes of the limitations under section 
     2104(b)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(b)(4)).
       ``(4) Notwithstanding the first sentence of section 2105(b) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(b)), the 
     application of the increase under this section may result in 
     the enhanced FMAP of a State for a fiscal year under such 
     section exceeding 85 percent, but in no case may the 
     application of such increase before application of the second 
     sentence of such section result in the enhanced FMAP of the 
     State exceeding 95 percent.
       ``(g) Scope of Application.--An increase in the Federal 
     medical assistance percentage for a State under this section 
     shall not be taken into account for purposes of payments 
     under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 651 et seq.).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect and apply as if included in the enactment 
     of section 6008 of the Families First Coronavirus Response 
     Act (Public Law 116-127).

     SEC. 30102. LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL SECRETARIAL ACTION WITH 
                   RESPECT TO MEDICAID SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS 
                   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, during the period that begins on the date of enactment 
     of this section and ends on the last day of the emergency 
     period described in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)), the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services shall not take any action 
     (through promulgation of regulation, issue of regulatory 
     guidance, or otherwise) to--
       (1) finalize or otherwise implement provisions contained in 
     the proposed rule published on November 18, 2019, on pages 
     63722 through 63785 of volume 84, Federal Register (relating 
     to parts 430, 433, 447, 455, and 457 of title 42, Code of 
     Federal Regulations); or
       (2) promulgate or implement any rule or provision similar 
     to the provisions described in paragraph (1) pertaining to 
     the Medicaid program established under title XIX of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or the State 
     Children's Health Insurance Program established under title 
     XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.).
       (b) Continuation of Other Secretarial Authority.--Nothing 
     in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the 
     Secretary during the period described in subsection (a) from 
     taking any action (through promulgation of regulation, 
     issuance of regulatory guidance, or other administrative 
     action) to enforce a provision of law in effect as of the 
     date of enactment of this section with respect to the 
     Medicaid program established under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or the State Children's 
     Health Insurance Program established under title XXI of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), or to promulgate or implement 
     a new rule or provision during such period with respect to 
     such programs, other than a rule or provision described in 
     subsection (a) and subject to the prohibition set forth in 
     that subsection.

     SEC. 30103. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR MEDICAID HOME AND 
                   COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES DURING THE COVID-19 
                   EMERGENCY PERIOD.

       (a) Increased FMAP.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 1905(b) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)), in the case of an 
     HCBS program State, the Federal medical assistance percentage 
     determined for the State under section 1905(b) of such Act 
     and, if applicable, increased under subsection (y), (z), or 
     (aa) of section 1905 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d), section 
     1915(k) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n(k)), or section 6008(a) 
     of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 
     116-127), shall be increased by 10 percentage points with 
     respect to expenditures of the State under the State Medicaid 
     program for home and community-based services that are 
     provided during the HCBS program improvement period. In no 
     case may the application of the previous sentence result in 
     the Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a 
     State being more than 95 percent.
       (2) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) HCBS program improvement period.--The term ``HCBS 
     program improvement period'' means, with respect to a State, 
     the period--
       (i) beginning on July 1, 2020; and
       (ii) ending on June 30, 2021.
       (B) HCBS program state.--The term ``HCBS program State'' 
     means a State that meets the condition described in 
     subsection (b) by submitting an application described in such 
     subsection, which is approved by the Secretary pursuant to 
     subsection (c).
       (C) Home and community-based services.--The term ``home and 
     community-based services'' means home health care services 
     authorized under paragraph (7) of section 1905(a) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)), personal care 
     services authorized under paragraph (24) of such section, 
     PACE services authorized under paragraph (26) of such 
     section, services authorized under subsections (b), (c), (i), 
     (j), and (k) of section 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n), 
     such services authorized under a waiver under section 1115 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315), and such other services specified 
     by the Secretary.
       (b) Condition.--The condition described in this subsection, 
     with respect to a State, is that the State submits an 
     application to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner 
     as specified by the Secretary, that includes, in addition to 
     such other information as the Secretary shall require--
       (1) a description of which activities described in 
     subsection (d) that a state plans to implement and a 
     description of how it plans to implement such activities;
       (2) assurances that the Federal funds attributable to the 
     increase under subsection (a) will be used--
       (A) to implement the activities described in subsection 
     (d); and
       (B) to supplement, and not supplant, the level of State 
     funds expended for home and community-based services for 
     eligible individuals through programs in effect as of the 
     date of the enactment of this section; and
       (3) assurances that the State will conduct adequate 
     oversight and ensure the validity of such data as may be 
     required by the Secretary.
       (c) Approval of Application.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date of submission of an application of a State under 
     subsection (b), the Secretary shall certify if the 
     application is complete. Upon certification that an 
     application of a State is complete, the application shall be 
     deemed to be approved for purposes of this section.
       (d) Activities to Improve the Delivery of HCBS.--
       (1) In general.--A State shall work with community 
     partners, such as Area Agencies on Aging, Centers for 
     Independent Living, non-profit home and community-based 
     services providers, and other entities providing home and 
     community-based services, to implement--
       (A) the purposes described in paragraph (2) during the 
     COVID-19 public health emergency period; and
       (B) the purposes described in paragraph (3) after the end 
     of such emergency period.
       (2) Focused areas of hcbs improvement.--The purposes 
     described in this paragraph, with respect to a State, are the 
     following:
       (A) To increase rates for home health agencies and agencies 
     that employ direct support professionals (including 
     independent providers in a self-directed or consumer-directed 
     model) to provide home and community-based services under the 
     State Medicaid program, provided that any agency or 
     individual that receives payment under such an increased rate 
     increases the compensation it pays its home health workers or 
     direct support professionals.
       (B) To provide paid sick leave, paid family leave, and paid 
     medical leave for home health workers and direct support 
     professionals.
       (C) To provide hazard pay, overtime pay, and shift 
     differential pay for home health workers and direct support 
     professionals.
       (D) To provide home and community-based services to 
     eligible individuals who are on waiting lists for programs 
     approved under sections 1115 or 1915 of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1315, 1396n).
       (E) To purchase emergency supplies and equipment, which may 
     include items not typically covered under the Medicaid 
     program, such as personal protective equipment, necessary to 
     enhance access to services and to protect the health and 
     well-being of home health workers and direct support 
     professionals.
       (F) To pay for the travel of home health workers and direct 
     support professionals to conduct home and community-based 
     services.
       (G) To recruit new home health workers and direct support 
     professionals.
       (H) To support family care providers of eligible 
     individuals with needed supplies and equipment, which may 
     include items not typically covered under the Medicaid 
     program, such as personal protective equipment, and pay.
       (I) To pay for training for home health workers and direct 
     support professionals that is specific to the COVID-19 public 
     health emergency.
       (J) To pay for assistive technologies, staffing, and other 
     costs incurred during the COVID-19 public health emergency 
     period in order to facilitate community integration and 
     ensure an individual's person-centered service plan continues 
     to be fully implemented.
       (K) To prepare information and public health and 
     educational materials in accessible formats (including 
     formats accessible to people with low literacy or 
     intellectual disabilities) about prevention, treatment, 
     recovery and other aspects of COVID-19 for eligible 
     individuals, their families, and the general community served 
     by agencies described in subparagraph (A).
       (L) To pay for American sign language interpreters to 
     assist in providing home and community-based services to 
     eligible individuals and to inform the general public about 
     COVID-19.
       (M) To allow day services providers to provide home and 
     community-based services.

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       (N) To pay for other expenses deemed appropriate by the 
     Secretary to enhance, expand, or strengthen Home and 
     Community-Based Services, including retainer payments, and 
     expenses which meet the criteria of the home and community-
     based settings rule published on January 16, 2014.
       (3) Permissible uses after the emergency period.--The 
     purpose described in this paragraph, with respect to a State, 
     is to assist eligible individuals who had to relocate to a 
     nursing facility or institutional setting from their homes 
     during the COVID-19 public health emergency period in--
       (A) moving back to their homes (including by paying for 
     moving costs, first month's rent, and other one-time expenses 
     and start-up costs);
       (B) resuming home and community-based services;
       (C) receiving mental health services and necessary 
     rehabilitative service to regain skills lost while relocated 
     during the public health emergency period; and
       (D) while funds attributable to the increased FMAP under 
     this section remain available, continuing home and community-
     based services for eligible individuals who were served from 
     a waiting list for such services during the public health 
     emergency period.
       (e) Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) State reporting requirements.--Not later than December 
     31, 2022, any State with respect to which an application is 
     approved by the Secretary pursuant to subsection (c) shall 
     submit a report to the Secretary that contains the following 
     information:
       (A) Activities and programs that were funded using Federal 
     funds attributable to such increase.
       (B) The number of eligible individuals who were served by 
     such activities and programs.
       (C) The number of eligible individuals who were able to 
     resume home and community-based services as a result of such 
     activities and programs.
       (2) HHS evaluation.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall evaluate the 
     implementation and outcomes of this section in the aggregate 
     using an external evaluator with experience evaluating home 
     and community-based services, disability programs, and older 
     adult programs.
       (B) Evaluation criteria.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
     the external evaluator shall--
       (i) document and evaluate changes in access, availability, 
     and quality of home and community-based services in each HCBS 
     program State;
       (ii) document and evaluate aggregate changes in access, 
     availability, and quality of home and community-based 
     services across all such States; and
       (iii) evaluate the implementation and outcomes of this 
     section based on--

       (I) the impact of this section on increasing funding for 
     home and community-based services;
       (II) the impact of this section on achieving targeted 
     access, availability, and quality of home and community-based 
     services; and
       (III) promising practices identified by activities 
     conducted pursuant to subsection (d) that increase access to, 
     availability of, and quality of home and community-based 
     services.

       (C) Dissemination of evaluation findings.--The Secretary 
     shall--
       (i) disseminate the findings from the evaluations conducted 
     under this paragraph to--

       (I) all State Medicaid directors; and
       (II) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and 
     the Special Committee on Aging of the Senate; and

       (ii) make all evaluation findings publicly available in an 
     accessible electronic format and any other accessible format 
     determined appropriate by the Secretary.
       (D) Oversight.--Each State with respect to which an 
     application is approved by the Secretary pursuant to 
     subsection (c) shall ensure adequate oversight of the 
     expenditure of Federal funds pursuant to such increase in 
     accordance with the Medicaid regulations, including section 
     1115 and 1915 waiver regulations and special terms and 
     conditions for any relevant waiver or grant program.
       (3) Non-application of the paperwork reduction act.--
     Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred 
     to as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995''), shall not 
     apply to the provisions of this subsection.
       (f) Additional Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) COVID-19 public health emergency period.--The term 
     ``COVID-19 public health emergency period'' means the portion 
     of the emergency period described 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.
       (2) Eligible individual.--The term ``eligible individual'' 
     means an individual who is eligible for or enrolled for 
     medical assistance under a State Medicaid program.
       (3) Medicaid program.--The term ``Medicaid program'' means, 
     with respect to a State, the State program under title XIX of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (including 
     any waiver or demonstration under such title or under section 
     1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) relating to such title).
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services.
       (5) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
     term for purposes of title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).

     SEC. 30104. COVERAGE AT NO COST SHARING OF COVID-19 VACCINE 
                   AND TREATMENT.

       (a) Medicaid.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1905(a)(4) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(4)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``and (D)'' and inserting ``(D)''; and
       (B) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ``; 
     (E) during the portion of the emergency period described in 
     paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on the date of 
     the enactment of The Heroes Act, a COVID-19 vaccine licensed 
     under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, or 
     approved or authorized under sections 505 or 564 of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and administration of 
     the vaccine; (F) during such portion of the emergency period 
     described in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g), items or 
     services for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19, 
     including drugs approved or authorized under such section 505 
     or such section 564 or, without regard to the requirements of 
     section 1902(a)(10)(B) (relating to comparability), in the 
     case of an individual who is diagnosed with or presumed to 
     have COVID-19, during such portion of such emergency period 
     during which such individual is infected (or presumed 
     infected) with COVID-19, the treatment of a condition that 
     may complicate the treatment of COVID-19;''.
       (2) Prohibition of 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 (F), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting ``, or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following subparagraphs:
       ``(H) during the portion of the emergency period described 
     in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on the date 
     of the enactment of this subparagraph, a COVID-19 vaccine 
     licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, 
     or approved or authorized under section 505 or 564 of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the administration 
     of such vaccine, or
       ``(I) during such portion of the emergency period described 
     in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g), any item or service 
     furnished for the treatment of COVID-19, including drugs 
     approved or authorized under such section 505 or such section 
     564 or, in the case of an individual who is diagnosed with or 
     presumed to have COVID-19, during the portion of such 
     emergency period during which such individual is infected (or 
     presumed infected) with COVID-19, the treatment of a 
     condition that may complicate the treatment of COVID-19; 
     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--
       (i) in clause (xi), by striking ``any visit'' and inserting 
     ``any service''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following clauses:
       ``(xii) During the portion of the emergency period 
     described in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on 
     the date of the enactment of this clause, a COVID-19 vaccine 
     licensed under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act, 
     or approved or authorized under section 505 or 564 of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the administration 
     of such vaccine.
       ``(xiii) During such portion of the emergency period 
     described in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g), an item or 
     service furnished for the treatment of COVID-19, including 
     drugs approved or authorized under such section 505 or such 
     section 564 or, in the case of an individual who is diagnosed 
     with or presumed to have COVID-19, during such portion of 
     such emergency period during which such individual is 
     infected (or presumed infected) with COVID-19, the treatment 
     of a condition that may complicate the treatment of COVID-
     19.''.
       (C) Clarification.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     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.
       (b) State Pediatric Vaccine Distribution Program.--Section 
     1928 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396s) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
       ``(C) during the portion of the emergency period described 
     in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on the date 
     of the enactment of this subparagraph, each vaccine-eligible 
     child (as defined in subsection (b)) is entitled to receive a 
     COVID-19 vaccine from a program-registered provider (as 
     defined in subsection (h)(7)) without charge for--
       ``(i) the cost of such vaccine; or
       ``(ii) the administration of such vaccine.'';
       (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting ``, but, during 
     the portion of the emergency period described in paragraph 
     (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of The Heroes Act, may not impose a fee for the 
     administration of a COVID-19 vaccine'' before the period; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
       ``(D) The provider will provide and administer an approved 
     COVID-19 vaccine to a vaccine-eligible child in accordance 
     with the same requirements as apply under the preceding 
     subparagraphs to the provision and administration of a 
     qualified pediatric vaccine to such a child.''; and
       (3) in subsection (d)(1), in the first sentence, by 
     inserting ``, including, during the portion of the emergency 
     period described in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of The Heroes Act, 
     with respect to a COVID-19 vaccine licensed under section 351 
     of the Public Health Service Act, or approved or authorized 
     under section 505 or 564 of

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     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act'' before the period.
       (c) 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:
       ``(11) Coverage of covid-19 vaccines and treatment.--
     Regardless of the type of coverage elected by a State under 
     subsection (a), child health assistance provided under such 
     coverage for targeted low-income children and, in the case 
     that the State elects to provide pregnancy-related assistance 
     under such coverage pursuant to section 2112, such pregnancy-
     related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women (as 
     defined in section 2112(d)) shall include coverage, during 
     the portion of the emergency period described in paragraph 
     (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this paragraph, of--
       ``(A) a COVID-19 vaccine licensed under section 351 of the 
     Public Health Service Act, or approved or authorized under 
     section 505 or 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
     Act, and the administration of such vaccine; and
       ``(B) any item or service furnished for the treatment of 
     COVID-19, including drugs approved or authorized under such 
     section 505 or such section 564, or, in the case of an 
     individual who is diagnosed with or presumed to have COVID-
     19, during the portion of such emergency period during which 
     such individual is infected (or presumed infected) with 
     COVID-19, the treatment of a condition that may complicate 
     the treatment of COVID-19.''.
       (2) Prohibition of cost sharing.--Section 2103(e)(2) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)(2)), as amended by 
     section 6004(b)(3) of the Families First Coronavirus Response 
     Act, is amended--
       (A) in the paragraph header, by inserting ``a covid-19 
     vaccine, covid-19 treatment,'' before ``or pregnancy-related 
     assistance''; and
       (B) by striking ``visits described in section 
     1916(a)(2)(G), or'' and inserting ``services described in 
     section 1916(a)(2)(G), vaccines described in section 
     1916(a)(2)(H) administered during the portion of the 
     emergency period described in paragraph (1)(B) of section 
     1135(g) beginning on the date of the enactment of The Heroes 
     Act, items or services described in section 1916(a)(2)(I) 
     furnished during such emergency period, or''.
       (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1937 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-7) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by inserting ``, under 
     subclause (XXIII) of section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii),'' after 
     ``section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(5), by adding before the period the 
     following: ``, and, effective on the date of the enactment of 
     The Heroes Act, must comply with subparagraphs (F) through 
     (I) of subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of section 1916 and 
     subsection (b)(3)(B) of section 1916A''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 
     shall apply with respect to a COVID-19 vaccine beginning on 
     the date that such vaccine is licensed under section 351 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262), or approved or 
     authorized under section 505 or 564 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

     SEC. 30105. OPTIONAL COVERAGE AT NO COST SHARING OF COVID-19 
                   TREATMENT AND VACCINES UNDER MEDICAID FOR 
                   UNINSURED INDIVIDUALS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(10) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10) is amended, in the matter 
     following subparagraph (G), by striking ``and any visit 
     described in section 1916(a)(2)(G)'' and inserting the 
     following: ``, any COVID-19 vaccine that is administered 
     during any such portion (and the administration of such 
     vaccine), any item or service that is furnished during any 
     such portion for the treatment of COVID-19, including drugs 
     approved or authorized under section 505 or 564 of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or, in the case of an 
     individual who is diagnosed with or presumed to have COVID-
     19, during the period such individual is infected (or 
     presumed infected) with COVID-19, the treatment of a 
     condition that may complicate the treatment of COVID-19, and 
     any services described in section 1916(a)(2)(G)''.
       (b) Definition of Uninsured Individual.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (ss) of section 1902 of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(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 not covered by minimum essential coverage 
     (as defined in section 5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986).''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect and apply as if included in the enactment 
     of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 
     116-127).
       (c) Clarification Regarding Emergency Services for Certain 
     Individuals.--Section 1903(v)(2) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following flush sentence:
     ``For purposes of subparagraph (A), care and services 
     described in such subparagraph include any in vitro 
     diagnostic product described in section 1905(a)(3)(B) (and 
     the administration of such product), any COVID-19 vaccine 
     (and the administration of such vaccine), any item or service 
     that is furnished for the treatment of COVID-19, including 
     drugs approved or authorized under section 505 or 564 of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or a condition that may 
     complicate the treatment of COVID-19, and any services 
     described in section 1916(a)(2)(G).''.
       (d) Inclusion of COVID-19 Concern as an Emergency 
     Condition.--Section 1903(v)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1396b(v)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following flush sentence:
     ``Such term includes any indication that an alien described 
     in paragraph (1) may have contracted COVID-19.''.

     SEC. 30106. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
                   PERCENTAGE TO INDIAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

       Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by amending paragraph (9) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(9) clinic services furnished by or under the direction 
     of a physician, without regard to whether the clinic itself 
     is administered by a physician, including--
       ``(A) such services furnished outside the clinic by clinic 
     personnel to an eligible individual who does not reside in a 
     permanent dwelling or does not have a fixed home or mailing 
     address; and
       ``(B) for the period beginning on July 1, 2020, and ending 
     on June 30, 2021, such services provided outside the clinic 
     on the basis of a referral from a clinic administered by an 
     Indian Health Program (as defined in paragraph (12) of 
     section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, or an 
     Urban Indian Organization as defined in paragraph (29) of 
     section 4 of such Act that has a grant or contract with the 
     Indian Health Service under title V of such Act;''.
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after ``(as defined in 
     section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act)'' the 
     following: ``; for the period beginning on July 1, 2020, and 
     ending on June 30, 2021, the Federal medical assistance 
     percentage shall also be 100 per centum with respect to 
     amounts expended as medical assistance for services which are 
     received through an Urban Indian organization (as defined in 
     section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act) that has 
     a grant or contract with the Indian Health Service under 
     title V of such Act''.

     SEC. 30107. MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR CITIZENS OF FREELY 
                   ASSOCIATED STATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 402(b)(2) of the Personal 
     Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
     1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) Medicaid exception for citizens of freely associated 
     states.--With respect to eligibility for benefits for the 
     designated Federal program defined in paragraph (3)(C) 
     (relating to the Medicaid program), section 401(a) and 
     paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual who lawfully 
     resides in 1 of the 50 States or the District of Columbia in 
     accordance with the Compacts of Free Association between the 
     Government of the United States and the Governments of the 
     Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall 
     Islands, and the Republic of Palau and shall not apply, at 
     the option of the Governor of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American 
     Samoa as communicated to the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services in writing, to any individual who lawfully resides 
     in the respective territory in accordance with such 
     Compacts.''.
       (b) Exception to 5-Year Limited Eligibility.--Section 
     403(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1613(d)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) an individual described in section 402(b)(2)(G), but 
     only with respect to the designated Federal program defined 
     in section 402(b)(3)(C).''.
       (c) Definition of Qualified Alien.--Section 431(b) of such 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``; or'' at the end and 
     inserting a comma;
       (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``, or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) an individual who lawfully resides in the United 
     States in accordance with a Compact of Free Association 
     referred to in section 402(b)(2)(G), but only with respect to 
     the designated Federal program defined in section 
     402(b)(3)(C) (relating to the Medicaid program).''.
       (d) Application to State Plans.--Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)) is 
     amended by inserting after subclause (IX) the following:

       ``(X) who are described in section 402(b)(2)(G) of the 
     Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
     Act of 1996 and eligible for benefits under this title by 
     reason of application of such section;''.

       (e) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1108 of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``subsections (g) and (h) and section 
     1935(e)(1)(B)'' and inserting ``subsections (g), (h), and (i) 
     and section 1935(e)(1)(B)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Exclusion of Medical Assistance Expenditures for 
     Citizens of Freely Associated States.--Expenditures for 
     medical assistance provided to an individual described in 
     section 431(b)(8) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
     Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(b)(8)) 
     shall not be taken into account for purposes of applying 
     payment limits under subsections (f) and (g).''.
       (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to benefits for items and services furnished on 
     or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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     SEC. 30108. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1923(f)(3) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and subparagraph 
     (E)'' and inserting ``and subparagraphs (E) and (F)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Temporary increase in allotments during certain 
     public health emergency.--The DSH allotment for any State for 
     each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 is equal to 102.5 percent 
     of the DSH allotment that would be determined under this 
     paragraph for the State for each respective fiscal year 
     without application of this subparagraph, notwithstanding 
     subparagraphs (B) and (C). For each fiscal year after fiscal 
     year 2021, the DSH allotment for a State for such fiscal year 
     is equal to the DSH allotment that would have been determined 
     under this paragraph for such fiscal year if this 
     subparagraph had not been enacted.
     ''.
       (b) DSH Allotment Adjustment for Tennessee.--Section 
     1923(f)(6)(A)(vi) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396r-4(f)(6)(A)(vi)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this subsection'' and inserting the following:

       ``(I) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this subsection (except as provided in subclause (II) of this 
     clause)''; and

       (2) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(II) Temporary increase in allotments.--The DSH allotment 
     for Tennessee for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 shall be 
     equal to $54,427,500.''.

       (c) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that a 
     State should prioritize making payments under the State plan 
     of the State under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such plan) to 
     disproportionate share hospitals that have a higher share of 
     COVID-19 patients relative to other such hospitals in the 
     State.

     SEC. 30109. EXTENSION OF EXISTING SECTION 1115 
                   DEMONSTRATIONS.

       (a) Applicability.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to demonstrations operated by States pursuant to section 
     1115(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315(a)) to 
     promote the objectives of title XIX or XXI of the Social 
     Security Act with a project term set to end on or before 
     February 28, 2021.
       (b) Approval of Extension.--Upon request by a State, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services shall approve an 
     extension of the demonstration project described in 
     subsection (a) for a period up to and including December 31, 
     2021, to ensure continuity of programs and funding during the 
     emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)).
       (c) Extension Terms and Conditions.--(1) The approval 
     pursuant to this section shall extend the terms and 
     conditions that applied to the demonstration project to the 
     extension period. Financial terms and conditions shall 
     continue at levels equivalent to the prior demonstration or 
     program year. All demonstration program components shall be 
     extended to operate through the end of the extension term. In 
     its request for an extension, the State shall identify 
     operational and programmatic changes necessary to continue 
     and stabilize programs into the extension period and shall 
     work with the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
     implement such changes.
       (2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the State may request, 
     and the Secretary of Health and Human Services may approve, 
     modifications to a demonstration project's terms and 
     conditions to address the impact of the federally designated 
     public health emergency with respect to COVID-19. Such 
     modifications may, at the option of the State, become 
     effective retroactive to the start of the calendar quarter in 
     which the first day of the emergency period described in 
     paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)) occurs.
       (d) Budget Neutrality.--Budget neutrality for extensions 
     under this section shall be deemed to have been met at the 
     conclusion of the extension period, and States receiving 
     extensions under this section shall not be required to submit 
     a budget neutrality analysis for the extension period.
       (e) Expedited Application Process.--The Federal and State 
     public notice and comment procedures or other time 
     constraints otherwise applicable to demonstration project 
     amendments shall be waived to expedite a State's extension 
     request pursuant to this section. The Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services shall approve the extension application within 
     45 days of a State's submission of its request, or such other 
     timeframe as is mutually agreed to with the State.
       (f) Continuation of Secretarial Authority Under Declared 
     Emergency.--This section does not restrict the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services from exercising existing 
     flexibilities through demonstration projects operated 
     pursuant to section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1315) in conjunction with the COVID-19 public health 
     emergency.
       (g) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Service to 
     approve or extend a waiver that fails to meet the 
     requirements of section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1315).

     SEC. 30110. ALLOWING FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER MEDICAID 
                   FOR INMATES DURING 30-DAY PERIOD PRECEDING 
                   RELEASE.

       (a) In General.--The subdivision (A) following paragraph 
     (30) of section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396d(a)) is amended by inserting ``and except during the 30-
     day period preceding the date of release of such individual 
     from such public institution'' after ``medical institution''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than June 30, 2022, the Medicaid and 
     CHIP Payment and Access Commission shall submit a report to 
     Congress on the Medicaid inmate exclusion under the 
     subdivision (A) following paragraph (30) of section 1905(a) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)). Such report 
     may, to the extent practicable, include the following 
     information:
       (1) The number of incarcerated individuals who would 
     otherwise be eligible to enroll for medical assistance under 
     a State plan approved under title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of such a plan).
       (2) Access to health care for incarcerated individuals, 
     including a description of medical services generally 
     available to incarcerated individuals.
       (3) A description of current practices related to the 
     discharge of incarcerated individuals, including how prisons 
     interact with State Medicaid agencies to ensure that such 
     individuals who are eligible to enroll for medical assistance 
     under a State plan or waiver described in paragraph (1) are 
     so enrolled.
       (4) If determined appropriate by the Commission, 
     recommendations for Congress, the Department of Health and 
     Human Services, or States regarding the Medicaid inmate 
     exclusion.
       (5) Any other information that the Commission determines 
     would be useful to Congress.

     SEC. 30111. MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL 
                   TRANSPORTATION.

       (a) Continuing Requirement of Medicaid Coverage of 
     Necessary Transportation.--
       (1) Requirement.--Section 1902(a)(4) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(4)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``and including provision for utilization'' 
     and inserting ``including provision for utilization''; and
       (B) by inserting after ``supervision of administration of 
     the plan'' the following: ``, and, subject to section 
     1903(i), including a specification that the single State 
     agency described in paragraph (5) will ensure necessary 
     transportation for beneficiaries under the State plan to and 
     from providers and a description of the methods that such 
     agency will use to ensure such transportation''.
       (2) Application with respect to benchmark benefit packages 
     and benchmark equivalent coverage.--Section 1937(a)(1) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-7(a)(1)) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subsection (E)'' and 
     inserting ``subparagraphs (E) and (F)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Necessary transportation.--The State may only 
     exercise the option under subparagraph (A)(i) if, subject to 
     section 1903(i)(9) and in accordance with section 1902(a)(4), 
     the benchmark benefit package or benchmark equivalent 
     coverage described in such subparagraph (or the State)--
       ``(i) ensures necessary transportation for individuals 
     enrolled under such package or coverage to and from 
     providers; and
       ``(ii) provides a description of the methods that will be 
     used to ensure such transportation.
     ''.
       (3) Limitation on federal financial participation.--Section 
     1903(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(i)) is 
     amended by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(9) with respect to any amount expended for non-emergency 
     transportation described in section 1902(a)(4), unless the 
     State plan provides for the methods and procedures required 
     under section 1902(a)(30)(A); or''.
       (4) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply to transportation furnished on or after such 
     date.
       (b) Medicaid Program Integrity Measures Related to Coverage 
     of Nonemergency Medical Transportation.--
       (1) GAO study.--Not later than two years after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall conduct a study, and submit to Congress, 
     a report on coverage under the Medicaid program under title 
     XIX of the Social Security Act of nonemergency transportation 
     to medically necessary services. Such study shall take into 
     account the 2009 report of the Office of the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Health and Human Services, 
     titled ``Fraud and Abuse Safeguards for Medicaid Nonemergency 
     Medical Transportation'' (OEI-06-07-003200). Such report 
     shall include the following:
       (A) An examination of the 50 States and the District of 
     Columbia to identify safeguards to prevent and detect fraud 
     and abuse with respect to coverage under the Medicaid program 
     of nonemergency transportation to medically necessary 
     services.
       (B) An examination of transportation brokers to identify 
     the range of safeguards against such fraud and abuse to 
     prevent improper payments for such transportation.
       (C) Identification of the numbers, types, and outcomes of 
     instances of fraud and abuse, with respect to coverage under 
     the Medicaid program of such transportation, that State 
     Medicaid Fraud Control Units have investigated in recent 
     years.
       (D) Identification of commonalities or trends in program 
     integrity, with respect to such coverage, to inform risk 
     management strategies of States and the Centers for Medicare 
     & Medicaid Services.
       (2) Stakeholder working group.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, through the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid 
     Services, shall convene a series of meetings to

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     obtain input from appropriate stakeholders to facilitate 
     discussion and shared learning about the leading practices 
     for improving Medicaid program integrity, with respect to 
     coverage of nonemergency transportation to medically 
     necessary services.
       (B) Topics.--The meetings convened under subparagraph (A) 
     shall--
       (i) focus on ongoing challenges to Medicaid program 
     integrity as well as leading practices to address such 
     challenges; and
       (ii) address specific challenges raised by stakeholders 
     involved in coverage under the Medicaid program of 
     nonemergency transportation to medically necessary services, 
     including unique considerations for specific groups of 
     Medicaid beneficiaries meriting particular attention, such as 
     American Indians and tribal land issues or accommodations for 
     individuals with disabilities.
       (C) Stakeholders.--Stakeholders described in subparagraph 
     (A) shall include individuals from State Medicaid programs, 
     brokers for nonemergency transportation to medically 
     necessary services that meet the criteria described in 
     section 1902(a)(70)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396a(a)(70)(B)), providers (including transportation network 
     companies), Medicaid patient advocates, and such other 
     individuals specified by the Secretary.
       (3) Guidance review.--Not later than 18 months after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & 
     Medicaid Services, shall assess guidance issued to States by 
     the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services relating to 
     Federal requirements for nonemergency transportation to 
     medically necessary services under the Medicaid program under 
     title XIX of the Social Security Act and update such guidance 
     as necessary to ensure States have appropriate and current 
     guidance in designing and administering coverage under the 
     Medicaid program of nonemergency transportation to medically 
     necessary services.
       (4) NEMT transportation provider and driver requirements.--
       (A) State plan requirement.--Section 1902(a) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended--
       (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (85);
       (ii) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (86) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iii) by inserting after paragraph (86) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(87) provide for a mechanism, which may include 
     attestation, that ensures that, with respect to any provider 
     (including a transportation network company) or individual 
     driver of nonemergency transportation to medically necessary 
     services receiving payments under such plan (but excluding 
     any public transit authority), at a minimum--
       ``(A) each such provider and individual driver is not 
     excluded from participation in any Federal health care 
     program (as defined in section 1128B(f)) and is not listed on 
     the exclusion list of the Inspector General of the Department 
     of Health and Human Services;
       ``(B) each such individual driver has a valid driver's 
     license;
       ``(C) each such provider has in place a process to address 
     any violation of a State drug law; and
       ``(D) each such provider has in place a process to disclose 
     to the State Medicaid program the driving history, including 
     any traffic violations, of each such individual driver 
     employed by such provider, including any traffic 
     violations.''.
       (B) Effective date.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the 
     amendments made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to services 
     furnished on or after the date that is one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (ii) Exception if state legislation required.--In the case 
     of a State plan for medical assistance under title XIX of the 
     Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services determines requires State legislation (other than 
     legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to 
     meet the additional requirement imposed by the amendments 
     made by subparagraph (A), the State plan shall not be 
     regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such 
     title solely on the basis of its failure to meet this 
     additional requirement before the first day of the first 
     calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first 
     regular session of the State legislature that begins after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the 
     previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year 
     legislative session, each year of such session shall be 
     deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 
     legislature.
       (5) Analysis of t-msis data.--Not later than one year after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare & 
     Medicaid Services, shall analyze, and submit to Congress a 
     report on, the nation-wide data set under the Transformed 
     Medicaid Statistical Information System to identify 
     recommendations relating to coverage under the Medicaid 
     program under title XIX of the Social Security Act of 
     nonemergency transportation to medically necessary services.

                     TITLE II--MEDICARE PROVISIONS

     SEC. 30201. HOLDING MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES HARMLESS FOR 
                   SPECIFIED COVID-19 TREATMENT SERVICES FURNISHED 
                   UNDER PART A OR PART B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, in the case of a specified COVID-19 treatment service 
     (as defined in subsection (b)) furnished during any portion 
     of the emergency period described 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 to an individual entitled to benefits under part A or 
     enrolled under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) for which payment is made under 
     such part A or such part B, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') 
     shall provide that--
       (1) any cost-sharing required (including any deductible, 
     copayment, or coinsurance) applicable to such individual 
     under such part A or such part B with respect to such item or 
     service is paid by the Secretary; and
       (2) the provider of services or supplier (as defined in 
     section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x)) 
     does not hold such individual liable for such requirement.
       (b) Definition of Specified COVID-19 Treatment Services.--
     For purposes of this section, the term ``specified COVID-19 
     treatment service'' means any item or service furnished to an 
     individual for which payment may be made under part A or part 
     B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 
     et seq.) if such item or service is included in a claim with 
     an ICD-10-CM code relating to COVID-19 (as described in the 
     document entitled ``ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines - 
     Supplement Coding encounters related to COVID-19 Coronavirus 
     Outbreak'' published on February 20, 2020, or as otherwise 
     specified by the Secretary).
       (c) Recovery of Cost-Sharing Amounts Paid by the Secretary 
     in the Case of Supplemental Insurance Coverage.--
       (1) In general.--In the case of any amount paid by the 
     Secretary pursuant to subsection (a)(1) that the Secretary 
     determines would otherwise have been paid by a group health 
     plan or health insurance issuer (as such terms are defined in 
     section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     300gg-91)), a private entity offering a medicare supplemental 
     policy under section 1882 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1395ss), any other health plan offering supplemental 
     coverage, a State plan under title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act, or the Secretary of Defense under the TRICARE program, 
     such plan, issuer, private entity, other health plan, State 
     plan, or Secretary of Defense, as applicable, shall pay to 
     the Secretary, not later than 1 year after such plan, issuer, 
     private entity, other health plan, State plan, or Secretary 
     of Defense receives a notice under paragraph (3), such amount 
     in accordance with this subsection.
       (2) Required information.--Not later than 9 months after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, each group health 
     plan, health insurance issuer, private entity, other health 
     plan, State plan, and Secretary of Defense described in 
     paragraph (1) shall submit to the Secretary such information 
     as the Secretary determines necessary for purposes of 
     carrying out this subsection. Such information so submitted 
     shall be updated by such plan, issuer, private entity, other 
     health plan, State plan, or Secretary of Defense, as 
     applicable, at such time and in such manner as specified by 
     the Secretary.
       (3) Review of claims and notification.--The Secretary shall 
     establish a process under which claims for items and services 
     for which the Secretary has paid an amount pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(1) are reviewed for purposes of identifying if 
     such amount would otherwise have been paid by a plan, issuer, 
     private entity, other health plan, State plan, or Secretary 
     of Defense described in paragraph (1). In the case such a 
     claim is so identified, the Secretary shall determine the 
     amount that would have been otherwise payable by such plan, 
     issuer, private entity, other health plan, State plan, or 
     Secretary of Defense and notify such plan, issuer, private 
     entity, other health plan, State plan, or Secretary of 
     Defense of such amount.
       (4) Enforcement.--The Secretary may impose a civil monetary 
     penalty in an amount determined appropriate by the Secretary 
     in the case of a plan, issuer, private entity, other health 
     plan, or State plan that fails to comply with a provision of 
     this section. The provisions of section 1128A of the Social 
     Security Act shall apply to a civil monetary penalty imposed 
     under the previous sentence in the same manner as such 
     provisions apply to a penalty or proceeding under subsection 
     (a) or (b) of such section.
       (d) Funding.--The Secretary shall provide for the transfer 
     to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Program Management 
     Account from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 
     the Federal Supplementary Trust Fund (in such portions as the 
     Secretary determines appropriate) $100,000,000 for purposes 
     of carrying out this section.
       (e) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services shall submit to 
     Congress a report containing an analysis of amounts paid 
     pursuant to subsection (a)(1) compared to amounts paid to the 
     Secretary pursuant to subsection (c).
       (f) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary may implement the provisions of this 
     section by program instruction or otherwise.

     SEC. 30202. ENSURING COMMUNICATIONS ACCESSIBILITY FOR 
                   RESIDENTS OF SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES DURING 
                   THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY PERIOD.

       (a) In General.--Section 1819(c)(3) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(c)(3)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) provide for reasonable access to the use of a 
     telephone, including TTY and TDD services (as defined for 
     purposes of section 483.10 of title 42, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or a successor regulation)), and the internet 
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     available to the facility) and inform each such resident (or 
     a representative of such resident) of such access and any 
     changes in policies or procedures of such facility relating 
     to limitations on external visitors.''.
       (b) COVID-19 Provisions.--
       (1) Guidance.--Not later than 15 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Service shall issue guidance on steps skilled nursing 
     facilities may take to ensure residents have access to 
     televisitation during the emergency period defined in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g)(1)(B)). Such guidance shall include information on how 
     such facilities will notify residents of such facilities, 
     representatives of such residents, and relatives of such 
     residents of the rights of such residents to such 
     televisitation, and ensure timely and equitable access to 
     such televisitation.
       (2) Review of facilities.--The Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services shall take such steps as determined 
     appropriate by the Secretary to ensure that residents of 
     skilled nursing facilities and relatives of such residents 
     are made aware of the access rights described in section 
     1819(c)(3)(F) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-
     3(c)(3)(F)).

     SEC. 30203. MEDICARE HOSPITAL INPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT 
                   SYSTEM OUTLIER PAYMENTS FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS 
                   DURING CERTAIN EMERGENCY PERIOD.

       (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(5)(A) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(A)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (ii), by striking ``For cases'' and inserting 
     ``Subject to clause (vii), for cases'';
       (2) in clause (iii), by striking ``The amount'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to clause (vii), the amount'';
       (3) in clause (iv), by striking ``The total amount'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to clause (vii), the total amount''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(vii) For discharges that have a primary or secondary 
     diagnosis of COVID-19 and that occur during the period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this clause and 
     ending on the sooner of January 31, 2021, or the last day of 
     the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), the 
     amount of any additional payment under clause (ii) for a 
     subsection (d) hospital for such a discharge shall be 
     determined as if--
       ``(I) clause (ii) was amended by striking `plus a fixed 
     dollar amount determined by the Secretary';
       ``(II) the reference in clause (iii) to `approximate the 
     marginal cost of care beyond the cutoff point applicable 
     under clause (i) or (ii)' were a reference to `approximate 
     the marginal cost of care beyond the cutoff point applicable 
     under clause (i), or, in the case of an additional payment 
     requested under clause (ii), be equal to 100 percent of the 
     amount by which the costs of the discharge for which such 
     additional payment is so requested exceed the applicable DRG 
     prospective payment rate'; and
       ``(III) clause (iv) does not apply.''.
       (b) Exclusion From Reduction in Average Standardized 
     Amounts Payable to Hospitals Located in Certain Areas.--
     Section 1886(d)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395ww(d)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting before the period 
     the following: ``, other than additional payments described 
     in clause (vii) of such paragraph''.
       (c) 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.

     SEC. 30204. COVERAGE OF TREATMENTS 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 by 
     adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(vii) Special coverage rules for specified covid-19 
     treatment services.--Notwithstanding clause (i), in the case 
     of a specified COVID-19 treatment service (as defined in 
     section 30201(b) of The Heroes Act) that is furnished during 
     a plan year occurring during any portion of the emergency 
     period defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B) beginning on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this clause, a Medicare 
     Advantage plan may not, with respect to such service, 
     impose--

       ``(I) any cost-sharing requirement (including a deductible, 
     copayment, or coinsurance requirement); and
       ``(II) in the case such service is a critical specified 
     COVID-19 treatment service (including ventilator services and 
     intensive care unit services), any prior authorization or 
     other utilization management requirement.

     A Medicare Advantage plan may not take the application of 
     this clause into account for purposes of a bid amount 
     submitted by such plan under section 1854(a)(6).''.
       (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.

     SEC. 30205. REQUIRING COVERAGE UNDER MEDICARE PDPS AND MA-PD 
                   PLANS, WITHOUT THE IMPOSITION OF COST SHARING 
                   OR UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS, OF 
                   DRUGS INTENDED TO TREAT COVID-19 DURING CERTAIN 
                   EMERGENCIES.

       (a) Coverage Requirement.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1860D-4(b)(3) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-104(b)(3)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(I) Required inclusion of drugs intended to treat covid-
     19.--
       ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, a PDP sponsor offering a prescription drug plan shall, 
     with respect to a plan year, any portion of which occurs 
     during the period described in clause (ii), be required to--

       ``(I) include in any formulary--

       ``(aa) all covered part D drugs with a medically accepted 
     indication (as defined in section 1860D-2(e)(4)) to treat 
     COVID-19 that are marketed in the United States; and
       ``(bb) all drugs authorized under section 564 or 564A of 
     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to treat COVID-19; 
     and

       ``(II) not impose any prior authorization or other 
     utilization management requirement with respect to such drugs 
     described in item (aa) or (bb) of subclause (I) (other than 
     such a requirement that limits the quantity of drugs due to 
     safety).

       ``(ii) Period described.--For purposes of clause (i), the 
     period described in this clause is the period during which 
     there exists the public health emergency declared by the 
     Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health 
     Service Act on January 31, 2020, entitled `Determination that 
     a Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of 
     the 2019 Novel Coronavirus' (including any renewal of such 
     declaration pursuant to such section).''.
       (b) Elimination of Cost Sharing.--
       (1) Elimination of cost-sharing for drugs intended to treat 
     covid-19 under standard and alternative prescription drug 
     coverage.--Section 1860D-2 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1395w-102) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``The coverage'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to paragraph (8), the coverage'';
       (ii) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ``Subject to 
     subparagraphs (C) and (D)'' the following: ``and paragraph 
     (8)'';
       (II) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' 
     and inserting ``paragraphs (4) and (8)''; and
       (III) in subparagraph (D)(i), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' 
     and inserting ``paragraphs (4) and (8)'';

       (iii) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by striking ``The coverage'' 
     and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (8), the coverage''; and
       (iv) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) Elimination of cost-sharing for drugs intended to 
     treat covid-19.--The coverage does not impose any deductible, 
     copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirement for 
     drugs described in section 1860D-4(b)(3)(I)(i)(I) with 
     respect to a plan year, any portion of which occurs during 
     the period during which there exists the public health 
     emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 
     of the Public Health Service Act on January 31, 2020, 
     entitled `Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists 
     Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus' 
     (including any renewal of such declaration pursuant to such 
     section).''; and
       (B) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) Same elimination of cost-sharing for drugs intended 
     to treat covid-19.--The coverage is in accordance with 
     subsection (b)(8).''.
       (2) Elimination of cost-sharing for drugs intended to treat 
     covid-19 dispensed to individuals who are subsidy eligible 
     individuals.--Section 1860D-14(a) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395w-114(a)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (D)--

       (I) in clause (ii), by striking ``In the case of'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (F), in the case of''; 
     and
       (II) in clause (iii), by striking ``In the case of'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (F), in the case of''; 
     and

       (ii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Elimination of cost-sharing for drugs intended to 
     treat covid-19.--Coverage that is in accordance with section 
     1860D-2(b)(8).''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``A reduction'' and 
     inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (F), a reduction'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``The substitution'' 
     and inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (F), the 
     substitution'';
       (iii) in subparagraph (E), by inserting after ``Subject 
     to'' the following: ``subparagraph (F) and''; and
       (iv) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Elimination of cost-sharing for drugs intended to 
     treat covid-19.--Coverage that is in accordance with section 
     1860D-2(b)(8).''.
       (c) 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.

     SEC. 30206. MODIFYING THE ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAYMENT 
                   PROGRAMS UNDER PARTS A AND B OF THE MEDICARE 
                   PROGRAM DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY.

       (a) Special Repayment Rules.--
       (1) Part a.--Section 1815(f)(2)(C) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(C) In the case of an accelerated payment made under the 
     program under subsection (e)(3) on or after the date of the 
     enactment of the CARES Act and so made during the emergency 
     period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)--
       ``(i) such payment shall be treated as if such payment were 
     made from the General Fund of the Treasury; and
       ``(ii) upon request of the hospital, the Secretary shall--
       ``(I) provide up to 1 year before claims are offset to 
     recoup such payment;

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       ``(II) provide that any such offset of a claim to recoup 
     such payment shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount of 
     such claim; and
       ``(III) allow not less than 2 years from the date of the 
     first accelerated payment before requiring that the 
     outstanding balance be paid in full.''.
       (2) Part b.--In carrying out the program described in 
     section 421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
     any successor regulation), in the case of a payment made 
     under such program on or after the date of the enactment of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and so made during the 
     emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)), the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
       (A) treat such payment as if such payment were made from 
     the General Fund of the Treasury; and
       (B) upon request of the entity receiving such payment--
       (i) provide up to 1 year before claims are offset to recoup 
     such payment;
       (ii) provide that any such offset of a claim to recoup such 
     payment shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount of such 
     claim; and
       (iii) allow not less than 2 years from the date of the 
     first advance payment before requiring that the outstanding 
     balance be paid in full.
       (b) Interest Rates.--
       (1) Part a.--Section 1815(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1395g(d)) is amended by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``(or, in the case of such a 
     determination made with respect to a payment made on or after 
     the date of the enactment of the CARES Act and during the 
     emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under the 
     program under subsection (e)(3), at a rate of 1 percent)''.
       (2) Part b.--Section 1833(j) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1395l(j)) is amended by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``(or, in the case of such a 
     determination made with respect to a payment made on or after 
     the date of the enactment of the CARES Act and during the 
     emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under the 
     program described in section 421.214 of title 42, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), at a rate 
     of 1 percent)''.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) Reports during covid-19 emergency.--Not later than 2 
     weeks after the date of the enactment of this section, and 
     every 2 weeks thereafter during the emergency period 
     described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services shall submit to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
     of Representatives, and the Committee on Finance of the 
     Senate, a report that includes the following:
       (A) The total amount of payments made under section 
     1815(e)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(e)(3)) 
     and under the program described in section 421.214 of title 
     42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation) 
     during the most recent 2-week period for which data is 
     available that precedes the date of the submission of such 
     report.
       (B) The number of entities receiving such payments during 
     such period.
       (C) A specification of each such entity.
       (2) Reports after covid-19 emergency.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the 
     termination of the emergency period described in paragraph 
     (1), and every 6 months thereafter until all specified 
     payments (as defined in subparagraph (B)) have been recouped 
     or repaid, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     submit to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and 
     the Committee on Finance of the Senate, a report that 
     includes the following:
       (i) The total amount of all specified payments for which 
     claims have been offset to recoup such payment or the balance 
     has been repaid.
       (ii) The amount of interest that has accrued with respect 
     to all specified payments.
       (B) Specified payments.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
     the term ``specified payments'' means all payments made under 
     section 1815(e)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395g(e)(3)) or under the program described in section 
     421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     successor regulation) made on or after the date of the 
     enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) during the 
     emergency period described in such subparagraph.

     SEC. 30207. MEDICARE SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD FOR 
                   INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN COVID-19 EMERGENCY 
                   AREAS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1837(i) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395p(i)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(5)(A) In the case of an individual who--
       ``(i) is eligible under section 1836 to enroll in the 
     medical insurance program established by this part,
       ``(ii) did not enroll (or elected not to be deemed 
     enrolled) under this section during an enrollment period, and
       ``(iii) during the emergency period (as described in 
     section 1135(g)(1)(B)), resided in an emergency area (as 
     described in such section),
     there shall be a special enrollment period described in 
     subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) The special enrollment period referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) is the period that begins not later than 
     July 1, 2020, and ends on the last day of the month in which 
     the emergency period (as described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)) 
     ends.''.
       (b) Coverage Period for Individuals Transitioning From 
     Other Coverage.--Section 1838(e) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395q(e)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``pursuant to section 1837(i)(3) or 
     1837(i)(4)(B)--'' and inserting the following: ``pursuant 
     to--
       ``(1) section 1837(i)(3) or 1837(i)(4)(B)--'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving the 
     indentation of each such subparagraph 2 ems to the right;
       (3) by striking the period at the end of the subparagraph 
     (B), as so redesignated, and inserting ``; or''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) section 1837(i)(5), the coverage period shall begin 
     on the first day of the month following the month in which 
     the individual so enrolls.''.
       (c) Funding.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall provide for the transfer from the Federal Hospital 
     Insurance Trust Fund (as described in section 1817 of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i)) and the Federal 
     Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund (as described in 
     section 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t)), in such 
     proportions as determined appropriate by the Secretary, to 
     the Social Security Administration, of $30,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for purposes of carrying out the 
     amendments made by this section.
       (d) 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.

     SEC. 30208. COVID-19 SKILLED NURSING FACILITY PAYMENT 
                   INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 1819 of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(k) COVID-19 Designation Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 2 weeks after the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
     establish a program under which a skilled nursing facility 
     that makes an election described in paragraph (2)(A) and 
     meets the requirements described in paragraph (2)(B) is 
     designated (or a portion of such facility is so designated) 
     as a COVID-19 treatment center and receives incentive 
     payments under section 1888(e)(13).
       ``(2) Designation.--
       ``(A) In general.--A skilled nursing facility may elect to 
     be designated (or to have a portion of such facility 
     designated) as a COVID-19 treatment center under the program 
     established under paragraph (1) if the facility submits to 
     the Secretary, at a time and in a manner specified by the 
     Secretary, an application for such designation that contains 
     such information as required by the Secretary and 
     demonstrates that such facility meets the requirements 
     described in subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) Requirements.--The requirements described in this 
     subparagraph with respect to a skilled nursing facility are 
     the following:
       ``(i) The facility has a star rating with respect to 
     staffing of 4 or 5 on the Nursing Home Compare website (as 
     described in subsection (i)) and has maintained such a rating 
     on such website during the 2-year period ending on the date 
     of the submission of the application described in 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(ii) The facility has a star rating of 4 or 5 with 
     respect to health inspections on such website and has 
     maintained such a rating on such website during such period.
       ``(iii) During such period, the Secretary or a State has 
     not found a deficiency with such facility relating to 
     infection control that the Secretary or State determined 
     immediately jeopardized the health or safety of the residents 
     of such facility (as described in paragraph (1) or (2)(A) of 
     subsection (h), as applicable).
       ``(iv) The facility provides care at such facility (or, in 
     the case of an election made with respect to a portion of 
     such facility, to provide care in such portion of such 
     facility) only to eligible individuals.
       ``(v) The facility arranges for and transfers all residents 
     of such facility (or such portion of such facility, as 
     applicable) who are not eligible individuals to other skilled 
     nursing facilities (or other portions of such facility, as 
     applicable).
       ``(vi) The facility complies with the notice requirement 
     described in paragraph (4).
       ``(vii) The facility meets the reporting requirement 
     described in paragraph (5).
       ``(viii) Any other requirement determined appropriate by 
     the Secretary.
       ``(3) Duration of designation.--
       ``(A) In general.--A designation of a skilled nursing 
     facility (or portion of such facility) as a COVID-19 
     treatment center shall begin on a date specified by the 
     Secretary and end upon the earliest of the following:
       ``(i) The revocation of such designation under subparagraph 
     (B).
       ``(ii) The submission of a notification by such facility to 
     the Secretary that such facility elects to terminate such 
     designation.
       ``(iii) The termination of the program (as specified in 
     paragraph (6)).
       ``(B) Revocation.--The Secretary may revoke the designation 
     of a skilled nursing facility (or portion of such facility) 
     as a COVID-19 treatment center if the Secretary determines 
     that the facility is no longer in compliance with a 
     requirement described in paragraph (2)(B).
       ``(4) Resident notice requirement.--For purposes of 
     paragraph (2)(B)(vi), the notice requirement described in 
     this paragraph is that, not later than 72 hours before the 
     date specified by the Secretary under paragraph (3)(A) with 
     respect to the designation of a skilled nursing facility (or 
     portion of such facility) as a COVID-19 treatment center, the 
     facility provides a notification to each resident of such 
     facility (and to appropriate representatives or family 
     members of each such resident, as specified by the Secretary) 
     that contains the following:
       ``(A) Notice of such designation.
       ``(B) In the case such resident is not an eligible 
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     is made only with respect to a portion of such facility, 
     resides in such portion of such facility)--
       ``(i) a specification of when and where such resident will 
     be transferred (or moved within such facility);
       ``(ii) an explanation that, in lieu of such transfer or 
     move, such resident may arrange for transfer to such other 
     setting (including a home) selected by the resident; and
       ``(iii) if such resident so arranges to be transferred to a 
     home, information on Internet resources for caregivers who 
     elect to care for such resident at home.
       ``(C) Contact information for the State long-term care 
     ombudsman (established under section 307(a)(12) of the Older 
     Americans Act of 1965) for the applicable State.
       ``(5) Reporting requirement.--
       ``(A) In general.--For purposes of paragraph (2)(B)(vii), 
     the reporting requirement described in this paragraph is, 
     with respect to a skilled nursing facility, that the facility 
     reports to the Secretary, weekly and in such manner specified 
     by the Secretary, the following (but only to the extent the 
     information described in clauses (i) through (vii) is not 
     otherwise reported to the Secretary weekly):
       ``(i) The number of COVID-19 related deaths at such 
     facility.
       ``(ii) The number of discharges from such facility.
       ``(iii) The number of admissions to such facility.
       ``(iv) The number of beds occupied and the number of beds 
     available at such facility.
       ``(v) The number of residents on a ventilator at such 
     facility.
       ``(vi) The number of clinical and nonclinical staff 
     providing direct patient care at such facility.
       ``(vii) Such other information determined appropriate by 
     the Secretary.
       ``(B) Nonapplication of paperwork reduction act.--Chapter 
     35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the 
     `Paperwork Reduction Act'), shall not apply to the collection 
     of information under this paragraph.
       ``(6) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
     term `eligible individual' means an individual who, during 
     the 30-day period ending on the first day on which such 
     individual is a resident of a COVID-19 treatment center (on 
     or after the date such center is so designated), was 
     furnished a test for COVID-19 that came back positive.
       ``(7) Termination.--The program established under paragraph 
     (1) shall terminate upon the termination of the emergency 
     period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B).
       ``(8) Prohibition on administrative and judicial review.--
     There shall be no administrative or judicial review under 
     section 1869, 1878, or otherwise of a designation of a 
     skilled nursing facility (or portion of such facility) as a 
     COVID-19 treatment center, or revocation of such a 
     designation, under this subsection.''.
       (b) Payment Incentive.--Section 1888(e) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``and (12)'' and inserting ``(12), and 
     (13)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(13) Adjustment for covid-19 treatment centers.--In the 
     case of a resident of a skilled nursing facility that has 
     been designated as a COVID-19 treatment center under section 
     1819(k) (or in the case of a resident who resides in a 
     portion of such facility that has been so designated), if 
     such resident is an eligible individual (as defined in 
     paragraph (5) of such section), the per diem amount of 
     payment for such resident otherwise applicable shall be 
     increased by 20 percent to reflect increased costs associated 
     with such residents.''.

     SEC. 30209. FUNDING FOR STATE STRIKE TEAMS FOR RESIDENT AND 
                   EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES 
                   AND NURSING FACILITIES.

       (a) In General.--Of the amounts made available under 
     subsection (c), the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     allocate such amounts among the States, in a manner that 
     takes into account the percentage of skilled nursing 
     facilities and nursing facilities in each State that have 
     residents or employees who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, 
     for purposes of establishing and implementing strike teams in 
     accordance with subsection (b).
       (b) Use of Funds.--A State that receives funds under this 
     section shall use such funds to establish and implement a 
     strike team that will be deployed to a skilled nursing 
     facility or nursing facility in the State with diagnosed or 
     suspected cases of COVID-19 among residents or staff for the 
     purposes of assisting with clinical care, infection control, 
     or staffing.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For purposes of 
     carrying out this section, there is authorized to be 
     appropriated $500,000,000.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Nursing facility.--The term ``nursing facility'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 1919(a) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r(a)).
       (2) Skilled nursing facility.--The term ``skilled nursing 
     facility'' has the meaning given such term in section 1819(a) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(a)).

     SEC. 30210. PROVIDING FOR INFECTION CONTROL SUPPORT TO 
                   SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES THROUGH CONTRACTS 
                   WITH QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1862(g) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395y(g)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``(1) The 
     Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2)(A) The Secretary shall ensure that at least 1 
     contract with a quality improvement organization described in 
     paragraph (1) entered into on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this paragraph and before the end of the 
     emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) (or in 
     effect as of such date) includes the requirement that such 
     organization provide to skilled nursing facilities with cases 
     of COVID-19 (or facilities attempting to prevent outbreaks of 
     COVID-19) infection control support described in subparagraph 
     (B) during such period.
       ``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the infection 
     control support described in this subparagraph is, with 
     respect to skilled nursing facilities described in such 
     subparagraph, the development and dissemination to such 
     facilities of protocols relating to the prevention or 
     mitigation of COVID-19 at such facilities and the provision 
     of training materials to such facilities relating to such 
     prevention or mitigation.''.
       (b) Funding.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall provide for the transfer from the Federal Supplementary 
     Medical Insurance Trust Fund (as described in section 1841 of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t)) and the Federal 
     Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (as described in section 1817 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i)), in such proportions as 
     determined appropriate by the Secretary, to the Centers for 
     Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account, of 
     $210,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     purposes of entering into contracts with quality improvement 
     organizations under part B of title XI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320c et seq.). Of the amount transferred pursuant to the 
     previous sentence, not less that $110,000,000 shall be used 
     for purposes of entering into such a contract that includes 
     the requirement described in section 1862(g)(2)(A) of such 
     Act (as added by subsection (a)).

     SEC. 30211. REQUIRING LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES TO REPORT 
                   CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO COVID-19 CASES 
                   AND DEATHS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall, as 
     soon as practicable, require that the information described 
     in paragraph (1) of section 483.80(g) of title 42, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, or a successor regulation, be reported 
     by a facility (as defined for purposes of such section).
       (b) Demographic Information.--The Secretary shall post the 
     following information with respect to skilled nursing 
     facilities (as defined in section 1819(a) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i-3(a))) and nursing facilities 
     (as defined in section 1919(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396r(a))) on the Nursing Home Compare website (as described 
     in section 1819(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395i-3(i))), or a successor website, aggregated by State:
       (1) The age, race/ethnicity, and preferred language of the 
     residents of such skilled nursing facilities and nursing 
     facilities with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infections, 
     including residents previously treated for COVID-19.
       (2) The age, race/ethnicity, and preferred language 
     relating to total deaths and COVID-19 deaths among residents 
     of such skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities.
       (c) Confidentiality.--Any information reported under this 
     section that is made available to the public shall be made so 
     available in a manner that protects the identity of residents 
     of skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities.
       (d) Implementation.--The Secretary may implement the 
     provisions of this section be program instruction or 
     otherwise.

     SEC. 30212. FLOOR ON THE MEDICARE AREA WAGE INDEX FOR 
                   HOSPITALS IN ALL-URBAN STATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1886(d)(3)(E) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(3)(E)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (i), in the first sentence, by striking ``or 
     (iii)'' and inserting ``, (iii), or (iv)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iv) Floor on area wage index for hospitals in all-urban 
     states.--

       ``(I) In general.--For discharges occurring on or after 
     October 1, 2021, the area wage index applicable under this 
     subparagraph to any hospital in an all-urban State (as 
     defined in subclause (IV)) may not be less than the minimum 
     area wage index for the fiscal year for hospitals in that 
     State, as established under subclause (II).
       ``(II) Minimum area wage index.--For purposes of subclause 
     (I), the Secretary shall establish a minimum area wage index 
     for a fiscal year for hospitals in each all-urban State using 
     the methodology described in section 412.64(h)(4) of title 
     42, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect for fiscal year 
     2018.
       ``(III) Waiving budget neutrality.--Pursuant to the fifth 
     sentence of clause (i), this subsection shall not be applied 
     in a budget neutral manner.
       ``(IV) All-urban state defined.--In this clause, the term 
     `all-urban State' means a State in which there are no rural 
     areas (as defined in paragraph (2)(D)) or a State in which 
     there are no hospitals classified as rural under this 
     section.''.

       (b) Waiving Budget Neutrality.--
       (1) Technical amendatory correction.--Section 10324(a)(2) 
     of Public Law 111-148 is amended by striking ``third 
     sentence'' and inserting ``fifth sentence''.
       (2) Waiver.--Section 1886(d)(3)(E)(i) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(3)(E)(i)) is amended, in 
     the fifth sentence--
       (A) by striking ``and the amendments'' and inserting ``, 
     the amendments''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, and the amendments made by section 
     30212 of The Heroes Act'' after ``Care Act''.

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     SEC. 30213. RISK CORRIDOR PROGRAM FOR MEDICARE ADVANTAGE 
                   PLANS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1853 of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395w-23) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(p) Risk Corridor Program During the COVID-19 
     Emergency.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and 
     administer a program of risk corridors for each plan year, 
     any portion of which occurs during the emergency period 
     defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B), under which the Secretary 
     shall make payments to MA organizations offering a Medicare 
     Advantage plan based on the ratio of the allowable costs of 
     the plan to the aggregate premiums of the plan.
       ``(2) Payment methodology.--The Secretary shall provide 
     under the program established under paragraph (1) that if the 
     allowable costs for a Medicare Advantage plan for any plan 
     year are more than 105 percent of the target amount, the 
     Secretary shall pay to the plan an amount equal to 75 percent 
     of the allowable costs in excess of 105 percent of the target 
     amount.
       ``(3) Timing.--
       ``(A) Submission of information by plans.--With respect to 
     a plan year for which the program described in paragraph (1) 
     is established and administered, not later than July 1 of the 
     succeeding plan year each MA organization offering a Medicare 
     Advantage plan shall submit to the Secretary such information 
     as the Secretary may require for purposes of carrying out 
     such program.
       ``(B) Payment.--The Secretary shall pay to an MA 
     organization offering a Medicare Advantage plan eligible to 
     receive a payment under the program with respect to a plan 
     year the amount provided under paragraph (2) for such plan 
     year not later than 60 days after such organization submits 
     information with respect to such plan and plan year under 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(4) Definitions.--
       ``(A) Allowable costs.--The amount of allowable costs of a 
     MA organization offering a Medicare Advantage plan for a plan 
     year is an amount equal to the total costs (other than 
     administrative costs) of such plan in providing benefits 
     covered by such plan, but only to the extent that such costs 
     are incurred with respect to such benefits for items and 
     services that are benefits under the original medicare fee-
     for-service program option.
       ``(B) Target amount.--The target amount described in this 
     paragraph is, with respect to a Medicare Advantage plan and a 
     plan year, the total amount of payments paid to the MA 
     organization for the plan for benefits under the original 
     medicare fee-for-service program option for the plan year, 
     taking into account amounts paid by the Secretary and 
     enrollees, based upon the bid amount submitted under section 
     1854, reduced by the total amount of administrative expenses 
     for the year assumed in such bid.
       ``(5) Funding.--There are appropriated to the Centers for 
     Medicare & Medicaid Services Program Management Account, out 
     of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise obligated, such 
     sums as may be necessary for purposes of carrying out this 
     subsection.''.
       (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Health and Human Service may implement 
     the amendments made by this section by program instruction or 
     otherwise.

     SEC. 30214. RELIEF FOR SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS FROM INACCURATE 
                   INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY CERTAIN MEDICARE 
                   ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTORS.

       Section 1886(d)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395ww(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(N)(i) Subject to clause (ii), in the case of a sole 
     community hospital or a medicare-dependent, small rural 
     hospital with respect to which a medicare administrative 
     contractor initially determined and paid a volume decrease 
     adjustment under subparagraph (D)(ii) or (G)(iii) for a 
     specified cost reporting period, at the election of the 
     hospital, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     replace the volume decrease adjustment subsequently 
     determined for that specified cost reporting period by the 
     medicare administrative contractor with the volume decrease 
     adjustment initially determined and paid by the medicare 
     administrative contractor for that specified cost reporting 
     period.
       ``(ii)(I) Clause (i) shall not apply in the case of a sole 
     community hospital or a medicare-dependent, small rural 
     hospital for which the medicare administrative contractor 
     determination of the volume decrease adjustment with respect 
     to a specified cost reporting period of the hospital is 
     administratively final before the date that is three years 
     before the date of the enactment of this section.
       ``(II) For purposes of subclause (I), the date on which the 
     medicare administrative contractor determination with respect 
     to a volume decrease adjustment for a specified cost 
     reporting period is administratively final is the latest of 
     the following:
       ``(aa) The date of the contractor determination (as defined 
     in section 405.1801 of title 42, Code of Federal 
     Regulations).
       ``(bb) The date of the final outcome of any reopening of 
     the medicare administrative contractor determination under 
     section 405.1885 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations.
       ``(cc) The date of the final outcome of the final appeal 
     filed by such hospital with respect to such volume decrease 
     adjustment for such specified cost reporting period.
       ``(iii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
     `specified cost reporting period' means a cost reporting 
     period of a sole community hospital or a medicare-dependent, 
     small rural hospital, as the case may be, that begins during 
     a fiscal year before fiscal year 2018.''.

     SEC. 30215. DEEMING CERTAIN HOSPITALS TO BE LOCATED IN AN 
                   URBAN AREA FOR PURPOSES OF PAYMENT FOR 
                   INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE 
                   PROGRAM.

       Section 1886(d)(10) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395ww(d)(10)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(G)(i) For purposes of payment under this subsection for 
     discharges occurring during the 3-year period beginning on 
     October 1, 2020, each hospital located in Albany, Saratoga, 
     Schenectady, Montgomery, or Rensselaer County of New York 
     shall be deemed to be located in the large urban area of 
     Hartford-West Hartford-East of Hartford, Connecticut (CBSA 
     25540).
       ``(ii) Any deemed location of a hospital pursuant to clause 
     (i) shall be treated as a decision of the Medicare Geographic 
     Classification Review Board for purposes of paragraph 
     (8)(D).''.

                TITLE III--PRIVATE INSURANCE PROVISIONS

                        Subtitle A--Health Plans

     SEC. 30301. SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD THROUGH EXCHANGES; 
                   FEDERAL EXCHANGE OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONAL 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Special Enrollment Period Through Exchanges.--Section 
     1311(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
     U.S.C. 18031(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (6)--
       (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking at the end ``and'';
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking at the end the period 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) subject to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (8), the 
     special enrollment period described in subparagraph (A) of 
     such paragraph.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) Special enrollment period for certain public health 
     emergency.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall, subject to 
     subparagraph (B), require an Exchange to provide--
       ``(i) for a special enrollment period during the emergency 
     period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social 
     Security Act--

       ``(I) which shall begin on the date that is one week after 
     the date of the enactment of this paragraph and which, in the 
     case of an Exchange established or operated by the Secretary 
     within a State pursuant to section 1321(c), shall be an 8-
     week period; and
       ``(II) during which any individual who is otherwise 
     eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan through the 
     Exchange may enroll in such a qualified health plan; and

       ``(ii) that, in the case of an individual who enrolls in a 
     qualified health plan through the Exchange during such 
     enrollment period, the coverage period under such plan shall 
     begin, at the option of the individual, on April 1, 2020, or 
     on the first day of the month following the day the 
     individual selects a plan through such special enrollment 
     period.
       ``(B) Exception.--The requirement of subparagraph (A) shall 
     not apply to a State-operated or State-established Exchange 
     if such Exchange, prior to the date of the enactment of this 
     paragraph, established or otherwise provided for a special 
     enrollment period to address access to coverage under 
     qualified health plans offered through such Exchange during 
     the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of 
     the Social Security Act.''.
       (b) Federal Exchange Outreach and Educational Activities.--
     Section 1321(c) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 18041(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Outreach and educational activities.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of an Exchange established 
     or operated by the Secretary within a State pursuant to this 
     subsection, the Secretary shall carry out outreach and 
     educational activities for purposes of informing potential 
     enrollees in qualified health plans offered through the 
     Exchange of the availability of coverage under such plans and 
     financial assistance for coverage under such plans. Such 
     outreach and educational activities shall be provided in a 
     manner that is culturally and linguistically appropriate to 
     the needs of the populations being served by the Exchange 
     (including hard-to-reach populations, such as racial and 
     sexual minorities, limited English proficient populations, 
     and young adults).
       ``(B) Limitation on use of funds.--No funds appropriated 
     under this paragraph shall be used for expenditures for 
     promoting non-ACA compliant health insurance coverage.
       ``(C) Non-ACA compliant health insurance coverage.--For 
     purposes of subparagraph (B):
       ``(i) The term `non-ACA compliant health insurance 
     coverage' means health insurance coverage, or a group health 
     plan, that is not a qualified health plan.
       ``(ii) Such term includes the following:

       ``(I) An association health plan.
       ``(II) Short-term limited duration insurance.

       ``(D) Funding.--There are appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended--
       ``(i) to carry out this paragraph; and--
       ``(ii) at the discretion of the Secretary, to carry out 
     section 1311(i), with respect to an Exchange established or 
     operated by the Secretary within a State pursuant to this 
     subsection.''.
       (c) Implementation.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services may implement the provisions of (including 
     amendments made by) this section through subregulatory 
     guidance, program instruction, or otherwise.

     SEC. 30302. EXPEDITED MEETING OF ACIP FOR COVID-19 VACCINES.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3091 of the 21st 
     Century Cures Act (21 U.S.C.

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     360bbb-4 note), the Advisory Committee on Immunization 
     Practices shall meet and issue a recommendation with respect 
     to a vaccine that is intended to prevent or treat COVID-19 
     not later than 15 business days after the date on which such 
     vaccine is licensed under section 351 of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 262).
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Advisory 
     Committee on Immunization Practices'' means the Advisory 
     Committee on Immunization Practices established by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 
     222 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 217a), acting 
     through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention.

     SEC. 30303. COVERAGE OF COVID-19 RELATED TREATMENT AT NO COST 
                   SHARING.

       (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, 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) Medically necessary items and services (including in-
     person or telehealth visits in which such items and services 
     are furnished) that are furnished to an individual who has 
     been diagnosed with (or after provision of the items and 
     services is diagnosed with) COVID-19 to treat or mitigate the 
     effects of COVID-19.
       (2) Medically necessary items and services (including in-
     person or telehealth visits in which such items and services 
     are furnished) that are furnished to an individual who is 
     presumed to have COVID-19 but is never diagnosed as such, if 
     the following conditions are met:
       (A) Such items and services are furnished to the individual 
     to treat or mitigate the effects of COVID-19 or to mitigate 
     the impact of COVID-19 on society.
       (B) Health care providers have taken appropriate steps 
     under the circumstances to make a diagnosis, or confirm 
     whether a diagnosis was made, with respect to such 
     individual, for COVID-19, if possible.
       (b) Items and Services Related to COVID-19.--For purposes 
     of this section--
       (1) not later than one week after the date of the enactment 
     of this section, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     jointly issue guidance specifying applicable diagnoses and 
     medically necessary items and services related to COVID-19; 
     and
       (2) such items and services shall include all items or 
     services that are relevant to the treatment or mitigation of 
     COVID-19, regardless of whether such items or services are 
     ordinarily covered under the terms of a group health plan or 
     group or individual health insurance coverage offered by a 
     health insurance issuer.
       (c) Enforcement.--
       (1) Application with respect to phsa, erisa, and irc.--The 
     provisions of this section 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.
       (2) Private right of action.--An individual with respect to 
     whom an action is taken by a group health plan or health 
     insurance issuer offering group or individual health 
     insurance coverage in violation of subsection (a) may 
     commence a civil action against the plan or issuer for 
     appropriate relief. The previous sentence shall not be 
     construed as limiting any enforcement mechanism otherwise 
     applicable pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (d) 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.
       (e) 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. 30304. REQUIRING PRESCRIPTION DRUG REFILL NOTIFICATIONS 
                   DURING EMERGENCIES.

       (a) ERISA.--
       (1) In general.--Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title 
     I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
     U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 716. PROVISION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG REFILL 
                   NOTIFICATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES.

       ``(a) In General.--A group health plan, and a health 
     insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in 
     connection with a group health plan, that provides benefits 
     for prescription drugs under such plan or such coverage shall 
     provide to each participant or beneficiary under such plan or 
     such coverage who resides in an emergency area during an 
     emergency period--
       ``(1) not later than 5 business days after the date of the 
     beginning of such period with respect to such area (or, the 
     case of the emergency period described in section 30304(d)(2) 
     of The Heroes Act, not later than 5 business days after the 
     date of the enactment of this section), a notification 
     (written in a manner that is clear and understandable to the 
     average participant or beneficiary)--
       ``(A) of whether such plan or coverage will waive, during 
     such period with respect to such a participant or 
     beneficiary, any time restrictions under such plan or 
     coverage on any authorized refills for such drugs to enable 
     such refills in advance of when such refills would otherwise 
     have been permitted under such plan or coverage; and
       ``(B) in the case that such plan or coverage will waive 
     such restrictions during such period with respect to such a 
     participant or beneficiary, that contains information on how 
     such a participant or beneficiary may obtain such a refill; 
     and
       ``(2) in the case such plan or coverage elects to so waive 
     such restrictions during such period with respect to such a 
     participant or beneficiary after the notification described 
     in paragraph (1) has been provided with respect to such 
     period, not later than 5 business days after such election, a 
     notification of such election that contains the information 
     described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph.
       ``(b) Emergency Area; Emergency Period.--For purposes of 
     this section, an `emergency area' is a geographical area in 
     which, and an `emergency period' is the period during which, 
     there exists--
       ``(1) an emergency or disaster declared by the President 
     pursuant to the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and
       ``(2) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary 
     pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 714 the 
     following:

``Sec. 715. Additional market reforms.
``Sec. 716. Provision of prescription drug refill notifications during 
              emergencies.''.
       (b) PHSA.--Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-11 et seq.) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 2730. PROVISION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG REFILL 
                   NOTIFICATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES.

       ``(a) In General.--A group health plan, and a health 
     insurance issuer offering group or individual health 
     insurance coverage, that provides benefits for prescription 
     drugs under such plan or such coverage shall provide to each 
     participant, beneficiary, or enrollee enrolled under such 
     plan or such coverage who resides in an emergency area during 
     an emergency period--
       ``(1) not later than 5 business days after the date of the 
     beginning of such period with respect to such area (or, the 
     case of the emergency period described in section 30304(d)(2) 
     of The Heroes Act, not later than 5 business days after the 
     date of the enactment of this section), a notification 
     (written in a manner that is clear and understandable to the 
     average participant, beneficiary, or enrollee)--
       ``(A) of whether such plan or coverage will waive, during 
     such period with respect to such a participant, beneficiary, 
     or enrollee, any time restrictions under such plan or 
     coverage on any authorized refills for such drugs to enable 
     such refills in advance of when such refills would otherwise 
     have been permitted under such plan or coverage; and
       ``(B) in the case that such plan or coverage will waive 
     such restrictions during such period with respect to such a 
     participant, beneficiary, or enrollee, that contains 
     information on how such a participant, beneficiary, or 
     enrollee may obtain such a refill; and
       ``(2) in the case such plan or coverage elects to so waive 
     such restrictions during such period with respect to such a 
     participant, beneficiary, or enrollee after the notification 
     described in paragraph (1) has been provided with respect to 
     such period, not later than 5 business days after such 
     election, a notification of such election that contains the 
     information described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph.
       ``(b) Emergency Area; Emergency Period.--For purposes of 
     this section, an `emergency area' is a geographical area in 
     which, and an `emergency period' is the period during which, 
     there exists--
       ``(1) an emergency or disaster declared by the President 
     pursuant to the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and
       ``(2) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary 
     pursuant to section 319.''.
       (c) IRC.--
       (1) In general.--Subchapter B of chapter 100 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:

     ``SEC. 9816. PROVISION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG REFILL 
                   NOTIFICATIONS DURING EMERGENCIES.

       ``(a) In General.--A group health plan that provides 
     benefits for prescription drugs under such plan shall provide 
     to each participant or beneficiary enrolled under such plan 
     who resides in an emergency area during an emergency period, 
     not later than 5 business days after the date of the 
     beginning of such period with respect to such area (or, the 
     case of the emergency period described in section 30304(d)(2) 
     of The Heroes Act, not later than 5 business days after the 
     date of the enactment of this section)--
       ``(1) a notification (written in a manner that is clear and 
     understandable to the average participant or beneficiary)--
       ``(A) of whether such plan will waive, during such period 
     with respect to such a participant or beneficiary, any time 
     restrictions under such plan on any authorized refills for 
     such drugs to

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     enable such refills in advance of when such refills would 
     otherwise have been permitted under such plan; and
       ``(B) in the case that such plan will waive such 
     restrictions during such period with respect to such a 
     participant or beneficiary, that contains information on how 
     such a participant or beneficiary may obtain such a refill; 
     and
       ``(2) in the case such plan elects to so waive such 
     restrictions during such period with respect to such a 
     participant or beneficiary after the notification described 
     in paragraph (1) has been provided with respect to such 
     period, not later than 5 business days after such election, a 
     notification of such election that contains the information 
     described in subparagraph (B) of such paragraph.
       ``(b) Emergency Area; Emergency Period.--For purposes of 
     this section, an `emergency area' is a geographical area in 
     which, and an `emergency period' is the period during which, 
     there exists--
       ``(1) an emergency or disaster declared by the President 
     pursuant to the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and
       ``(2) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary 
     pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for 
     subchapter B of chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 9816. Provision of prescription drug refill notifications during 
              emergencies.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to--
       (1) emergency periods beginning on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) the emergency period relating to the public health 
     emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service 
     Act on January 31, 2020, entitled ``Determination that a 
     Public Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of 
     the 2019 Novel Coronavirus''.

     SEC. 30305. IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED TO 
                   QUALIFIED BENEFICIARIES BY GROUP HEALTH PLANS 
                   IN THE CASE OF QUALIFYING EVENTS.

       (a) Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.--
       (1) In general.--Section 606 of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1166) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)(4), in the matter following 
     subparagraph (B), by striking ``under this subsection'' and 
     inserting ``under this part in accordance with the 
     notification requirements under subsection (c)''; and
       (B) in subsection (c)--
       (i) by striking ``For purposes of subsection (a)(4), any 
     notification'' and inserting ``For purposes of subsection 
     (a)(4)--
       ``(1) any notification'';
       (ii) by striking ``, whichever is applicable, and any such 
     notification'' and inserting ``of subsection (a), whichever 
     is applicable;
       ``(2) any such notification''; and
       (iii) by striking ``such notification is made'' and 
     inserting ``such notification is made; and
       ``(3) any such notification shall, with respect to each 
     qualified beneficiary with respect to whom such notification 
     is made, include information regarding any Exchange 
     established under title I of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act through which such a qualified 
     beneficiary may be eligible to enroll in a qualified health 
     plan (as defined in section 1301 of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act), including--
       ``(A) the publicly accessible Internet website address for 
     such Exchange;
       ``(B) the publicly accessible Internet website address for 
     the Find Local Help directory maintained by the Department of 
     Health and Human Services on the healthcare.gov Internet 
     website (or a successor website);
       ``(C) a clear explanation that--
       ``(i) an individual who is eligible for continuation 
     coverage may also be eligible to enroll, with financial 
     assistance, in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, but, in the case that such individual elects to 
     enroll in such continuation coverage and subsequently elects 
     to terminate such continuation coverage before the period of 
     such continuation coverage expires, such individual will not 
     be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan offered 
     through such Exchange during a special enrollment period; and
       ``(ii) an individual who elects to enroll in continuation 
     coverage will remain eligible to enroll in a qualified health 
     plan offered through such Exchange during an open enrollment 
     period and may be eligible for financial assistance with 
     respect to enrolling in such a qualified health plan;
       ``(D) information on consumer protections with respect to 
     enrolling in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, including the requirement for such a qualified 
     health plan to provide coverage for essential health benefits 
     (as defined in section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act) and the requirements applicable to such 
     a qualified health plan under part A of title XXVII of the 
     Public Health Service Act; and
       ``(E) information on the availability of financial 
     assistance with respect to enrolling in a qualified health 
     plan, including the maximum income limit for eligibility for 
     a premium tax credit under section 36B of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to qualifying events occurring on or 
     after the date that is 14 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (b) Public Health Service Act.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2206 of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-6) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``In accordance'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(a) In General.--In accordance'';
       (B) by striking ``of such beneficiary's rights under this 
     subsection'' and inserting ``of such beneficiary's rights 
     under this title in accordance with the notification 
     requirements under subsection (b)''; and
       (C) by striking ``For purposes of paragraph (4),'' and all 
     that follows through ``such notification is made.'' and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(b) Rules Relating to Notification of Qualified 
     Beneficiaries by Plan Administrator.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a)(4)--
       ``(1) any notification shall be made within 14 days of the 
     date on which the plan administrator is notified under 
     paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (a), whichever is 
     applicable;
       ``(2) any such notification to an individual who is a 
     qualified beneficiary as the spouse of the covered employee 
     shall be treated as notification to all other qualified 
     beneficiaries residing with such spouse at the time such 
     notification is made; and
       ``(3) any such notification shall, with respect to each 
     qualified beneficiary with respect to whom such notification 
     is made, include information regarding any Exchange 
     established under title I of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act through which such a qualified 
     beneficiary may be eligible to enroll in a qualified health 
     plan (as defined in section 1301 of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act), including--
       ``(A) the publicly accessible Internet website address for 
     such Exchange;
       ``(B) the publicly accessible Internet website address for 
     the Find Local Help directory maintained by the Department of 
     Health and Human Services on the healthcare.gov Internet 
     website (or a successor website);
       ``(C) a clear explanation that--
       ``(i) an individual who is eligible for continuation 
     coverage may also be eligible to enroll, with financial 
     assistance, in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, but, in the case that such individual elects to 
     enroll in such continuation coverage and subsequently elects 
     to terminate such continuation coverage before the period of 
     such continuation coverage expires, such individual will not 
     be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan offered 
     through such Exchange during a special enrollment period; and
       ``(ii) an individual who elects to enroll in continuation 
     coverage will remain eligible to enroll in a qualified health 
     plan offered through such Exchange during an open enrollment 
     period and may be eligible for financial assistance with 
     respect to enrolling in such a qualified health plan;
       ``(D) information on consumer protections with respect to 
     enrolling in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, including the requirement for such a qualified 
     health plan to provide coverage for essential health benefits 
     (as defined in section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act) and the requirements applicable to such 
     a qualified health plan under part A of title XXVII; and
       ``(E) information on the availability of financial 
     assistance with respect to enrolling in a qualified health 
     plan, including the maximum income limit for eligibility for 
     a premium tax credit under section 36B of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to qualifying events occurring on or 
     after the date that is 14 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (c) Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
       (1) In general.--Section 4980B(f)(6) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (D)--
       (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``under subparagraph (C)'' 
     and inserting ``under clause (iii)''; and
       (ii) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses 
     (I) and (II), respectively, and moving the margin of each 
     such subclause, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;
       (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as 
     clauses (i) through (iv), respectively, and moving the margin 
     of each such clause, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;
       (C) by striking ``In accordance'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--In accordance'';
       (D) by inserting after ``of such beneficiary's rights under 
     this subsection'' the following: ``in accordance with the 
     notification requirements under subparagraph (C)''; and
       (E) by striking ``The requirements of subparagraph (B)'' 
     and all that follows through ``such notification is made.'' 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(B) Alternative means of compliance with requirement for 
     notification of multiemployer plans by employers.--The 
     requirements of subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be considered 
     satisfied in the case of a multiemployer plan in connection 
     with a qualifying event described in paragraph (3)(B) if the 
     plan provides that the determination of the occurrence of 
     such qualifying event will be made by the plan administrator.
       ``(C) Rules relating to notification of qualified 
     beneficiaries by plan administrator.--For purposes of 
     subparagraph (A)(iv)--
       ``(i) any notification shall be made within 14 days (or, in 
     the case of a group health plan which is a multiemployer 
     plan, such longer period of time as may be provided in the 
     terms of the plan) of the date on which the plan 
     administrator is notified under clause (ii) or (iii) of 
     subparagraph (A), whichever is applicable;
       ``(ii) any such notification to an individual who is a 
     qualified beneficiary as the spouse of

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     the covered employee shall be treated as notification to all 
     other qualified beneficiaries residing with such spouse at 
     the time such notification is made; and
       ``(iii) any such notification shall, with respect to each 
     qualified beneficiary with respect to whom such notification 
     is made, include information regarding any Exchange 
     established under title I of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act through which such a qualified 
     beneficiary may be eligible to enroll in a qualified health 
     plan (as defined in section 1301 of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act), including--

       ``(I) the publicly accessible Internet website address for 
     such Exchange;
       ``(II) the publicly accessible Internet website address for 
     the Find Local Help directory maintained by the Department of 
     Health and Human Services on the healthcare.gov Internet 
     website (or a successor website);
       ``(III) a clear explanation that--

       ``(aa) an individual who is eligible for continuation 
     coverage may also be eligible to enroll, with financial 
     assistance, in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, but, in the case that such individual elects to 
     enroll in such continuation coverage and subsequently elects 
     to terminate such continuation coverage before the period of 
     such continuation coverage expires, such individual will not 
     be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan offered 
     through such Exchange during a special enrollment period; and
       ``(bb) an individual who elects to enroll in continuation 
     coverage will remain eligible to enroll in a qualified health 
     plan offered through such Exchange during an open enrollment 
     period and may be eligible for financial assistance with 
     respect to enrolling in such a qualified health plan;

       ``(IV) information on consumer protections with respect to 
     enrolling in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, including the requirement for such a qualified 
     health plan to provide coverage for essential health benefits 
     (as defined in section 1302(b) of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act) and the requirements applicable to such 
     a qualified health plan under part A of title XXVII of the 
     Public Health Service Act; and
       ``(V) information on the availability of financial 
     assistance with respect to enrolling in a qualified health 
     plan, including the maximum income limit for eligibility for 
     a premium tax credit under section 36B.''.

       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to qualifying events occurring on or 
     after the date that is 14 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (d) Model Notices.--Not later than 14 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Labor, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall--
       (1) update the model Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
     Reconciliation Act of 1985 (referred to in this subsection as 
     ``COBRA'') continuation coverage general notice and the model 
     COBRA continuation coverage election notice developed by the 
     Secretary of Labor for purposes of facilitating compliance of 
     group health plans with the notification requirements under 
     section 606 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
     1974 (29 U.S.C. 1166) to include the information described in 
     paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of such section 606, as added 
     by subsection (a)(1);
       (2) provide an opportunity for consumer testing of each 
     such notice, as so updated, to ensure that each such notice 
     is clear and understandable to the average participant or 
     beneficiary of a group health plan; and
       (3) rename the model COBRA continuation coverage general 
     notice and the model COBRA continuation coverage election 
     notice as the ``model COBRA continuation coverage and 
     Affordable Care Act coverage general notice'' and the ``model 
     COBRA continuation coverage and Affordable Care Act coverage 
     election notice'', respectively.

     SEC. 30306. SOONER COVERAGE OF TESTING FOR COVID-19.

       Section 6001(a) of division F of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5 note) is amended 
     by striking ``beginning on or after'' and inserting 
     ``beginning before, on, or after''.

     SEC. 30307. RISK CORRIDOR PROGRAM FOR HEALTH INSURANCE 
                   COVERAGE OFFERED IN THE INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL 
                   GROUP MARKET.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall 
     establish and administer a program of risk corridors for plan 
     years 2020 and 2021 under which the Secretary shall make 
     payments to health insurance issuers offering health 
     insurance coverage in the individual or small group market 
     based on the ratio of the allowable costs of the coverage to 
     the aggregate premiums of the coverage.
       (b) Payment Methodology.--The Secretary shall provide under 
     the program established under subsection (a) that if the 
     allowable costs for a health insurance issuer offering health 
     insurance coverage in the individual or small group market 
     for any plan year are more than 105 percent of the target 
     amount, the Secretary shall pay to the issuer an amount equal 
     to 75 percent of the allowable costs in excess of 105 percent 
     of the target amount.
       (c) Information Collection.--The Secretary shall establish 
     a process under which information is collected from health 
     insurance issuers offering health insurance coverage in the 
     individual or small group market for purposes of carrying out 
     this section.
       (d) Non-application.--The provisions of this section shall 
     not apply with respect to any group or individual health 
     insurance coverage in relation to its provision of excepted 
     benefits described in section 2791(c)(1) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91(c)).
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Allowable costs.--
       (A) In general.--The amount of allowable costs of a health 
     insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in the 
     individual or small group market for any year is an amount 
     equal to the total costs (other than administrative costs) of 
     such issuer in providing benefits covered by such coverage.
       (B) Certain reductions.--Allowable costs shall reduced by 
     any--
       (i) risk adjustment payments received under section 1343 of 
     the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
     18063); and
       (ii) reinsurance payments received pursuant to a waiver 
     approved under section 1332 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18052).
       (2) Additional terms.--The terms ``health insurance 
     issuer'', ``health insurance coverage'', ``individual 
     market'', and ``small group market'' have the meanings given 
     such terms in section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91).
       (3) Target amount.--The target amount of health insurance 
     coverage offered in the individual or small group market for 
     any year is an amount equal to the total premiums (including 
     any premium subsidies under any governmental program), 
     reduced by the administrative costs of the coverage.
       (f) Treatment for MLR.--Payments made under this section 
     with respect to an applicable plan year to a health insurance 
     issuer offering health insurance coverage in the individual 
     or small group market shall for purposes of section 2718(b) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-18(b)) be 
     included in the calculation of the premium revenue with 
     respect to such issuer and year.
       (g) Implementation.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services may implement the provisions of this section by 
     subregulatory guidance, program instruction, or otherwise.
       (h) Appropriation.--There are appropriated, out of any 
     monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
     as may be necessary to carry out this section.

     SEC. 30308. RISK CORRIDOR PROGRAM FOR SELF-INSURED GROUP 
                   HEALTH PLANS AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE 
                   OFFERED IN THE LARGE GROUP MARKET.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     (in this section referred to as the ``Secretary''), in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of 
     the Treasury, shall establish and administer a program of 
     risk corridors for plan years 2020 and 2021 under which the 
     Secretary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor and 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, shall make payments in 
     accordance with subsection (b) to self-insured group health 
     plans and health insurance issuers offering health insurance 
     coverage in the large group market.
       (b) Payment Methodology.--The Secretary, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, shall provide under the program established under 
     subsection (a) that if the allowable costs for a self-insured 
     group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in the 
     large group market for any plan year are more than 105 
     percent of the target amount, the Secretary shall pay to the 
     plan, or issuer of such coverage, an amount equal to 75 
     percent of the allowable costs in excess of 105 percent of 
     the target amount.
       (c) Information Collection.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, the Secretary of Labor, and 
     the Secretary of the Treasury may require self-insured group 
     health plans and health insurance issuers of health insurance 
     coverage offered in the large group market to report to the 
     applicable Secretary, in a form, manner, and timeframe 
     specified by the Secretaries, information necessary for 
     purposes of carrying out this section in accordance with the 
     process established under paragraph (2).
       (2) Process.--The Secretary, the Secretary of Labor, and 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly establish a 
     process prescribing the form and manner under which 
     information is collected from self-insured group health plans 
     and health insurance issuers offering health insurance 
     coverage in the large group market for purposes of carrying 
     out this section.
       (d) Definitions.--
       (1) Allowable costs.--
       (A) In general.--The amount of allowable costs of a self-
     insured group health plan or health insurance coverage 
     offered in the large group market for any plan year is an 
     amount equal to the total costs (other than administrative 
     costs) of such plan or the issuer of such coverage in 
     covering items and services furnished during such plan year 
     under such plan or such coverage.
       (B) Certain reductions.--Allowable costs of a self-insured 
     group health plan or health insurance coverage offered in the 
     large group market for a plan year shall be reduced by any--
       (i) reinsurance payments received by such plan or coverage 
     pursuant to a waiver approved under section 1332 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 18052) for such plan year; and
       (ii) other payments received by such plan or coverage (as 
     specified by the Secretary) for such plan year.
       (2) Additional terms.--For purposes of this section, the 
     terms ``excepted benefits'', ``health insurance issuer'', 
     ``health insurance coverage'', and ``large group market'' 
     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, and the term ``self-insured group 
     health

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     plan'' has the meaning given such term for purposes of 
     section 2701(a)(5) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300gg(a)(5)).
       (3) Target amount.--
       (A) In general.--The target amount of--
       (i) a self-insured group health plan for an applicable plan 
     year is--

       (I) in the case such plan was offered during the preceding 
     plan year and was subject to the requirement of section 
     601(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
     (29 U.S.C. 1161(a)) during such preceding plan year, the 
     expected cost to the plan for all individuals covered under 
     such plan for such preceding plan year (without regard to 
     whether such cost is paid by the employer or employee), 
     taking into account applicable premiums (as defined in 
     section 604(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1164(1))) for such plan 
     and preceding plan year, reduced by any administrative costs 
     for such preceding plan year and increased by 5 percent; or
       (II) in the case such plan is not described in subclause 
     (I), the expected cost to the plan for all individuals 
     covered under such plan for such applicable plan year (as 
     determined under a methodology specified by the Secretary), 
     reduced by any administrative costs for such plan year; and

       (ii) health insurance coverage offered in the large group 
     market for an applicable plan year is an amount equal to the 
     total premiums (including any premium subsidies under any 
     governmental program), as defined by the Secretary, for such 
     plan year, reduced by the administrative costs of the 
     coverage for such plan year.
       (B) Applicable plan year.--The term ``applicable plan 
     year'' means plan year 2020 or plan year 2021, as applicable.
       (e) Application.--
       (1) In general.--The provisions of subsection (c) shall be 
     applied by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the 
     Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     group health plans and health insurance issuers offering 
     health insurance coverage in the large group market as if 
     such subsection were included in the provisions of part A of 
     title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg 
     et seq.), part 7 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.), and subchapter B of 
     chapter 100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
     applicable.
       (2) Treatment for mlr.--Payments made under this section 
     with respect to an applicable plan year to a self-insured 
     group health plan or health insurance issuer offering health 
     insurance coverage in the large group market shall for 
     purposes of section 2718(b) of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 300gg-18(b)) be included in the calculation of the 
     premium revenue with respect to such plan or issuer, 
     respectively, and year.
       (f) Non-application.--The provisions of this section shall 
     not apply with respect to--
       (1) any group health plan or group or individual health 
     insurance coverage in relation to its provision of excepted 
     benefits; or
       (2) a grandfathered health plan, as defined in section 
     1251(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
     U.S.C. 18011(e)).
       (g) Implementation.--The Secretary, the Secretary of Labor, 
     and the Secretary of the Treasury may implement the 
     provisions of this section by subregulatory guidance, program 
     instruction, or otherwise.
       (h) Appropriation.--There are appropriated, out of any 
     monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
     as may be necessary to carry out this section.

             Subtitle B--Worker Health Coverage Protection

     SEC. 30311. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Worker Health Coverage 
     Protection Act''.

     SEC. 30312. PRESERVING HEALTH BENEFITS FOR WORKERS.

       (a) Premium Assistance for COBRA Continuation Coverage and 
     Furloughed Continuation Coverage for Individuals and Their 
     Families.--
       (1) Provision of premium assistance.--
       (A) Reduction of premiums payable.--
       (i) COBRA continuation coverage.--In the case of any 
     premium for a period of coverage during the period beginning 
     on March 1, 2020, and ending on January 31, 2021 for COBRA 
     continuation coverage with respect to any assistance eligible 
     individual described in paragraph (3)(A), such individual 
     shall be treated for purposes of any COBRA continuation 
     provision as having paid the amount of such premium if such 
     individual pays (and any person other than such individual's 
     employer pays on behalf of such individual) 0 percent of the 
     amount of such premium owed by such individual (as determined 
     without regard to this subsection).
       (ii) Furloughed continuation coverage.--In the case of any 
     premium for a period of coverage during the period beginning 
     on March 1, 2020, and ending on January 31, 2021 for coverage 
     under a group health plan with respect to any assistance 
     eligible individual described in paragraph (3)(B), such 
     individual shall be treated for purposes of coverage under 
     the plan offered by the plan sponsor in which the individual 
     is enrolled as having paid the amount of such premium if such 
     individual pays (and any person other than such individual's 
     employer pays on behalf of such individual) 0 percent of the 
     amount of such premium owed by such individual (as determined 
     without regard to this subsection).
       (B) Plan enrollment option.--
       (i) In general.--Notwithstanding the COBRA continuation 
     provisions, any assistance eligible individual who is 
     enrolled in a group health plan offered by a plan sponsor 
     may, not later than 90 days after the date of notice of the 
     plan enrollment option described in this subparagraph, elect 
     to enroll in coverage under a plan offered by such plan 
     sponsor that is different than coverage under the plan in 
     which such individual was enrolled at the time--

       (I) in the case of any assistance eligible individual 
     described in paragraph (3)(A), the qualifying event specified 
     in section 603(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974, section 4980B(f)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, section 2203(2) of the Public Health Service 
     Act, or section 8905a of title 5, United States Code (except 
     for the voluntary termination of such individual's employment 
     by such individual), occurred, and such coverage shall be 
     treated as COBRA continuation coverage for purposes of the 
     applicable COBRA continuation coverage provision; or
       (II) in the case of any assistance eligible individual 
     described in paragraph (3)(B), the furlough period began with 
     respect to such individual.

       (ii) Requirements.--Any assistance eligible individual may 
     elect to enroll in different coverage as described in clause 
     (i) only if--

       (I) the employer involved has made a determination that 
     such employer will permit such assistance eligible individual 
     to enroll in different coverage as provided under this 
     subparagraph;
       (II) the premium for such different coverage does not 
     exceed the premium for coverage in which such individual was 
     enrolled at the time such qualifying event occurred or 
     immediately before such furlough began;
       (III) the different coverage in which the individual elects 
     to enroll is coverage that is also offered to the active 
     employees of the employer, who are not in a furlough period, 
     at the time at which such election is made; and
       (IV) the different coverage in which the individual elects 
     to enroll is not--

       (aa) coverage that provides only dental, vision, 
     counseling, or referral services (or a combination of such 
     services);
       (bb) a qualified small employer health reimbursement 
     arrangement (as defined in section 9831(d)(2) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986);
       (cc) a flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 
     106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); or
       (dd) benefits that provide coverage for services or 
     treatments furnished in an on-site medical facility 
     maintained by the employer and that consists primarily of 
     first-aid services, prevention and wellness care, or similar 
     care (or a combination of such care).
       (C) Premium reimbursement.--For provisions providing the 
     payment of such premium, see section 6432 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986, as added by paragraph (14).
       (2) Limitation of period of premium assistance.--
       (A) Eligibility for additional coverage.--Paragraph (1)(A) 
     shall not apply with respect to--
       (i) any assistance eligible individual described in 
     paragraph (3)(A) for months of coverage beginning on or after 
     the earlier of--

       (I) the first date that such individual is eligible for 
     coverage under any other group health plan (other than 
     coverage consisting of only dental, vision, counseling, or 
     referral services (or a combination thereof), coverage under 
     a flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 
     106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), coverage of 
     treatment that is furnished in an on-site medical facility 
     maintained by the employer and that consists primarily of 
     first-aid services, prevention and wellness care, or similar 
     care (or a combination thereof)), or eligible for benefits 
     under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act; or
       (II) the earliest of--

       (aa) the date following the expiration of the maximum 
     period of continuation coverage required under the applicable 
     COBRA continuation coverage provision; or
       (bb) the date following the expiration of the period of 
     continuation coverage allowed under paragraph (4)(B)(ii); or
       (ii) any assistance eligible individual described in 
     paragraph (3)(B) for months of coverage beginning on or after 
     the earlier of--

       (I) the first date that such individual is eligible for 
     coverage under any other group health plan (other than 
     coverage consisting of only dental, vision, counseling, or 
     referral services (or a combination thereof), coverage under 
     a flexible spending arrangement (as defined in section 
     106(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), coverage of 
     treatment that is furnished in an on-site medical facility 
     maintained by the employer and that consists primarily of 
     first-aid services, prevention and wellness care, or similar 
     care (or a combination thereof)), or eligible for benefits 
     under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act; or
       (II) the first date that such individual is no longer in 
     the furlough period.

       (B) Notification requirement.--Any assistance eligible 
     individual shall notify the group health plan with respect to 
     which paragraph (1)(A) applies if such paragraph ceases to 
     apply by reason of clause (i)(I) or (ii)(I) of subparagraph 
     (A) (as applicable). Such notice shall be provided to the 
     group health plan in such time and manner as may be specified 
     by the Secretary of Labor.
       (C) Special enrollment period following expiration of 
     premium assistance.--Notwithstanding section 1311 of the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18031), 
     the expiration of premium assistance pursuant to a limitation 
     specified under subparagraph (A) shall be treated as a 
     qualifying event for which any assistance eligible individual 
     is eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan offered 
     through an Exchange under title I of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     18001 et seq.) during a special enrollment period.
       (3) Assistance eligible individual.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``assistance eligible individual'' means, 
     with respect to a period of coverage during the period 
     beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on January 31, 2021--
       (A) any individual that is a qualified beneficiary that--

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       (i) is eligible for COBRA continuation coverage by reason 
     of a qualifying event specified in section 603(2) of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 
     4980B(f)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 
     2203(2) of the Public Health Service Act, or section 8905a of 
     title 5, United States Code (except for the voluntary 
     termination of such individual's employment by such 
     individual); and
       (ii) elects such coverage; or
       (B) any covered employee that is in a furlough period that 
     remains eligible for coverage under a group health plan 
     offered by the employer of such covered employee.
       (4) Extension of election period and effect on coverage.--
       (A) In general.--For purposes of applying section 605(a) of 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, section 
     4980B(f)(5)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 
     2205(a) of the Public Health Service Act, and section 
     8905a(c)(2) of title 5, United States Code, in the case of--
       (i) an individual who does not have an election of COBRA 
     continuation coverage in effect on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act but who would be an assistance eligible 
     individual described in paragraph (3)(A) if such election 
     were so in effect; or
       (ii) an individual who elected COBRA continuation coverage 
     on or after March 1, 2020, and discontinued from such 
     coverage before the date of the enactment of this Act,
     such individual may elect the COBRA continuation coverage 
     under the COBRA continuation coverage provisions containing 
     such provisions during the period beginning on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and ending 60 days after the date 
     on which the notification required under paragraph (7)(C) is 
     provided to such individual.
       (B) Commencement of cobra continuation coverage.--Any COBRA 
     continuation coverage elected by a qualified beneficiary 
     during an extended election period under subparagraph (A)--
       (i) shall apply as if such qualified beneficiary had been 
     covered as of the date of a qualifying event specified in 
     section 603(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974, section 4980B(f)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, section 2203(2) of the Public Health Service Act, or 
     section 8905a of title 5, United States Code, except for the 
     voluntary termination of such beneficiary's employment by 
     such beneficiary, that occurs no earlier than March 1, 2020 
     (including the treatment of premium payments under paragraph 
     (1)(A) and any cost-sharing requirements for items and 
     services under a group health plan); and
       (ii) shall not extend beyond the period of COBRA 
     continuation coverage that would have been required under the 
     applicable COBRA continuation coverage provision if the 
     coverage had been elected as required under such provision.
       (5) Expedited review of denials of premium assistance.--In 
     any case in which an individual requests treatment as an 
     assistance eligible individual described in subparagraph (A) 
     or (B) of paragraph (3) and is denied such treatment by the 
     group health plan, the Secretary of Labor (or the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services in connection with COBRA 
     continuation coverage which is provided other than pursuant 
     to part 6 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974), in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, shall provide for expedited review 
     of such denial. An individual shall be entitled to such 
     review upon application to such Secretary in such form and 
     manner as shall be provided by such Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Treasury. Such Secretary 
     shall make a determination regarding such individual's 
     eligibility within 15 business days after receipt of such 
     individual's application for review under this paragraph. 
     Either Secretary's determination upon review of the denial 
     shall be de novo and shall be the final determination of such 
     Secretary. A reviewing court shall grant deference to such 
     Secretary's determination. The provisions of this paragraph, 
     paragraphs (1) through (4), and paragraphs (7) through (9) 
     shall be treated as provisions of title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 for purposes of part 5 
     of subtitle B of such title.
       (6) Disregard of subsidies for purposes of federal and 
     state programs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     any premium assistance with respect to an assistance eligible 
     individual under this subsection shall not be considered 
     income, in-kind support, or resources for purposes of 
     determining the eligibility of the recipient (or the 
     recipient's spouse or family) for benefits or assistance, or 
     the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, or any other 
     benefit provided under any Federal program or any program of 
     a State or political subdivision thereof financed in whole or 
     in part with Federal funds.
       (7) COBRA-specific notice.--
       (A) General notice.--
       (i) In general.--In the case of notices provided under 
     section 606(a)(4) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1166(4)), section 4980B(f)(6)(D) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 2206(4) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-6(4)), or section 
     8905a(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, with respect 
     to individuals who, during the period described in paragraph 
     (3), become entitled to elect COBRA continuation coverage, 
     the requirements of such provisions shall not be treated as 
     met unless such notices include an additional notification to 
     the recipient a written notice in clear and understandable 
     language of--

       (I) the availability of premium assistance with respect to 
     such coverage under this subsection; and
       (II) the option to enroll in different coverage if the 
     employer permits assistance eligible individuals described in 
     paragraph (3)(A) to elect enrollment in different coverage 
     (as described in paragraph (1)(B)).

       (ii) Alternative notice.--In the case of COBRA continuation 
     coverage to which the notice provision under such sections 
     does not apply, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, shall, in consultation with administrators of 
     the group health plans (or other entities) that provide or 
     administer the COBRA continuation coverage involved, provide 
     rules requiring the provision of such notice.
       (iii) Form.--The requirement of the additional notification 
     under this subparagraph may be met by amendment of existing 
     notice forms or by inclusion of a separate document with the 
     notice otherwise required.
       (B) Specific requirements.--Each additional notification 
     under subparagraph (A) shall include--
       (i) the forms necessary for establishing eligibility for 
     premium assistance under this subsection;
       (ii) the name, address, and telephone number necessary to 
     contact the plan administrator and any other person 
     maintaining relevant information in connection with such 
     premium assistance;
       (iii) a description of the extended election period 
     provided for in paragraph (4)(A);
       (iv) a description of the obligation of the qualified 
     beneficiary under paragraph (2)(B) and the penalty provided 
     under section 6720C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
     failure to carry out the obligation;
       (v) a description, displayed in a prominent manner, of the 
     qualified beneficiary's right to a reduced premium and any 
     conditions on entitlement to the reduced premium;
       (vi) a description of the option of the qualified 
     beneficiary to enroll in different coverage if the employer 
     permits such beneficiary to elect to enroll in such different 
     coverage under paragraph (1)(B); and
       (vii) information regarding any Exchange established under 
     title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 
     U.S.C. 18001 et seq.) through which a qualified beneficiary 
     may be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan, 
     including--

       (I) the publicly accessible internet website address for 
     such Exchange;
       (II) the publicly accessible internet website address for 
     the Find Local Help directory maintained by the Department of 
     Health and Human Services on the healthcare.gov internet 
     website (or a successor website);
       (III) a clear explanation that--

       (aa) an individual who is eligible for continuation 
     coverage may also be eligible to enroll, with financial 
     assistance, in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, but, in the case that such individual elects to 
     enroll in such continuation coverage and subsequently elects 
     to terminate such continuation coverage before the period of 
     such continuation coverage expires, such termination does not 
     initiate a special enrollment period (absent a qualifying 
     event specified in section 603(2) of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974, section 4980B(f)(3)(B) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 2203(2) of the Public 
     Health Service Act, or section 8905a of title 5, United 
     States Code, with respect to such individual); and
       (bb) an individual who elects to enroll in continuation 
     coverage will remain eligible to enroll in a qualified health 
     plan offered through such Exchange during an open enrollment 
     period and may be eligible for financial assistance with 
     respect to enrolling in such a qualified health plan;

       (IV) information on consumer protections with respect to 
     enrolling in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange, including the requirement for such a qualified 
     health plan to provide coverage for essential health benefits 
     (as defined in section 1302(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     18022(b))) and the requirements applicable to such a 
     qualified health plan under part A of title XXVII of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.);
       (V) information on the availability of financial assistance 
     with respect to enrolling in a qualified health plan, 
     including the maximum income limit for eligibility for the 
     premium tax credit under section 36B of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986; and
       (VI) information on any special enrollment periods during 
     which any assistance eligible individual described in 
     paragraph (3)(A)(i) may be eligible to enroll, with financial 
     assistance, in a qualified health plan offered through such 
     Exchange (including a special enrollment period for which an 
     individual may be eligible due to the expiration of premium 
     assistance pursuant to a limitation specified under paragraph 
     (2)(A)).

       (C) Notice in connection with extended election periods.--
     In the case of any assistance eligible individual described 
     in paragraph (3)(A) (or any individual described in paragraph 
     (4)(A)) who became entitled to elect COBRA continuation 
     coverage before the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     administrator of the applicable group health plan (or other 
     entity) shall provide (within 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act) for the additional notification 
     required to be provided under subparagraph (A) and failure to 
     provide such notice shall be treated as a failure to meet the 
     notice requirements under the applicable COBRA continuation 
     provision.
       (D) Model notices.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, with respect to any assistance 
     eligible individual described in paragraph (3)(A)--

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       (i) the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, shall prescribe models for the additional 
     notification required under this paragraph (other than the 
     additional notification described in clause (ii)); and
       (ii) in the case of any additional notification provided 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A) under section 8905a(f)(2)(A) of 
     title 5, United States Code, the Office of Personnel 
     Management shall prescribe a model for such additional 
     notification.
       (8) Furlough-specific notice.--
       (A) In general.--With respect to any assistance eligible 
     individual described in paragraph (3)(B) who, during the 
     period described in such paragraph, becomes eligible for 
     assistance pursuant to paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the requirements 
     of section 606(a)(4) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1166(4)), section 
     4980B(f)(6)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 
     2206(4) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-
     6(4)), or section 8905a(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
     Code, shall not be treated as met unless the group health 
     plan administrator, in accordance with the timing requirement 
     specified under subparagraph (B), provides to the individual 
     a written notice in clear and understandable language of--
       (i) the availability of premium assistance with respect to 
     such coverage under this subsection;
       (ii) the option of the qualified beneficiary to enroll in 
     different coverage if the employer permits such beneficiary 
     to elect to enroll in such different coverage under paragraph 
     (1)(B); and
       (iii) the information specified under paragraph (7)(B) (as 
     applicable).
       (B) Timing specified.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
     the timing requirement specified in this subparagraph is--
       (i) with respect to such an individual who is within a 
     furlough period during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, 
     and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act, 30 days 
     after the date of such enactment; and
       (ii) with respect to such an individual who is within a 
     furlough period during the period beginning on the first day 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
     January 31, 2021, 30 days after the date of the beginning of 
     such furlough period.
       (C) Model notices.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, with respect to any assistance 
     eligible individual described in paragraph (3)(B)--
       (i) the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, shall prescribe models for the notification 
     required under this paragraph (other than the notification 
     described in clause (ii)); and
       (ii) in the case of any notification provided pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) under section 8905a(f)(2)(A) of title 5, 
     United States Code, the Office of Personnel Management shall 
     prescribe a model for such notification.
       (9) Notice of expiration of period of premium assistance.--
       (A) In general.--With respect to any assistance eligible 
     individual, subject to subparagraph (B), the requirements of 
     section 606(a)(4) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1166(4)), section 4980B(f)(6)(D) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, section 2206(4) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300bb-6(4)), or section 
     8905a(f)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, shall not be 
     treated as met unless the employer of the individual, during 
     the period specified under subparagraph (C), provides to such 
     individual a written notice in clear and understandable 
     language--
       (i) that the premium assistance for such individual will 
     expire soon and the prominent identification of the date of 
     such expiration;
       (ii) that such individual may be eligible for coverage 
     without any premium assistance through--

       (I) COBRA continuation coverage; or
       (II) coverage under a group health plan;

       (iii) that the expiration of premium assistance is treated 
     as a qualifying event for which any assistance eligible 
     individual is eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan 
     offered through an Exchange under title I of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 18001 et seq.) during a special enrollment period; and
       (iv) the information specified in paragraph (7)(B)(vii).
       (B) Exception.--The requirement for the group health plan 
     administrator to provide the written notice under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be waived in the case the premium 
     assistance for such individual expires pursuant to clause 
     (i)(I) or (ii)(I) of paragraph (2)(A).
       (C) Period specified.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
     the period specified in this subparagraph is, with respect to 
     the date of expiration of premium assistance for any 
     assistance eligible individual pursuant to a limitation 
     requiring a notice under this paragraph, the period beginning 
     on the day that is 45 days before the date of such expiration 
     and ending on the day that is 15 days before the date of such 
     expiration.
       (D) Model notices.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, with respect to any assistance 
     eligible individual--
       (i) the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, shall prescribe models for the notification 
     required under this paragraph (other than the notification 
     described in clause (ii)); and
       (ii) in the case of any notification provided pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) under section 8905a(f)(2)(A) of title 5, 
     United States Code, the Office of Personnel Management shall 
     prescribe a model for such notification.
       (10) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury and the 
     Secretary of Labor may jointly prescribe such regulations or 
     other guidance as may be necessary or appropriate to carry 
     out the provisions of this subsection, including the 
     prevention of fraud and abuse under this subsection, except 
     that the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services may prescribe such regulations (including 
     interim final regulations) or other guidance as may be 
     necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of 
     paragraphs (5), (7), (8), (9), and (11).
       (11) Outreach.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary of Labor, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, shall provide outreach consisting 
     of public education and enrollment assistance relating to 
     premium assistance provided under this subsection. Such 
     outreach shall target employers, group health plan 
     administrators, public assistance programs, States, insurers, 
     and other entities as determined appropriate by such 
     Secretaries. Such outreach shall include an initial focus on 
     those individuals electing continuation coverage who are 
     referred to in paragraph (7)(C). Information on such premium 
     assistance, including enrollment, shall also be made 
     available on websites of the Departments of Labor, Treasury, 
     and Health and Human Services.
       (B) Enrollment under medicare.--The Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services shall provide outreach consisting of public 
     education. Such outreach shall target individuals who lose 
     health insurance coverage. Such outreach shall include 
     information regarding enrollment for benefits under title 
     XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) for 
     purposes of preventing mistaken delays of such enrollment by 
     such individuals, including lifetime penalties for failure of 
     timely enrollment.
       (12) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       (A) Administrator.--The term ``administrator'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 3(16)(A) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
       (B) COBRA continuation coverage.--The term ``COBRA 
     continuation coverage'' means continuation coverage provided 
     pursuant to part 6 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (other than under 
     section 609), title XXII of the Public Health Service Act, 
     section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (other 
     than subsection (f)(1) of such section insofar as it relates 
     to pediatric vaccines), or section 8905a of title 5, United 
     States Code, or under a State program that provides 
     comparable continuation coverage. Such term does not include 
     coverage under a health flexible spending arrangement under a 
     cafeteria plan within the meaning of section 125 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
       (C) COBRA continuation provision.--The term ``COBRA 
     continuation provision'' means the provisions of law 
     described in subparagraph (B).
       (D) Covered employee.--The term ``covered employee'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 607(2) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
       (E) Qualified beneficiary.--The term ``qualified 
     beneficiary'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     607(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
     1974.
       (F) Group health plan.--The term ``group health plan'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 607(1) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
       (G) State.--The term ``State'' includes the District of 
     Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands.
       (H) Period of coverage.--Any reference in this subsection 
     to a period of coverage shall be treated as a reference to a 
     monthly or shorter period of coverage with respect to which 
     premiums are charged with respect to such coverage.
       (I) Plan sponsor.--The term ``plan sponsor'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 3(16)(B) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
       (J) Furlough period.--
       (i) In general.--The term ``furlough period'' means, with 
     respect to an individual and an employer of such individual, 
     a period--

       (I) beginning with the first month beginning on or after 
     March 1, 2020 and before January 31, 2021, during which such 
     individual's employer reduces such individual's work hours 
     (due to a lack of work, funds, or other nondisciplinary 
     reason) to an amount that is less than 70 percent of the base 
     month amount; and
       (II) ending with the earlier of--

       (aa) the first month beginning after January 31, 2021; or
       (bb) the month following the first month during which work 
     hours of such employee are greater than 80 percent of work 
     hours of the base month amount.
       (ii) Base month amount.--For purposes of clause (i), the 
     term ``base month amount'' means, with respect to an 
     individual and an employer of such individual, the greater 
     of--

       (I) such individual's work hours in the month prior (or in 
     the case such individual had no work hours in the month prior 
     and had work hours in the 3 months prior, the last month with 
     work hours within the prior 3 months); and
       (II) such individual's work hours during the period 
     beginning January 1, 2020 and ending January 31, 2020.

       (13) Reports.--
       (A) Interim report.--The Secretary of the Treasury and the 
     Secretary of Labor shall jointly submit an interim report to 
     the Committee on Education and Labor, the Committee on Ways 
     and Means, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance 
     of the Senate regarding the premium assistance provided under 
     this subsection that includes--

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       (i) the number of individuals provided such assistance as 
     of the date of the report; and
       (ii) the total amount of expenditures incurred (with 
     administrative expenditures noted separately) in connection 
     with such assistance as of the date of the report.
       (B) Final report.--As soon as practicable after the last 
     period of COBRA continuation coverage for which premium 
     assistance is provided under this section, the Secretary of 
     the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor shall jointly submit 
     a final report to each Committee referred to in subparagraph 
     (A) that includes--
       (i) the number of individuals provided premium assistance 
     under this section;
       (ii) the average dollar amount (monthly and annually) of 
     premium assistance provided to such individuals; and
       (iii) the total amount of expenditures incurred (with 
     administrative expenditures noted separately) in connection 
     with premium assistance under this section.
       (14) COBRA premium assistance.--
       (A) In general.--Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 6432. CONTINUATION COVERAGE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) In General.--The person to whom premiums are payable 
     for continuation coverage under section 30312(a)(1) of the 
     Worker Health Coverage Protection Act shall be allowed as a 
     credit against the tax imposed by section 3111(a), or so much 
     of the taxes imposed under section 3221(a) as are 
     attributable to the rate in effect under section 3111(a), for 
     each calendar quarter an amount equal to the premiums not 
     paid by assistance eligible individuals for such coverage by 
     reason of such section 30312(a)(1) with respect to such 
     calendar quarter.
       ``(b) Person to Whom Premiums Are Payable.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), except as otherwise provided by the 
     Secretary, the person to whom premiums are payable under such 
     continuation coverage shall be treated as being--
       ``(1) in the case of any group health plan which is a 
     multiemployer plan (as defined in section 3(37) of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974), the plan,
       ``(2) in the case of any group health plan not described in 
     paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) which provides furlough continuation coverage 
     described in section 30312(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Worker Health 
     Coverage Protection Act or subject to the COBRA continuation 
     provisions contained in--
       ``(i) this title,
       ``(ii) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
       ``(iii) the Public Health Service Act, or
       ``(iv) title 5, United States Code, or
       ``(B) under which some or all of the coverage is not 
     provided by insurance,
     the employer maintaining the plan, and
       ``(3) in the case of any group health plan not described in 
     paragraph (1) or (2), the insurer providing the coverage 
     under the group health plan.
       ``(c) Limitations and Refundability.--
       ``(1) 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), 
     or so much of the taxes imposed under section 3221(a) as are 
     attributable to the rate in effect under section 3111(a), for 
     such calendar quarter (reduced by any credits allowed under 
     subsections (e) and (f) of section 3111, sections 7001 and 
     7003 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, section 
     2301 of the CARES Act, and sections 20204 and 20212 of the 
     COVID-19 Tax Relief Act of 2020 for such quarter) on the 
     wages paid with respect to the employment of all employees of 
     the employer.
       ``(2) Refundability of excess credit.--
       ``(A) Credit is refundable.--If the amount of the credit 
     under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation of paragraph (1) 
     for any calendar quarter, such excess shall be treated as an 
     overpayment that shall be refunded under sections 6402(a) and 
     6413(b).
       ``(B) Credit may be advanced.--In anticipation of the 
     credit, including the refundable portion under subparagraph 
     (A), the credit may be advanced, according to forms and 
     instructions provided by the Secretary, up to an amount 
     calculated under subsection (a) through the end of the most 
     recent payroll period in the quarter.
       ``(C) Treatment of deposits.--The Secretary shall waive any 
     penalty under section 6656 for any failure to make a deposit 
     of the tax imposed by section 3111(a), or so much of the 
     taxes imposed under section 3221(a) as are attributable to 
     the rate in effect under section 3111(a), if the Secretary 
     determines that such failure was due to the anticipation of 
     the credit allowed under this section.
       ``(D) 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.
       ``(3) Limitation on reimbursement for furloughed 
     employees.--In the case of an individual who for any month is 
     an assistance eligible individual described in section 
     30312(a)(3)(B) of the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act 
     with respect to any coverage, the credit determined with 
     respect to such individual under subsection (a) for any such 
     month ending during a calendar quarter shall not exceed the 
     amount of premium the individual would have paid for a full 
     month of such coverage for the month preceding the first 
     month for which an individual is such an assistance eligible 
     individual.
       ``(d) Governmental Entities.--For purposes of this section, 
     the term `person' includes any governmental entity or Indian 
     tribal government (as defined in section 139E(c)(1)).
       ``(e) Denial of Double Benefit.--For purposes of chapter 1, 
     the gross income of any person allowed a credit under this 
     section shall be increased for the taxable year which 
     includes the last day of any calendar quarter with respect to 
     which such credit is allowed by the amount of such credit. No 
     amount for which a credit is allowed under this section shall 
     be taken into account as qualified wages under section 2301 
     of the CARES Act or as qualified health plan expenses under 
     section 7001(d) or 7003(d) of the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act.
       ``(f) Reporting.--Each person entitled to reimbursement 
     under subsection (a) for any period shall submit such reports 
     (at such time and in such manner) as the Secretary may 
     require, including--
       ``(1) an attestation of involuntary termination of 
     employment, reduction of hours, or furloughing, for each 
     assistance eligible individual on the basis of whose 
     termination, reduction of hours, or furloughing entitlement 
     to reimbursement is claimed under subsection (a),
       ``(2) a report of the amount of payroll taxes offset under 
     subsection (a) for the reporting period, and
       ``(3) a report containing the TINs of all covered 
     employees, the amount of subsidy reimbursed with respect to 
     each employee, and a designation with respect to each 
     employee as to whether the subsidy reimbursement is for 
     coverage of 1 individual or 2 or more individuals.
       ``(g) Regulations.--The Secretary shall issue such 
     regulations or other guidance as may be necessary or 
     appropriate to carry out this section, including--
       ``(1) the requirement to report information or the 
     establishment of other methods for verifying the correct 
     amounts of reimbursements under this section,
       ``(2) the application of this section to group health plans 
     that are multiemployer plans (as defined in section 3(37) of 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974),
       ``(3) to allow the advance payment of the credit determined 
     under subsection (a), subject to the limitations provided in 
     this section, based on such information as the Secretary 
     shall require,
       ``(4) to provide for the reconciliation of such advance 
     payment with the amount of the credit at the time of filing 
     the return of tax for the applicable quarter or taxable year, 
     and
       ``(5) with respect to the application of the credit to 
     third party payors (including professional employer 
     organizations, certified professional employer organizations, 
     or agents under section 3504).''.
       (B) Social security trust funds held harmless.--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) and the Social Security 
     Equivalent Benefit Account established under section 15A(a) 
     of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(a)) 
     amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by 
     reason of this section (without regard to this subparagraph). 
     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 or Account had 
     this section not been enacted.
       (C) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for 
     subchapter B of chapter 65 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 6432. Continuation coverage premium assistance.''.
       (D) Effective date.--The amendments made by this paragraph 
     shall apply to premiums to which subsection (a)(1)(A) 
     applies.
       (E) Special rule in case of employee payment that is not 
     required under this section.--
       (i) In general.--In the case of an assistance eligible 
     individual who pays, with respect any period of coverage to 
     which subsection (a)(1)(A) applies, the amount of the premium 
     for such coverage that the individual would have (but for 
     this Act) been required to pay, the person to whom such 
     payment is payable shall reimburse such individual for the 
     amount of such premium paid.
       (ii) Credit of reimbursement.--A person to which clause (i) 
     applies shall be allowed a credit in the manner provided 
     under section 6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for 
     any payment made to the employee under such clause.
       (iii) Payment of credits.--Any person to which clause (i) 
     applies shall make the payment required under such clause to 
     the individual not later than 60 days after the date on which 
     such individual elects continuation coverage under section 
     30312(a)(1) of the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act.
       (15) Penalty for failure to notify health plan of cessation 
     of eligibility for premium assistance.--
       (A) In general.--Part I of subchapter B of chapter 68 of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 6720C. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO NOTIFY HEALTH PLAN OF 
                   CESSATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CONTINUATION 
                   COVERAGE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) In General.--Except in the case of failure described 
     in subsection (b) or (c), any person required to notify a 
     group health plan under section 30312(a)(2)(B) of the Worker 
     Health Coverage Protection Act who fails to make such a 
     notification at such time and in such manner as the Secretary 
     of Labor may require shall pay a penalty of $250.
       ``(b) Intentional Failure.--In the case of any such failure 
     that is fraudulent, such person shall pay a penalty equal to 
     the greater of--
       ``(1) $250, or

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       ``(2) 110 percent of the premium assistance provided under 
     section 30312(a)(1)(A) of such Act after termination of 
     eligibility under such section.
       ``(c) Reasonable Cause Exception.--No penalty shall be 
     imposed under this section with respect to any failure if it 
     is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not 
     to willful neglect.''.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections of part I of 
     subchapter B of chapter 68 of such Code is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new item:

``Sec. 6720C. Penalty for failure to notify health plan of cessation of 
              eligibility for continuation coverage premium 
              assistance.''.
       (16) Coordination with hctc.--
       (A) In general.--Section 35(g)(9) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
       ``(9) Continuation coverage premium assistance.--In the 
     case of an assistance eligible individual who receives 
     premium assistance for continuation coverage under section 
     30312(a)(1) of the Worker Health Coverage Protection Act for 
     any month during the taxable year, such individual shall not 
     be treated as an eligible individual, a certified individual, 
     or a qualifying family member for purposes of this section or 
     section 7527 with respect to such month.''.
       (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by subparagraph (A) 
     shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (17) Exclusion of continuation coverage premium assistance 
     from gross income.--
       (A) In general.--Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 
     after section 139H the following new section:

     ``SEC. 139I. CONTINUATION COVERAGE PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.

       ``In the case of an assistance eligible individual (as 
     defined in subsection (a)(3) of section 30312 of the Worker 
     Health Coverage Protection Act), gross income does not 
     include any premium assistance provided under subsection 
     (a)(1) of such section.''.
       (B) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for part III 
     of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 139H the 
     following new item:

``Sec. 139I. Continuation coverage premium assistance.''.
       (C) Effective date.--The amendments made by this paragraph 
     shall apply to taxable years ending after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (18) Deadlines with respect to notices.--Notwithstanding 
     section 518 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
     1974 and section 7508A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
     the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     respectively, may not waive or extend any deadline with 
     respect to the provision of notices described in paragraphs 
     (7), (8), and (9).
       (b) Rule of Construction.--In all matters of 
     interpretation, rules, and operational procedures, the 
     language of this section shall be interpreted broadly for the 
     benefit of workers and their families.

             TITLE IV--APPLICATION TO OTHER HEALTH PROGRAMS

     SEC. 30401. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST SHARING FOR 
                   TRICARE BENEFICIARIES RECEIVING COVID-19 
                   TREATMENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 6006(a) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 38 U.S.C. 1074 
     note) is amended by striking ``or visits described in 
     paragraph (2) of such section'' and inserting ``, visits 
     described in paragraph (2) of such section, or medical care 
     to treat COVID-19''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to medical care furnished on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 30402. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST SHARING FOR 
                   VETERANS RECEIVING COVID-19 TREATMENT FURNISHED 
                   BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Section 6006(b) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 38 U.S.C. 1701 
     note) is amended by striking ``or visits described in 
     paragraph (2) of such section'' and inserting ``, visits 
     described in paragraph (2) of such section, or hospital care 
     or medical services to treat COVID-19''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to hospital care and medical 
     services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 30403. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST SHARING FOR 
                   FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES RECEIVING COVID-19 
                   TREATMENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 6006(c) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 5 U.S.C. 8904 
     note) is amended by striking ``or visits described in 
     paragraph (2) of such section'' and inserting ``, visits 
     described in paragraph (2) of such section, or hospital care 
     or medical services to treat COVID-19''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to hospital care and medical 
     services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

                    TITLE V--PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES

     SEC. 30501. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Except as inconsistent with the provisions of this 
     title, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services.
       (2) The term ``State'' refers to each of the 50 States and 
     the District of Columbia.
       (3) The term ``Tribal'', with respect to a department of 
     health (or health department), includes--
       (A) Indian Tribes that--
       (i) are operating one or more health facilities pursuant to 
     an agreement under the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.); or
       (ii) receive services from a facility operated by the 
     Indian Health Services; and
       (B) Tribal organizations and Urban Indian organizations.

                 Subtitle A--Supply Chain Improvements

     SEC. 30511. MEDICAL SUPPLIES RESPONSE COORDINATOR.

       (a) In General.--The President shall appoint a Medical 
     Supplies Response Coordinator to coordinate the efforts of 
     the Federal Government regarding the supply and distribution 
     of critical medical supplies and equipment related to 
     detecting, diagnosing, preventing, and treating COVID-19, 
     including personal protective equipment, medical devices, 
     drugs, and vaccines.
       (b) Qualifications.--To qualify to be appointed as the 
     Medical Supplies Response Coordinator, an individual shall be 
     a senior government official with--
       (1) health care training, including training related to 
     infectious diseases or hazardous exposures; and
       (2) a familiarity with medical supply chain logistics.
       (c) Activities.--The Medical Supplies Response Coordinator 
     shall--
       (1) consult with State, local, territorial, and Tribal 
     officials to ensure that health care facilities and health 
     care workers have sufficient personal protective equipment 
     and other medical supplies;
       (2) evaluate ongoing needs of States, localities, 
     territories, Tribes, health care facilities, and health care 
     workers to determine the need for critical medical supplies 
     and equipment;
       (3) serve as a point of contact for industry for 
     procurement and distribution of critical medical supplies and 
     equipment, including personal protective equipment, medical 
     devices, testing supplies, drugs, and vaccines;
       (4) procure and distribute critical medical supplies and 
     equipment, including personal protective equipment, medical 
     devices, testing supplies, drugs, and vaccines;
       (5)(A) establish and maintain an up-to-date national 
     database of hospital capacity, including beds, ventilators, 
     and supplies, including personal protective equipment, 
     medical devices, drugs, and vaccines; and
       (B) provide weekly reports to the Congress on gaps in such 
     capacity and progress made toward closing the gaps;
       (6) require, as necessary, industry reporting on production 
     and distribution of personal protective equipment, medical 
     devices, testing supplies, drugs, and vaccines and assess 
     financial penalties as may be specified by the Medical 
     Supplies Response Coordinator for failure to comply with such 
     requirements for reporting on production and distribution;
       (7) consult with the Secretary and the Administrator of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency, as applicable, to ensure 
     sufficient production levels under the Defense Production Act 
     of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.); and
       (8) monitor the prices of critical medical supplies and 
     equipment, including personal protective equipment and 
     medical devices, drugs, and vaccines related to detecting, 
     diagnosing, preventing, and treating COVID-19 and report any 
     suspected price gouging of such materials to the Federal 
     Trade Commission and appropriate law enforcement officials.

     SEC. 30512. INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN LIST OF DEVICES 
                   DETERMINED TO BE IN SHORTAGE.

       Section 506J(g)(2)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act, as added by section 3121 of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136), is amended by inserting ``, including 
     the device identifier or national product code for such 
     device, if applicable'' before the period at the end.

     SEC. 30513. EXTENDED SHELF LIFE DATES FOR ESSENTIAL DEVICES.

       (a) In General.--The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
     is amended by inserting after section 506J (21 U.S.C. 356j) 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 506K. EXTENDED SHELF LIFE DATES FOR ESSENTIAL DEVICES.

       ``(a) In General.--A manufacturer of a device subject to 
     notification requirements under section 506J (in this section 
     referred to as an `essential device') shall--
       ``(1) submit to the Secretary data and information as 
     required by subsection (b)(1);
       ``(2) conduct and submit the results of any studies 
     required under subsection (b)(3); and
       ``(3) make any labeling change described in subsection (c) 
     by the date specified by the Secretary pursuant to such 
     subsection.
       ``(b) Notification.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may issue an order 
     requiring the manufacturer of any essential device to submit, 
     in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe, data and 
     information from any stage of development of the device 
     (including pilot, investigational, and final product 
     validation) that are adequate to assess the shelf life of the 
     device to determine the longest supported expiration date.
       ``(2) Unavailable or insufficient data and information.--If 
     the data and information referred to in paragraph (1) are not 
     available or are insufficient, the Secretary may require the 
     manufacturer of the device to--
       ``(A) conduct studies adequate to provide the data and 
     information; and
       ``(B) submit to the Secretary the results, data, and 
     information generated by such studies when available.
       ``(c) Labeling.--The Secretary may issue an order requiring 
     the manufacturer of an essential device to make by a 
     specified date any labeling change regarding the expiration 
     period that the Secretary determines to be appropriate based 
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     the data and information required to be submitted under this 
     section or any other data and information available to the 
     Secretary.
       ``(d) Confidentiality.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed as authorizing the Secretary to disclose any 
     information that is a trade secret or confidential 
     information subject to section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United 
     States Code, or section 1905 of title 18, United States 
     Code.''.
       (b) Civil Monetary Penalty.--Section 303(f) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 333(f)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(10) Civil Monetary Penalty With Respect to Extended 
     Shelf Life Dates for Essential Devices.--If the manufacturer 
     of a device subject to notification requirements under 
     section 506J violates section 506K by failing to submit data 
     and information as required under section 506K(b)(1), failing 
     to conduct or submit the results of studies as required under 
     section 506K(b)(3), or failing to make a labeling change as 
     required under section 506K(c), such manufacturer shall be 
     liable to the United States for a civil penalty in an amount 
     not to exceed $10,000 for each such violation.''.
       (c) Emergency Use Eligible Products.--Subparagraph (A) of 
     section 564A(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
     Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb-3a(a)(1)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(A) is approved or cleared under this chapter, otherwise 
     listed as a device pursuant to section 510(j), conditionally 
     approved under section 571, or licensed under section 351 of 
     the Public Health Service Act;''.

     SEC. 30514. AUTHORITY TO DESTROY COUNTERFEIT DEVICES.

       (a) In General.--Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the fourth sentence, by inserting ``or counterfeit 
     device'' after ``counterfeit drug''; and
       (2) by striking ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause 
     the destruction of'' and all that follows through ``liable 
     for costs pursuant to subsection (c).'' and inserting the 
     following: ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause the 
     destruction of any such article refused admission unless such 
     article is exported, under regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, within 90 days of the date of 
     notice of such refusal or within such additional time as may 
     be permitted pursuant to such regulations, except that the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services may destroy, without 
     the opportunity for export, any drug or device refused 
     admission under this section, if such drug or device is 
     valued at an amount that is $2,500 or less (or such higher 
     amount as the Secretary of the Treasury may set by regulation 
     pursuant to section 498(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
     U.S.C. 1498(a)(1))) and was not brought into compliance as 
     described under subsection (b). The Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services shall issue regulations providing for notice 
     and an opportunity to appear before the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services and introduce testimony, as described in 
     the first sentence of this subsection, on destruction of a 
     drug or device under the seventh sentence of this subsection. 
     The regulations shall provide that prior to destruction, 
     appropriate due process is available to the owner or 
     consignee seeking to challenge the decision to destroy the 
     drug or device. Where the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services provides notice and an opportunity to appear and 
     introduce testimony on the destruction of a drug or device, 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall store and, 
     as applicable, dispose of the drug or device after the 
     issuance of the notice, except that the owner and consignee 
     shall remain liable for costs pursuant to subsection (c).''.
       (b) Definition.--Section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(h)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
     clauses (A), (B), and (C), respectively; and
       (2) after making such redesignations--
       (A) by striking ``(h) The term'' and inserting ``(h)(1) The 
     term''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) The term `counterfeit device' means a device which, 
     or the container, packaging, or labeling of which, without 
     authorization, bears a trademark, trade name, or other 
     identifying mark, imprint, or symbol, or any likeness 
     thereof, or is manufactured using a design, of a device 
     manufacturer, packer, or distributor other than the person or 
     persons who in fact manufactured, packed, or distributed such 
     device and which thereby falsely purports or is represented 
     to be the product of, or to have been packed or distributed 
     by, such other device manufacturer, packer, or distributor.
       ``(3) For purposes of subparagraph (2)--
       ``(A) the term `manufactured' refers to any of the 
     following activities: manufacture, preparation, propagation, 
     compounding, assembly, or processing; and
       ``(B) the term `manufacturer' means a person who is engaged 
     in any of the activities listed in clause (A).''.

     SEC. 30515. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR DRUG MANUFACTURERS.

       (a) Establishments in a Foreign Country.--Section 510(i) of 
     the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360(i)) 
     is amended by inserting at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) The requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall 
     apply to establishments within a foreign country engaged in 
     the manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or 
     processing of any drug, including the active pharmaceutical 
     ingredient, that is required to be listed pursuant to 
     subsection (j). Such requirements shall apply regardless of 
     whether the drug or active pharmaceutical ingredient 
     undergoes further manufacture, preparation, propagation, 
     compounding, or processing at a separate establishment or 
     establishments outside the United States prior to being 
     imported or offered for import into the United States.''.
       (b) Listing of Drugs.--Section 510(j)(1) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360(j)(1)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) in the case of a drug contained in the applicable 
     list, a certification that the registrant has--
       ``(i) identified every other establishment where 
     manufacturing is performed for the drug; and
       ``(ii) notified each known foreign establishment engaged in 
     the manufacture, preparation, propagation, compounding, or 
     processing of the drug, including the active pharmaceutical 
     ingredient, of the inclusion of the drug in the list and the 
     obligation to register.''.
       (c) Quarterly Reporting on Amount of Drugs Manufactured.--
     Section 510(j)(3)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
     Act (as added by section 3112 of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136)) is amended by striking ``annually'' and inserting 
     ``once during the month of March of each year, once during 
     the month of June of each year, once during the month of 
     September of each year, and once during the month of December 
     of each year''.

     SEC. 30516. RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENCOURAGE DOMESTIC 
                   MANUFACTURING OF CRITICAL DRUGS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 14 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter into an 
     agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, 
     Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this section as the 
     ``National Academies'') under which, not later than 90 days 
     after the date of entering into the agreement, the National 
     Academies will--
       (1) establish a committee of experts who are knowledgeable 
     about drug and device supply issues, including--
       (A) sourcing and production of critical drugs and devices;
       (B) sourcing and production of active pharmaceutical 
     ingredients in critical drugs;
       (C) the raw materials and other components for critical 
     drugs and devices; and
       (D) the public health and national security implications of 
     the current supply chain for critical drugs and devices;
       (2) convene a public symposium to--
       (A) analyze the impact of United States dependence on the 
     foreign manufacturing of critical drugs and devices on 
     patient access and care, including in hospitals and intensive 
     care units; and
       (B) recommend strategies to end United States dependence on 
     foreign manufacturing to ensure the United States has a 
     diverse and vital supply chain for critical drugs and devices 
     to protect the Nation from natural or hostile occurrences; 
     and
       (3) submit a report on the symposium's proceedings to the 
     Congress and publish a summary of such proceedings on the 
     public website of the National Academies.
       (b) Symposium.--In carrying out the agreement under 
     subsection (a), the National Academies shall consult with--
       (1) the Department of Health and Human Services, the 
     Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, 
     the Department of Commerce, the Department of State, the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Justice, 
     and any other Federal agencies as appropriate; and
       (2) relevant stakeholders, including drug and device 
     manufacturers, health care providers, medical professional 
     societies, State-based societies, public health experts, 
     State and local public health departments, State medical 
     boards, patient groups, health care distributors, wholesalers 
     and group purchasing organizations, pharmacists, and other 
     entities with experience in health care and public health, as 
     appropriate.
       (c) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
       (1) The term ``critical''--
       (A) with respect to a device, refers to a device classified 
     by the Food and Drug Administration as implantable, life-
     saving, and life-sustaining; or
       (B) with respect to a drug, refers to a drug that is 
     described in subsection (a) of section 506C of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356c) (relating to 
     notification of any discontinuance or interruption in the 
     production of life-saving drugs).
       (2) The terms ``device'' and ``drug'' have the meanings 
     given to those terms in section 201 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321).

     SEC. 30517. FAILURE TO NOTIFY OF A PERMANENT DISCONTINUANCE 
                   OR AN INTERRUPTION.

       Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
     U.S.C. 331) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(fff) The failure of a manufacturer of a drug described 
     in section 506C(a) or an active pharmaceutical ingredient of 
     such a drug, without a reasonable basis as determined by the 
     Secretary, to notify the Secretary of a permanent 
     discontinuance or an interruption, and the reasons for such 
     discontinuance or interruption, as required by section 
     506C.''.

     SEC. 30518. FAILURE TO DEVELOP RISK MANAGEMENT PLAN.

       Section 301 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
     U.S.C. 331), as amended by section 30517, is further amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ggg) The failure to develop, maintain, and implement a 
     risk management plan, as required by section 506C(j).''.

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     SEC. 30519. NATIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN CONTINUOUS 
                   PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING.

       (a) In General.--Section 3016 of the 21st Century Cures Act 
     (21 U.S.C. 399h) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 3016. NATIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN CONTINUOUS 
                   PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs--
       ``(1) shall solicit and, beginning not later than 1 year 
     after the date of enactment of the Inspector General 
     Independence Act, receive requests from institutions of 
     higher education to be designated as a National Center of 
     Excellence in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (in 
     this section referred to as a `National Center of 
     Excellence') to support the advancement and development of 
     continuous manufacturing; and
       ``(2) shall so designate any institution of higher 
     education that--
       ``(A) requests such designation; and
       ``(B) meets the criteria specified in subsection (c).
       ``(b) Request for Designation.--A request for designation 
     under subsection (a) shall be made to the Secretary at such 
     time, in such manner, and containing such information as the 
     Secretary may require. Any such request shall include a 
     description of how the institution of higher education meets 
     or plans to meet each of the criteria specified in subsection 
     (c).
       ``(c) Criteria for Designation Described.--The criteria 
     specified in this subsection with respect to an institution 
     of higher education are that the institution has, as of the 
     date of the submission of a request under subsection (a) by 
     such institution--
       ``(1) physical and technical capacity for research and 
     development of continuous manufacturing;
       ``(2) manufacturing knowledge-sharing networks with other 
     institutions of higher education, large and small 
     pharmaceutical manufacturers, generic and nonprescription 
     manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and other entities;
       ``(3) proven capacity to design and demonstrate new, highly 
     effective technology for use in continuous manufacturing;
       ``(4) a track record for creating and transferring 
     knowledge with respect to continuous manufacturing;
       ``(5) the potential to train a future workforce for 
     research on and implementation of advanced manufacturing and 
     continuous manufacturing; and
       ``(6) experience in participating in and leading a 
     continuous manufacturing technology partnership with other 
     institutions of higher education, large and small 
     pharmaceutical manufacturers (including generic and 
     nonprescription drug manufacturers), contract manufacturers, 
     and other entities--
       ``(A) to support companies with continuous manufacturing in 
     the United States;
       ``(B) to support Federal agencies with technical 
     assistance, which may include regulatory and quality metric 
     guidance as applicable, for advanced manufacturing and 
     continuous manufacturing;
       ``(C) with respect to continuous manufacturing, to organize 
     and conduct research and development activities needed to 
     create new and more effective technology, capture and 
     disseminate expertise, create intellectual property, and 
     maintain technological leadership;
       ``(D) to develop best practices for designing continuous 
     manufacturing; and
       ``(E) to assess and respond to the workforce needs for 
     continuous manufacturing, including the development of 
     training programs if needed.
       ``(d) Termination of Designation.--The Secretary may 
     terminate the designation of any National Center of 
     Excellence designated under this section if the Secretary 
     determines such National Center of Excellence no longer meets 
     the criteria specified in subsection (c). Not later than 60 
     days before the effective date of such a termination, the 
     Secretary shall provide written notice to the National Center 
     of Excellence, including the rationale for such termination.
       ``(e) Conditions for Designation.--As a condition of 
     designation as a National Center of Excellence under this 
     section, the Secretary shall require that an institution of 
     higher education enter into an agreement with the Secretary 
     under which the institution agrees--
       ``(1) to collaborate directly with the Food and Drug 
     Administration to publish the reports required by subsection 
     (g);
       ``(2) to share data with the Food and Drug Administration 
     regarding best practices and research generated through the 
     funding under subsection (f);
       ``(3) to develop, along with industry partners (which may 
     include large and small biopharmaceutical manufacturers, 
     generic and nonprescription manufacturers, and contract 
     manufacturers) and another institution or institutions 
     designated under this section, if any, a roadmap for 
     developing a continuous manufacturing workforce;
       ``(4) to develop, along with industry partners and other 
     institutions designated under this section, a roadmap for 
     strengthening existing, and developing new, relationships 
     with other institutions; and
       ``(5) to provide an annual report to the Food and Drug 
     Administration regarding the institution's activities under 
     this section, including a description of how the institution 
     continues to meet and make progress on the criteria listed in 
     subsection (c).
       ``(f) Funding.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award funding, 
     through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, to the 
     National Centers of Excellence designated under this section 
     for the purpose of studying and recommending improvements to 
     continuous manufacturing, including such improvements as may 
     enable the Centers--
       ``(A) to continue to meet the conditions specified in 
     subsection (e); and
       ``(B) to expand capacity for research on, and development 
     of, continuing manufacturing.
       ``(2) Consistency with fda mission.--As a condition on 
     receipt of funding under this subsection, a National Center 
     of Excellence shall agree to consider any input from the 
     Secretary regarding the use of funding that would--
       ``(A) help to further the advancement of continuous 
     manufacturing through the National Center of Excellence; and
       ``(B) be relevant to the mission of the Food and Drug 
     Administration.
       ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $100,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.
       ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed as precluding a National Center for Excellence 
     designated under this section from receiving funds under any 
     other provision of this Act or any other Federal law.
       ``(g) Annual Review and Reports.--
       ``(1) Annual report.--Beginning not later than 1 year after 
     the date on which the first designation is made under 
     subsection (a), and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
     shall--
       ``(A) submit to Congress a report describing the 
     activities, partnerships and collaborations, Federal policy 
     recommendations, previous and continuing funding, and 
     findings of, and any other applicable information from, the 
     National Centers of Excellence designated under this section; 
     and
       ``(B) make such report available to the public in an easily 
     accessible electronic format on the website of the Food and 
     Drug Administration.
       ``(2) Review of national centers of excellence and 
     potential designees.--The Secretary shall periodically review 
     the National Centers of Excellence designated under this 
     section to ensure that such National Centers of Excellence 
     continue to meet the criteria for designation under this 
     section.
       ``(3) Report on long-term vision of fda role.--Not later 
     than 2 years after the date on which the first designation is 
     made under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation 
     with the National Centers of Excellence designated under this 
     section, shall submit a report to the Congress on the long-
     term vision of the Department of Health and Human Services on 
     the role of the Food and Drug Administration in supporting 
     continuous manufacturing, including--
       ``(A) a national framework of principles related to the 
     implementation and regulation of continuous manufacturing;
       ``(B) a plan for the development of Federal regulations and 
     guidance for how advanced manufacturing and continuous 
     manufacturing can be incorporated into the development of 
     pharmaceuticals and regulatory responsibilities of the Food 
     and Drug Administration; and
       ``(C) appropriate feedback solicited from the public, which 
     may include other institutions, large and small 
     biopharmaceutical manufacturers, generic and nonprescription 
     manufacturers, and contract manufacturers.
       ``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Advanced manufacturing.--The term `advanced 
     manufacturing' means an approach for the manufacturing of 
     pharmaceuticals that incorporates novel technology, or uses 
     an established technique or technology in a new or innovative 
     way (such as continuous manufacturing where the input 
     materials are continuously transformed within the process by 
     two or more unit operations) that enhances drug quality or 
     improves the manufacturing process.
       ``(2) Continuous manufacturing.--The term `continuous 
     manufacturing'--
       ``(A) means a process where the input materials are 
     continuously fed into and transformed within the process, and 
     the processed output materials are continuously removed from 
     the system; and
       ``(B) consists of an integrated process that consists of a 
     series of two or more unit operations.
       ``(3) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     `institution of higher education' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)).
       ``(4) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner 
     of Food and Drugs.''.
       (b) Transition Rule.--Section 3016 of the 21st Century 
     Cures Act (21 U.S.C. 399h), as in effect on the day before 
     the date of the enactment of this section, shall apply with 
     respect to grants awarded under such section before such date 
     of enactment.

     SEC. 30520. VACCINE MANUFACTURING AND ADMINISTRATION 
                   CAPACITY.

       (a) Enhancing Manufacturing Capacity.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Director 
     of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
     Authority, shall, as appropriate, award contracts, grants, 
     and cooperative agreements, and enter into other 
     transactions, to expand and enhance manufacturing capacity of 
     vaccines and vaccine candidates to prevent the spread of 
     SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--To carry out this 
     subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
     as may be necessary for fiscal years 2020 through 2024, to 
     remain available until expended.
       (b) Report on Vaccine Manufacturing and Administration 
     Capacity.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 2020, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a report 
     detailing--

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       (A) an assessment of the estimated supply of vaccines and 
     ancillary medical products related to vaccine administration 
     necessary to control and stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and 
     COVID-19, domestically and internationally;
       (B) an assessment of current and future domestic 
     manufacturing capacity for vaccines or vaccine candidates to 
     control or stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, 
     vaccine candidates, and ancillary products related to the 
     administration of such vaccines, including identification of 
     any gaps in manufacturing capacity;
       (C) activities conducted to expand and enhance 
     manufacturing capacity for vaccines, vaccine candidates, and 
     ancillary medical products to levels sufficient to control 
     and stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, domestically 
     and internationally, including a list and explanation of all 
     contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements awarded, and 
     other transactions entered into, for purposes of such 
     expansion and enhancement and how such activities will help 
     to meet future domestic manufacturing capacity needs;
       (D) a plan for the ongoing support of enhanced 
     manufacturing capacity for vaccines, vaccine candidates, and 
     ancillary medical products sufficient to control and stop the 
     spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, domestically and 
     internationally; and
       (E) a plan to support the administration of vaccines 
     approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration to 
     control and stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, 
     domestically and internationally, including Federal workforce 
     enhancements necessary to administer such vaccines.
       (2) Ancillary medical products.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, ``ancillary medical products'' includes--
       (A) vials;
       (B) bandages;
       (C) alcohol swabs;
       (D) syringes;
       (E) needles;
       (F) gloves and other personal protective equipment; and
       (G) other medical products the Secretary determines 
     necessary for the administration of vaccines.

         Subtitle B--Strategic National Stockpile Improvements

     SEC. 30531. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE.

       Section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d-6b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(3)--
       (A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (J), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by inserting the following new subparagraph at the end:
       ``(K) ensure the contents of the stockpile remain in good 
     working order and, as appropriate, conduct maintenance 
     services on such contents; and''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(7)(B), by adding at the end the 
     following new clause:
       ``(ix) Equipment maintenance service.--In carrying out this 
     section, the Secretary may enter into contracts for the 
     procurement of equipment maintenance services.''.

     SEC. 30532. SUPPLY CHAIN FLEXIBILITY MANUFACTURING PILOT.

       (a) In General.--Section 319F-2(a)(3) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)(3)), as amended by section 
     30531, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(L) enhance medical supply chain elasticity and establish 
     and maintain domestic reserves of critical medical supplies 
     (including personal protective equipment, ancillary medical 
     supplies, and other applicable supplies required for the 
     administration of drugs, vaccines and other biological 
     products, and other medical devices (including diagnostic 
     tests)) by--
       ``(i) increasing emergency stock of critical medical 
     supplies;
       ``(ii) geographically diversifying production of such 
     medical supplies;
       ``(iii) purchasing, leasing, or entering into joint 
     ventures with respect to facilities and equipment for the 
     production of such medical supplies; and
       ``(iv) working with distributors of such medical supplies 
     to manage the domestic reserves established under this 
     subparagraph by refreshing and replenishing stock of such 
     medical supplies.''.
       (b) Reporting; Sunset.--Section 319F-2(a) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) Reporting.--Not later than September 30, 2022, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a report 
     on the details of each purchase, lease, or joint venture 
     entered into under paragraph (3)(L), including the amount 
     expended by the Secretary on each such purchase, lease, or 
     joint venture.
       ``(7) Sunset.--The authority to make purchases, leases, or 
     joint ventures pursuant to paragraph (3)(L) shall cease to be 
     effective on September 30, 2023.''.
       (c) Funding.--Section 319F-2(f) of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(f)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(3) Supply chain elasticity.--
       ``(A) In general.--For the purpose of carrying out 
     subsection (a)(3)(L), there is authorized to be appropriated 
     $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023, to 
     remain available until expended.
       ``(B) Relation to other amounts.--The amount authorized to 
     be appropriated by subparagraph (A) for the purpose of 
     carrying out subsection (a)(3)(L) is in addition to any other 
     amounts available for such purpose.''.

     SEC. 30533. REIMBURSABLE TRANSFERS FROM STRATEGIC NATIONAL 
                   STOCKPILE.

       Section 319F-2(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)), as amended, is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(8) Transfers and reimbursements.--
       ``(A) In general.--Without regard to chapter 5 of title 40, 
     United States Code, the Secretary may transfer to any Federal 
     department or agency, on a reimbursable basis, any drugs, 
     vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, and 
     other supplies in the stockpile if--
       ``(i) the transferred supplies are less than 6 months from 
     expiry;
       ``(ii) the stockpile is able to replenish the supplies, as 
     appropriate; and
       ``(iii) the Secretary decides the transfer is in the best 
     interest of the United States Government.
       ``(B) Use of reimbursement.--Reimbursement derived from the 
     transfer of supplies pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be used 
     by the Secretary, without further appropriation and without 
     fiscal year limitation, to carry out this section.
       ``(C) Report.--Not later than September 30, 2022, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a report 
     on each transfer made under this paragraph and the amount 
     received by the Secretary in exchange for that transfer.
       ``(D) Sunset.--The authority to make transfers under this 
     paragraph shall cease to be effective on September 30, 
     2023.''.

     SEC. 30534. STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE ACTION REPORTING.

       (a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
     and Response (in this section referred to as the ``Assistant 
     Secretary''), in coordination with the Administrator of the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall--
       (1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, issue a report to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate regarding 
     all State, local, Tribal, and territorial requests for 
     supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile related to 
     COVID-19; and
       (2) not less than every 30 days thereafter through the end 
     of the emergency period (as such term is defined in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g)(1)(B))), submit to such committees an updated version of 
     such report.
       (b) Reporting Period.--
       (1) Initial report.--The initial report under subsection 
     (a) shall address all requests described in such subsection 
     made during the period--
       (A) beginning on January 31, 2020; and
       (B) ending on the date that is 30 days before the date of 
     submission of the report.
       (2) Updates.--Each update to the report under subsection 
     (a) shall address all requests described in such subsection 
     made during the period--
       (A) beginning at the end of the previous reporting period 
     under this section; and
       (B) ending on the date that is 30 days before the date of 
     submission of the updated report.
       (c) Contents of Report.--The report under subsection (a) 
     (and updates thereto) shall include--
       (1) the details of each request described in such 
     subsection, including--
       (A) the specific medical countermeasures, including devices 
     such as personal protective equipment, and other materials 
     requested; and
       (B) the amount of such materials requested; and
       (2) the outcomes of each request described in subsection 
     (a), including--
       (A) whether the request was wholly fulfilled, partially 
     fulfilled, or denied;
       (B) if the request was wholly or partially fulfilled, the 
     fulfillment amount; and
       (C) if the request was partially fulfilled or denied, a 
     rationale for such outcome.

     SEC. 30535. IMPROVED, TRANSPARENT PROCESSES FOR THE STRATEGIC 
                   NATIONAL STOCKPILE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than January 1, 2021, the 
     Secretary, in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for 
     Preparedness and Response and the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, shall develop and implement 
     improved, transparent processes for the use and distribution 
     of drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical 
     devices, and other supplies (including personal protective 
     equipment, ancillary medical supplies, and other applicable 
     supplies required for the administration of drugs, vaccines 
     and other biological products, diagnostic tests, and other 
     medical devices ) in the Strategic National Stockpile under 
     section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d-6b) (in this section referred to as the ``Stockpile'').
       (b) Processes.--The processes developed under subsection 
     (a) shall include--
       (1) the form and manner in which States, localities, 
     Tribes, and territories are required to submit requests for 
     supplies from the Stockpile;
       (2) the criteria used by the Secretary in responding to 
     such requests, including the reasons for fulfilling or 
     denying such requests;
       (3) what circumstances result in prioritization of 
     distribution of supplies from the Stockpile to States, 
     localities, Tribes, or territories;
       (4) clear plans for future, urgent communication between 
     the Secretary and States, localities, Tribes, and territories 
     regarding the outcome of such requests; and
       (5) any differences in the processes developed under 
     subsection (a) for geographically related emergencies, such 
     as weather events, and national emergencies, such as 
     pandemics.

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       (c) Report to Congress.--Not later than January 1, 2021, 
     the Secretary shall--
       (1) submit a report to the Committee Energy and Commerce of 
     the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate regarding the 
     improved, transparent processes developed under this section; 
     and
       (2) include in such report recommendations for 
     opportunities for communication (by telebriefing, phone 
     calls, or in-person meetings) between the Secretary and 
     States, localities, Tribes, and territories regarding such 
     improved, transparent processes.

     SEC. 30536. GAO STUDY ON THE FEASIBILITY AND BENEFITS OF A 
                   STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE USER FEE 
                   AGREEMENT.

       (a) In General.-- The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study to investigate the feasibility 
     of establishing user fees to offset certain Federal costs 
     attributable to the procurement of single-source materials 
     for the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b) and 
     distributions of such materials from the Stockpile. In 
     conducting this study, the Comptroller General shall 
     consider, to the extent information is available--
       (1) whether entities receiving such distributions generate 
     profits from those distributions;
       (2) any Federal costs attributable to such distributions;
       (3) whether such user fees would provide the Secretary with 
     funding to potentially offset procurement costs of such 
     materials for the Strategic National Stockpile; and
       (4) any other issues the Comptroller General identifies as 
     relevant.
       (b) Report.--Not later than February 1, 2023, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     Congress a report on the findings and conclusions of the 
     study under subsection (a).

      Subtitle C--Testing and Testing Infrastructure Improvements

     SEC. 30541. COVID-19 TESTING STRATEGY.

       (a) Strategy.--Not later than June 15, 2020, the Secretary 
     shall update the COVID-19 strategic testing plan under the 
     heading ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of 
     the Secretary--Public Health and Social Service Emergency 
     Fund'' in title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection 
     Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139, 
     134 Stat. 620, 626-627) and submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees such updated national plan 
     identifying--
       (1) what level of, types of, and approaches to testing 
     (including predicted numbers of tests, populations to be 
     tested, and frequency of testing and the appropriate setting 
     whether a health care setting (such as hospital-based, high-
     complexity laboratory, point-of-care, mobile testing units, 
     pharmacies or community health centers) or non-health care 
     setting (such as workplaces, schools, or child care centers)) 
     are necessary--
       (A) to sufficiently monitor and contribute to the control 
     of the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the United States;
       (B) to ensure that any reduction in social distancing 
     efforts, when determined appropriate by public health 
     officials, can be undertaken in a manner that optimizes the 
     health and safety of the people of the United States, and 
     reduces disparities (including disparities related to race, 
     ethnicity, sex, age, disability status, socioeconomic status, 
     and geographic location) in the prevalence of, incidence of, 
     and health outcomes with respect to, COVID-19; and
       (C) to provide for ongoing surveillance sufficient to 
     support contact tracing, case identification, quarantine, and 
     isolation to prevent future outbreaks of COVID-19;
       (2) specific plans and benchmarks, each with clear 
     timelines, to ensure--
       (A) such level of, types of, and approaches to testing as 
     are described in paragraph (1), with respect to optimizing 
     health and safety;
       (B) sufficient availability of all necessary testing 
     materials and supplies, including extraction and testing 
     kits, reagents, transport media, swabs, instruments, analysis 
     equipment, personal protective equipment if necessary for 
     testing (including point-of-care testing), and other 
     equipment;
       (C) allocation of testing materials and supplies in a 
     manner that optimizes public health, including by considering 
     the variable impact of SARS-CoV-2 on specific States, 
     territories, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, urban 
     Indian organizations, communities, industries, and 
     professions;
       (D) sufficient evidence of validation for tests that are 
     deployed as a part of such strategy;
       (E) sufficient laboratory and analytical capacity, 
     including target turnaround time for test results;
       (F) sufficient personnel, including personnel to collect 
     testing samples, conduct and analyze results, and conduct 
     testing follow-up, including contact tracing, as appropriate; 
     and
       (G) enforcement of the Families First Coronavirus Response 
     Act (Public Law 116-127) to ensure patients who are tested 
     are not subject to cost sharing;
       (3) specific plans to ensure adequate testing in rural 
     areas, frontier areas, health professional shortage areas, 
     and medically underserved areas (as defined in section 
     330I(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
     14(a))), and for underserved populations, Native Americans 
     (including Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and urban 
     Indian organizations), and populations at increased risk 
     related to COVID-19;
       (4) specific plans to ensure accessibility of testing to 
     people with disabilities, older individuals, and individuals 
     with underlying health conditions or weakened immune systems; 
     and
       (5) specific plans for broadly developing and implementing 
     testing for potential immunity in the United States, as 
     appropriate, in a manner sufficient--
       (A) to monitor and contribute to the control of SARS-CoV-2 
     in the United States;
       (B) to ensure that any reduction in social distancing 
     efforts, when determined appropriate by public health 
     officials, can be undertaken in a manner that optimizes the 
     health and safety of the people of the United States; and
       (C) to reduce disparities (including disparities related to 
     race, ethnicity, sex, age, disability status, socioeconomic 
     status, and geographic location) in the prevalence of, 
     incidence of, and health outcomes with respect to, COVID-19.
       (b) Coordination.--The Secretary shall carry out this 
     section--
       (1) in coordination with the Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency;
       (2) in collaboration with other agencies and departments, 
     as appropriate; and
       (3) taking into consideration the State plans for COVID-19 
     testing prepared as required under the heading ``Department 
     of Health and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public 
     Health and Social Service Emergency Fund'' in title I of 
     division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620, 624).
       (c) Updates.--
       (1) Frequency.--The updated national plan under subsection 
     (a) shall be updated every 30 days until the end of the 
     public health emergency first declared by the Secretary under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
     on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID-19.
       (2) Relation to other law.--Paragraph (1) applies in lieu 
     of the requirement (for updates every 90 days until funds are 
     expended) in the second to last proviso under the heading 
     ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the 
     Secretary--Public Health and Social Service Emergency Fund'' 
     in title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection Program 
     and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 
     Stat. 620, 627).
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and of the Senate.

     SEC. 30542. CENTRALIZED TESTING INFORMATION WEBSITE.

       The Secretary shall establish and maintain a public, 
     searchable webpage, to be updated and corrected as necessary 
     through a process established by the Secretary, on the 
     website of the Department of Health and Human Services that--
       (1) identifies all in vitro diagnostic and serological 
     tests used in the United States to analyze clinical specimens 
     for detection of SARS-CoV-2 or antibodies specific to SARS-
     CoV-2, including--
       (A) those tests--
       (i) that are approved, cleared, or authorized under section 
     510(k), 513, 515, or 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360(k), 360c, 360e, 360bbb-3);
       (ii) that have been validated by the test's developers for 
     use on clinical specimens and for which the developer has 
     notified the Food and Drug Administration of the developer's 
     intent to market the test consistent with applicable guidance 
     issued by the Secretary; or
       (iii) that have been developed and authorized by a State 
     that has notified the Secretary of the State's intention to 
     review tests intended to diagnose COVID-19; and
       (B) other SARS-CoV-2-related tests that the Secretary 
     determines appropriate in guidance, which may include tests 
     related to the monitoring of COVID-19 patient status;
       (2) provides relevant information, as determined by the 
     Secretary, on each test identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 
     which may include--
       (A) the name and contact information of the developer of 
     the test;
       (B) the date of receipt of notification by the Food and 
     Drug Administration of the developer's intent to market the 
     test;
       (C) the date of authorization for use of the test on 
     clinical specimens, where applicable;
       (D) the letter of authorization for use of the test on 
     clinical specimens, where applicable;
       (E) any fact sheets, manufacturer instructions, and package 
     inserts for the test, including information on intended use;
       (F) sensitivity and specificity of the test; and
       (G) in the case of tests distributed by commercial 
     manufacturers, the number of tests distributed and, if 
     available, the number of laboratories in the United States 
     with the required platforms installed to perform the test; 
     and
       (3) includes--
       (A) a list of laboratories certified under section 353 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263a; commonly 
     referred to as ``CLIA'') that--
       (i) meet the regulatory requirements under such section to 
     perform high- or moderate-complexity testing; and
       (ii) are authorized to perform SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic or 
     serological tests on clinical specimens; and
       (B) information on each laboratory identified pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A), including--
       (i) the name and address of the laboratory;
       (ii) the CLIA certificate number;
       (iii) the laboratory type;
       (iv) the certificate type; and
       (v) the complexity level.

     SEC. 30543. MANUFACTURER REPORTING OF TEST DISTRIBUTION.

       (a) In General.--A commercial manufacturer of an in vitro 
     diagnostic or serological COVID-

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     19 test shall, on a weekly basis, submit a notification to 
     the Secretary regarding distribution of each such test, which 
     notification--
       (1) shall include the number of tests distributed and the 
     entities to which the tests are distributed; and
       (2) may include the quantity of such tests distributed by 
     the manufacturer.
       (b) Confidentiality.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed as authorizing the Secretary to disclose any 
     information that is a trade secret or confidential 
     information subject to section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United 
     States Code, or section 1905 of title 18, United States Code.
       (c) Failure to Meet Requirements.--If a manufacturer fails 
     to submit a notification as required under subsection (a), 
     the following applies:
       (1) The Secretary shall issue a letter to such manufacturer 
     informing such manufacturer of such failure.
       (2) Not later than 7 calendar days after the issuance of a 
     letter under paragraph (1), the manufacturer to whom such 
     letter is issued shall submit to the Secretary a written 
     response to such letter--
       (A) setting forth the basis for noncompliance; and
       (B) providing information as required under subsection (a).
       (3) Not later than 14 calendar days after the issuance of a 
     letter under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make such 
     letter and any response to such letter under paragraph (2) 
     available to the public on the internet website of the Food 
     and Drug Administration, with appropriate redactions made to 
     protect information described in subsection (b). The 
     preceding sentence shall not apply if the Secretary 
     determines that--
       (A) the letter under paragraph (1) was issued in error; or
       (B) after review of such response, the manufacturer had a 
     reasonable basis for not notifying as required under 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 30544. STATE TESTING REPORT.

       For any State that authorizes (or intends to authorize) one 
     or more laboratories in the State to develop and perform in 
     vitro diagnostic COVID-19 tests, the head of the department 
     or agency of such State with primary responsibility for 
     health shall--
       (1) notify the Secretary of such authorization (or 
     intention to authorize); and
       (2) provide the Secretary with a weekly report--
       (A) identifying all laboratories authorized (or intended to 
     be authorized) by the State to develop and perform in vitro 
     diagnostic COVID-19 tests;
       (B) including relevant information on all laboratories 
     identified pursuant to subparagraph (A), which may include 
     information on laboratory testing capacity;
       (C) identifying all in vitro diagnostic COVID-19 tests 
     developed and approved for clinical use in laboratories 
     identified pursuant to subparagraph (A); and
       (D) including relevant information on all tests identified 
     pursuant to subparagraph (C), which may include--
       (i) the name and contact information of the developer of 
     any such test;
       (ii) any fact sheets, manufacturer instructions, and 
     package inserts for any such test, including information on 
     intended use; and
       (iii) the sensitivity and specificity of any such test.

     SEC. 30545. STATE LISTING OF TESTING SITES.

       Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, any State receiving funding or assistance under this 
     Act, as a condition on such receipt, shall establish and 
     maintain a public, searchable webpage on the official website 
     of the State that--
       (1) identifies all sites located in the State that provide 
     diagnostic or serological testing for SARS-CoV-2; and
       (2) provides appropriate contact information for SARS-CoV-2 
     testing sites pursuant to paragraph (1).

     SEC. 30546. REPORTING OF COVID-19 TESTING RESULTS.

       (a) In General.--Every laboratory that performs or analyzes 
     a test that is intended to detect SARS-CoV-2 or to diagnose a 
     possible case of COVID-19 shall report daily the number of 
     tests performed and the results from each such test to the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services and to the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security, in such form and manner as such 
     Secretaries may prescribe. Such information shall be made 
     available to the public in a searchable, electronic format as 
     soon as is practicable, and in no case later than one week 
     after such information is received.
       (b) Additional Reporting Requirements.--The Secretaries 
     specified in subsection (a)--
       (1) may specify additional reporting requirements under 
     this section by regulation, including by interim final rule, 
     or by guidance; and
       (2) may issue such regulations or guidance without regard 
     to the procedures otherwise required by section 553 of title 
     5, United States Code.

     SEC. 30547. GAO REPORT ON DIAGNOSTIC TESTS.

       (a) GAO Study.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a report 
     describing the response of entities described in subsection 
     (b) to the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to the development, 
     regulatory evaluation, and deployment of diagnostic tests.
       (b) Entities Described.--Entities described in this 
     subsection include--
       (1) laboratories, including public health, academic, 
     clinical, and commercial laboratories;
       (2) diagnostic test manufacturers;
       (3) State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments; and
       (4) the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare & 
     Medicaid Services, the National Institutes of Health, and 
     other relevant Federal agencies, as appropriate.
       (c) Contents.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include--
       (1) a description of actions taken by entities described in 
     subsection (b) to develop, evaluate, and deploy diagnostic 
     tests;
       (2) an assessment of the coordination of Federal agencies 
     in the development, regulatory evaluation, and deployment of 
     diagnostic tests;
       (3) an assessment of the standards used by the Food and 
     Drug Administration to evaluate diagnostic tests;
       (4) an assessment of the clarity of Federal agency guidance 
     related to testing, including the ability for individuals 
     without medical training to understand which diagnostic tests 
     had been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration;
       (5) a description of--
       (A) actions taken and clinical processes employed by States 
     and territories that have authorized laboratories to develop 
     and perform diagnostic tests not authorized, approved, or 
     cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, including 
     actions of such States and territories to evaluate the 
     accuracy and sensitivity of such tests; and
       (B) the standards used by States and territories when 
     deciding when to authorize laboratories to develop or perform 
     diagnostic tests;
       (6) an assessment of the steps taken by laboratories and 
     diagnostic test manufacturers to validate diagnostic tests, 
     as well as the evidence collected by such entities to support 
     validation; and
       (7) based on available reports, an assessment of the 
     accuracy and sensitivity of a representative sample of 
     available diagnostic tests.
       (d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``diagnostic 
     test'' means an in vitro diagnostic product (as defined in 
     section 809.3(a) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations) 
     for--
       (1) the detection of SARS-CoV-2;
       (2) the diagnosis of the virus that causes COVID-19; or
       (3) the detection of antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, 
     such as a serological test.

     SEC. 30548. PUBLIC HEALTH DATA SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION.

       Subtitle C of title XXVIII of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 300hh-31 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 2822. PUBLIC HEALTH DATA SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION.

       ``(a) Expanding CDC and Public Health Department 
     Capabilities.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
     shall--
       ``(A) conduct activities to expand, enhance, and improve 
     applicable public health data systems used by the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, related to the 
     interoperability and improvement of such systems (including 
     as it relates to preparedness for, prevention and detection 
     of, and response to public health emergencies); and
       ``(B) award grants or cooperative agreements to State, 
     local, Tribal, or territorial public health departments for 
     the expansion and modernization of public health data 
     systems, to assist public health departments in--
       ``(i) assessing current data infrastructure capabilities 
     and gaps to improve and increase consistency in data 
     collection, storage, and analysis and, as appropriate, to 
     improve dissemination of public health-related information;
       ``(ii) improving secure public health data collection, 
     transmission, exchange, maintenance, and analysis;
       ``(iii) improving the secure exchange of data between the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, State, local, 
     Tribal, and territorial public health departments, public 
     health organizations, and health care providers, including by 
     public health officials in multiple jurisdictions within such 
     State, as appropriate, and by simplifying and supporting 
     reporting by health care providers, as applicable, pursuant 
     to State law, including through the use of health information 
     technology;
       ``(iv) enhancing the interoperability of public health data 
     systems (including systems created or accessed by public 
     health departments) with health information technology, 
     including with health information technology certified under 
     section 3001(c)(5);
       ``(v) supporting and training data systems, data science, 
     and informatics personnel;
       ``(vi) supporting earlier disease and health condition 
     detection, such as through near real-time data monitoring, to 
     support rapid public health responses;
       ``(vii) supporting activities within the applicable 
     jurisdiction related to the expansion and modernization of 
     electronic case reporting; and
       ``(viii) developing and disseminating information related 
     to the use and importance of public health data.
       ``(2) Data standards.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, shall, as appropriate and in 
     consultation with the Office of the National Coordinator for 
     Health Information Technology, designate data and technology 
     standards (including standards for interoperability) for 
     public health data systems, with deference given to standards 
     published by consensus-based standards development 
     organizations with public input and voluntary consensus-based 
     standards bodies.
       ``(3) Public-private partnerships.--The Secretary may 
     develop and utilize public-private partnerships for technical 
     assistance, training,

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     and related implementation support for State, local, Tribal, 
     and territorial public health departments, and the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention, on the expansion and 
     modernization of electronic case reporting and public health 
     data systems, as applicable.
       ``(b) Requirements.--
       ``(1) Health information technology standards.--The 
     Secretary may not award a grant or cooperative agreement 
     under subsection (a)(1)(B) unless the applicant uses or 
     agrees to use standards endorsed by the National Coordinator 
     for Health Information Technology pursuant to section 
     3001(c)(1) or adopted by the Secretary under section 3004.
       ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the requirement 
     under paragraph (1) with respect to an applicant if the 
     Secretary determines that the activities under subsection 
     (a)(1)(B) cannot otherwise be carried out within the 
     applicable jurisdiction.
       ``(3) Application.--A State, local, Tribal, or territorial 
     health department applying for a grant or cooperative 
     agreement under this section shall submit an application to 
     the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the 
     Secretary may require. Such application shall include 
     information describing--
       ``(A) the activities that will be supported by the grant or 
     cooperative agreement; and
       ``(B) how the modernization of the public health data 
     systems involved will support or impact the public health 
     infrastructure of the health department, including a 
     description of remaining gaps, if any, and the actions needed 
     to address such gaps.
       ``(c) Strategy and Implementation Plan.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of enactment of this section, the 
     Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, shall submit to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives a coordinated strategy and an accompanying 
     implementation plan that identifies and demonstrates the 
     measures the Secretary will utilize to--
       ``(1) update and improve applicable public health data 
     systems used by the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention; and
       ``(2) carry out the activities described in this section to 
     support the improvement of State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial public health data systems.
       ``(d) Consultation.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
     shall consult with State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
     health departments, professional medical and public health 
     associations, associations representing hospitals or other 
     health care entities, health information technology experts, 
     and other appropriate public or private entities regarding 
     the plan and grant program to modernize public health data 
     systems pursuant to this section. Activities under this 
     subsection may include the provision of technical assistance 
     and training related to the exchange of information by such 
     public health data systems used by relevant health care and 
     public health entities at the local, State, Federal, Tribal, 
     and territorial levels, and the development and utilization 
     of public-private partnerships for implementation support 
     applicable to this section.
       ``(e) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit 
     a report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 
     Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives that includes--
       ``(1) a description of any barriers to--
       ``(A) public health authorities implementing interoperable 
     public health data systems and electronic case reporting;
       ``(B) the exchange of information pursuant to electronic 
     case reporting; or
       ``(C) reporting by health care providers using such public 
     health data systems, as appropriate, and pursuant to State 
     law;
       ``(2) an assessment of the potential public health impact 
     of implementing electronic case reporting and interoperable 
     public health data systems; and
       ``(3) a description of the activities carried out pursuant 
     to this section.
       ``(f) Electronic Case Reporting.--In this section, the term 
     `electronic case reporting' means the automated 
     identification, generation, and bilateral exchange of reports 
     of health events among electronic health record or health 
     information technology systems and public health authorities.
       ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there are authorized to be appropriated $450,000,000 
     to remain available until expended.''.

     SEC. 30549. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE LABORATORY 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall award grants to States 
     and political subdivisions of States to support the 
     improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure 
     at clinical laboratories (as defined in section 353 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 263a)) that will help to 
     improve SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 testing and response 
     activities, including the expansion and enhancement of 
     testing capacity at such laboratories.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
     $1,000,000,000 to remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30550. CORE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE FOR STATE, 
                   LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND TERRITORIAL HEALTH 
                   DEPARTMENTS.

       (a) Program.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
     establish a core public health infrastructure program 
     consisting of awarding grants under subsection (b).
       (b) Grants.--
       (1) Award.--For the purpose of addressing core public 
     health infrastructure needs, the Secretary--
       (A) shall award a grant to each State health department; 
     and
       (B) may award grants on a competitive basis to State, 
     local, Tribal, or territorial health departments.
       (2) Allocation.--Of the total amount of funds awarded as 
     grants under this subsection for a fiscal year--
       (A) not less than 50 percent shall be for grants to State 
     health departments under paragraph (1)(A); and
       (B) not less than 30 percent shall be for grants to State, 
     local, Tribal, or territorial health departments under 
     paragraph (1)(B).
       (c) Use of Funds.--A State, local, Tribal, or territorial 
     health department receiving a grant under subsection (b) 
     shall use the grant funds to address core public health 
     infrastructure needs, including those identified in the 
     accreditation process under subsection (g).
       (d) Formula Grants to State Health Departments.--In making 
     grants under subsection (b)(1)(A), the Secretary shall award 
     funds to each State health department in accordance with--
       (1) a formula based on population size; burden of 
     preventable disease and disability; and core public health 
     infrastructure gaps, including those identified in the 
     accreditation process under subsection (g); and
       (2) application requirements established by the Secretary, 
     including a requirement that the State health department 
     submit a plan that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 
     Secretary that the State's health department will--
       (A) address its highest priority core public health 
     infrastructure needs; and
       (B) as appropriate, allocate funds to local health 
     departments within the State.
       (e) Competitive Grants to State, Local, Tribal, and 
     Territorial Health Departments.--In making grants under 
     subsection (b)(1)(B), the Secretary shall give priority to 
     applicants demonstrating core public health infrastructure 
     needs identified in the accreditation process under 
     subsection (g).
       (f) Maintenance of Effort.--The Secretary may award a grant 
     to an entity under subsection (b) only if the entity 
     demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that--
       (1) funds received through the grant will be expended only 
     to supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal and Federal 
     funds otherwise available to the entity for the purpose of 
     addressing core public health infrastructure needs; and
       (2) with respect to activities for which the grant is 
     awarded, the entity will maintain expenditures of non-Federal 
     amounts for such activities at a level not less than the 
     level of such expenditures maintained by the entity for the 
     fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the entity 
     receives the grant.
       (g) Establishment of a Public Health Accreditation 
     Program.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) develop, and periodically review and update, standards 
     for voluntary accreditation of State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial health departments and public health laboratories 
     for the purpose of advancing the quality and performance of 
     such departments and laboratories; and
       (B) implement a program to accredit such health departments 
     and laboratories in accordance with such standards.
       (2) Cooperative agreement.--The Secretary may enter into a 
     cooperative agreement with a private nonprofit entity to 
     carry out paragraph (1).
       (h) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an 
     annual report on progress being made to accredit entities 
     under subsection (g), including--
       (1) a strategy, including goals and objectives, for 
     accrediting entities under subsection (g) and achieving the 
     purpose described in subsection (g)(1)(A);
       (2) identification of gaps in research related to core 
     public health infrastructure; and
       (3) recommendations of priority areas for such research.
       (i) Definition.--In this section, the term ``core public 
     health infrastructure'' includes--
       (1) workforce capacity and competency;
       (2) laboratory systems;
       (3) testing capacity, including test platforms, mobile 
     testing units, and personnel;
       (4) health information, health information systems, and 
     health information analysis;
       (5) disease surveillance;
       (6) contact tracing;
       (7) communications;
       (8) financing;
       (9) other relevant components of organizational capacity; 
     and
       (10) other related activities.
       (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there are authorized to be appropriated 
     $6,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30551. CORE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACTIVITIES 
                   FOR CDC.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director 
     of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
     expand and improve the core public health infrastructure and 
     activities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     to address unmet and emerging public health needs.
       (b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress an 
     annual report on the activities funded through this section.
       (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``core public 
     health infrastructure'' has the meaning given to such term in 
     section 30550.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
     $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.

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  Subtitle D--COVID-19 National Testing and Contact Tracing Initiative

     SEC. 30561. NATIONAL SYSTEM FOR COVID-19 TESTING, CONTACT 
                   TRACING, SURVEILLANCE, CONTAINMENT, AND 
                   MITIGATION.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director 
     of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and in 
     coordination with State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
     health departments, shall establish and implement a 
     nationwide evidence-based system for--
       (1) testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, 
     and mitigation with respect to COVID-19;
       (2) offering guidance on voluntary isolation and quarantine 
     of individuals infected with, or exposed to individuals 
     infected with, the virus that causes COVID-19; and
       (3) public reporting on testing, contact tracing, 
     surveillance, and voluntary isolation and quarantine 
     activities with respect to COVID-19.
       (b) Coordination; Technical Assistance.--In carrying out 
     the national system under this section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) coordinate State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
     activities related to testing, contact tracing, surveillance, 
     containment, and mitigation with respect to COVID-19, as 
     appropriate; and
       (2) provide technical assistance for such activities, as 
     appropriate.
       (c) Consideration.--In establishing and implementing the 
     national system under this section, the Secretary shall take 
     into consideration--
       (1) the State plans referred to in the heading ``Public 
     Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' in title I of 
     division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139); and
       (2) the testing strategy submitted under section 30541.
       (d) Reporting.--The Secretary shall--
       (1) not later than December 31, 2020, submit to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 
     and Pensions a preliminary report on the effectiveness of the 
     activities carried out pursuant to this subtitle; and
       (2) not later than December 21, 2021, submit to such 
     committees a final report on such effectiveness.

     SEC. 30562. GRANTS.

       (a) In General.--To implement the national system under 
     section 30561, the Secretary, acting through the Director of 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall, 
     subject to the availability of appropriations, award grants 
     to State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments 
     that seek grants under this section to carry out coordinated 
     testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and 
     mitigation with respect to COVID-19, including--
       (1) diagnostic and surveillance testing and reporting;
       (2) community-based contact tracing efforts; and
       (3) policies related to voluntary isolation and quarantine 
     of individuals infected with, or exposed to individuals 
     infected with, the virus that causes COVID-19.
       (b) Flexibility.--The Secretary shall ensure that--
       (1) the grants under subsection (a) provide flexibility for 
     State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments to 
     modify, establish, or maintain evidence-based systems; and
       (2) local health departments receive funding from State 
     health departments or directly from the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention to contribute to such systems, as 
     appropriate.
       (c) Allocations.--
       (1) Formula.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall 
     allocate amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a) in 
     accordance with a formula to be established by the Secretary 
     that provides a minimum level of funding to each State, 
     local, Tribal, and territorial health department that seeks a 
     grant under this section and allocates additional funding 
     based on the following prioritization:
       (A) The Secretary shall give highest priority to applicants 
     proposing to serve populations in one or more geographic 
     regions with a high burden of COVID-19 based on data provided 
     by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or other 
     sources as determined by the Secretary.
       (B) The Secretary shall give second highest priority to 
     applicants preparing for, or currently working to mitigate, a 
     COVID-19 surge in a geographic region that does not yet have 
     a high number of reported cases of COVID-19 based on data 
     provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
     or other sources as determined by the Secretary.
       (C) The Secretary shall give third highest priority to 
     applicants proposing to serve high numbers of low-income and 
     uninsured populations, including medically underserved 
     populations (as defined in section 330(b)(3) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3))), health 
     professional shortage areas (as defined under section 332(a) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a))), racial 
     and ethnic minorities, or geographically diverse areas, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (2) Notification.--Not later than the date that is one week 
     before first awarding grants under this section, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate a 
     notification detailing the formula established under 
     paragraph (1) for allocating amounts made available pursuant 
     to subsection (a).
       (d) Use of Funds.--A State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
     health department receiving a grant under this section shall, 
     to the extent possible, use the grant funds for the following 
     activities, or other activities deemed appropriate by the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
       (1) Testing.--To implement a coordinated testing system 
     that--
       (A) leverages or modernizes existing testing infrastructure 
     and capacity;
       (B) is consistent with the updated testing strategy 
     required under section 30541;
       (C) is coordinated with the State plan for COVID-19 testing 
     prepared as required under the heading ``Department of Health 
     and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public Health 
     and Social Service Emergency Fund'' in title I of division B 
     of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620, 624);
       (D) is informed by contact tracing and surveillance 
     activities under this subtitle;
       (E) is informed by guidelines established by the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention for which populations 
     should be tested;
       (F) identifies how diagnostic and serological tests in such 
     system shall be validated prior to use;
       (G) identifies how diagnostic and serological tests and 
     testing supplies will be distributed to implement such 
     system;
       (H) identifies specific strategies for ensuring testing 
     capabilities and accessibility in medically underserved 
     populations (as defined in section 330(b)(3) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3))), health 
     professional shortage areas (as defined under section 332(a) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a))), racial 
     and ethnic minority populations, and geographically diverse 
     areas, as determined by the Secretary;
       (I) identifies how testing may be used, and results may be 
     reported, in both health care settings (such as hospitals, 
     laboratories for moderate or high-complexity testing, 
     pharmacies, mobile testing units, and community health 
     centers) and non-health care settings (such as workplaces, 
     schools, childcare centers, or drive-throughs);
       (J) allows for testing in sentinel surveillance programs, 
     as appropriate; and
       (K) supports the procurement and distribution of diagnostic 
     and serological tests and testing supplies to meet the goals 
     of the system.
       (2) Contact tracing.--To implement a coordinated contact 
     tracing system that--
       (A) leverages or modernizes existing contact tracing 
     systems and capabilities, including community health workers, 
     health departments, and Federally qualified health centers;
       (B) is able to investigate cases of COVID-19, and help to 
     identify other potential cases of COVID-19, through tracing 
     contacts of individuals with positive diagnoses;
       (C) establishes culturally competent and multilingual 
     strategies for contact tracing, which may include 
     consultation with and support for cultural or civic 
     organizations with established ties to the community;
       (D) provides individuals identified under the contact 
     tracing program with information and support for containment 
     or mitigation;
       (E) enables State, local, Tribal, and territorial health 
     departments to work with a nongovernmental, community partner 
     or partners and State and local workforce development systems 
     (as defined in section 3(67) of Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(67))) receiving grants under 
     section 30566(b) of this Act to hire and compensate a 
     locally-sourced contact tracing workforce, if necessary, to 
     supplement the public health workforce, to--
       (i) identify the number of contact tracers needed for the 
     respective State, locality, territorial, or Tribal health 
     department to identify all cases of COVID-19 currently in the 
     jurisdiction and those anticipated to emerge over the next 18 
     months in such jurisdiction;
       (ii) outline qualifications necessary for contact tracers;
       (iii) train the existing and newly hired public health 
     workforce on best practices related to tracing close contacts 
     of individuals diagnosed with COVID-19, including the 
     protection of individual privacy and cybersecurity 
     protection; and
       (iv) equip the public health workforce with tools and 
     resources to enable a rapid response to new cases;
       (F) identifies the level of contact tracing needed within 
     the State, locality, territory, or Tribal area to contain and 
     mitigate the transmission of COVID-19;
       (G) establishes statewide mechanisms to integrate regular 
     evaluation to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     regarding contact tracing efforts, makes such evaluation 
     publicly available, and to the extent possible provides for 
     such evaluation at the county level; and
       (H) identifies specific strategies for ensuring contact 
     tracing activities in medically underserved populations (as 
     defined in section 330(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3))), health professional shortage areas 
     (as defined under section 332(a) of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a))), racial and ethnic minority 
     populations, and geographically diverse areas, as determined 
     by the Secretary.
       (3) Surveillance.--To strengthen the existing public health 
     surveillance system that--
       (A) leverages or modernizes existing surveillance systems 
     within the respective State, local, Tribal, or territorial 
     health department and national surveillance systems;
       (B) detects and identifies trends in COVID-19 at the county 
     level;
       (C) evaluates State, local, Tribal, and territorial health 
     departments in achieving surveillance capabilities with 
     respect to COVID-19;
       (D) integrates and improves disease surveillance and 
     immunization tracking; and
       (E) identifies specific strategies for ensuring disease 
     surveillance in medically underserved populations (as defined 
     in section 330(b)(3) of

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     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3))), health 
     professional shortage areas (as defined under section 332(a) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a))), racial 
     and ethnic minority populations, and geographically diverse 
     areas, as determined by the Secretary.
       (4) Containment and mitigation.--To implement a coordinated 
     containment and mitigation system that--
       (A) leverages or modernizes existing containment and 
     mitigation strategies within the respective State, local, 
     Tribal, or territorial governments and national containment 
     and mitigation strategies;
       (B) may provide for, connect to, and leverage existing 
     social services and support for individuals who have been 
     infected with or exposed to COVID-19 and who are isolated or 
     quarantined in their homes, such as through--
       (i) food assistance programs;
       (ii) guidance for household infection control;
       (iii) information and assistance with childcare services; 
     and
       (iv) information and assistance pertaining to support 
     available under the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and this 
     Act;
       (C) provides guidance on the establishment of safe, high-
     quality, facilities for the voluntary isolation of 
     individuals infected with, or quarantine of the contacts of 
     individuals exposed to COVID-19, where hospitalization is not 
     required, which facilities should--
       (i) be prohibited from making inquiries relating to the 
     citizenship status of an individual isolated or quarantined; 
     and
       (ii) be operated by a non-Federal, community partner or 
     partners that--

       (I) have previously established relationships in 
     localities;
       (II) work with local places of worship, community centers, 
     medical facilities, and schools to recruit local staff for 
     such facilities; and
       (III) are fully integrated into State, local, Tribal, or 
     territorial containment and mitigation efforts; and

       (D) identifies specific strategies for ensuring containment 
     and mitigation activities in medically underserved 
     populations (as defined in section 330(b)(3) of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(b)(3))), health 
     professional shortage areas (as defined under section 332(a) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254e(a))), racial 
     and ethnic minority populations, and geographically diverse 
     areas, as determined by the Secretary.
       (e) Reporting.--The Secretary shall facilitate mechanisms 
     for timely, standardized reporting by grantees under this 
     section regarding implementation of the systems established 
     under this section and coordinated processes with the 
     reporting as required and under the heading ``Department of 
     Health and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public 
     Health and Social Service Emergency Fund'' in title I of 
     division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139, 134 Stat. 620), 
     including--
       (1) a summary of county or local health department level 
     information from the States receiving funding, and 
     information from directly funded localities, territories, and 
     Tribal entities, about the activities that will be undertaken 
     using funding awarded under this section, including 
     subgrants;
       (2) any anticipated shortages of required materials for 
     testing for COVID-19 under subsection (a); and
       (3) other barriers in the prevention, mitigation, or 
     treatment of COVID-19 under this section.
       (f) Public Listing of Awards.--The Secretary shall--
       (1) not later than 7 days after first awarding grants under 
     this section, post in a searchable, electronic format a list 
     of all awards made by the Secretary under this section, 
     including the recipients and amounts of such awards; and
       (2) update such list not less than every 7 days until all 
     funds made available to carry out this section are expended.

     SEC. 30563. GUIDANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, INFORMATION, AND 
                   COMMUNICATION.

       (a) In General.-- Not later than 14 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination 
     with other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall issue 
     guidance, provide technical assistance, and provide 
     information to States, localities, Tribes, and territories, 
     with respect to the following:
       (1) The diagnostic and serological testing of individuals 
     identified through contact tracing for COVID-19, including 
     information with respect to the reduction of duplication 
     related to programmatic activities, reporting, and billing.
       (2) Best practices regarding contact tracing, including the 
     collection of data with respect to such contact tracing and 
     requirements related to the standardization of demographic 
     and syndromic information collected as part of contact 
     tracing efforts.
       (3) Best practices regarding COVID-19 disease surveillance, 
     including best practices to reduce duplication in 
     surveillance activities, identifying gaps in surveillance and 
     surveillance systems, and ways in which the Secretary plans 
     to effectively support State, local, Tribal and territorial 
     health departments in addressing such gaps.
       (4) Information on ways for State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial health departments to establish and maintain the 
     testing, contact tracing, and surveillance activities 
     described in paragraphs (1) through (3).
       (5) The protection of any personally identifiable health 
     information collected pursuant to this subtitle.
       (6) Best practices regarding privacy and cybersecurity 
     protection related to contact tracing, containment, and 
     mitigation efforts.
       (b) Guidance on Payment.--Not later than 14 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
     coordination with the Administrator of the Centers for 
     Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, and in coordination with 
     other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall develop and 
     issue to State, local, Tribal, and territorial health 
     departments clear guidance and policies--
       (1) with respect to the coordination of claims submitted 
     for payment out of the Public Health and Social Services 
     Emergency Fund for services furnished in a facility referred 
     to in section 30562(d)(4)(C);
       (2) identifying how an individual who is isolated or 
     quarantined at home or in such a facility--
       (A) incurs no out-of-pocket costs for any services 
     furnished to such individual while isolated; and
       (B) may receive income support for lost earnings or 
     payments for expenses such as child care or elder care while 
     such individual is isolated at home or in such a facility;
       (3) providing information and assistance pertaining to 
     support available under the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
     and this Act; and
       (4) identifying State, local, Tribal, and territorial 
     health departments or partner agencies that may provide 
     social support services, such as groceries or meals, health 
     education, internet access, and behavioral health services, 
     to individuals who isolated or quarantined at home or in such 
     a facility.
       (c) Guidance on Testing.--Not later than 14 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 
     coordination with the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the 
     Director of the National Institutes of Health, and the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
     and in coordination with other Federal agencies as 
     appropriate, shall develop and issue to State, local, Tribal, 
     and territorial health departments clear guidance and 
     policies regarding--
       (1) objective standards to characterize the performance of 
     all diagnostic and serological tests for COVID-19 in order to 
     independently evaluate tests continuously over time;
       (2) protocols for the evaluation of the performance of 
     diagnostic and serological tests for COVID-19; and
       (3) a repository of characterized specimens to use to 
     evaluate the performance of those tests that can be made 
     available for appropriate entities to use to evaluate 
     performance.
       (d) Communication.--The Secretary shall identify and 
     publicly announce the form and manner for communication with 
     State, local, Tribal, and territorial health departments for 
     purposes of carrying out the activities addressed by guidance 
     issued under subsections (a) and (b).
       (e) Availability to Providers.--Guidance issued under 
     subsection (a)(1) shall be issued to health care providers.
       (f) Ongoing Provision of Guidance and Technical 
     Assistance.--Notwithstanding whether funds are available 
     specifically to carry out this subtitle, guidance and 
     technical assistance shall continue to be provided under this 
     section.

     SEC. 30564. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

       The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in 
     collaboration with the Director of the National Institutes of 
     Health, the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research 
     and Quality, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and the 
     Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
     Services, shall support research and development on more 
     efficient and effective strategies--
       (1) for the surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19;
       (2) for the testing and identification of individuals 
     infected with COVID-19; and
       (3) for the tracing of contacts of individuals infected 
     with COVID-19.

     SEC. 30565. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS.

       The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention and in coordination with 
     other offices and agencies, as appropriate, shall award 
     competitive grants or contracts to one or more public or 
     private entities, including faith-based organizations, to 
     carry out multilingual and culturally appropriate awareness 
     campaigns. Such campaigns shall--
       (1) be based on available scientific evidence;
       (2) increase awareness and knowledge of COVID-19, including 
     countering stigma associated with COVID-19;
       (3) improve information on the availability of COVID-19 
     diagnostic testing; and
       (4) promote cooperation with contact tracing efforts.

     SEC. 30566. GRANTS TO STATE AND TRIBAL WORKFORCE AGENCIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms in 
     this section have the meanings given the terms in section 3 
     of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3102).
       (2) Apprenticeship; apprenticeship program.--The term 
     ``apprenticeship'' or ``apprenticeship program'' means an 
     apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 
     1937 (commonly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act'') 
     (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including 
     any requirement, standard, or rule promulgated under such 
     Act, as such requirement, standard, or rule was in effect on 
     December 30, 2019.
       (3) Contact tracing and related positions.--The term 
     ``contact tracing and related positions'' means employment 
     related to contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and 
     mitigation activities as described in paragraphs (2), (3), 
     and (4) of section 30562(d).
       (4) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--

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       (A) a State or territory, including the District of 
     Columbia and Puerto Rico;
       (B) an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, Alaska Native 
     entity, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, or 
     Native Hawaiian organizations;
       (C) an outlying area; or
       (D) a local board, if an eligible entity under 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C) has not applied with respect to 
     the area over which the local board has jurisdiction as of 
     the date on which the local board submits an application 
     under subsection (c).
       (5) Eligible individual.--Notwithstanding section 170(b)(2) 
     of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3225(b)(2)), the term ``eligible individual'' means an 
     individual seeking or securing employment in contact tracing 
     and related positions and served by an eligible entity or 
     community-based organization receiving funding under this 
     section.
       (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Labor.
       (b) Grants.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations under subsection (g), the Secretary shall 
     award national dislocated worker grants under section 
     170(b)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act 
     (29 U.S.C. 3225(b)(1)(B)) to each eligible entity that seeks 
     a grant to assist local boards and community-based 
     organizations in carrying out activities under subsections 
     (f) and (d), respectively, for the following purposes:
       (A) To support the recruitment, placement, and training, as 
     applicable, of eligible individuals seeking employment in 
     contact tracing and related positions in accordance with the 
     national system for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, 
     surveillance, containment, and mitigation established under 
     section 30561.
       (B) To assist with the employment transition to new 
     employment or education and training of individuals employed 
     under this section in preparation for and upon termination of 
     such employment.
       (2) Timeline.--The Secretary of Labor shall--
       (A) issue application requirements under subsection (c) not 
     later than 10 days after the date of enactment of this 
     section; and
       (B) award grants to an eligible entity under paragraph (1) 
     not later than 10 days after the date on which the Secretary 
     receives an application from such entity.
       (c) Grant Application.--An eligible entity applying for a 
     grant under this section shall submit an application to the 
     Secretary, at such time and in such form and manner as the 
     Secretary may reasonably require, which shall include a 
     description of--
       (1) how the eligible entity will support the recruitment, 
     placement, and training, as applicable, of eligible 
     individuals seeking employment in contact tracing and related 
     positions by partnering with--
       (A) a State, local, Tribal, or territorial health 
     department; or
       (B) one or more nonprofit or community-based organizations 
     partnering with such health departments;
       (2) how the activities described in paragraph (1) will 
     support State efforts to address the demand for contact 
     tracing and related positions with respect to--
       (A) the State plans referred to in the heading ``Public 
     Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' in title I of 
     division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139);
       (B) the testing strategy submitted under section 30541; and
       (C) the number of eligible individuals that the State plans 
     to recruit and train under the plans and strategies described 
     in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
       (3) the specific strategies for recruiting and placement of 
     eligible individuals from or residing within the communities 
     in which they will work, including--
       (A) plans for the recruitment of eligible individuals to 
     serve as contact tracers and related positions, including 
     dislocated workers, individuals with barriers to employment, 
     veterans, new entrants in the workforce, or underemployed or 
     furloughed workers, who are from or reside in or near the 
     local area in which they will serve, and who, to the extent 
     practicable--
       (i) have experience or a background in industry-sectors and 
     occupations such as public health, social services, customer 
     service, case management, or occupations that require related 
     qualifications, skills, or competencies, such as strong 
     interpersonal and communication skills, needed for contact 
     tracing and related positions, as described in section 
     30562(d)(2)(E)(ii); or
       (ii) seek to transition to public health and public health 
     related occupations upon the conclusion of employment in 
     contact tracing and related positions; and
       (B) how such strategies will take into account the 
     diversity of such community, including racial, ethnic, 
     socioeconomic, linguistic, or geographic diversity;
       (4) the amount, timing, and mechanisms for distribution of 
     funds provided to local boards or through subgrants as 
     described in subsection (d);
       (5) for eligible entities described in subparagraphs (A) 
     through (C) of subsection (a)(4), a description of how the 
     eligible entity will ensure the equitable distribution of 
     funds with respect to--
       (A) geography (such as urban and rural distribution);
       (B) medically underserved populations (as defined in 
     section 33(b)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     254b(b)));
       (C) health professional shortage areas (as defined under 
     section 332(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     254e(a))); and
       (D) the racial and ethnic diversity of the area; and
       (6) for eligible entities who are local boards, a 
     description of how a grant to such eligible entity would 
     serve the equitable distribution of funds as described in 
     paragraph (5).
       (d) Subgrant Authorization and Application Process.--
       (1) In general.--An eligible entity may award a subgrant to 
     one or more community-based organizations for the purposes of 
     partnering with a State or local board to conduct outreach 
     and education activities to inform potentially eligible 
     individuals about employment opportunities in contact tracing 
     and related positions.
       (2) Application.--A community-based organization shall 
     submit an application at such time and in such manner as the 
     eligible entity may reasonably require, including--
       (A) a demonstration of the community-based organization's 
     established expertise and effectiveness in community outreach 
     in the local area that such organization plans to serve;
       (B) a demonstration of the community-based organization's 
     expertise in providing employment or public health 
     information to the local areas in which such organization 
     plans to serve; and
       (C) a description of the expertise of the community-based 
     organization in utilizing culturally competent and 
     multilingual strategies in the provision of services.
       (e) Grant Distribution.--
       (1) Federal distribution.--
       (A) Use of funds.-- The Secretary of Labor shall use the 
     funds appropriated to carry out this section as follows:
       (i) Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary shall distribute 
     funds among eligible entities in accordance with a formula to 
     be established by the Secretary that provides a minimum level 
     of funding to each eligible entity that seeks a grant under 
     this section and allocates additional funding as follows:

       (I) The formula shall give first priority based on the 
     number and proportion of contact tracing and related 
     positions that the State plans to recruit, place, and train 
     individuals as a part of the State strategy described in 
     subsection (c)(2)(A).
       (II) Subject to subclause (I), the formula shall give 
     priority in accordance with section 30562(c).

       (ii) Not more than 2 percent of the funding for 
     administration of the grants and for providing technical 
     assistance to recipients of funds under this section.
       (B) Equitable distribution.--If the geographic region 
     served by one or more eligible entities overlaps, the 
     Secretary shall distribute funds among such entities in such 
     a manner that ensures equitable distribution with respect to 
     the factors under subsection (c)(5).
       (2) Eligible entity use of funds.--An eligible entity 
     described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection 
     (a)(4)--
       (A) shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which 
     the entity receives grant funds under this section, provide 
     not less than 70 percent of grant funds to local boards for 
     the purpose of carrying out activities in subsection (f);
       (B) may use up to 20 percent of such funds to make 
     subgrants to community-based organizations in the service 
     area to conduct outreach, to potential eligible individuals, 
     as described in subsection (d);
       (C) in providing funds to local boards and awarding 
     subgrants under this subsection shall ensure the equitable 
     distribution with respect to the factors described in 
     subsection (c)(5); and
       (D) may use not more than 10 percent of the funds awarded 
     under this section for the administrative costs of carrying 
     out the grant and for providing technical assistance to local 
     boards and community-based organizations.
       (3) Local board use of funds.--A local board, or an 
     eligible entity that is a local board, shall use--
       (A) not less than 60 percent of the funds for recruitment 
     and training for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, 
     surveillance, containment, and mitigation established under 
     section 30561;
       (B) not less than 30 of the funds to support the transition 
     of individuals hired as contact tracers and related positions 
     into an education or training program, or unsubsidized 
     employment upon completion of such positions; and
       (C) not more than 10 percent of the funds for 
     administrative costs.
       (f) Eligible Activities.--The State or local boards shall 
     use funds awarded under this section to support the 
     recruitment and placement of eligible individuals, training 
     and employment transition as related to contact tracing and 
     related positions, and for the following activities:
       (1) Establishing or expanding partnerships with--
       (A) State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health 
     departments;
       (B) community-based health providers, including community 
     health centers and rural health clinics;
       (C) labor organizations or joint labor management 
     organizations;
       (D) two-year and four-year institutions of higher education 
     (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)), including institutions eligible to 
     receive funds under section 371(a) of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)); and
       (E) community action agencies or other community-based 
     organizations serving local areas in which there is a demand 
     for contact tracing and related positions.
       (2) Providing training for contact tracing and related 
     positions in coordination with State, local, Tribal, or 
     territorial health departments that is consistent with the 
     State or territorial testing and contact tracing strategy, 
     and ensuring that eligible individuals receive compensation 
     while participating in such training.
       (3) Providing eligible individuals with--
       (A) adequate and safe equipment, environments, and 
     facilities for training and supervision, as applicable;

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       (B) information regarding the wages and benefits related to 
     contact tracing and related positions, as compared to State, 
     local, and national averages;
       (C) supplies and equipment needed by the eligible 
     individuals to support placement of an individual in contact 
     tracing and related positions, as applicable;
       (D) an individualized employment plan for each eligible 
     individual, as applicable--
       (i) in coordination with the entity employing the eligible 
     individual in a contact tracing and related positions; and
       (ii) which shall include providing a case manager to work 
     with each eligible individual to develop the plan, which may 
     include--

       (I) identifying employment and career goals, and setting 
     appropriate achievement objectives to attain such goals; and
       (II) exploring career pathways that lead to in-demand 
     industries and sectors, including in public health and 
     related occupations; and

       (E) services for the period during which the eligible 
     individual is employed in a contact tracing and related 
     position to ensure job retention, which may include--
       (i) supportive services throughout the term of employment;
       (ii) a continuation of skills training as related to 
     employment in contact tracing and related positions, that is 
     conducted in collaboration with the employers of such 
     individuals;
       (iii) mentorship services and job retention support for 
     eligible individuals; or
       (iv) targeted training for managers and workers working 
     with eligible individuals (such as mentors), and human 
     resource representatives;
       (4) Supporting the transition and placement in unsubsidized 
     employment for eligible individuals serving in contact 
     tracing and related positions after such positions are no 
     longer necessary in the State or local area, including--
       (A) any additional training and employment activities as 
     described in section 170(d)(4) of the Workforce Innovation 
     and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3225(d)(4));
       (B) developing the appropriate combination of services to 
     enable the eligible individual to achieve the employment and 
     career goals identified under paragraph (3)(D)(ii)(I); and
       (C) services to assist eligible individuals in maintaining 
     employment for not less than 12 months after the completion 
     of employment in contact tracing and related positions, as 
     appropriate.
       (5) Any other activities as described in subsections (a)(3) 
     and (b) of section 134 of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174).
       (g) Limitation.--Notwithstanding section 170(d)(3)(A) of 
     the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3225(d)(3)(A)), a person may be employed in a contact tracing 
     and related positions using funds under this section for a 
     period not greater than 2 years.
       (h) Reporting by the Department of Labor.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days of the enactment 
     of this Act, and once grant funds have been expended under 
     this section, the Secretary shall report to the Committee on 
     Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 
     Senate, and make publicly available a report containing a 
     description of--
       (A) the number of eligible individuals recruited, hired, 
     and trained in contact tracing and related positions;
       (B) the number of individuals successfully transitioned to 
     unsubsidized employment or training at the completion of 
     employment in contact tracing and related positions using 
     funds under this subtitle;
       (C) the number of such individuals who were unemployed 
     prior to being hired, trained, or deployed as described in 
     paragraph (1);
       (D) the performance of each program supported by funds 
     under this subtitle with respect to the indicators of 
     performance under section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141), as applicable;
       (E) the number of individuals in unsubsidized employment 
     within six months and 1 year, respectively, of the conclusion 
     of employment in contact tracing and related positions and, 
     of those, the number of individuals within a State, 
     territorial, or local public health department in an 
     occupation related to public health;
       (F) any information on how eligible entities, local boards, 
     or community-based organizations that received funding under 
     this subsection were able to support the goals of the 
     national system for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, 
     surveillance, containment, and mitigation established under 
     section 30561 of this Act; and
       (G) best practices for improving and increasing the 
     transition of individuals employed in contract tracing and 
     related positions to unsubsidized employment.
       (2) Disaggregation.--All data reported under paragraph (1) 
     shall be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, sex, age, and, 
     with respect to individuals with barriers to employment, 
     subpopulation of such individuals, except for when the number 
     of participants in a category is insufficient to yield 
     statistically reliable information or when the results would 
     reveal personally identifiable information about an 
     individual participant.
       (i) Special Rule.--Any funds used for programs under this 
     section that are used to fund an apprenticeship or 
     apprenticeship program shall only be used for, or provided 
     to, an apprenticeship or apprenticeship program that meets 
     the definition of such term subsection (a) of this section, 
     including any funds awarded for the purposes of grants, 
     contracts, or cooperative agreements, or the development, 
     implementation, or administration, of an apprenticeship or an 
     apprenticeship program.
       (j) Information Sharing Requirement for HHS.--The Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of 
     the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall provide 
     the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Assistant 
     Secretary of the Employment and Training Administration, with 
     information on grants under section 30562, including--
       (1) the formula used to award such grants to State, local, 
     Tribal, and territorial health departments;
       (2) the dollar amounts of and scope of the work funded 
     under such grants;
       (3) the geographic areas served by eligible entities that 
     receive such grants; and
       (4) the number of contact tracers and related positions to 
     be hired using such grants.
       (k) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the amounts 
     appropriated to carry out this subtitle, $500,000,000 shall 
     be used by the Secretary of Labor to carry out subsections 
     (a) through (h) of this section.

     SEC. 30567. APPLICATION OF THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT TO 
                   CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.

       Contracts and grants which include contact tracing as part 
     of the scope of work and that are awarded under this subtitle 
     shall require that contract tracers and related positions are 
     paid not less than the prevailing wage and fringe rates 
     required under chapter 67 of title 41, United States Code 
     (commonly known as the ``Service Contract Act'') for the area 
     in which the work is performed. To the extent that a 
     nonstandard wage determination is required to establish a 
     prevailing wage for contact tracers and related positions for 
     purposes of this subtitle, the Secretary of Labor shall issue 
     such determination not later than 14 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, based on a job description used by the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and contractors or 
     grantees performing contact tracing for State public health 
     agencies.

     SEC. 30568. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       To carry out this subtitle, there are authorized to be 
     appropriated $75,000,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

 Subtitle E--Demographic Data and Supply Reporting Related to COVID-19

     SEC. 30571. COVID-19 REPORTING PORTAL.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 15 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and 
     maintain an online portal for use by eligible health care 
     entities to track and transmit data regarding their personal 
     protective equipment and medical supply inventory and 
     capacity related to COVID-19.
       (b) Eligible Health Care Entities.--In this section, the 
     term ``eligible health care entity'' means a licensed acute 
     care hospital, hospital system, or long-term care facility 
     with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
       (c) Submission.--An eligible health care entity shall 
     report using the portal under this section on a biweekly 
     basis in order to assist the Secretary in tracking usage and 
     need of COVID-related supplies and personnel in a regular and 
     real-time manner.
       (d) Included Information.--The Secretary shall design the 
     portal under this section to include information on personal 
     protective equipment and medical supply inventory and 
     capacity related to COVID-19, including with respect to the 
     following:
       (1) Personal protective equipment.--Total personal 
     protective equipment inventory, including, in units, the 
     numbers of N95 masks and authorized equivalent respirator 
     masks, surgical masks, exam gloves, face shields, isolation 
     gowns, and coveralls.
       (2) Medical supply.--
       (A) Total ventilator inventory, including, in units, the 
     number of universal, adult, pediatric, and infant 
     ventilators.
       (B) Total diagnostic and serological test inventory, 
     including, in units, the number of test platforms, tests, 
     test kits, reagents, transport media, swabs, and other 
     materials or supplies determined necessary by the Secretary.
       (3) Capacity.--
       (A) Case count measurements, including confirmed positive 
     cases and persons under investigation.
       (B) Total number of staffed beds, including medical 
     surgical beds, intensive care beds, and critical care beds.
       (C) Available beds, including medical surgical beds, 
     intensive care beds, and critical care beds.
       (D) Total number of COVID-19 patients currently utilizing a 
     ventilator.
       (E) Average number of days a COVID-19 patient is utilizing 
     a ventilator.
       (F) Total number of additionally needed professionals in 
     each of the following categories: intensivists, critical care 
     physicians, respiratory therapists, registered nurses, 
     certified registered nurse anesthetists, and laboratory 
     personnel.
       (G) Total number of hospital personnel currently not 
     working due to self-isolation following a known or presumed 
     COVID-19 exposure.
       (e) Access to Information Related to Inventory and 
     Capacity.--The Secretary shall ensure that relevant agencies 
     and officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and 
     Response, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, have 
     access to information related to inventory and capacity 
     submitted under this section.
       (f) Weekly Report to Congress.--On a weekly basis, the 
     Secretary shall transmit information related to inventory and 
     capacity submitted under this section to the appropriate 
     committees of the House and Senate.

     SEC. 30572. REGULAR CDC REPORTING ON DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.

       Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary, in coordination

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     with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, shall amend the reporting under the heading 
     ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the 
     Secretary--Public Health and Social Service Emergency Fund'' 
     in title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection Program 
     and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 
     Stat. 620, 626) on the demographic characteristics, including 
     race, ethnicity, age, sex, gender, geographic region, and 
     other relevant factors of individuals tested for or diagnosed 
     with COVID-19, to include--
       (1) providing technical assistance to State, local, and 
     territorial health departments to improve the collection and 
     reporting of such demographic data;
       (2) if such data is not so collected or reported, the 
     reason why the State, local, or territorial department of 
     health has not been able to collect or provide such 
     information; and
       (3) making a copy of such report available publicly on the 
     website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

     SEC. 30573. FEDERAL MODERNIZATION FOR HEALTH INEQUITIES DATA.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall work with covered 
     agencies to support the modernization of data collection 
     methods and infrastructure at such agencies for the purpose 
     of increasing data collection related to health inequities, 
     such as racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, sex, gender, and 
     disability disparities.
       (b) Covered Agency Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered agency'' means each of the following Federal 
     agencies:
       (1) The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
       (2) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
       (3) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
       (4) The Food and Drug Administration.
       (5) The Office of the National Coordinator for Health 
     Information Technology.
       (6) The National Institutes of Health.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to each covered agency to carry out this 
     section $4,000,000, to remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30574. MODERNIZATION OF STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH 
                   INEQUITIES DATA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the 
     Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
     shall award grants to State, local, and territorial health 
     departments in order to support the modernization of data 
     collection methods and infrastructure for the purposes of 
     increasing data related to health inequities, such as racial, 
     ethnic, socioeconomic, sex, gender, and disability 
     disparities. The Secretary shall--
       (1) provide guidance, technical assistance, and information 
     to grantees under this section on best practices regarding 
     culturally competent, accurate, and increased data collection 
     and transmission; and
       (2) track performance of grantees under this section to 
     help improve their health inequities data collection by 
     identifying gaps and taking effective steps to support 
     States, localities, and territories in addressing the gaps.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which 
     the first grant is awarded under this section, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate an initial report 
     detailing--
       (1) nationwide best practices for ensuring States and 
     localities collect and transmit health inequities data;
       (2) nationwide trends which hinder the collection and 
     transmission of health inequities data;
       (3) Federal best practices for working with States and 
     localities to ensure culturally competent, accurate, and 
     increased data collection and transmission; and
       (4) any recommended changes to legislative or regulatory 
     authority to help improve and increase health inequities data 
     collection.
       (c) Final Report.--Not later than December 31, 2023, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) update and finalize the initial report under subsection 
     (b); and
       (2) submit such final report to the committees specified in 
     such subsection.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30575. TRIBAL FUNDING TO RESEARCH HEALTH INEQUITIES 
                   INCLUDING COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Indian Health 
     Service, in coordination with Tribal Epidemiology Centers and 
     other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall conduct or 
     support research and field studies for the purposes of 
     improved understanding of Tribal health inequities among 
     American Indians and Alaska Natives, including with respect 
     to--
       (1) disparities related to COVID-19;
       (2) public health surveillance and infrastructure regarding 
     unmet needs in Indian country and Urban Indian communities;
       (3) population-based health disparities;
       (4) barriers to health care services;
       (5) the impact of socioeconomic status; and
       (6) factors contributing to Tribal health inequities.
       (b) Consultation, Confer, and Coordination.--In carrying 
     out this section, the Director of the Indian Health Service 
     shall--
       (1) consult with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations;
       (2) confer with Urban Indian organizations; and
       (3) coordinate with the Director of the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention and the Director of the National 
     Institutes of Health.
       (c) Process.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Indian Health 
     Service shall establish a nationally representative panel to 
     establish processes and procedures for the research and field 
     studies conducted or supported under subsection (a). The 
     Director shall ensure that, at a minimum, the panel consists 
     of the following individuals:
       (1) Elected Tribal leaders or their designees.
       (2) Tribal public health practitioners and experts from the 
     national and regional levels.
       (d) Duties.--The panel established under subsection (c) 
     shall, at a minimum--
       (1) advise the Director of the Indian Health Service on the 
     processes and procedures regarding the design, 
     implementation, and evaluation of, and reporting on, research 
     and field studies conducted or supported under this section;
       (2) develop and share resources on Tribal public health 
     data surveillance and reporting, including best practices; 
     and
       (3) carry out such other activities as may be appropriate 
     to establish processes and procedures for the research and 
     field studies conducted or supported under subsection (a).
       (e) Report.--Not later than 1 year after expending all 
     funds made available to carry out this section, the Director 
     of the Indian Health Service, in coordination with the panel 
     established under subsection (c), shall submit an initial 
     report on the results of the research and field studies under 
     this section to--
       (1) the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee 
     on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate.
       (f) Tribal Data Sovereignty.--The Director of the Indian 
     Health Service shall ensure that all research and field 
     studies conducted or supported under this section are 
     tribally-directed and carried out in a manner which ensures 
     Tribal-direction of all data collected under this section--
       (1) according to Tribal best practices regarding research 
     design and implementation, including by ensuring the consent 
     of the Tribes involved to public reporting of Tribal data;
       (2) according to all relevant and applicable Tribal, 
     professional, institutional, and Federal standards for 
     conducting research and governing research ethics;
       (3) with the prior and informed consent of any Indian Tribe 
     participating in the research or sharing data for use under 
     this section; and
       (4) in a manner that respects the inherent sovereignty of 
     Indian Tribes, including Tribal governance of data and 
     research.
       (g) Final Report.--Not later than December 31, 2023, the 
     Director of the Indian Health Service shall--
       (1) update and finalize the initial report under subsection 
     (e); and
       (2) submit such final report to the committees specified in 
     such subsection.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The terms ``Indian Tribe'' and ``Tribal organization'' 
     have the meanings given to such terms in section 4 of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 5304).
       (2) The term ``Urban Indian organization'' has the meaning 
     given to such term in section 4 of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603).
       (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30576. CDC FIELD STUDIES PERTAINING TO SPECIFIC HEALTH 
                   INEQUITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in collaboration 
     with State, local, and territorial health departments, shall 
     complete (by the reporting deadline in subsection (b)) field 
     studies to better understand health inequities that are not 
     currently tracked by the Secretary. Such studies shall 
     include an analysis of--
       (1) the impact of socioeconomic status on health care 
     access and disease outcomes, including COVID-19 outcomes;
       (2) the impact of disability status on health care access 
     and disease outcomes, including COVID-19 outcomes;
       (3) the impact of language preference on health care access 
     and disease outcomes, including COVID-19 outcomes;
       (4) factors contributing to disparities in health outcomes 
     for the COVID-19 pandemic; and
       (5) other topics related to disparities in health outcomes 
     for the COVID-19 pandemic, as determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2021, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
     Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate an 
     initial report on the results of the field studies under this 
     section.
       (c) Final Report.--Not later than December 31, 2023, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) update and finalize the initial report under subsection 
     (b); and
       (2) submit such final report to the committees specified in 
     such subsection.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30577. ADDITIONAL REPORTING TO CONGRESS ON THE RACE AND 
                   ETHNICITY RATES OF COVID-19 TESTING, 
                   HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND MORTALITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than August 1, 2020, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations and 
     the Committee on

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     Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate an initial 
     report--
       (1) describing the testing, positive diagnoses, 
     hospitalization, intensive care admissions, and mortality 
     rates associated with COVID-19, disaggregated by race, 
     ethnicity, age, sex, gender, geographic region, and other 
     relevant factors as determined by the Secretary;
       (2) including an analysis of any variances of testing, 
     positive diagnoses, hospitalizations, and deaths by 
     demographic characteristics; and
       (3) including proposals for evidenced-based response 
     strategies to reduce disparities related to COVID-19.
       (b) Final Report.--Not later than December 31, 2024, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) update and finalize the initial report under subsection 
     (a); and
       (2) submit such final report to the committees specified in 
     such subsection.
       (c) Coordination.--In preparing the report submitted under 
     this section, the Secretary shall take into account and 
     otherwise coordinate such report with reporting required 
     under section 30572 and under the heading ``Department of 
     Health and Human Services--Office of the Secretary--Public 
     Health and Social Service Emergency Fund'' in title I of 
     division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139; 134 Stat. 620, 626).

                       Subtitle F--Miscellaneous

     SEC. 30581. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO AMENDMENTS MADE BY CARES 
                   ACT.

       (a) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
     as if included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136).
       (b) Section 3112 of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking the comma before 
     ``or a permanent'';
       (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``and subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B)'' and inserting ``as subparagraphs (A) and (B)''; 
     and
       (3) in subsection (e), by striking ``Drug, Cosmetic Act'' 
     and inserting ``Drug, and Cosmetic Act''.
       (c) Section 6001(a)(1)(D) of division F of the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127), as 
     amended by section 3201 of division A of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136), is amended by striking ``other test 
     that''.
       (d) Subsection (k)(9) of section 543 of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd-2), as added by section 3221(d) 
     of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), is 
     amended by striking ``unprotected health information'' and 
     inserting ``unsecured protected health information''.
       (e) Section 3401(2)(D) of division A of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136), is amended by striking ``Not Later 
     than'' and inserting ``Not later than''.
       (f) Section 831(f) of the Public Health Service Act, as 
     redesignated by section 3404(a)(6)(E) and amended by section 
     3404(a)(6)(G) of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136), is amended by striking ``a health care facility, or a 
     partnership of such a school and facility''.
       (g) Section 846(i) of the Public Health Service Act, as 
     amended by section 3404(i)(8)(C) of division A of the CARES 
     Act (Public Law 116-136), is amended by striking ``871(b),,'' 
     and inserting ``871(b),''.
       (h) Section 3606(a)(1)(A) of division A of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking ``In general'' 
     and inserting ``In general''.
       (i) Section 3856(b)(1) of division A of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) In general.--Section 905(b)(4) of the FDA 
     Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Public Law 115-52) is amended by 
     striking `Section 744H(e)(2)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379j-52(e)(2)(B))' and inserting 
     `Section 744H(f)(2)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act, as redesignated by section 403(c)(1) of this 
     Act,'.''.

                   TITLE W--PUBLIC HEALTH ASSISTANCE

         Subtitle A--Assistance to Providers and Health System

     SEC. 30611. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER RELIEF FUND.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 7 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the 
     Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, shall establish a program under which the 
     Secretary shall reimburse, through grants or other 
     mechanisms, eligible health care providers for eligible 
     expenses or lost revenues occurring during calendar quarters 
     beginning on or after January 1, 2020, to prevent, prepare 
     for, and respond to COVID-19, in an amount calculated under 
     subsection (c).
       (b) Quarterly Basis.--
       (1) Submission of applications.--The Secretary shall give 
     applicants a period of 7 calendar days after the close of a 
     quarter to submit applications under this section with 
     respect to such quarter, except that the Secretary shall give 
     applicants a period of 7 calendar days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act to submit applications with respect to 
     the quarter beginning on January 1, 2020, if the applicant 
     has not previously submitted an application with the respect 
     to such quarter.
       (2) Review and payment.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) review applications and make awards of reimbursement 
     under this section on a quarterly basis; and
       (B) award the reimbursements under this section for a 
     quarter not later than 14 calendar days after the close of 
     the quarter, except that the Secretary shall award the 
     reimbursements under this section for the quarter beginning 
     on January 1, 2020, not later than 14 calendar days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       (c) Calculation.--
       (1) In general.--The amount of the reimbursement to an 
     eligible health care provider under this section with respect 
     to a calendar quarter shall equal--
       (A) the sum of--
       (i) 100 percent of the eligible expenses, as described in 
     subsection (d), of the provider during the quarter; and
       (ii) subject to paragraph (3), 60 percent of the lost 
     revenues, as described in subsection (e), of the provider 
     during the quarter; less
       (B) any funds that are--
       (i) received by the provider during the quarter pursuant to 
     the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123), the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127), the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), or the Paycheck Protection 
     Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139); 
     and
       (ii) not required to be repaid.
       (2) Carryover.--If the amount determined under paragraph 
     (1)(B) for a calendar quarter with respect to an eligible 
     health care provider exceeds the amount determined under 
     paragraph (1)(A) with respect to such provider and quarter, 
     the amount of such difference shall be applied in making the 
     calculation under this subsection, over each subsequent 
     calendar quarter for which the eligible health care provider 
     seeks reimbursement under this section.
       (3) Lost revenue limitation.--If the amount determined 
     under subsection (e) with respect to the lost revenue of an 
     eligible health care provider for a calendar quarter does not 
     exceed an amount that equals 10 percent of the net patient 
     revenue (as defined in such subsection) of the provider for 
     the corresponding quarter in 2019, the addend under paragraph 
     (1)(A)(ii), in making the calculation under paragraph (1), is 
     deemed to be zero.
       (d) Eligible Expenses.--Subject to subsection (h)(1), 
     expenses eligible for reimbursement under this section 
     include expenses for--
       (1) building or construction of temporary structures;
       (2) leasing of properties;
       (3) medical supplies and equipment including personal 
     protective equipment;
       (4) in vitro diagnostic tests, serological tests, or 
     testing supplies;
       (5) increased workforce and trainings;
       (6) emergency operation centers;
       (7) construction or retrofitting of facilities;
       (8) mobile testing units;
       (9) surge capacity;
       (10) retention of workforce; and
       (11) such other items and services as the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate, in consultation with relevant 
     stakeholders.
       (e) Lost Revenues.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to subsection (h)(1), for purposes 
     of subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii), the lost revenues of an eligible 
     health care provider, with respect to the calendar quarter 
     involved, shall be equal to--
       (A) net patient revenue of the provider for the 
     corresponding quarter in 2019 minus net patient revenue of 
     the provider for such quarter; less
       (B) the savings of the provider during the calendar quarter 
     involved attributable to foregone wages, payroll taxes, and 
     benefits of personnel who were furloughed or laid off by the 
     provider during that quarter.
       (2) Net patient revenue defined.--For purposes of paragraph 
     (1)(A), the term ``net patient revenue'', with respect to an 
     eligible health care provider and a calendar quarter, means 
     the sum of--
       (A) 200 percent of the total amount of reimbursement 
     received by the provider during the quarter for all items and 
     services furnished under a State plan or a waiver of a State 
     plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396 et seq.);
       (B) 125 percent of the total amount of reimbursement 
     received by the provider during the quarter for all items and 
     services furnished under title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); and
       (C) 100 percent of the total amount of reimbursement not 
     described in subparagraph (A) or (B) received by the provider 
     during the quarter for all items and services.
       (f) Insufficient Funds for a Quarter.--If there are 
     insufficient funds made available to reimburse all eligible 
     health care providers for all eligible expenses and lost 
     revenues for a quarter in accordance with this section, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) prioritize reimbursement of eligible expenses; and
       (2) using the entirety of the remaining funds, uniformly 
     reduce the percentage of lost revenues otherwise applicable 
     under subsection (c)(1)(A)(ii) to the extent necessary to 
     reimburse a portion of the lost revenues of all eligible 
     health care providers applying for reimbursement.
       (g) Application.--A health care provider seeking 
     reimbursement under this section for a calendar quarter shall 
     submit to the Secretary an application that--
       (1) provides documentation demonstrating that the health 
     care provider is an eligible health care provider;
       (2) includes a valid tax identification number of the 
     health care provider or, if the health care provider does not 
     have a valid tax identification number, an employer 
     identification number or such other identification number as 
     the Secretary may accept or may assign;
       (3) attests to the eligible expenses and lost revenues of 
     the health care provider, as described in subsection (d), 
     occurring during the calendar quarter;
       (4) includes an itemized listing of each such eligible 
     expense, including expenses incurred in providing 
     uncompensated care;

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       (5) for purposes of subsection (c)(3), attests to whether 
     the amount determined under subsection (e) with respect to 
     the lost revenue of an eligible health care provider for a 
     calendar quarter exceeds an amount that equals 10 percent of 
     the net patient revenue (as defined in such subsection) of 
     the provider for the corresponding quarter in 2019;
       (6) includes projections of the eligible expenses and lost 
     revenues of the health care provider, as described in 
     subsection (c), for the calendar quarter that immediately 
     follows the calendar quarter for which reimbursement is 
     sought; and
       (7) indicates the dollar amounts described in each of 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) of subsection (e)(1) and 
     subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of subsection (e)(2) for the 
     calendar quarter and any other information the Secretary 
     determines necessary to determine expenses and lost revenue 
     related to COVID-19.
       (h) Limitations.--
       (1) No duplicative reimbursement.--The Secretary may not 
     provide, and a health care provider may not accept, 
     reimbursement under this section for expenses or losses with 
     respect to which--
       (A) the eligible health care provider is reimbursed from 
     other sources; or
       (B) other sources are obligated to reimburse the provider.
       (2) No executive compensation.--Reimbursement for eligible 
     expenses (as described in subsection (d)) and lost revenues 
     (as described in subsection (e)) shall not include 
     compensation or benefits, including salary, bonuses, awards 
     of stock, or other financial benefits, for an officer or 
     employee described in section 4004(a)(2) of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136).
       (i) No Balance Billing as Condition of Receipt of Funds.--
       (1) Protecting individuals enrolled in health plans.--As a 
     condition of receipt of reimbursement under this section, a 
     health care provider, in the case such provider furnishes 
     during the emergency period described in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g)(1)(B)) (whether before, on, or after, the date on which 
     the provider submits an application under this section) a 
     medically necessary item or service described in subparagraph 
     (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (3) to an individual who is 
     described in such subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), 
     respectively, and enrolled in a group health plan or group or 
     individual health insurance coverage offered by a health 
     insurance issuer (including grandfathered health plans as 
     defined in section 1251(e) of the Patient Protection and 
     Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18011(e)) and such provider is 
     a nonparticipating provider with respect to such plan or 
     coverage and such plan or coverage and such items and 
     services would otherwise be covered under such plan if 
     furnished by a participating provider--
       (A) may not bill or otherwise hold liable such individual 
     for a payment amount for such item or service that is more 
     than the cost-sharing amount that would apply under such plan 
     or coverage for such item or service if such provider 
     furnishing such service were a participating provider with 
     respect to such plan or coverage;
       (B) shall reimburse such individual in a timely manner for 
     any amount for such item or service paid by the individual to 
     such provider in excess of such cost-sharing amount;
       (C) shall submit any claim for such item or service 
     directly to the plan or coverage; and
       (D) shall not bill the individual for such cost-sharing 
     amount until such individual is informed by the plan or 
     coverage of the required payment amount.
       (2) Protecting uninsured individuals.--As a condition of 
     receipt of reimbursement under this section, a health care 
     provider, in the case such reimbursement is with respect to 
     expenses incurred in providing uncompensated care (as 
     described in subsection (g)(4)) with respect to a medically 
     necessary item or service described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
     or (C) of paragraph (3) furnished during such emergency 
     period (whether before, on, or after, the date on which the 
     provider submits an application under this section) by the 
     provider to an individual who is described in such 
     subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), respectively--
       (A) shall consider such reimbursement as payment in full 
     with respect to such item or service so furnished to such 
     individual;
       (B) may not bill or otherwise hold liable such individual 
     for any payment for such item or service so furnished to such 
     individual; and
       (C) shall reimburse such individual in a timely manner for 
     any amount for such item or service paid by the individual to 
     such provider.
       (3) Medically necessary items and services described.--For 
     purposes of this subsection, medically necessary items and 
     services described in this paragraph are--
       (A) medically necessary items and services (including in-
     person or telehealth visits in which such items and services 
     are furnished) that are furnished to an individual who has 
     been diagnosed with (or after provision of the items and 
     services is diagnosed with) COVID-19 to treat or mitigate the 
     effects of COVID-19;
       (B) medically necessary items and services (including in-
     person or telehealth visits in which such items and services 
     are furnished) that are furnished to an individual who is 
     presumed, in accordance with paragraph (4), to have COVID-19 
     but is never diagnosed as such; and
       (C) a diagnostic test (and administration of such test) as 
     described in section 6001(a) of division F of the Families 
     First Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5 note) 
     administered to an individual.
       (4) Presumptive case of covid-19.--For purposes of 
     paragraph (3)(B), an individual shall be presumed to have 
     COVID-19 if the medical record documentation of the 
     individual supports a diagnosis of COVID-19, even if the 
     individual does not have a positive in vitro diagnostic test 
     result in the medical record of the individual.
       (5) Penalty.--In the case of an eligible health care 
     provider that is paid a reimbursement under this section and 
     that is in violation of paragraph (1) or (2), in addition to 
     any other penalties that may be prescribed by law, the 
     Secretary may recoup from such provider up to the full amount 
     of reimbursement the provider receives under this section.
       (6) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Nonparticipating provider.--The term ``nonparticipating 
     provider'' means, with respect to an item or service and 
     group health plan or group or individual health insurance 
     coverage offered by a health insurance issuer, a health care 
     provider that does not have a contractual relationship 
     directly or indirectly with the plan or issuer, respectively, 
     for furnishing such an item or service under the plan or 
     coverage.
       (B) Participating provider.--The term ``participating 
     provider'' means, with respect to an item or service and 
     group health plan or group or individual health insurance 
     coverage offered by a health insurance issuer, a health care 
     provider that has a contractual relationship directly or 
     indirectly with the plan or issuer, respectively, for 
     furnishing such an item or service under the plan or 
     coverage.
       (C) Group health plan, health insurance coverage.--The 
     terms ``group health plan'', ``health insurance issuer'', 
     ``group health insurance coverage'', and ``individual health 
     insurance coverage'' shall have the meanings given such terms 
     under section 2791 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300gg-91).
       (j) Reports.--
       (1) Award information.--In making awards under this 
     section, the Secretary shall post in a searchable, electronic 
     format, a list of all recipients and awards pursuant to 
     funding authorized under this section.
       (2) Reports by recipients.--Each recipient of an award 
     under this section shall, as a condition on receipt of such 
     award, submit reports and maintain documentation, in such 
     form, at such time, and containing such information, as the 
     Secretary determines is needed to ensure compliance with this 
     section.
       (3) Public listing of awards.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) not later than 7 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, post in a searchable, electronic format, a list of 
     all awards made by the Secretary under this section, 
     including the recipients and amounts of such awards; and
       (B) update such list not less than every 7 days until all 
     funds made available to carry out this section are expended.
       (4) Inspector general report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 3 years after final 
     payments are made under this section, the Inspector General 
     of the Department of Health and Human Services shall transmit 
     a final report on audit findings with respect to the program 
     under this section to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor 
     and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph shall 
     be construed as limiting the authority of the Inspector 
     General of the Department of Health and Human Services or the 
     Comptroller General of the United States to conduct audits of 
     interim payments earlier than the deadline described in 
     subparagraph (A).
       (k) Eligible Health Care Provider Defined.--In this 
     section:
       (1) In general.--The term ``eligible health care provider'' 
     means a health care provider described in paragraph (2) that 
     provides diagnostic or testing services or treatment to 
     individuals with a confirmed or possible diagnosis of COVID-
     19.
       (2) Health care providers described.--A health care 
     provider described in this paragraph is any of the following:
       (A) A health care provider enrolled as a participating 
     provider under a State plan approved under title XIX of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (or a waiver of 
     such a plan).
       (B) A provider of services (as defined in subsection (u) of 
     section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x)) or 
     a supplier (as defined in subsection (d) of such section) 
     that is enrolled as a participating provider of services or 
     participating supplier under the Medicare program under title 
     XVIII of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.).
       (C) A public entity.
       (D) Any other entity not described in this paragraph as the 
     Secretary may specify.
       (l) Funding.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated for an additional amount to carry out this 
     section $100,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.
       (2) Health care provider relief fund.--
       (A) Use of appropriated funds.--
       (i) In general.--In addition to amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1), the unobligated 
     balance of all amounts appropriated to the Health Care 
     Provider Relief Fund shall be made available only to carry 
     out this section.
       (ii) Amounts.--For purposes of clause (i), the following 
     amounts are deemed to be appropriated to the Health Care 
     Provider Relief Fund:

       (I) The unobligated balance of the appropriation of 
     $100,000,000,000 in the third paragraph under the heading 
     ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of the 
     Secretary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' 
     in division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
       (II) The unobligated balance of the appropriation under the 
     heading ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of 
     the Secretary--

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     Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'' in 
     division B of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
     Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139).

       (B) Limitation.--Of the unobligated balances described in 
     subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary may not make available 
     more than $10,000,000,000 to reimburse eligible health care 
     providers for expenses incurred in providing uncompensated 
     care.
       (C) Future amounts.--Any appropriation enacted subsequent 
     to the date of enactment of this Act that is made available 
     for reimbursing eligible health care providers as described 
     in subsection (a) shall be made available only to carry out 
     this section.

     SEC. 30612. PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

       Part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subpart:

                ``Subpart XIII--Public Health Workforce

     ``SEC. 340J. LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall establish a program to be known as the Public 
     Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program (referred to in this 
     section as the `Program') to assure an adequate supply of and 
     encourage recruitment of public health professionals to 
     eliminate critical public health workforce shortages in 
     local, State, territorial, and Tribal public health agencies.
       ``(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the 
     Program, an individual shall--
       ``(1)(A) be accepted for enrollment, or be enrolled, as a 
     student in an accredited academic educational institution in 
     a State or territory in the final semester or equivalent of a 
     course of study or program leading to a public health degree, 
     a health professions degree or certificate, or a degree in 
     computer science, information science, information systems, 
     information technology, or statistics and have accepted 
     employment with a local, State, territorial, or Tribal public 
     health agency, or a related training fellowship, as 
     recognized by the Secretary, to commence upon graduation; or
       ``(B)(i) have graduated, during the preceding 10-year 
     period, from an accredited educational institution in a State 
     or territory and received a public health degree, a health 
     professions degree or certificate, or a degree in computer 
     science, information science, information systems, 
     information technology, or statistics; and
       ``(ii) be employed by, or have accepted employment with, a 
     local, State, territorial, or Tribal public health agency or 
     a related training fellowship, as recognized by the 
     Secretary;
       ``(2) be a United States citizen;
       ``(3)(A) submit an application to the Secretary to 
     participate in the Program; and
       ``(B) execute a written contract as required in subsection 
     (c); and
       ``(4) not have received, for the same service, a reduction 
     of loan obligations under section 428K or 428L of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-11, 1078-12).
       ``(c) Contract.--The written contract referred to in 
     subsection (b)(3)(B) between the Secretary and an individual 
     shall contain--
       ``(1) an agreement on the part of the Secretary that the 
     Secretary will repay, on behalf of the individual, loans 
     incurred by the individual in the pursuit of the relevant 
     degree or certificate in accordance with the terms of the 
     contract;
       ``(2) an agreement on the part of the individual that the 
     individual will serve in the full-time employment of a local, 
     State, or Tribal public health agency or a related fellowship 
     program in a position related to the course of study or 
     program for which the contract was awarded for a period of 
     time equal to the greater of--
       ``(A) 2 years; or
       ``(B) such longer period of time as determined appropriate 
     by the Secretary and the individual;
       ``(3) an agreement, as appropriate, on the part of the 
     individual to relocate to a priority service area (as 
     determined by the Secretary) in exchange for an additional 
     loan repayment incentive amount to be determined by the 
     Secretary;
       ``(4) a provision that any financial obligation of the 
     United States arising out of a contract entered into under 
     this section and any obligation of the individual that is 
     conditioned thereon, is contingent on funds being 
     appropriated for loan repayments under this section;
       ``(5) a statement of the damages to which the United States 
     is entitled, under this section for the individual's breach 
     of the contract; and
       ``(6) such other statements of the rights and liabilities 
     of the Secretary and of the individual as the Secretary 
     determines appropriate, not inconsistent with this section.
       ``(d) Payments.--
       ``(1) In general.--A loan repayment provided for an 
     individual under a written contract referred to in subsection 
     (b)(3)(B) shall consist of payment, in accordance with 
     paragraph (2), for the individual toward the outstanding 
     principal and interest on education loans incurred by the 
     individual in the pursuit of the relevant degree in 
     accordance with the terms of the contract.
       ``(2) Equitable distribution.--In awarding contracts under 
     this section, the Secretary shall ensure--
       ``(A) a certain percentage of contracts are awarded to 
     individuals who are not already working in public health 
     departments;
       ``(B) an equitable distribution of funds geographically; 
     and
       ``(C) an equitable distribution among State, local, 
     territorial, and Tribal public health departments.
       ``(3) Payments for years served.--For each year of service 
     that an individual contracts to serve pursuant to subsection 
     (c)(2), the Secretary may pay not more than $35,000 on behalf 
     of the individual for loans described in paragraph (1). With 
     respect to participants under the Program whose total 
     eligible loans are less than $105,000, the Secretary shall 
     pay an amount that does not exceed \1/3\ of the eligible loan 
     balance for each year of such service of such individual.
       ``(4) Tax liability.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, a payment made under this section shall be 
     treated in the same manner as an amount received under 
     section 338B(g) of this Act, as described in section 
     108(f)(4) of such Code.
       ``(e) Postponing Obligated Service.--With respect to an 
     individual receiving a degree or certificate from a health 
     professions or other related school, the date of the 
     initiation of the period of obligated service may be 
     postponed as approved by the Secretary.
       ``(f) Breach of Contract.--An individual who fails to 
     comply with the contract entered into under subsection (c) 
     shall be subject to the same financial penalties as provided 
     for under section 338E of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 254o) for breaches of loan repayment contracts under 
     section 338B of such Act (42 U.S.C. section 254l-1).
       ``(g) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     `full-time' means full-time as such term is used in section 
     455(m)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
       ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section--
       ``(1) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and
       ``(2) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.''.

     SEC. 30613. EXPANDING CAPACITY FOR HEALTH OUTCOMES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, shall award grants to eligible entities to 
     develop and expand the use of technology-enabled 
     collaborative learning and capacity building models to 
     respond to ongoing and real-time learning, health care 
     information sharing, and capacity building needs related to 
     COVID-19.
       (b) Eligible Entities.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
     under this section, an entity shall have experience providing 
     technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity 
     building health care services--
       (1) in rural areas, frontier areas, health professional 
     shortage areas, or medically underserved area; or
       (2) to medically underserved populations or Indian Tribes.
       (c) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity receiving a grant 
     under this section shall use funds received through the 
     grant--
       (1) to advance quality of care in response to COVID-19, 
     with particular emphasis on rural and underserved areas and 
     populations;
       (2) to protect medical personnel and first responders 
     through sharing real-time learning through virtual 
     communities of practice;
       (3) to improve patient outcomes for conditions affected or 
     exacerbated by COVID-19, including improvement of care for 
     patients with complex chronic conditions; and
       (4) to support rapid uptake by health care professionals of 
     emerging best practices and treatment protocols around COVID-
     19.
       (d) Optional Additional Uses of Funds.--An eligible entity 
     receiving a grant under this section may use funds received 
     through the grant for--
       (1) equipment to support the use and expansion of 
     technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity 
     building models, including hardware and software that enables 
     distance learning, health care provider support, and the 
     secure exchange of electronic health information;
       (2) the participation of multidisciplinary expert team 
     members to facilitate and lead technology-enabled 
     collaborative learning sessions, and professionals and staff 
     assisting in the development and execution of technology-
     enabled collaborative learning;
       (3) the development of instructional programming and the 
     training of health care providers and other professionals 
     that provide or assist in the provision of services through 
     technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity 
     building models; and
       (4) other activities consistent with achieving the 
     objectives of the grants awarded under this section.
       (e) Technology-enabled Collaborative Learning and Capacity 
     Building Model Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``technology-enabled collaborative learning and capacity 
     building model'' has the meaning given that term in section 
     2(7) of the Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act 
     (Public Law 114-270; 130 Stat. 1395).
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30614. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS.

       Section 2813 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     300hh-15) is amended by striking ``$11,200,000 for each of 
     fiscal years 2019 through 2023'' and inserting ``$31,200,000 
     for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021 and $11,200,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023''.

     SEC. 30615. GRANTS FOR SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE IN DIVERSE AND 
                   UNDERSERVED AREAS.

       Subpart II of part C of title VII of the Public Health 
     Service Act is amended by inserting after section 749B of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 293m) the following:

     ``SEC. 749C. SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE IN UNDERSERVED AREAS.

       ``(a) Grants.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 
     Administration, may award grants to institutions of higher 
     education (including multiple institutions of higher 
     education applying jointly) for the establishment, 
     improvement, and expansion of an allopathic or osteopathic 
     school of medicine, or a branch campus of an allopathic or 
     osteopathic school of medicine.

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       ``(b) Priority.--In selecting grant recipients under this 
     section, the Secretary shall give priority to institutions of 
     higher education that--
       ``(1) propose to use the grant for an allopathic or 
     osteopathic school of medicine, or a branch campus of an 
     allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine, in a combined 
     statistical area with fewer than 200 actively practicing 
     physicians per 100,000 residents according to the medical 
     board (or boards) of the State (or States) involved;
       ``(2) have a curriculum that emphasizes care for diverse 
     and underserved populations; or
       ``(3) are minority-serving institutions described in the 
     list in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
       ``(c) Use of Funds.--The activities for which a grant under 
     this section may be used include--
       ``(1) planning and constructing--
       ``(A) a new allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine in 
     an area in which no other school is based; or
       ``(B) a branch campus of an allopathic or osteopathic 
     school of medicine in an area in which no such school is 
     based;
       ``(2) accreditation and planning activities for an 
     allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine or branch 
     campus;
       ``(3) hiring faculty and other staff to serve at an 
     allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine or branch 
     campus;
       ``(4) recruitment and enrollment of students at an 
     allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine or branch 
     campus;
       ``(5) supporting educational programs at an allopathic or 
     osteopathic school of medicine or branch campus;
       ``(6) modernizing infrastructure or curriculum at an 
     existing allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine or 
     branch campus thereof;
       ``(7) expanding infrastructure or curriculum at existing an 
     allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine or branch 
     campus; and
       ``(8) other activities that the Secretary determines 
     further the development, improvement, and expansion of an 
     allopathic or osteopathic school of medicine or branch campus 
     thereof.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `branch campus' means a geographically 
     separate site at least 100 miles from the main campus of a 
     school of medicine where at least one student completes at 
     least 60 percent of the student's training leading to a 
     degree of doctor of medicine.
       ``(2) The term `institution of higher education' has the 
     meaning given to such term in section 101(a) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965.
       ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
     $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.''.

     SEC. 30616. GAO STUDY ON PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a study on the public health workforce 
     in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.
       (b) Topics.--The study under subsection (a) shall address--
       (1) existing gaps in the Federal, State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial public health workforce, including--
       (A) epidemiological and disease intervention specialists 
     needed during the pandemic for contact tracing, laboratory 
     technicians necessary for testing, community health workers 
     for community supports and services, and other staff 
     necessary for contact tracing, testing, or surveillance 
     activities; and
       (B) other personnel needed during the COVID-19 pandemic;
       (2) challenges associated with the hiring, recruitment, and 
     retention of the Federal, State, local, Tribal, and 
     territorial public health workforce; and
       (3) recommended steps the Federal Government should take to 
     improve hiring, recruitment, and retention of the public 
     health workforce.
       (c) Report.--Not later than December 1, 2021, the 
     Comptroller General shall submit to the Congress a report on 
     the findings of the study conducted under this section.

     SEC. 30617. LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON 
                   RECOVERED PATIENTS.

       Part A of title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 404O. LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON 
                   RECOVERED PATIENTS.

       ``(a) In General.--The Director of NIH, in consultation 
     with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, shall conduct a longitudinal study, over not less 
     than 10 years, on the full impact of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 
     on infected individuals, including both short-term and long-
     term health impacts.
       ``(b) Timing.--The Director of NIH shall begin enrolling 
     patients in the study under this section not later than 6 
     months after the date of enactment of this section.
       ``(c) Requirements.--The study under this section shall--
       ``(1) be nationwide;
       ``(2) include diversity of enrollees to account for gender, 
     age, race, ethnicity, geography, comorbidities, and 
     underrepresented populations, including pregnant and 
     lactating women;
       ``(3) study individuals with COVID-19 who experienced mild 
     symptoms, such individuals who experienced moderate symptoms, 
     and such individuals who experienced severe symptoms;
       ``(4) monitor the health outcomes and symptoms of 
     individuals with COVID-19, or who had prenatal exposure to 
     SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, including lung capacity and function, 
     and immune response, taking into account any pharmaceutical 
     interventions such individuals may have received;
       ``(5) monitor the mental health outcomes of individuals 
     with COVID-19, taking into account any interventions that 
     affected mental health; and
       ``(6) monitor individuals enrolled in the study not less 
     frequently than twice per year after the first year of the 
     individual's infection with SARS-CoV-2.
       ``(d) Public-private Research Network.--For purposes of 
     carrying out the study under this section, the Director of 
     NIH may develop a network of public-private research 
     partners, provided that all research, including the research 
     carried out through any such partner, is available publicly.
       ``(e) Summaries of Findings.--The Director of NIH shall 
     make public a summary of findings under this section not less 
     frequently than once every 3 months for the first 2 years of 
     the study, and not less frequently than every 6 months 
     thereafter. Such summaries may include information about how 
     the findings of the study under this section compare with 
     findings from research conducted abroad.
       ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended.''.

     SEC. 30618. RESEARCH ON THE MENTAL HEALTH IMPACT OF COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Director 
     of the National Institute of Mental Health, shall conduct or 
     support research on the mental health consequences of SARS-
     CoV-2 or COVID-19.
       (b) Use of Funds.--Research under subsection (a) may 
     include the following:
       (1) Research on the mental health impact of SARS-CoV-2 or 
     COVID-19 on health care providers, including--
       (A) traumatic stress;
       (B) psychological distress; and
       (C) psychiatric disorders.
       (2) Research on the impact of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 
     stressors on mental health over time.
       (3) Research to strengthen the mental health response to 
     SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, including adapting to and maintaining 
     or providing additional services for new or increasing mental 
     health needs.
       (4) Research on the reach, efficiency, effectiveness, and 
     quality of digital mental health interventions.
       (5) Research on effectiveness of strategies for 
     implementation and delivery of evidence-based mental health 
     interventions and services for underserved populations.
       (6) Research on suicide prevention.
       (c) Research Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate 
     activities under this section with similar activities 
     conducted by national research institutes and centers of the 
     National Institutes of Health to the extent that such 
     institutes and centers have responsibilities that are related 
     to the mental health consequences of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there is authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30619. EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE 
                   TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.

       Subpart 3 of part B of title V of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-31 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
     after section 520A (42 U.S.C. 290bb-32) the following:

     ``SEC. 520B. EMERGENCY MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE 
                   TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER.

       ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Assistant Secretary, shall establish or operate a center to 
     be known as the Emergency Mental Health and Substance Use 
     Training and Technical Assistance Center (referred to in this 
     section as the `Center') to provide technical assistance and 
     support--
       ``(1) to public or nonprofit entities seeking to establish 
     or expand access to mental health and substance use 
     prevention, treatment, and recovery support services, and 
     increase awareness of such services; and
       ``(2) to public health professionals, health care 
     professionals and support staff, essential workers (as 
     defined by a State, Tribe, locality, or territory), and 
     members of the public to address the trauma, stress, and 
     mental health needs associated with an emergency period.
       ``(b) Assistance and Support.--The assistance and support 
     provided under subsection (a) shall include assistance and 
     support with respect to--
       ``(1) training on identifying signs of trauma, stress, and 
     mental health needs;
       ``(2) providing accessible resources to assist individuals 
     and families experiencing trauma, stress, or other mental 
     health needs during and after an emergency period;
       ``(3) providing resources for substance use disorder 
     prevention, treatment, and recovery designed to assist 
     individuals and families during and after an emergency 
     period;
       ``(4) the provision of language access services, including 
     translation services, interpretation, or other such services 
     for individuals with limited English speaking proficiency or 
     people with disabilities; and
       ``(5) evaluation and improvement, as necessary, of the 
     effectiveness of such services provided by public or 
     nonprofit entities.
       ``(c) Best Practices.--The Center shall periodically issue 
     best practices for use by organizations seeking to provide 
     mental health services or substance use disorder prevention, 
     treatment, or recovery services to individuals during and 
     after an emergency period.
       ``(d) Emergency Period.--In this section, the term 
     `emergency period' has the meaning given such term in section 
     1135(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act.
       ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021.''.

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     SEC. 30620. IMPORTANCE OF THE BLOOD AND PLASMA SUPPLY.

       (a) In General.--Section 3226 of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading after ``blood'' by inserting 
     ``and plasma''; and
       (2) by inserting after ``blood'' each time it appears ``and 
     plasma''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The item relating to section 
     3226 in the table of contents in section 2 of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 3226. Importance of the blood and plasma supply.''.

          Subtitle B--Assistance for Individuals and Families

     SEC. 30631. REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL HEALTH SERVICES 
                   RELATING TO CORONAVIRUS.

       Title V of division A of the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act (Public Law 116-127) is amended under the 
     heading ``Department of Health and Human Services--Office of 
     the Secretary--Public Health and Social Services Emergency 
     Fund'' by inserting ``, or treatment related to SARS-CoV-2 or 
     COVID-19 for uninsured individuals'' after ``or visits 
     described in paragraph (2) of such section for uninsured 
     individuals''.

     SEC. 30632. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION COVID-
                   19 RESPONSE LINE.

       (a) In General.--During the public health emergency 
     declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 
     2020 with respect to COVID-19, the Secretary, acting through 
     the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, shall maintain a toll-free telephone number to 
     address public health queries, including questions concerning 
     COVID-19.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30633. GRANTS TO ADDRESS SUBSTANCE USE DURING COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--The Assistant Secretary for Mental Health 
     and Substance Use of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services (in this section referred to as the ``Assistant 
     Secretary''), in consultation with the Director of the 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall award 
     grants to States, political subdivisions of States, Tribes, 
     Tribal organizations, and community-based entities to address 
     the harms of drug misuse, including by--
       (1) preventing and controlling the spread of infectious 
     diseases, such as HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis, and the 
     consequences of such diseases for individuals with substance 
     use disorder;
       (2) connecting individuals at risk for or with a substance 
     use disorder to overdose education, counseling, and health 
     education; or
       (3) encouraging such individuals to take steps to reduce 
     the negative personal and public health impacts of substance 
     use or misuse during the emergency period.
       (b) Considerations.--In awarding grants under this section, 
     the Assistant Secretary shall prioritize grants to applicants 
     proposing to serve areas with--
       (1) a high proportion of people who meet criteria for 
     dependence on or abuse of illicit drugs who have not received 
     any treatment;
       (2) high drug overdose death rates;
       (3) high telemedicine infrastructure needs; and
       (4) high behavioral health and substance use disorder 
     workforce needs.
       (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``emergency 
     period'' has the meaning given to such term in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g)(1)(B))).
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

     SEC. 30634. GRANTS TO SUPPORT INCREASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 
                   NEEDS DUE TO COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the 
     Assistant Secretary of Mental Health and Substance Use, shall 
     award grants to States, political subdivisions of States, 
     Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations, community-based 
     entities, and primary care and behavioral health 
     organizations to address behavioral health needs caused by 
     the public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with 
     respect to COVID-19.
       (b) Use of Funds.--An entity that receives a grant under 
     subsection (a) may use funds received through such grant to--
       (1) increase behavioral health treatment and prevention 
     capacity, including to--
       (A) promote coordination among local entities;
       (B) train the behavioral health workforce, relevant 
     stakeholders, and community members;
       (C) upgrade technology to support effective delivery of 
     health care services through telehealth modalities;
       (D) purchase medical supplies and equipment for behavioral 
     health treatment entities and providers;
       (E) address surge capacity for behavioral health needs such 
     as through mobile units; and
       (F) promote collaboration between primary care and mental 
     health providers; and
       (2) support or enhance behavioral health services, 
     including--
       (A) emergency crisis intervention, including mobile crisis 
     units, 24/7 crisis call centers, and medically staffed crisis 
     stabilization programs;
       (B) screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment;
       (C) mental health awareness trainings;
       (D) evidence-based suicide prevention;
       (E) evidence-based integrated care models;
       (F) community recovery supports;
       (G) outreach to underserved and minority communities; and
       (H) for front line health care workers.
       (c) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority to 
     applicants proposing to serve areas with a high number of 
     COVID-19 cases.
       (d) Evaluation.--An entity that receives a grant under this 
     section shall prepare and submit an evaluation to the 
     Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
     information as the Secretary may reasonably require, 
     including--
       (1) an evaluation of activities carried out with funds 
     received through the grant; and
       (2) a process and outcome evaluation.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this 
     section, there is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 
     for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to remain available 
     until expended.

                    Subtitle C--Assistance to Tribes

     SEC. 30641. IMPROVING STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
                   SECURITY.

       Section 319C-1 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d-3a) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by striking ``and local'' and 
     inserting ``, local, and tribal'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end 
     and inserting ``or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(D) be an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or a 
     consortium of Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; and''; 
     and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
     ``, as applicable'' after ``including'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (A)(viii)--

       (I) by inserting ``and Tribal'' after ``with State'';
       (II) by striking ``(as defined in section 8101 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965)'' and 
     inserting ``and Tribal educational agencies (as defined in 
     sections 8101 and 6132, respectively, of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965)''; and
       (III) by inserting ``and Tribal'' after ``and State'';

       (iii) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``and tribal'' and 
     inserting ``Tribal, and urban Indian organization''; and
       (iv) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ``, Indian Tribes, 
     and urban Indian organizations'' after ``public health'';
       (3) in subsection (e), by inserting ``Indian Tribes, Tribal 
     organizations, urban Indian organizations,'' after ``local 
     emergency plans,'';
       (4) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``tribal officials'' 
     and inserting ``Tribal officials'';
       (5) in subsection (h)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(A)--
       (i) by striking ``through 2023'' and inserting ``and 
     2020''; and
       (ii) by inserting before the period ``; and $690,000,000 
     for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 for awards 
     pursuant to paragraph (3) (subject to the authority of the 
     Secretary to make awards pursuant to paragraphs (4) and (5)) 
     and paragraph (8), of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be 
     reserved each fiscal year for awards under paragraph (8)'';
       (B) in subsection (h)(2)(B), by striking ``tribal public'' 
     and inserting ``Tribal public'';
       (C) in the heading of paragraph (3), by inserting ``for 
     states'' after ``amount''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8) Tribal eligible entities.--
       ``(A) Determination of funding amount.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall award at least 10 
     cooperative agreements under this section, in amounts not 
     less than the minimum amount determined under clause (ii), to 
     eligible entities described in subsection (b)(1)(D) that 
     submits to the Secretary an application that meets the 
     criteria of the Secretary for the receipt of such an award 
     and that meets other reasonable implementation conditions 
     established by the Secretary, in consultation with Indian 
     Tribes, for such awards. If the Secretary receives more than 
     10 applications under this section from eligible entities 
     described in subsection (b)(1)(D) that meet the criteria and 
     conditions described in the previous sentence, the Secretary, 
     in consultation with Indian Tribes, may make additional 
     awards under this section to such entities.
       ``(ii) Minimum amount.--In determining the minimum amount 
     of an award pursuant to clause (i), the Secretary, in 
     consultation with Indian Tribes, shall first determine an 
     amount the Secretary considers appropriate for the eligible 
     entity.
       ``(B) Available until expended.--Amounts provided to a 
     Tribal eligible entity under a cooperative agreement under 
     this section for a fiscal year and remaining unobligated at 
     the end of such year shall remain available to such entity 
     during the entirety of the performance period, for the 
     purposes for which said funds were provided.
       ``(C) No matching requirement.--Subparagraphs (B), (C), and 
     (D) of paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
     cooperative agreements awarded under this section to eligible 
     entities described in subsection (b)(1)(D).''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(l) Special Rules Related to Tribal Eligible Entities.--
       ``(1) Modifications.--After consultation with Indian 
     Tribes, the Secretary may make necessary and appropriate 
     modifications to the program under this section to facilitate 
     the use of the cooperative agreement program by eligible 
     entities described in subsection (b)(1)(D).
       ``(2) Waivers.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the Secretary may waive or specify alternative requirements 
     for any provision of this section (including regulations) 
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     the Secretary administers in connection with this section if 
     the Secretary finds that the waiver or alternative 
     requirement is necessary for the effective delivery and 
     administration of this program with respect to eligible 
     entities described in subsection (b)(1)(D).
       ``(B) Exception.--The Secretary may not waive or specify 
     alternative requirements under subparagraph (A) relating to 
     labor standards or the environment.
       ``(3) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with 
     Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations on the design of this 
     program with respect to such Tribes and organizations to 
     ensure the effectiveness of the program in enhancing the 
     security of Indian Tribes with respect to public health 
     emergencies.
       ``(4) Reporting.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this subsection, and as an addendum to the 
     biennial evaluations required under subsection (k), the 
     Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the Indian 
     Health Service, shall--
       ``(i) conduct a review of the implementation of this 
     section with respect to eligible entities described in 
     subsection (b)(1)(D), including any factors that may have 
     limited its success; and
       ``(ii) submit a report describing the results of the review 
     described in clause (i) to--

       ``(I) the Committee on Indian Affairs, the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       ``(II) the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the 
     United States of the Committee on Natural Resources, the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

       ``(B) Analysis of tribal public health emergency 
     infrastructure limitation.--The Secretary shall include in 
     the initial report submitted under subparagraph (A) a 
     description of any public health emergency infrastructure 
     limitation encountered by eligible entities described in 
     subsection (b)(1)(D).''.

     SEC. 30642. PROVISION OF ITEMS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) Strategic National Stockpile.--Section 319F-2(a)(3)(G) 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)(3)(G)) 
     is amended by inserting ``, and, in the case that the 
     Secretary deploys the stockpile under this subparagraph, 
     ensure, in coordination with the applicable States and 
     programs and facilities, that appropriate drugs, vaccines and 
     other biological products, medical devices, and other 
     supplies are deployed by the Secretary directly to health 
     programs or facilities operated by the Indian Health Service, 
     an Indian Tribe, a Tribal organization (as those terms are 
     defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or an inter-
     Tribal consortium (as defined in section 501 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     5381)) or through an urban Indian organization (as defined in 
     section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act), while 
     avoiding duplicative distributions to such programs or 
     facilities'' before the semicolon.
       (b) Distribution of Qualified Pandemic or Epidemic Products 
     to IHS Facilities.--Title III of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
     section 319F-4 the following:

     ``SEC. 319F-5. DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR EPIDEMIC 
                   PRODUCTS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES.

       ``In the case that the Secretary distributes qualified 
     pandemic or epidemic products (as defined in section 319F-
     3(i)(7)) to States or other entities, the Secretary shall 
     ensure, in coordination with the applicable States and 
     programs and facilities, that, as appropriate, such products 
     are distributed directly to health programs or facilities 
     operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian Tribe, a 
     Tribal organization (as those terms are defined in section 4 
     of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or an inter-Tribal consortium (as defined 
     in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5381)) or through an urban Indian 
     organization (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health 
     Care Improvement Act), while avoiding duplicative 
     distributions to such programs or facilities.''.


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  May 15, 2020, on page H2106, the following appeared: SEC. 30643. 
PROPER AND REIMBURSED CARE FOR NATIVE VETERANS. Section 405(c) of 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1645(c)) is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
``, regardless of whether such services are provided directly by 
the Service, an Indian tribe, or tribal organization, through 
contract health services, or through a contract for travel 
described in section 213(b)''. SEC. 30644. AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN 
HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT. Section 409 of the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1647b) is amended by inserting ``or the 
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C . 2501 et 
seq.)'' after ``(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)''.
  
  The online version has been corrected with the copy cited above 
deleted.


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                        TITLE VII--OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 30701. NON-DISCRIMINATION.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of a covered 
     law (or an amendment made in any such provision), no person 
     otherwise eligible shall be excluded from participation in, 
     denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination in the 
     administration of, programs and services receiving funding 
     under a covered law (or an amendment made by a provision of 
     such a covered law), based on any factor that is not merit-
     based, such as age, disability, sex (including sexual 
     orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy, childbirth, and 
     related medical conditions), race, color, national origin, 
     immigration status, or religion.
       (b) Covered Law Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered law'' includes--
       (1) this Act (other than this section);
       (2) title I of division B of the Paycheck Protection 
     Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139);
       (3) subtitles A, D, and E of title III of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136);
       (4) division F of the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act 
     (Public Law 116-127); and
       (5) division B of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123).

                   DIVISION D--RETIREMENT PROVISIONS

     SEC. 40001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Emergency Pension Plan 
     Relief Act of 2020''.

            TITLE I--RELIEF FOR MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION PLANS

     SEC. 40101. SPECIAL PARTITION RELIEF.

       (a) Appropriation.--Section 4005 of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1305) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(i)(1) An eighth fund shall be established for partition 
     assistance to multiemployer pension plans, as provided under 
     section 4233A, and to pay for necessary administrative and 
     operating expenses relating to such assistance.
       ``(2) There is appropriated from the general fund such 
     amounts as necessary for the costs of providing partition 
     assistance under section 4233A and necessary administrative 
     and operating expenses. The eighth fund established under 
     this subsection shall be credited with such amounts from time 
     to time as the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
     appropriate, from the general fund of the Treasury, and such 
     amounts shall remain available until expended.''.
       (b) Special Partition Authority.--The Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is 
     amended by inserting after section 4233 the following:

     ``SEC. 4233A. SPECIAL PARTITION RELIEF.

       ``(a) Special Partition Authority.--
       ``(1) In general.--Upon the application of a plan sponsor 
     of an eligible multiemployer plan for partition of the plan 
     under this section, the corporation shall order a partition 
     of the plan in accordance with this section.
       ``(2) Inapplicability of certain repayment obligation.--A 
     plan receiving partition assistance pursuant to this section 
     shall not be subject to repayment obligations under section 
     4261(b)(2).
       ``(b) Eligible Plans.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, a 
     multiemployer plan is an eligible multiemployer plan if--
       ``(A) the plan is in critical and declining status (within 
     the meaning of section 305(b)(6)) in any plan year beginning 
     in 2020 through 2024;
       ``(B) a suspension of benefits has been approved with 
     respect to the plan under section 305(e)(9) as of the date of 
     the enactment of this section;
       ``(C) in any plan year beginning in 2020 through 2024, the 
     plan is certified by the plan actuary to be in critical 
     status (within the meaning of section 305(b)(2)), has a 
     modified funded percentage of less than 40 percent, and has a 
     ratio of active to inactive participants which is less than 2 
     to 3; or
       ``(D) the plan is insolvent for purposes of section 418E of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as of the date of enactment 
     of this section, if the plan became insolvent after December 
     16, 2014, and has not been terminated by such date of 
     enactment.
       ``(2) Modified funded percentage.--For purposes of 
     paragraph (1)(C), the term `modified funded percentage' means 
     the percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is 
     current value of plan assets (as defined in section 3(26) of 
     such Act) and the denominator of which is current liabilities 
     (as defined in section 431(c)(6)(D) of such Code and section 
     304(c)(6)(D) of such Act).
       ``(c) Applications for Special Partition.--
       ``(1) Guidance.--The corporation shall issue guidance 
     setting forth requirements for special partition applications 
     under this section not later than 120 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this section. In such guidance, the 
     corporation shall--
       ``(A) limit the materials required for a special partition 
     application to the minimum necessary to make a determination 
     on the application; and
       ``(B) provide for an alternate application for special 
     partition under this section, which may be used by a plan 
     that has been approved for a partition under section 4233 
     before the date of enactment of this section.
       ``(2) Temporary priority consideration of applications.--
       ``(A) In general.--The corporation may specify in guidance 
     under paragraph (1) that, during the first 2 years following 
     the date of enactment of this section, special partition 
     applications will be provided priority consideration, if--
       ``(i) the plan is likely to become insolvent within 5 years 
     of the date of enactment of this section;
       ``(ii) the corporation projects a plan to have a present 
     value of financial assistance payments under section 4261 
     that exceeds $1,000,000,000 if the special partition is not 
     ordered;
       ``(iii) the plan has implemented benefit suspensions under 
     section 305(e)(9) as of the date of the enactment of this 
     section; or
       ``(iv) the corporation determines it appropriate based on 
     other circumstances.
       ``(B) No effect on amount of assistance.--A plan that is 
     approved for special partition assistance under this section 
     shall not receive reduced special partition assistance on 
     account of not receiving priority consideration under 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(3) Actuarial assumptions and other information.--The 
     corporation shall accept assumptions incorporated in a 
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     plan's determination that it is in critical status or 
     critical and declining status (within the meaning of section 
     305(b)), or that the plan's modified funded percentage is 
     less than 40 percent, unless such assumptions are clearly 
     erroneous. The corporation may require such other information 
     as the corporation determines appropriate for making a 
     determination of eligibility and the amount of special 
     partition assistance necessary under this section.
       ``(4) Application deadline.--Any application by a plan for 
     special partition assistance under this section shall be 
     submitted no later than December 31, 2026, and any revised 
     application for special partition assistance shall be 
     submitted no later than December 31, 2027.
       ``(5) Notice of application.--Not later than 120 days after 
     the date of enactment of this section, the corporation shall 
     issue guidance requiring multiemployer plans to notify 
     participants and beneficiaries that the plan has applied for 
     partition under this section, after the corporation has 
     determined that the application is complete. Such notice 
     shall reference the special partition relief internet website 
     described in subsection (p).
       ``(d) Determinations on Applications.--A plan's application 
     for special partition under this section that is timely filed 
     in accordance with guidance issued under subsection (c)(1) 
     shall be deemed approved and the corporation shall issue a 
     special partition order unless the corporation notifies the 
     plan within 120 days of the filing of the application that 
     the application is incomplete or the plan is not eligible 
     under this section. Such notice shall specify the reasons the 
     plan is ineligible for a special partition or information 
     needed to complete the application. If a plan is denied 
     partition under this subsection, the plan may submit a 
     revised application under this section. Any revised 
     application for special partition submitted by a plan shall 
     be deemed approved unless the corporation notifies the plan 
     within 120 days of the filing of the revised application that 
     the application is incomplete or the plan is not eligible 
     under this section. A special partition order issued by the 
     corporation shall be effective no later than 120 days after a 
     plan's special partition application is approved by the 
     corporation or deemed approved.
       ``(e) Amount and Manner of Special Partition Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--The liabilities of an eligible 
     multiemployer plan that the corporation assumes pursuant to a 
     special partition order under this section shall be the 
     amount necessary for the plan to meet its funding goals 
     described in subsection (g).
       ``(2) No cap.--Liabilities assumed by the corporation 
     pursuant to a special partition order under this section 
     shall not be capped by the guarantee under section 4022A. The 
     corporation shall have discretion on how liabilities of the 
     plan are partitioned.
       ``(f) Successor Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--The plan created by a special partition 
     order under this section is a successor plan to which section 
     4022A applies.
       ``(2) Plan sponsor and administrator.--The plan sponsor of 
     an eligible multiemployer plan prior to the special partition 
     and the administrator of such plan shall be the plan sponsor 
     and the administrator, respectively, of the plan created by 
     the partition.
       ``(g) Funding Goals.--
       ``(1) In general.--The funding goals of a multiemployer 
     plan eligible for partition under this section are both of 
     the following:
       ``(A) The plan will remain solvent over 30 years with no 
     reduction in a participant's or beneficiary's accrued benefit 
     (except to the extent of a reduction in accordance with 
     section 305(e)(8) adopted prior to the plan's application for 
     partition under this section).
       ``(B) The funded percentage of the plan (disregarding 
     partitioned benefits) at the end of the 30-year period is 
     projected to be 80 percent.
       ``(2) Basis.--The funding projections under paragraph (1) 
     shall be performed on a deterministic basis.
       ``(h) Restoration of Benefit Suspensions.--An eligible 
     multiemployer plan that is partitioned under this section 
     shall--
       ``(1) reinstate any benefits that were suspended under 
     section 305(e)(9) or section 4245(a), effective as of the 
     first month the special partition order is effective, for 
     participants or beneficiaries as of the effective date of the 
     partition; and
       ``(2) provide payments equal to the amount of benefits 
     previously suspended to any participants or beneficiaries in 
     pay status as of the effective date of the special partition, 
     payable in the form of a lump sum within 3 months of such 
     effective date or in equal monthly installments over a period 
     of 5 years, with no adjustment for interest.
       ``(i) Adjustment of Special Partition Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--Every 5 years, the corporation shall 
     adjust the special partition assistance described in 
     subsection (e) as necessary for the eligible multiemployer 
     plan to satisfy the funding goals described in subsection 
     (g). If the 30 year period described in subsection (g) has 
     lapsed, in applying this paragraph, 5 years shall be 
     substituted for 30 years.
       ``(2) Submission of information.--An eligible multiemployer 
     plan that is the subject of a special partition order under 
     subsection (a) shall submit such information as the 
     corporation may require to determine the amount of the 
     adjustment under paragraph (1).
       ``(3) Cessation of adjustments.--Adjustments under this 
     subsection with respect to special partition assistance for 
     an eligible multiemployer plan shall cease and the 
     corporation shall permanently assume liability for payment of 
     any benefits transferred to the successor plan (subject to 
     subsection (l)) beginning with the first plan year that the 
     funded percentage of the eligible multiemployer plan 
     (disregarding partitioned benefits) is at least 80 percent 
     and the plan's projected funded percentage for each of the 
     next 10 years is at least 80 percent. Any accumulated funding 
     deficiency of the plan (within the meaning of section 304(a)) 
     shall be reduced to zero as of the first day of the plan year 
     for which partition assistance is permanent under this 
     paragraph.
       ``(j) Conditions on Plans During Partition.--
       ``(1) In general.--The corporation may impose, by 
     regulation, reasonable conditions on an eligible 
     multiemployer plan that is partitioned under section (a) 
     relating to increases in future accrual rates and any 
     retroactive benefit improvements, allocation of plan assets, 
     reductions in employer contribution rates, diversion of 
     contributions to, and allocation of, expenses to other 
     retirement plans, and withdrawal liability.
       ``(2) Limitations.--The corporation shall not impose 
     conditions on an eligible multiemployer plan as a condition 
     of or following receipt of such partition assistance under 
     this section relating to--
       ``(A) any reduction in plan benefits (including benefits 
     that may be adjusted pursuant to section 305(e)(8));
       ``(B) plan governance, including selection of, removal of, 
     and terms of contracts with, trustees, actuaries, investment 
     managers, and other service providers; or
       ``(C) any funding rules relating to the plan that is 
     partitioned under this section.
       ``(3) Condition.--An eligible multiemployer plan that is 
     partitioned under subsection (a) shall continue to pay all 
     premiums due under section 4007 for participants and 
     beneficiaries in the plan created by a special partition 
     order until the plan year beginning after a cessation of 
     adjustments applies under subsection (i).
       ``(k) Withdrawal Liability.--An employer's withdrawal 
     liability for purposes of this title shall be calculated 
     taking into account any plan liabilities that are partitioned 
     under subsection (a) until the plan year beginning after the 
     expiration of 15 calendar years from the effective date of 
     the partition.
       ``(l) Cessation of Partition Assistance.--If a plan that 
     receives partition assistance under this section becomes 
     insolvent for purposes of section 418E of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986, the plan shall no longer be eligible 
     for assistance under this section and shall be eligible for 
     assistance under section 4261.
       ``(m) Reporting.--An eligible multiemployer plan that 
     receives partition assistance under this section shall file 
     with the corporation a report, including the following 
     information, in such manner (which may include electronic 
     filing requirements) and at such time as the corporation 
     requires:
       ``(1) The funded percentage (as defined in section 
     305(j)(2)) as of the first day of such plan year, and the 
     underlying actuarial value of assets and liabilities taken 
     into account in determining such percentage.
       ``(2) The market value of the assets of the plan 
     (determined as provided in paragraph (1)) as of the last day 
     of the plan year preceding such plan year.
       ``(3) The total value of all contributions made by 
     employers and employees during the plan year preceding such 
     plan year.
       ``(4) The total value of all benefits paid during the plan 
     year preceding such plan year.
       ``(5) Cash flow projections for such plan year and the 9 
     succeeding plan years, and the assumptions used in making 
     such projections.
       ``(6) Funding standard account projections for such plan 
     year and the 9 succeeding plan years, and the assumptions 
     relied upon in making such projections.
       ``(7) The total value of all investment gains or losses 
     during the plan year preceding such plan year.
       ``(8) Any significant reduction in the number of active 
     participants during the plan year preceding such plan year, 
     and the reason for such reduction.
       ``(9) A list of employers that withdrew from the plan in 
     the plan year preceding such plan year, the payment schedule 
     with respect to such withdrawal liability, and the resulting 
     reduction in contributions.
       ``(10) A list of employers that paid withdrawal liability 
     to the plan during the plan year preceding such plan year 
     and, for each employer, a total assessment of the withdrawal 
     liability paid, the annual payment amount, and the number of 
     years remaining in the payment schedule with respect to such 
     withdrawal liability.
       ``(11) Any material changes to benefits, accrual rates, or 
     contribution rates during the plan year preceding such plan 
     year, and whether such changes relate to the conditions of 
     the partition assistance.
       ``(12) Details regarding any funding improvement plan or 
     rehabilitation plan and updates to such plan.
       ``(13) The number of participants and beneficiaries during 
     the plan year preceding such plan year who are active 
     participants, the number of participants and beneficiaries in 
     pay status, and the number of terminated vested participants 
     and beneficiaries.
       ``(14) The information contained on the most recent annual 
     funding notice submitted by the plan under section 101(f).
       ``(15) The information contained on the most recent annual 
     return under section 6058 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 and actuarial report under section 6059 of such Code of 
     the plan.
       ``(16) Copies of the plan document and amendments, other 
     retirement benefit or ancillary benefit plans relating to the 
     plan and contribution obligations under such plans, a 
     breakdown of administrative expenses of the plan, participant 
     census data and distribution of benefits, the

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     most recent actuarial valuation report as of the plan year, 
     financial reports, and copies of the portions of collective 
     bargaining agreements relating to plan contributions, funding 
     coverage, or benefits, and such other information as the 
     corporation may reasonably require.

     Any information disclosed by a plan to the corporation that 
     could identify individual employers shall be confidential and 
     not subject to publication or disclosure.
       ``(n) Report to Congress.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the board 
     of directors of the corporation shall submit to the Committee 
     on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee 
     on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
     Labor and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
     Representatives a detailed report on the implementation and 
     administration of this section. Such report shall include--
       ``(A) information on the name and number of multiemployer 
     plans that have applied for partition assistance under this 
     section;
       ``(B) the name and number of such plans that have been 
     approved for partition assistance under this section and the 
     name and number of the plans that have not been approved for 
     special partition assistance;
       ``(C) a detailed rationale for any decision by the 
     corporation to not approve an application for special 
     partition assistance;
       ``(D) the amount of special partition assistance provided 
     to eligible multiemployer plans (including amounts provided 
     on an individual plan basis and in the aggregate);
       ``(E) the name and number of the multiemployer plans that 
     restored benefit suspensions and provided lump sum or monthly 
     installment payments to participants or beneficiaries;
       ``(F) the amount of benefits that were restored and lump 
     sum or monthly installment payments that were paid (including 
     amounts provided on an individual plan basis and in the 
     aggregate);
       ``(G) the name and number of the plans that received 
     adjustments to partition assistance under subsection (i);
       ``(H) a list of, and rationale for, each reasonable 
     condition imposed by the corporation on plans approved for 
     special partition assistance under this section;
       ``(I) the contracts that have been awarded by the 
     corporation to implement or administer this section;
       ``(J) the number, purpose, and dollar amounts of the 
     contracts that have been awarded to implement or administer 
     the section;
       ``(K) a detailed summary of the reports required under 
     subsection (m); and
       ``(L) a detailed summary of the feedback received on the 
     pension relief internet website established under subsection 
     (p).
       ``(2) PBGC certification.--The board of directors of the 
     corporation shall include with the report under paragraph (1) 
     a certification and affirmation that the amount of special 
     partition assistance provided to each plan under this section 
     is the amount necessary to meet its funding goals under 
     subsection (g), including, if applicable, any adjustment of 
     special partition assistance as determined under subsection 
     (i).
       ``(3) Confidentiality.--Congress may publicize the reports 
     received under paragraph (1) only after redacting all 
     sensitive or proprietary information.
       ``(o) GAO Report.--Not later than 1 year after the first 
     partition application is approved by the corporation under 
     this section, and biennially thereafter, the Comptroller 
     General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on 
     Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Education and 
     Labor and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
     Representatives a detailed report on the actions of the 
     corporation to implement and administer this section, 
     including an examination of the contracts awarded by such 
     corporation to carry out this section and an analysis of such 
     corporation's compliance with subsections (e) and (g).
       ``(p) Special Partition Relief Website.--
       ``(1) Establishment.--Not later than 120 days after the 
     date of enactment of this section, the corporation shall 
     establish and maintain a user-friendly, public-facing 
     internet website to foster greater accountability and 
     transparency in the implementation and administration of this 
     section.
       ``(2) Purpose.--The internet website established and 
     maintained under paragraph (1) shall be a portal to key 
     information relating to this section for multiemployer plan 
     administrators and trustees, plan participants, 
     beneficiaries, participating employers, other stakeholders, 
     and the public.
       ``(3) Content and function.--The internet website 
     established under paragraph (1) shall--
       ``(A) describe the nature and scope of the special 
     partition authority and assistance under this section in a 
     manner calculated to be understood by the average plan 
     participant;
       ``(B) include published guidance, regulations, and all 
     other relevant information on the implementation and 
     administration of this section;
       ``(C) include, with respect to plan applications for 
     special partition assistance--
       ``(i) a general description of the process by which 
     eligible plans can apply for special partition assistance, 
     information on how and when the corporation will process and 
     consider plan applications;
       ``(ii) information on how the corporation will address any 
     incomplete applications as specified in under this section;
       ``(iii) a list of the plans that have applied for special 
     partition assistance and, for each application, the date of 
     submission of a completed application;
       ``(iv) the text of each plan's completed application for 
     special partition assistance with appropriate redactions of 
     personal, proprietary, or sensitive information;
       ``(v) the estimated date that a decision will be made by 
     the corporation on each application;
       ``(vi) the actual date when such decision is made;
       ``(vii) the corporation's decision on each application; and
       ``(viii) as applicable, a detailed rationale for any 
     decision not to approve a plan's application for special 
     partition assistance;
       ``(D) provide detailed information on each contract 
     solicited and awarded to implement or administer this 
     section;
       ``(E) include reports, audits, and other relevant oversight 
     and accountability information on this section, including the 
     annual reports submitted by the board of directors of the 
     corporation to Congress required under subsection (n), the 
     Office of the Inspector General audits, correspondence, and 
     publications, and the Government Accountability Office 
     reports under subsection (o);
       ``(F) provide a clear means for multiemployer plan 
     administrators, plan participants, beneficiaries, other 
     stakeholders, and the public to contact the corporation and 
     provide feedback on the implementation and administration of 
     this section; and
       ``(G) be regularly updated to carry out the purposes of 
     this subsection.
       ``(q) Office of Inspector General.--There is authorized to 
     be appropriated to the corporation's Office of Inspector 
     General $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, which shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2028, for salaries and 
     expenses necessary for conducting investigations and audits 
     of the implementation and administration of this section.
       ``(r) Application of Excise Tax.--During the period that a 
     plan is subject to a partition order under this section and 
     prior to a cessation of adjustments pursuant to subsection 
     (i)(3), the plan shall not be subject to section 4971 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.

     SEC. 40102. REPEAL OF BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS FOR MULTIEMPLOYER 
                   PLANS IN CRITICAL AND DECLINING STATUS.

       (a) Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Paragraph 
     (9) of section 432(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     repealed.
       (b) Amendment to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
     1974.--Paragraph (9) of section 305(e) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(e)) is 
     repealed.
       (c) Effective Date.--The repeals made by this section shall 
     not apply to plans that have been approved for a suspension 
     of benefit under section 432(e)(9)(G) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 and section 305(e)(9)(G) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
     1085(e)(9)(G)) before the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 40103. TEMPORARY DELAY OF DESIGNATION OF MULTIEMPLOYER 
                   PLANS AS IN ENDANGERED, CRITICAL, OR CRITICAL 
                   AND DECLINING STATUS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the actuarial 
     certification under section 305(b)(3) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and section 432(b)(3) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a plan sponsor of a 
     multiemployer plan elects the application of this section, 
     then, for purposes of section 305 of such Act and section 432 
     of such Code--
       (1) the status of the plan for its first plan year 
     beginning during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and 
     ending on February 28, 2021, or the next succeeding plan year 
     (as designated by the plan sponsor in such election), shall 
     be the same as the status of such plan under such sections 
     for the plan year preceding such designated plan year, and
       (2) in the case of a plan which was in endangered or 
     critical status for the plan year preceding the designated 
     plan year described in paragraph (1), the plan shall not be 
     required to update its plan or schedules under section 
     305(c)(6) of such Act and section 432(c)(6) of such Code, or 
     section 305(e)(3)(B) of such Act and section 432(e)(3)(B) of 
     such Code, whichever is applicable, until the plan year 
     following the designated plan year described in paragraph 
     (1).

     If section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974 and section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     did not apply to the plan year preceding the designated plan 
     year described in paragraph (1), the plan actuary shall make 
     a certification of the status of the plan under section 
     305(b)(3) of such Act and section 432(b)(3) of such Code for 
     the preceding plan year in the same manner as if such 
     sections had applied to such preceding plan year.
       (b) Exception for Plans Becoming Critical During 
     Election.--If--
       (1) an election was made under subsection (a) with respect 
     to a multiemployer plan, and
       (2) such plan has, without regard to such election, been 
     certified by the plan actuary under section 305(b)(3) of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and section 
     432(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to be in 
     critical status for the designated plan year described in 
     subsection (a)(1), then such plan shall be treated as a plan 
     in critical status for such plan year for purposes of 
     applying section 4971(g)(1)(A) of such Code, section 
     302(b)(3) of such Act (without regard to the second sentence 
     thereof), and section 412(b)(3) of such Code (without regard 
     to the second sentence thereof).
       (c) Election and Notice.--
       (1) Election.--An election under subsection (a)--
       (A) shall be made at such time and in such manner as the 
     Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate may 
     prescribe and, once made, may be revoked only with the 
     consent of the Secretary, and
       (B) if made--
       (i) before the date the annual certification is submitted 
     to the Secretary or the Secretary's

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     delegate under section 305(b)(3) of such Act and section 
     432(b)(3) of such Code, shall be included with such annual 
     certification, and
       (ii) after such date, shall be submitted to the Secretary 
     or the Secretary's delegate not later than 30 days after the 
     date of the election.
       (2) Notice to participants.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 305(b)(3)(D) of 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and 
     section 432(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if 
     the plan is neither in endangered nor critical status by 
     reason of an election made under subsection (a)--
       (i) the plan sponsor of a multiemployer plan shall not be 
     required to provide notice under such sections, and
       (ii) the plan sponsor shall provide to the participants and 
     beneficiaries, the bargaining parties, the Pension Benefit 
     Guaranty Corporation, and the Secretary of Labor a notice of 
     the election under subsection (a) and such other information 
     as the Secretary of the Treasury (in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Labor) may require--

       (I) if the election is made before the date the annual 
     certification is submitted to the Secretary or the 
     Secretary's delegate under section 305(b)(3) of such Act and 
     section 432(b)(3) of such Code, not later than 30 days after 
     the date of the certification, and
       (II) if the election is made after such date, not later 
     than 30 days after the date of the election.

       (B) Notice of endangered status.--Notwithstanding section 
     305(b)(3)(D) of such Act and section 432(b)(3)(D) of such 
     Code, if the plan is certified to be in critical status for 
     any plan year but is in endangered status by reason of an 
     election made under subsection (a), the notice provided under 
     such sections shall be the notice which would have been 
     provided if the plan had been certified to be in endangered 
     status.

     SEC. 40104. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE FUNDING IMPROVEMENT 
                   AND REHABILITATION PERIODS FOR MULTIEMPLOYER 
                   PENSION PLANS IN CRITICAL AND ENDANGERED STATUS 
                   FOR 2020 OR 2021.

       (a) In General.--If the plan sponsor of a multiemployer 
     plan which is in endangered or critical status for a plan 
     year beginning in 2020 or 2021 (determined after application 
     of section 4) elects the application of this section, then, 
     for purposes of section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 and section 432 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986--
       (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the plan's funding 
     improvement period or rehabilitation period, whichever is 
     applicable, shall be 15 years rather than 10 years, and
       (2) in the case of a plan in seriously endangered status, 
     the plan's funding improvement period shall be 20 years 
     rather than 15 years.
       (b) Definitions and Special Rules.--For purposes of this 
     section--
       (1) Election.--An election under this section shall be made 
     at such time, and in such manner and form, as (in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Labor) the Secretary of 
     the Treasury or the Secretary's delegate may prescribe.
       (2) Definitions.--Any term which is used in this section 
     which is also used in section 305 of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 and section 432 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same meaning as when used 
     in such sections.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to plan years 
     beginning after December 31, 2019.

     SEC. 40105. ADJUSTMENTS TO FUNDING STANDARD ACCOUNT RULES.

       (a) Adjustments.--
       (1) Amendment to employee retirement income security act of 
     1974.--Section 304(b)(8) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1084(b)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Relief for 2020 and 2021.--A multiemployer plan with 
     respect to which the solvency test under subparagraph (C) is 
     met as of February 29, 2020, may elect to apply this 
     paragraph by substituting `February 29, 2020' for `August 31, 
     2008' each place it appears in subparagraphs (A)(i), 
     (B)(i)(I), and (B)(i)(II) (without regard to whether such 
     plan previously elected the application of this paragraph). 
     The preceding sentence shall not apply to a plan with respect 
     to which a partition order is in effect under section 
     4233A.''.
       (2) Amendment to internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 
     431(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) Relief for 2020 and 2021.--A multiemployer plan with 
     respect to which the solvency test under subparagraph (C) is 
     met as of February 29, 2020, may elect to apply this 
     paragraph by substituting `February 29, 2020' for `August 31, 
     2008' each place it appears in subparagraphs (A)(i), 
     (B)(i)(I), and (B)(i)(II) (without regard to whether such 
     plan previously elected the application of this paragraph). 
     The preceding sentence shall not apply to a plan with respect 
     to which a partition order is in effect under section 4233A 
     of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.''.
       (b) Effective Dates.--
       (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
     take effect as of the first day of the first plan year ending 
     on or after February 29, 2020, except that any election a 
     plan makes pursuant to this section that affects the plan's 
     funding standard account for the first plan year beginning 
     after February 29, 2020, shall be disregarded for purposes of 
     applying the provisions of section 305 of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and section 432 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to such plan year.
       (2) Restrictions on benefit increases.--Notwithstanding 
     paragraph (1), the restrictions on plan amendments increasing 
     benefits in sections 304(b)(8)(D) of such Act and 
     431(b)(8)(D) of such Code, as applied by the amendments made 
     by this section, shall take effect on the date of enactment 
     of this Act.

     SEC. 40106. PBGC GUARANTEE FOR PARTICIPANTS IN MULTIEMPLOYER 
                   PLANS.

       Section 4022A(c)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322a(c)(1)) is amended by 
     striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) 100 percent of the accrual rate up to $15, plus 75 
     percent of the lesser of--
       ``(i) $70; or
       ``(ii) the accrual rate, if any, in excess of $15; and
       ``(B) the number of the participant's years of credited 
     service.
     For each calendar year after the first full calendar year 
     following the date of the enactment of the Inspector General 
     Independence Act, the accrual rates in subparagraph (A) shall 
     increase by the national average wage index (as defined in 
     section 209(k)(1) of the Social Security Act). For purposes 
     of this subsection, the rates applicable for determining the 
     guaranteed benefits of the participants of any plan shall be 
     the rates in effect for the calendar year in which the plan 
     becomes insolvent under section 4245 or the calendar year in 
     which the plan is terminated, if earlier.''.

           TITLE II--RELIEF FOR SINGLE EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS

     SEC. 40201. EXTENDED AMORTIZATION FOR SINGLE EMPLOYER PLANS.

       (a) 15-year Amortization Under the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.--Section 430(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) 15-year amortization.--With respect to plan years 
     beginning after December 31, 2019--
       ``(A) the shortfall amortization bases for all plan years 
     preceding the first plan year beginning after December 31, 
     2019 (and all shortfall amortization installments determined 
     with respect to such bases) shall be reduced to zero, and
       ``(B) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall each 
     be applied by substituting `15-plan-year period' for `7-plan-
     year period'.''.
       (b) 15-year Amortization Under the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974.--Section 303(c) of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(c)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) 15-year amortization.--With respect to plan years 
     beginning after December 31, 2019--
       ``(A) the shortfall amortization bases for all plan years 
     preceding the first plan year beginning after December 31, 
     2019 (and all shortfall amortization installments determined 
     with respect to such bases) shall be reduced to zero, and
       ``(B) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall each 
     be applied by substituting `15-plan-year period' for `7-plan-
     year period'.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2019.

     SEC. 40202. EXTENSION OF PENSION FUNDING STABILIZATION 
                   PERCENTAGES FOR SINGLE EMPLOYER PLANS.

       (a) Amendments to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
       (1) In general.--The table contained in subclause (II) of 
     section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     is amended to read as follows:


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    The          The
                                                 applicable   applicable
          ``If the calendar year is:              minimum      maximum
                                                 percentage   percentage
                                                    is:          is:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Any year in the period starting in 2012 and             90%         110%
 ending in 2019...............................
Any year in the period starting in 2020 and             95%         105%
 ending in 2025...............................
2026..........................................          90%         110%
2027..........................................          85%         115%
2028..........................................          80%         120%
2029..........................................          75%         125%
After 2029....................................          70%     130%.''.
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       (2) Floor on 25-year averages.--Subclause (I) of section 
     430(h)(2)(C)(iv) of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
     the following: ``Notwithstanding anything in this subclause, 
     if the average of the first, second, or third segment rate 
     for any 25-year period is less than 5 percent, such average 
     shall be deemed to be 5 percent.''.
       (b) Amendments to Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974.--
       (1) In general.--The table contained in subclause (II) of 
     section 303(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(h)(2)(C)(iv)(II)) is 
     amended to read as follows:


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                    The          The
                                                 applicable   applicable
          ``If the calendar year is:              minimum      maximum
                                                 percentage   percentage
                                                    is:          is:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Any year in the period starting in 2012 and             90%         110%
 ending in 2019...............................
Any year in the period starting in 2020 and             95%         105%
 ending in 2025...............................
2026..........................................          90%         110%
2027..........................................          85%         115%
2028..........................................          80%         120%
2029..........................................          75%         125%
After 2029....................................          70%     130%.''.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) In general.--Section 101(f)(2)(D) of such Act (29 
     U.S.C. 1021(f)(2)(D)) is amended--
       (i) in clause (i) by striking ``and the Bipartisan Budget 
     Act of 2015'' both places it appears and inserting ``, the 
     Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, and the Inspector General 
     Independence Act'', and
       (ii) in clause (ii) by striking ``2023'' and inserting 
     ``2029''.
       (B) Statements.--The Secretary of Labor shall modify the 
     statements required under subclauses (I) and (II) of section 
     101(f)(2)(D)(i) of such Act to conform to the amendments made 
     by this section.
       (3) Floor on 25-year averages.--Subclause (I) of section 
     303(h)(2)(C)(iv) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
     1083(h)(2)(C)(iv)(II)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``Notwithstanding anything in this subclause, if 
     the average of the first, second, or third segment rate for 
     any 25-year period is less than 5 percent, such average shall 
     be deemed to be 5 percent.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after 
     December 31, 2019.

             TITLE III--OTHER RETIREMENT RELATED PROVISIONS

     SEC. 40301. WAIVER OF REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS FOR 
                   2019.

       (a) In General.--Section 401(a)(9)(I)(i) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``calendar year 
     2020'' and inserting ``calendar years 2019 and 2020''.
       (b) Eligible Rollover Distributions.--Section 402(c)(4) of 
     such Code is amended by striking ``2020'' each place it 
     appears in the last sentence and inserting ``2019 or 2020''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 401(a)(9)(I) of such 
     Code is amended--
       (1) by striking clause (ii) and redesignating clause (iii) 
     as clause (ii), and
       (2) by striking ``calendar year 2020'' in clause (ii)(II), 
     as so redesignated, and inserting ``calendar years 2019 and 
     2020''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 
     2203 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
     Act, except that subparagraph (c)(1) thereof shall be applied 
     by substituting ``December 31, 2018'' for ``December 31, 
     2019''.

     SEC. 40302. WAIVER OF 60-DAY RULE IN CASE OF ROLLOVER OF 
                   OTHERWISE REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS IN 
                   2019 OR 2020.

       (a) Qualified Trusts.--402(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Exception for rollover of otherwise required minimum 
     distributions in 2019 or 2020.--In the case of an eligible 
     rollover distribution described in the second sentence of 
     paragraph (4), subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any 
     transfer of such distribution made before December 1, 
     2020.''.
       (b) Individual Retirement Accounts.--Section 408(d)(3) of 
     such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(J) Waiver of 60-day rule and once per-year limitation 
     for certain 2019 and 2020 rollovers.--In the case of a 
     distribution during 2019 or 2020 to which, under subparagraph 
     (E), this paragraph would not have applied had the minimum 
     distribution requirements of section 401(a)(9) applied during 
     such years, the 60-day requirement under subparagraph (A) and 
     the limitation under subparagraph (B) shall not apply to such 
     distribution to the extent the amount is paid into an 
     individual retirement account, individual retirement annuity 
     (other than an endowment contract), or eligible retirement 
     plan (as defined in subparagraph (A)) as otherwise required 
     under such subparagraph before December 1, 2020.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2018.

     SEC. 40303. EMPLOYEE CERTIFICATION AS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR 
                   INCREASED CARES ACT LOAN LIMITS FROM EMPLOYER 
                   PLAN.

       (a) In General.--Section 2202(b) of the Coronavirus Aid, 
     Relief, and Economic Security Act is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Employee certification.--The administrator of a 
     qualified employer plan may rely on an employee's 
     certification that the requirements of subsection 
     (a)(4)(A)(ii) are satisfied in determining whether the 
     employee is a qualified individual for purposes of this 
     subsection.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 
     2202(b) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
     Act.

     SEC. 40304. EXCLUSION OF BENEFITS PROVIDED TO VOLUNTEER 
                   FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS 
                   MADE PERMANENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 139B of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended by striking subsection (d).
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2020.

     SEC. 40305. APPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULES TO MONEY PURCHASE 
                   PENSION PLANS.

       Section 2202(a)(6)(B) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
     Economic Security Act is amended by inserting ``, and, in the 
     case of a money purchase pension plan, a coronavirus-related 
     distribution which is an in-service withdrawal shall be 
     treated as meeting the distribution rules of section 401(a) 
     of such Code'' before the period.

     SEC. 40306. GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME WOMEN AND SURVIVORS 
                   OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OBTAINING QUALIFIED 
                   DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS.

       (a) Authorization of Grant Awards.--The Secretary of Labor, 
     acting through the Director of the Women's Bureau and in 
     conjunction with the Assistant Secretary of the Employee 
     Benefits Security Administration, shall award grants, on a 
     competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable such 
     entities to assist low-income women and survivors of domestic 
     violence in obtaining qualified domestic relations orders and 
     ensuring that those women actually obtain the benefits to 
     which they are entitled through those orders.
       (b) Definition of Eligible Entity.--In this section, the 
     term ``eligible entity'' means a community-based organization 
     with proven experience and expertise in serving women and the 
     financial and retirement needs of women.
       (c) Application.--An eligible entity that desires to 
     receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
     application to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in such 
     manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary 
     of Labor may require.
       (d) Minimum Grant Amount.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
     award grants under this section in amounts of not less than 
     $250,000.
       (e) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity that receives a grant 
     under this section shall use the grant funds to develop 
     programs to offer help to low-income women or survivors of 
     domestic violence who need assistance in preparing, 
     obtaining, and effectuating a qualified domestic relations 
     order.
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.

     SEC. 40307. MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL RULES FOR MINIMUM FUNDING 
                   STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLANS.

       (a) Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Subsection 
     (m) of section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
     added by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement 
     Enhancement Act of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(m) Special Rules for Community Newspaper Plans.--
       ``(1) In general.--An eligible newspaper plan sponsor of a 
     plan under which no participant has had the participant's 
     accrued benefit increased (whether because of service or 
     compensation) after April 2, 2019, may elect to have the 
     alternative standards described in paragraph (4) apply to 
     such plan.
       ``(2) Eligible newspaper plan sponsor.--The term `eligible 
     newspaper plan sponsor' means the plan sponsor of--
       ``(A) any community newspaper plan, or
       ``(B) any other plan sponsored, as of April 2, 2019, by a 
     member of the same controlled group of a plan sponsor of a 
     community newspaper plan if such member is in the trade or 
     business of publishing 1 or more newspapers.
       ``(3) Election.--An election under paragraph (1) shall be 
     made at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the 
     Secretary. Such election, once made with respect to a plan 
     year, shall apply to all subsequent plan years unless revoked 
     with the consent of the Secretary.
       ``(4) Alternative minimum funding standards.--The 
     alternative standards described in this paragraph are the 
     following:

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       ``(A) Interest rates.--
       ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (h)(2)(C) and 
     except as provided in clause (ii), the first, second, and 
     third segment rates in effect for any month for purposes of 
     this section shall be 8 percent.
       ``(ii) New benefit accruals.--Notwithstanding subsection 
     (h)(2), for purposes of determining the funding target and 
     normal cost of a plan for any plan year, the present value of 
     any benefits accrued or earned under the plan for a plan year 
     with respect to which an election under paragraph (1) is in 
     effect shall be determined on the basis of the United States 
     Treasury obligation yield curve for the day that is the 
     valuation date of such plan for such plan year.
       ``(iii) United states treasury obligation yield curve.--For 
     purposes of this subsection, the term `United States Treasury 
     obligation yield curve' means, with respect to any day, a 
     yield curve which shall be prescribed by the Secretary for 
     such day on interest-bearing obligations of the United 
     States.
       ``(B) Shortfall amortization base.--
       ``(i) Previous shortfall amortization bases.--The shortfall 
     amortization bases determined under subsection (c)(3) for all 
     plan years preceding the first plan year to which the 
     election under paragraph (1) applies (and all shortfall 
     amortization installments determined with respect to such 
     bases) shall be reduced to zero under rules similar to the 
     rules of subsection (c)(6).
       ``(ii) New shortfall amortization base.--Notwithstanding 
     subsection (c)(3), the shortfall amortization base for the 
     first plan year to which the election under paragraph (1) 
     applies shall be the funding shortfall of such plan for such 
     plan year (determined using the interest rates as modified 
     under subparagraph (A)).
       ``(C) Determination of shortfall amortization 
     installments.--
       ``(i) 30-year period.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
     subsection (c)(2) shall be applied by substituting `30-plan-
     year' for `7-plan-year' each place it appears.
       ``(ii) No special election.--The election under 
     subparagraph (D) of subsection (c)(2) shall not apply to any 
     plan year to which the election under paragraph (1) applies.
       ``(D) Exemption from at-risk treatment.--Subsection (i) 
     shall not apply.
       ``(5) Community newspaper plan.--For purposes of this 
     subsection--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `community newspaper plan' 
     means any plan to which this section applies maintained as of 
     December 31, 2018, by an employer which--
       ``(i) maintains the plan on behalf of participants and 
     beneficiaries with respect to employment in the trade or 
     business of publishing 1 or more newspapers which were 
     published by the employer at any time during the 11-year 
     period ending on the date of the enactment of this 
     subsection,
       ``(ii)(I) is not a company the stock of which is publicly 
     traded (on a stock exchange or in an over-the-counter 
     market), and is not controlled, directly or indirectly, by 
     such a company, or
       ``(II) is controlled, directly or indirectly, during the 
     entire 30-year period ending on the date of the enactment of 
     this subsection by individuals who are members of the same 
     family, and does not publish or distribute a daily newspaper 
     that is carrier-distributed in printed form in more than 5 
     States, and
       ``(iii) is controlled, directly or indirectly--

       ``(I) by 1 or more persons residing primarily in a State in 
     which the community newspaper has been published on newsprint 
     or carrier-distributed,
       ``(II) during the entire 30-year period ending on the date 
     of the enactment of this subsection by individuals who are 
     members of the same family,
       ``(III) by 1 or more trusts, the sole trustees of which are 
     persons described in subclause (I) or (II), or
       ``(IV) by a combination of persons described in subclause 
     (I), (II), or (III).

       ``(B) Newspaper.--The term `newspaper' does not include any 
     newspaper (determined without regard to this subparagraph) to 
     which any of the following apply:
       ``(i) Is not in general circulation.
       ``(ii) Is published (on newsprint or electronically) less 
     frequently than 3 times per week.
       ``(iii) Has not ever been regularly published on newsprint.
       ``(iv) Does not have a bona fide list of paid subscribers.
       ``(C) Control.--A person shall be treated as controlled by 
     another person if such other person possesses, directly or 
     indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction and 
     management of such person (including the power to elect a 
     majority of the members of the board of directors of such 
     person) through the ownership of voting securities.
       ``(6) Controlled group.--For purposes of this subsection, 
     the term `controlled group' means all persons treated as a 
     single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of 
     section 414 as of the date of the enactment of this 
     subsection.''.
       (b) Amendment to Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
     1974.--Subsection (m) of section 303 of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(m)), 
     as added by the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement 
     Enhancement Act of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(m) Special Rules for Community Newspaper Plans.--
       ``(1) In general.--An eligible newspaper plan sponsor of a 
     plan under which no participant has had the participant's 
     accrued benefit increased (whether because of service or 
     compensation) after April 2, 2019, may elect to have the 
     alternative standards described in paragraph (4) apply to 
     such plan.
       ``(2) Eligible newspaper plan sponsor.--The term `eligible 
     newspaper plan sponsor' means the plan sponsor of--
       ``(A) any community newspaper plan, or
       ``(B) any other plan sponsored, as of April 2, 2019, by a 
     member of the same controlled group of a plan sponsor of a 
     community newspaper plan if such member is in the trade or 
     business of publishing 1 or more newspapers.
       ``(3) Election.--An election under paragraph (1) shall be 
     made at such time and in such manner as prescribed by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury. Such election, once made with 
     respect to a plan year, shall apply to all subsequent plan 
     years unless revoked with the consent of the Secretary of the 
     Treasury.
       ``(4) Alternative minimum funding standards.--The 
     alternative standards described in this paragraph are the 
     following:
       ``(A) Interest rates.--
       ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (h)(2)(C) and 
     except as provided in clause (ii), the first, second, and 
     third segment rates in effect for any month for purposes of 
     this section shall be 8 percent.
       ``(ii) New benefit accruals.--Notwithstanding subsection 
     (h)(2), for purposes of determining the funding target and 
     normal cost of a plan for any plan year, the present value of 
     any benefits accrued or earned under the plan for a plan year 
     with respect to which an election under paragraph (1) is in 
     effect shall be determined on the basis of the United States 
     Treasury obligation yield curve for the day that is the 
     valuation date of such plan for such plan year.
       ``(iii) United states treasury obligation yield curve.--For 
     purposes of this subsection, the term `United States Treasury 
     obligation yield curve' means, with respect to any day, a 
     yield curve which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury for such day on interest-bearing obligations of the 
     United States.
       ``(B) Shortfall amortization base.--
       ``(i) Previous shortfall amortization bases.--The shortfall 
     amortization bases determined under subsection (c)(3) for all 
     plan years preceding the first plan year to which the 
     election under paragraph (1) applies (and all shortfall 
     amortization installments determined with respect to such 
     bases) shall be reduced to zero under rules similar to the 
     rules of subsection (c)(6).
       ``(ii) New shortfall amortization base.--Notwithstanding 
     subsection (c)(3), the shortfall amortization base for the 
     first plan year to which the election under paragraph (1) 
     applies shall be the funding shortfall of such plan for such 
     plan year (determined using the interest rates as modified 
     under subparagraph (A)).
       ``(C) Determination of shortfall amortization 
     installments.--
       ``(i) 30-year period.--Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
     subsection (c)(2) shall be applied by substituting `30-plan-
     year' for `7-plan-year' each place it appears.
       ``(ii) No special election.--The election under 
     subparagraph (D) of subsection (c)(2) shall not apply to any 
     plan year to which the election under paragraph (1) applies.
       ``(D) Exemption from at-risk treatment.--Subsection (i) 
     shall not apply.
       ``(5) Community newspaper plan.--For purposes of this 
     subsection--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `community newspaper plan' 
     means a plan to which this section applies maintained as of 
     December 31, 2018, by an employer which--
       ``(i) maintains the plan on behalf of participants and 
     beneficiaries with respect to employment in the trade or 
     business of publishing 1 or more newspapers which were 
     published by the employer at any time during the 11-year 
     period ending on the date of the enactment of this 
     subsection,
       ``(ii)(I) is not a company the stock of which is publicly 
     traded (on a stock exchange or in an over-the-counter 
     market), and is not controlled, directly or indirectly, by 
     such a company, or
       ``(II) is controlled, directly, or indirectly, during the 
     entire 30-year period ending on the date of the enactment of 
     this subsection by individuals who are members of the same 
     family, and does not publish or distribute a daily newspaper 
     that is carrier-distributed in printed form in more than 5 
     States, and
       ``(iii) is controlled, directly, or indirectly--

       ``(I) by 1 or more persons residing primarily in a State in 
     which the community newspaper has been published on newsprint 
     or carrier-distributed,
       ``(II) during the entire 30-year period ending on the date 
     of the enactment of this subsection by individuals who are 
     members of the same family,
       ``(III) by 1 or more trusts, the sole trustees of which are 
     persons described in subclause (I) or (II), or
       ``(IV) by a combination of persons described in subclause 
     (I), (II), or (III).

       ``(B) Newspaper.--The term `newspaper' does not include any 
     newspaper (determined without regard to this subparagraph) to 
     which any of the following apply:
       ``(i) Is not in general circulation.
       ``(ii) Is published (on newsprint or electronically) less 
     frequently than 3 times per week.
       ``(iii) Has not ever been regularly published on newsprint.
       ``(iv) Does not have a bona fide list of paid subscribers.
       ``(C) Control.--A person shall be treated as controlled by 
     another person if such other person possesses, directly or 
     indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction and 
     management of such person (including the power to elect a 
     majority of the members of the board of directors of such 
     person) through the ownership of voting securities.
       ``(6) Controlled group.--For purposes of this subsection, 
     the term `controlled group' means all persons treated as a 
     single employer under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of 
     section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as of the 
     date of the enactment of this subsection.

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       ``(7) Effect on premium rate calculation.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law or any regulation issued by the 
     Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of a plan 
     for which an election is made to apply the alternative 
     standards described in paragraph (3), the additional premium 
     under section 4006(a)(3)(E) shall be determined as if such 
     election had not been made.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to plan years ending after December 31, 2017.

     SEC. 40308. MINIMUM RATE OF INTEREST FOR CERTAIN 
                   DETERMINATIONS RELATED TO LIFE INSURANCE 
                   CONTRACTS.

       (a) Modification of Minimum Rate for Purposes of Cash Value 
     Accumulation Test.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7702(b)(2)(A) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``an annual 
     effective rate of 4 percent'' and inserting ``the applicable 
     accumulation test minimum rate''.
       (2) Applicable accumulation test minimum rate.--Section 
     7702(b) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Applicable accumulation test minimum rate.--For 
     purposes of paragraph (2)(A), the term `applicable 
     accumulation test minimum rate' means the lesser of--
       ``(A) an annual effective rate of 4 percent, or
       ``(B) the insurance interest rate (as defined in subsection 
     (f)(11)) in effect at the time the contract is issued.''.
       (b) Modification of Minimum Rate for Purposes of Guideline 
     Premium Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7702(c)(3)(B)(iii) of such Code is 
     amended by striking ``an annual effective rate of 6 percent'' 
     and inserting ``the applicable guideline premium minimum 
     rate''.
       (2) Applicable guideline premium minimum rate.--Section 
     7702(c)(3) of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) Applicable guideline premium minimum rate.--For 
     purposes of subparagraph (B)(iii), the term `applicable 
     guideline premium minimum rate' means the applicable 
     accumulation test minimum rate (as defined in subsection 
     (b)(3)) plus 2 percentage points.''.
       (c) Application of Modified Minimum Rates to Determination 
     of Guideline Level Premium.--Section 7702(c)(4) of such Code 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking ``4 percent'' and inserting ``the 
     applicable accumulation test minimum rate'', and
       (2) by striking ``6 percent'' and inserting ``the 
     applicable guideline premium minimum rate''.
       (d) Insurance Interest Rate.--Section 7702(f) of such Code 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(11) Insurance interest rate.--For purposes of this 
     section--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `insurance interest rate' 
     means, with respect to any contract issued in any calendar 
     year, the lesser of--
       ``(i) the section 7702 valuation interest rate for such 
     calendar year (or, if such calendar year is not an adjustment 
     year, the most recent adjustment year), or
       ``(ii) the section 7702 applicable Federal interest rate 
     for such calendar year (or, if such calendar year is not an 
     adjustment year, the most recent adjustment year).
       ``(B) Section 7702 valuation interest rate.--The term 
     `section 7702 valuation interest rate' means, with respect to 
     any adjustment year, the prescribed U.S. valuation interest 
     rate for life insurance with guaranteed durations of more 
     than 20 years (as defined in the National Association of 
     Insurance Commissioners' Standard Valuation Law) as effective 
     in the calendar year immediately preceding such adjustment 
     year.
       ``(C) Section 7702 applicable federal interest rate.--The 
     term `section 7702 applicable Federal interest rate' means, 
     with respect to any adjustment year, the average (rounded to 
     the nearest whole percentage point) of the applicable Federal 
     mid-term rates (as defined in section 1274(d) but based on 
     annual compounding) effective as of the beginning of each of 
     the calendar months in the most recent 60-month period ending 
     before the second calendar year prior to such adjustment 
     year.
       ``(D) Adjustment year.--The term `adjustment year' means 
     the calendar year following any calendar year that includes 
     the effective date of a change in the prescribed U.S. 
     valuation interest rate for life insurance with guaranteed 
     durations of more than 20 years (as defined in the National 
     Association of Insurance Commissioners' Standard Valuation 
     Law).
       ``(E) Transition rule.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), 
     the insurance interest rate shall be 2 percent in the case of 
     any contract which is issued during the period that--
       ``(i) begins on January 1, 2021, and
       ``(i) ends immediately before the beginning of the first 
     adjustment year that beings after December 31, 2021.''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to contracts issued after December 31, 2020.

         DIVISION E--CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED WORKERS

     SEC. 50001. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   COMPENSATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 2104(e) of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(e) Applicability.--
       ``(1) In general.--An agreement entered into under this 
     section shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
       ``(A) beginning after the date on which such agreement is 
     entered into; and
       ``(B) ending on or before January 31, 2021.
       ``(2) Transition rule for individuals remaining entitled to 
     regular compensation as of january 31, 2021.--In the case of 
     any individual who, as of the date specified in paragraph 
     (1)(B), has not yet exhausted all rights to regular 
     compensation under the State law of a State with respect to a 
     benefit year that began before such date, Federal Pandemic 
     Unemployment Compensation shall continue to be payable to 
     such individual for any week beginning on or after such date 
     for which the individual is otherwise eligible for regular 
     compensation with respect to such benefit year.
       ``(3) Termination.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this subsection, no Federal Pandemic Unemployment 
     Compensation shall be payable for any week beginning after 
     March 31, 2021.''.
       (b) Limitation on Application of Transition Rule.--Section 
     2104(g) of such Act is amended by inserting ``(except for 
     subsection (e)(2))'' after ``the preceding provisions of this 
     section''.
       (c) Disregard of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation 
     for Certain Purposes.--Section 2104(h) of such Act is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(h) Disregard of Federal Pandemic Unemployment 
     Compensation for Purposes of All Federal and Federally 
     Assisted Programs.--A Federal Pandemic Unemployment 
     Compensation payment shall not be regarded as income and 
     shall not be regarded as a resource for the month of receipt 
     and the following 9 months, for purposes of determining the 
     eligibility of the recipient (or the recipient's spouse or 
     family) for benefits or assistance, or the amount or extent 
     of benefits or assistance, under any Federal program or under 
     any State or local program financed in whole or in part with 
     Federal funds.''.

     SEC. 50002. EXTENSION AND BENEFIT PHASEOUT RULE FOR PANDEMIC 
                   UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

       Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``December 31, 
     2020'' and inserting ``January 31, 2021''; and
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) Transition rule for individuals remaining entitled to 
     pandemic unemployment assistance as of january 31, 2021.--
       ``(A) In general.--In the case of any individual who, as of 
     the date specified in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), is receiving 
     Pandemic Unemployment Assistance but has not yet exhausted 
     all rights to such assistance under this section, Pandemic 
     Unemployment Assistance shall continue to be payable to such 
     individual for any week beginning on or after such date for 
     which the individual is otherwise eligible for Pandemic 
     Unemployment Assistance.
       ``(B) Termination.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this subsection, no Pandemic Unemployment Assistance shall be 
     payable for any week beginning after March 31, 2021.''.

     SEC. 50003. EXTENSION AND BENEFIT PHASEOUT RULE FOR PANDEMIC 
                   EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

       Section 2107(g) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(g) Applicability.--
       ``(1) In general.--An agreement entered into under this 
     section shall apply to weeks of unemployment--
       ``(A) beginning after the date on which such agreement is 
     entered into; and
       ``(B) ending on or before January 31, 2021.
       ``(2) Transition rule for individuals remaining entitled to 
     pandemic emergency unemployment compensation as of january 
     31, 2021.--In the case of any individual who, as of the date 
     specified in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), is receiving Pandemic 
     Emergency Unemployment Compensation but has not yet exhausted 
     all rights to such assistance under this section, Pandemic 
     Emergency Unemployment Compensation shall continue to be 
     payable to such individual for any week beginning on or after 
     such date for which the individual is otherwise eligible for 
     Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.
       ``(3) Termination.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this subsection, no Pandemic Emergency Unemployment 
     Compensation shall be payable for any week beginning after 
     March 31, 2021.''.

     SEC. 50004. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE FIRST 
                   WEEK OF COMPENSABLE REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT FOR 
                   STATES WITH NO WAITING WEEK.

       Section 2105(e)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting 
     ``January 31, 2021''.

     SEC. 50005. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY RELIEF AND TECHNICAL 
                   CORRECTIONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND 
                   NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 903(i)(1) of the Social Security Act, as added by 
     section 2103 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``during the 
     applicable period'' and inserting ``with respect to the 
     applicable period'';
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``section 3309(a)(1)'' 
     and inserting ``section 3309(a)'';
       (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``shall be used 
     exclusively'' and all that follows through the end and 
     inserting ``shall be used exclusively to reduce the amounts 
     required to be paid in lieu of contributions into the State 
     unemployment

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     fund pursuant to such section by governmental entities and 
     other organizations described in section 3309(a) of such 
     Code''; and
       (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``December 31, 2020'' 
     and inserting ``January 31, 2021''.

     SEC. 50006. REDUCTION OF STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN IN 
                   DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF PANDEMIC 
                   UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE.

       Section 2102(d) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) State flexibility in establishing income.--In 
     determining the income of an individual for purposes of an 
     application for assistance authorized under subsection (b), a 
     State may rely on such wage and self-employment data as the 
     State may elect, including any applicable data with respect 
     to an individual's electronically mediated employment.''.

     SEC. 50007. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR STATES WITH 
                   ADVANCES.

       Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 
     2020'' and inserting ``June 30, 2021''.

     SEC. 50008. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED 
                   UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION.

       Section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 
     (Public Law 116-127) is amended by striking ``December 31, 
     2020'' each place it appears and inserting ``June 30, 2021''.

     SEC. 50009. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME 
                   COMPENSATION PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PROGRAMS 
                   IN LAW.

       Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting 
     ``January 31, 2021''.

     SEC. 50010. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME 
                   COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS.

       Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting 
     ``January 31, 2021''.

     SEC. 50011. GRACE PERIOD FOR FULL FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME 
                   COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.

       Section 2108(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by striking ``shall be eligible'' and all that 
     follows through the end and inserting the following: ``
       ``shall be eligible--
       ``(1) for payments under subsection (a) for weeks of 
     unemployment beginning after the effective date of such 
     enactment; and
       ``(2) for an additional payment equal to the total amount 
     of payments for which the State is eligible pursuant to an 
     agreement under section 2109 for weeks of unemployment before 
     such effective date.''.

  DIVISION F--ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND OTHER MATTERS 
                        RELATING TO AGRICULTURE

     SEC. 60001. DEFINITIONS.

       In this division:
       (1)  The term ``COVID-19'' means the disease caused by 
     SARS-CoV-2, or any viral strain mutating therefrom with 
     pandemic potential.
       (2) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of 
     Agriculture.

                           TITLE I--LIVESTOCK

     SEC. 60101. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF UNPAID CASH 
                   SELLERS OF LIVESTOCK.

       The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, is amended by 
     inserting after section 317 (7 U.S.C. 217a) the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 318. STATUTORY TRUST ESTABLISHED; DEALER.

       ``(a) Establishment.--
       ``(1) In general.--All livestock purchased by a dealer in 
     cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds 
     from, such livestock shall be held by such dealer in trust 
     for the benefit of all unpaid cash sellers of such livestock 
     until full payment has been received by such unpaid cash 
     sellers.
       ``(2) Exemption.--Any dealer whose average annual purchases 
     of livestock do not exceed $100,000 shall be exempt from the 
     provisions of this section.
       ``(3) Effect of dishonored instruments.--For purposes of 
     determining full payment under paragraph (1), a payment to an 
     unpaid cash seller shall not be considered to have been made 
     if the unpaid cash seller receives a payment instrument that 
     is dishonored.
       ``(b) Preservation of Trust.--An unpaid cash seller shall 
     lose the benefit of a trust under subsection (a) if the 
     unpaid cash seller has not preserved the trust by giving 
     written notice to the dealer involved and filing such notice 
     with the Secretary--
       ``(1) within 30 days of the final date for making a payment 
     under section 409 in the event that a payment instrument has 
     not been received; or
       ``(2) within 15 business days after the date on which the 
     seller receives notice that the payment instrument promptly 
     presented for payment has been dishonored.
       ``(c) Notice to Lien Holders.--When a dealer receives 
     notice under subsection (b) of the unpaid cash seller's 
     intent to preserve the benefits of the trust, the dealer 
     shall, within 15 business days, give notice to all persons 
     who have recorded a security interest in, or lien on, the 
     livestock held in such trust.
       ``(d) Cash Sales Defined.--For the purpose of this section, 
     a cash sale means a sale in which the seller does not 
     expressly extend credit to the buyer.
       ``(e) Purchase of Livestock Subject to Trust.--
       ``(1) In general.--A person purchasing livestock subject to 
     a dealer trust shall receive good title to the livestock if 
     the person receives the livestock--
       ``(A) in exchange for payment of new value; and
       ``(B) in good faith without notice that the transfer is a 
     breach of trust.
       ``(2) Dishonored payment instrument.--Payment shall not be 
     considered to have been made if a payment instrument given in 
     exchange for the livestock is dishonored.
       ``(3) Transfer in satisfaction of antecedent debt.--A 
     transfer of livestock subject to a dealer trust is not for 
     value if the transfer is in satisfaction of an antecedent 
     debt or to a secured party pursuant to a security agreement.
       ``(f) Enforcement.--Whenever the Secretary has reason to 
     believe that a dealer subject to this section has failed to 
     perform the duties required by this section or whenever the 
     Secretary has reason to believe that it will be in the best 
     interest of unpaid cash sellers, the Secretary shall do one 
     or more of the following--
       ``(1) appoint an independent trustee to carry out the 
     duties required by this section, preserve trust assets, and 
     enforce the trust;
       ``(2) serve as independent trustee, preserve trust assets, 
     and enforce the trust; or
       ``(3) file suit in the United States district court for the 
     district in which the dealer resides to enjoin the dealer's 
     failure to perform the duties required by this section, 
     preserve trust assets, and to enforce the trust. Attorneys 
     employed by the Secretary may, with the approval of the 
     Attorney General, represent the Secretary in any such suit. 
     Nothing herein shall preclude unpaid sellers from filing suit 
     to preserve or enforce the trust.''.

     SEC. 60102. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MARKET-READY LIVESTOCK 
                   AND POULTRY LOSSES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make payments to 
     covered producers to offset the losses of income related to 
     the intentional depopulation of market-ready livestock and 
     poultry due to insufficient access to meat and poultry 
     processing related to the COVID-19 public health emergency, 
     as determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Payment Rate for Covered Producers.--
       (1) Payments for first 30-day period.--For a period of 30 
     days beginning, with respect to a covered producer, on the 
     initial date of depopulation described in subsection (a) of 
     the market-ready livestock or poultry of the covered 
     producer, the Secretary shall reimburse such covered producer 
     for 85 percent of the value of losses as determined under 
     subsection (c).
       (2) Subsequent 30-day periods.--For each 30-day period 
     subsequent to the 30-day period described in paragraph (1), 
     the Secretary shall reduce the value of the losses as 
     determined under subsection (c) with respect to a covered 
     producer by 10 percent.
       (3) Maximum aggregate payment.--In no case shall the amount 
     of payments received by a producer under this section and 
     section 60306 exceed 100 percent of the loss of such 
     producer.
       (c) Valuation.--In calculating the amount of losses for 
     purposes of the payment rates under subsection (b), the 
     Secretary shall use the average fair market value, as 
     determined by the Secretary in collaboration with the Chief 
     Economist of the Department of Agriculture and the 
     Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, for 
     market-ready livestock, where applicable, and market-ready 
     poultry, where applicable, during the period beginning March 
     1, 2020, and ending on the date of the enactment of this 
     section. In no case shall a payment made under subsection (b) 
     exceed the average market value of market-ready livestock or 
     poultry on the date of depopulation.
       (d) Packer-owned Animals Excluded.--The Secretary may not 
     make payments under this section for the losses of packer-
     owned animals.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered producer.--The term ``covered producer'' means 
     a person or legal entity that assumes the production and 
     market risks associated with the agricultural production of 
     livestock and poultry (as such terms are defined in section 
     2(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 
     183(a)).
       (2) Packer.--The term ``packer'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 201 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 
     (7 U.S.C. 191).
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (f) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out this section.

     SEC. 60103. ANIMAL DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT 
                   RESPONSE.

       Out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out section 
     10409A of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8308A) 
     $300,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                            TITLE II--DAIRY

     SEC. 60201. DAIRY DIRECT DONATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible dairy organization.--The term ``eligible dairy 
     organization'' is defined in section 1431(a) of the 
     Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9071(a)).
       (2) Eligible distributor.--The term ``eligible 
     distributor'' means a public or private nonprofit 
     organization that distributes donated eligible dairy products 
     to recipient individuals and families.
       (3) Eligible dairy products.--The term ``eligible dairy 
     products'' means products primarily made from milk produced 
     and processed within a Federal Milk Marketing Order.
       (4) Eligible partnership.--The term ``eligible 
     partnership'' means a partnership between an eligible dairy 
     organization and an eligible distributor.
       (b) Establishment and Purposes.--Not later than 45 days 
     after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     establish and administer a direct dairy donation program for 
     the purposes of--
       (1) facilitating the timely donation of eligible dairy 
     products and

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       (2) preventing and minimizing food waste.
       (c) Donation and Distribution Plans.--
       (1) In general.--To be eligible to receive reimbursement 
     under this section, an eligible partnership shall submit to 
     the Secretary a donation and distribution plan that describes 
     the process that the eligible partnership will use for the 
     donation, processing, transportation, temporary storage, and 
     distribution of eligible dairy products.
       (2) Review and approval.--No later than 15 business days 
     after receiving a plan described in paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary shall--
       (A) review such plan; and
       (B) issue an approval or disapproval of such plan.
       (d) Reimbursement.--
       (1) In general.--On receipt of appropriate documentation 
     under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall reimburse an 
     eligible dairy organization at a rate equal to the current 
     Class I milk price multiplied by the volume of milk required 
     to make the donated product.
       (2) Special case.--In the case of donated Class I products, 
     the Secretary shall reimburse an eligible dairy organization 
     at a rate equal to the current Class I milk price plus 5 
     percent multiplied by the volume of milk required to make the 
     donated Class I product.
       (3) Documentation.--
       (A) In general.--An eligible dairy organization shall 
     submit to the Secretary such documentation as the Secretary 
     may require to demonstrate the eligible dairy product 
     production and donation to the eligible distributor.
       (B) Verification.--The Secretary may verify the accuracy of 
     documentation submitted.
       (3) Retroactive reimbursement.--In providing reimbursements 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary may provide reimbursements 
     for milk costs incurred before the date on which the donation 
     and distribution plan for the applicable participating 
     partnership was approved by the Secretary.
       (e) Prohibition on Resale of Products.--
       (1) In general.--An eligible distributor that receives 
     eligible dairy products donated under this section may not 
     sell the products into commercial markets.
       (2) Prohibition on future participation.--An eligible 
     distributor that the Secretary determines has violated 
     paragraph (1) shall not be eligible for any future 
     participation in the program established under this section.
       (f) Reviews.--The Secretary shall conduct appropriate 
     reviews or audits to ensure the integrity of the program 
     established under this section.
       (g) Publication of Donation Activity.--The Secretary, 
     acting through the Agricultural Marketing Service, shall 
     publish on the publicly accessible website of such agency 
     periodic reports containing donation activity under this 
     section.
       (h) Supplemental Reimbursements.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary may make a supplemental 
     reimbursement to an eligible dairy organization for an 
     approved donation and distribution plan in accordance with 
     the milk donation program established under section 1431 of 
     the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9071).
       (2) Reimbursement calculation.--A supplemental 
     reimbursement described in paragraph (1) shall be equal to 
     the value of--
       (A) the sum of--
       (i) the Class IV milk price for the applicable month, plus
       (ii) 5 percent of the Class I price for the applicable 
     month, multiplied by
       (B) the volume of eligible milk under such approved 
     donation plan.
       (i) Funding.--Out of any amounts of the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out 
     this section $500,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


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appeared: (j) FUNDING.--Out of any amounts in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out this 
section such sums as may be necessary.
  
  The online version has been corrected with the copy cited above 
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     SEC. 60202. SUPPLEMENTAL DAIRY MARGIN COVERAGE PAYMENTS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall provide supplemental 
     dairy margin coverage payments to eligible dairy operations 
     described in subsection (b)(1) whenever the average actual 
     dairy production margin (as defined in section 1401 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051)) for a month is less 
     than the coverage level threshold selected by such eligible 
     dairy operation under such section 1406.
       (b) Eligible Dairy Operation Described.--
       (1) In general.--An eligible dairy operation described in 
     this subsection is a dairy operation that--
       (A) is located in the United States; and
       (B) during a calendar year in which such dairy operation is 
     a participating dairy operation (as defined in section 1401 
     of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051)), has a 
     production history established under the dairy margin 
     coverage program under section 1405 of the Agricultural Act 
     of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055) of less than 5 million pounds, as 
     determined in accordance with subsection (c) of such section 
     1405.
       (2) Limitation on eligibility.--An eligible dairy operation 
     shall only be eligible for payments under this section during 
     a calendar year in which such eligible dairy operation is 
     enrolled in the dairy margin coverage (as defined in section 
     1401 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051)).
       (c) Supplemental Production History Calculation.--For 
     purposes of determining the production history of an eligible 
     dairy operation under this section, such dairy operation's 
     production history shall be equal to--
       (1) the production volume of such dairy operation for the 
     2019 milk marketing year; minus
       (2) the dairy margin coverage production history of such 
     dairy operation established under section 1405 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055).
       (d) Coverage Percentage.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of calculating payments to be 
     issued under this section during a calendar year, an eligible 
     dairy operation's coverage percentage shall be equal to the 
     coverage percentage selected by such eligible dairy operation 
     with respect to such calendar year under section 1406 of the 
     Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9056).
       (2) 5-million pound limitation.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall not provide 
     supplemental dairy margin coverage on an eligible dairy 
     operation's actual production for a calendar year such that 
     the total covered production history of such dairy operation 
     exceeds 5 million pounds.
       (B) Determination of amount.--In calculating the total 
     covered production history of an eligible dairy operation 
     under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall multiply the 
     coverage percentage selected by such operation under section 
     1406 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9056) by the 
     sum of--
       (i) the supplemental production history calculated under 
     subsection (c) with respect to such dairy operation; and
       (ii) the dairy margin coverage production history described 
     in subsection (c)(2) with respect to such dairy operation.
       (e) Premium Cost.--The premium cost for an eligible dairy 
     operation under this section for a calendar year shall be 
     equal to the product of multiplying--
       (1) the Tier I premium cost calculated with respect to such 
     dairy operation for such year under section 1407(b) of the 
     Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 12 U.S.C. 9057(b)); by
       (2) the production history calculation with respect to such 
     dairy operation determined under subsection (c) (such that 
     total covered production history does not exceed 5 million 
     pounds).
       (f) Regulations.--Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue 
     regulations to carry out this section.
       (g) Prohibition With Respect to Dairy Margin Coverage 
     Enrollment.--The Secretary may not reopen or otherwise 
     provide a special enrollment for dairy margin coverage (as 
     defined in section 1401 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
     U.S.C. 9051)) for purposes of establishing eligibility for 
     supplemental dairy margin coverage payments under this 
     section.
       (h) Retroactive Application for Calendar Year 2020.--The 
     Secretary shall make payments under this section to eligible 
     dairy operations described in subsection (b)(1) for months 
     after and including January, 2020.
       (i) Sunset.--The authority to make payments under this 
     section shall terminate on December 31, 2023.
       (j) Funding.--Out of any amounts in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out 
     this section such sums as may be necessary.

     SEC. 60203. RECOURSE LOAN PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL PROCESSORS 
                   OF DAIRY PRODUCTS.



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appeared: (i) SUNSET.--The authority to make payments under this 
section shall terminate on December 31, 2023. SEC. 60203. RECOURSE 
LOAN PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL PROCESSORS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: (i) SUNSET.--The 
authority to make payments under this section shall terminate on 
December 31, 2023. (j) FUNDING.--Out of any amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to 
carry out this section such sums as may be necessary. SEC. 60203. 
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       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make recourse loans 
     available to qualified applicants during the COVID-19 
     pandemic.
       (b) Amount of Loan.--
       (1) In general.--A recourse loan made under this section 
     shall be provided to qualified applicants up to the value of 
     the eligible dairy product inventory of the applicant as 
     determined by the Secretary and consistent with subsection 
     (c).
       (2) Valuation.--For purposes of making recourse loans under 
     this section, the Secretary shall conduct eligible dairy 
     product valuations to provide, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, funds to continue the operations of qualified 
     applicants.
       (c) Inventory Used as Collateral.--Eligible dairy product 
     inventory used as collateral for the recourse loan program 
     under this section shall be pledged on a rotating basis to 
     prevent spoilage of perishable products.
       (d) Term of Loan.--A recourse loan under this section may 
     be made for a period as determined by the Secretary, except 
     that no such recourse loan may end after the date that is 24 
     months after the date of the enactment of this section.
       (e) Funding.--Out of any amounts in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out 
     this section $500,000,000.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible dairy products.--The term ``eligible dairy 
     products'' means all dairy products whether in base commodity 
     or finished product form.
       (2) Qualified applicant.--The term ``qualified applicant'' 
     means any commercial processors, packagers, merchants, 
     marketers, wholesalers, and distributors of eligible dairy 
     products impacted by COVID-19.

     SEC. 60204. DAIRY MARGIN COVERAGE PREMIUM DISCOUNT FOR 3-YEAR 
                   SIGNUP.

       The Secretary shall provide a 15 percent discount for the 
     premiums described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 1407 
     of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051) and the 
     premium described in section 60202(e) for a dairy operation 
     (as defined in 1401 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 9051)) that makes a 
     1-time, three-year election to enroll in dairy margin 
     coverage under part I of subtitle D of such Act for calendar 
     years 2021 through 2023.

            TITLE III--SPECIALTY CROPS AND OTHER COMMODITIES

     SEC. 60301. SUPPORT FOR SPECIALTY CROP SECTOR.

       Section 101(l) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act 
     of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(3) COVID-19 outbreak relief.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to 
     States eligible to receive a grant under this section to 
     assist State efforts to support the specialty crop sector for 
     impacts related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
       ``(B) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out 
     subparagraph (A) not less

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     than $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.''.

     SEC. 60302. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURAL MARKETS.

       Section 210A(i) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
     (7 U.S.C. 1627c(d)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(4) Grants for covid-19 losses.--
       ``(A) In general.--In addition to grants made under the 
     preceding provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
     make grants to eligible entities specified in paragraphs 
     (5)(B) and (6)(B) of subsection (d) to provide assistance in 
     response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
       ``(B) Matching funds applicability.--The Secretary may not 
     require a recipient of a grant under subparagraph (A) to 
     provide any nonFederal matching funds.
       ``(F) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out this 
     paragraph, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.''.

     SEC. 60303. SUPPORT FOR FARMING OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING AND 
                   OUTREACH.

       Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
     Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(m) Additional Funding.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to, or 
     enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with, eligible 
     entities specified in subsection (c)(1) or entities eligible 
     for grants under subsection (d) to provide training, 
     outreach, and technical assistance on operations, financing, 
     and marketing to beginning farmers and ranchers, socially 
     disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and veteran farmers and 
     ranchers.
       ``(2) Matching funds applicability.--The Secretary may not 
     require a recipient of a grant under this subsection to 
     provide any nonFederal matching funds.
       ``(3) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out this 
     subsection, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.''.

     SEC. 60304. SUPPORT FOR FARM STRESS PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make grants to State 
     departments of agriculture (or such equivalent department) to 
     expand or sustain stress assistance programs for individuals 
     who are engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-
     related occupations, including--
       (1) programs that meet the criteria specified in section 
     7522(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
     (7 U.S.C. 5936(b)(1)); and
       (2) any State initiatives carried out as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act that provide stress assistance for such 
     individuals.
       (b) Grant Timing and Amount.--In making grants under 
     subsection (a), not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and subject to subsection (c), the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) make awards to States submitting State plans that meet 
     the criteria specified in paragraph (1)(A) of such subsection 
     within the time period specified by the Secretary, in an 
     amount not to exceed, $500,000 for each State; and
       (2) of the amounts made available under subsection (f), 
     allocate among such States, an amount to be determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (c) State Plan.--
       (1) In general.--A State department of agriculture seeking 
     a grant under subsection (b) shall submit to the Secretary a 
     State plan to expand or sustain stress assistance programs 
     described in subsection (a) that includes--
       (A) a description of each activity and the estimated amount 
     of funding to support each program and activity carried out 
     through such a program;
       (B) an estimated timeline for the operation of each such 
     program and activity;
       (C) the total amount of funding sought; and
       (D) an assurance that the State department of agriculture 
     will comply with the reporting requirement under subsection 
     (e).
       (2) Guidance.--Not later than 20 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance for 
     States with respect to the submission of a State plan under 
     paragraph (1) and the allocation criteria under subsection 
     (b).
       (3) Reallocation.--If, after the first grants are awarded 
     pursuant to allocation under subsection (b), any funds made 
     available under subsection (f) to carry out this subsection 
     remain unobligated, the Secretary shall--
       (A) inform States that submit plans as described in 
     subsection (b), of such availability; and
       (B) reallocate such funds among such States, as the 
     Secretary determines to be appropriate and equitable.
       (d) Collaboration.--The Secretary may issue guidance to 
     encourage State departments of agriculture to use funds 
     provided under this section to support programs described in 
     subsection (a) that are operated by--
       (1) Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     5304));
       (2) State cooperative extension services; and
       (3) nongovernmental organizations.
       (e) Reporting.--Not later than 180 days after the public 
     health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public 
     Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, is 
     terminated, each State receiving additional grants under 
     subsection (b) shall submit a report to the Secretary 
     describing--
       (1) the activities conducted using such funds;
       (2) the amount of funds used to support each such activity; 
     and
       (3) the estimated number of individuals served by each such 
     activity.
       (f) Funding.--Out of any money not otherwise appropriated, 
     there is appropriated to carry out this section $28,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.
       (g) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' 
     means--
       (1) a State;
       (2) the District of Columbia;
       (3) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
       (4) any other territory or possession of the United States.

     SEC. 60305. SUPPORT FOR PROCESSED COMMODITIES.

       (a) Renewable Fuel Reimbursement Program.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall make payments in 
     accordance with this subsection to eligible entities that 
     experienced unexpected market losses as a result of the 
     COVID-19 pandemic during the applicable period.
       (2) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Applicable period.--The term ``applicable period'' 
     means January 1, 2020, through May 1, 2020.
       (B) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means 
     any domestic entity or facility that produced any qualified 
     fuel in the calendar year 2019.
       (C) Qualified fuel.--The term ``qualified fuel'' means any 
     advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, cellulosic biofuel, 
     conventional biofuel, or renewable fuel, as such terms are 
     defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
     7545(o)(1)), that is produced in the United States.
       (3) Amount of payment.--The amount of the payment payable 
     to an eligible entity shall be the sum of--
       (A) $0.45 multiplied by the number of gallons of qualified 
     fuel produced by the eligible entity during the applicable 
     period; and
       (B) if the Secretary determines that the eligible entity 
     was unable to produce any qualified fuel throughout 1 or more 
     calendar months during the applicable period due to the 
     COVID-19 pandemic, $0.45 multiplied by 50 percent of the 
     number of gallons produced by the eligible entity in the 
     corresponding month or months in calendar year 2019.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
     the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
     Senate a report on the payments made under this subsection, 
     including the identity of each payment recipient and the 
     amount of the payment paid to the payment recipient.
       (5) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be 
     necessary for payments to eligible entities under this 
     subsection.
       (6) Administration.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall use the funds, 
     facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to carry out this subsection.
       (B) Regulations.--
       (i) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     subsection, not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation, as appropriate, shall prescribe such regulations 
     as are necessary to carry out this subsection.
       (ii) Procedure.--The promulgation of regulations under, and 
     administration of, this subsection shall be made without 
     regard to--

       (I) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code; and
       (II) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').

       (b) Emergency Assistance for Textile Mills.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall make emergency 
     assistance available to domestic users of upland cotton and 
     extra long staple cotton in the form of a payment in an 
     amount determined under paragraph (2), regardless of the 
     origin of such upland cotton or extra long staple cotton, 
     during the 10-month period beginning on March 1, 2020.
       (2) Calculation of assistance.--The amount of the 
     assistance provided under paragraph (1) to a domestic user 
     described in such paragraph shall be equal to 10 multiplied 
     by the product of--
       (A) the domestic user's historical monthly average 
     consumption; and
       (B) 6 cents per pound so consumed.
       (3) Allowable use.--Any emergency assistance provided under 
     this section shall be made available only to domestic users 
     of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton that certify 
     that the assistance shall be used only for operating 
     expenses.
       (4) Historical monthly average consumption defined.--The 
     term ``historical monthly average consumption'' means the 
     average consumption for each month occurring during the 
     period beginning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 
     31, 2019.
       (5) Sunset.--The Secretary may not provide emergency 
     assistance under this section on or after December 31, 2020.
       (6) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out this subsection.

     SEC. 60306. DIRECT PAYMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make direct payments 
     to producers of specialty crops, livestock, and other 
     commodities, to cover losses in response to the COVID-19 
     pandemic.
       (b) Payment Calculations.--Payment under subsection (a), 
     shall be calculated as follows:
       (1) Specialty crops, livestock, and other commodities 
     covered by coronavirus food assistance program.--In the case 
     of losses of specialty crops, livestock, and other 
     commodities incurred during the first quarter of calendar 
     year 2020 and eligible to receive direct payments

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     under the Department of Agriculture's final rule for the 
     Coronavirus Food Assistance program of the Department of 
     Agriculture, payments under subsection (a) shall be made to 
     producers to ensure that they are compensated for 85 percent 
     of the second quarter actual losses estimated by the 
     Secretary.
       (2) Specialty crops, livestock, and other commodities not 
     covered by coronavirus food assistance program.--In the case 
     of losses of specialty crops, livestock, and other 
     commodities for which a producer is ineligible to receive 
     direct payments under the program referred to in paragraph 
     (1), payments under subsection (a) shall be equal to 85 
     percent of the actual losses estimated by the Secretary for 
     the first and second quarters of calendar year 2020 for their 
     commodity.
       (c) Adjustment.--In calculating the amount of a payment 
     under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall account for 
     price differentiation factors for a given commodity based on 
     location, specialized varieties, and farming practices such 
     as certified organic products, by using--
       (1) differentiated prices, as determined by the Risk 
     Management Agency for purposes of the Federal crop insurance 
     program under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
     et seq.), when available; and
       (2) other data from the Department of Agriculture and 
     colleges and universities, to determine estimated prices.
       (d) Adjusted Gross Income Limitations.--A payment under 
     this section shall be deemed to be a covered benefit under 
     section 1001D(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
     U.S.C. 1308-3a(b)(2)), unless at least 75 percent of the 
     adjusted gross income of the recipient of the payment is 
     derived from farming, ranching, or forestry-related 
     activities.
       (e) Payments.--The Secretary shall begin making payments 
     under subsection (a) not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this section.
       (f) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out this 
     section $16,500,000,000, to remain available until December 
     31, 2020.
       (g) Notification.--Any obligation or expenditure under this 
     section shall be subject to the requirements described in 
     section 20 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, 
     as added by section 60402.
       (h) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
     to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate a report specifying how price 
     losses were calculated for each crop and crop differentiation 
     factor, and evaluating the implementation, costs, and general 
     effectiveness of this section and the Coronavirus Food 
     Assistance program of the Department of Agriculture.

                 TITLE IV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION

     SEC. 60401. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.

       Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 714c) is amended by redesignating subsection (h) 
     as subsection (j) and inserting the following:
       ``(h) Remove and dispose of or aid in the removal or 
     disposition of surplus livestock and poultry due to 
     significant supply chain interruption during an emergency 
     period.
       ``(i) Aid agricultural processing plants to ensure supply 
     chain continuity during an emergency period.''.

     SEC. 60402. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.

       The Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 
     et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 20. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND OVERSIGHT ON 
                   SPENDING.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall notify in writing, 
     by first-class mail and electronic mail, the Committee on 
     Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
     on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate at 
     least 90 calendar days (not counting any day on which both 
     the House of Representatives and Senate are not in session) 
     in advance of any obligation or expenditure authorized under 
     this Act.
       ``(b) Written Notice.--A written notice required under 
     subsection (a) shall specify--
       ``(1) the commodities that will be affected;
       ``(2) the maximum financial benefit per commodity;
       ``(3) the nature of the support, including--
       ``(A) direct payments;
       ``(B) technical and financial assistance;
       ``(C) marketing assistance; and
       ``(D) purchases;
       ``(4) the expected legal entities or individuals that would 
     receive financial benefits;
       ``(5) the intended policy goals;
       ``(6) the legal justification specifying the authority of 
     this Act utilized; and
       ``(7) the projected impacts to commodity markets.
       ``(c) Monitoring or Oversight.--The Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall conduct monitoring and oversight of 
     the exercise of authorities, the receipt, disbursement, and 
     use of funds for which a report is required under subsection 
     (a).
       ``(d) Reports.--In conducting monitoring and oversight 
     under subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall publish 
     reports regarding the ongoing monitoring and oversight 
     efforts, which, along with any audits and investigations 
     conducted by the Comptroller General, shall be submitted to 
     the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
     the Senate and posted on the website of the Government 
     Accountability Office--
       ``(1) not later than 90 days after the initial obligation 
     or expenditure of funds subject to subsection (a), and every 
     other month thereafter for as long as such obligations or 
     expenditures continue; and
       ``(2) submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
     of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate additional reports as 
     warranted by the findings of the monitoring and oversight 
     activities of the Comptroller General.
       ``(e) Access to Information.--
       ``(1) Right of access.--In conducting monitoring and 
     oversight activities under subsection (c), the Comptroller 
     General shall have access to records, upon request, of any 
     Federal, State, or local agency, contractor, grantee, 
     recipient, or subrecipient pertaining to any obligations or 
     expenditures subject to subsection (a), including private 
     entities receiving such assistance.
       ``(2) Copies.--The Comptroller General may make and retain 
     copies of any records accessed under paragraph (1) as the 
     Comptroller General determines appropriate.
       ``(3) Interviews.--In addition to such other authorities as 
     are available, the Comptroller General or a designee of the 
     Comptroller General may interview Federal, State, or local 
     officials, contractor staff, grantee staff, recipients, or 
     subrecipients pertaining to any obligations or expenditures 
     subject to subsection (a), including private entities 
     receiving such assistance.
       ``(4) Inspection of facilities.--As determined necessary by 
     the Comptroller General, the Government Accountability Office 
     may inspect facilities at which Federal, State, or local 
     officials, contractor staff, grantee staff, or recipients or 
     subrecipients carry out their responsibilities related to 
     obligations or expenditures subject to subsection (a).
       ``(5) Enforcement.--Access rights under this subsection 
     shall be subject to enforcement consistent with section 716 
     of title 31, United States Code.
       ``(f) Relationship to Existing Authority.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to limit, amend, supersede, or 
     restrict in any manner any existing authority of the 
     Comptroller General.
       ``(g) Exception to Waiting Period.--Subsection (a) shall 
     not apply if, prior to obligating or spending any funding 
     described in such subsection, the Secretary obtains approval 
     in writing from at least three of the following individuals--
       ``(1) the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture of the 
     House of Representatives,
       ``(2) the Ranking Member of the Committee on Agriculture of 
     the House of Representatives,
       ``(3) the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate; and
       ``(4) the Ranking Member of the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
       ``(h) Exclusion for Preexisting Authorizations.--This 
     section shall not apply to obligations and expenditures 
     authorized in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public 
     Law 115-334).''.

                         TITLE V--CONSERVATION

     SEC. 60501. EMERGENCY SOIL HEALTH AND INCOME PROTECTION PILOT 
                   PROGRAM.

       (a) Definition of Eligible Land.--In this section, the term 
     ``eligible land'' means cropland that--
       (1) is selected by the owner or operator of the land for 
     proposed enrollment in the pilot program under this section; 
     and
       (2) as determined by the Secretary, had a cropping history 
     or was considered to be planted during each of the 3 crop 
     years preceding enrollment.
       (b) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a voluntary 
     emergency soil health and income protection pilot program 
     under which eligible land is enrolled through the use of 
     contracts to assist owners and operators of eligible land to 
     conserve and improve the soil, water, and wildlife resources 
     of the eligible land.
       (2) Deadline for participation.--Eligible land may be 
     enrolled in the program under this section through December 
     31, 2021.
       (c) Contracts.--
       (1) Requirements.--A contract described in subsection (b) 
     shall--
       (A) be entered into by the Secretary, the owner of the 
     eligible land, and (if applicable) the operator of the 
     eligible land; and
       (B) provide that, during the term of the contract--
       (i) the lowest practicable cost perennial conserving use 
     cover crop for the eligible land, as determined by the 
     applicable State conservationist after considering the advice 
     of the applicable State technical committee, shall be planted 
     on the eligible land;
       (ii) subject to paragraph (4), the eligible land may be 
     harvested for seed, hayed, or grazed outside the primary 
     nesting season established for the applicable county;
       (iii) the eligible land may be eligible for a walk-in 
     access program of the applicable State, if any; and
       (iv) a nonprofit wildlife organization may provide to the 
     owner or operator of the eligible land a payment in exchange 
     for an agreement by the owner or operator not to harvest the 
     conserving use cover.
       (2) Payments.--
       (A) Rental rate.--Except as provided in paragraph 
     (4)(B)(ii), the annual rental rate for a payment under a 
     contract described in subsection (b) shall be $70 per acre.
       (B) Advance payment.--At the request of the owner and (if 
     applicable) the operator of the eligible land, the Secretary 
     shall make all rental payments under a contract entered into 
     under this section within 30 days of entering into such 
     contract.
       (C) Cost share payments.--A contract described in 
     subsection (b) shall provide that, during the term of the 
     contract, the Secretary shall

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     pay, of the actual cost of establishment of the conserving 
     use cover crop under paragraph (1)(B)(i), not more than $30 
     per acre.
       (3) Term.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     each contract described in subsection (b) shall be for a term 
     of 3 years.
       (B) Early termination.--
       (i) Secretary.--The Secretary may terminate a contract 
     described in subsection (b) before the end of the term 
     described in subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines 
     that the early termination of the contract is appropriate.
       (ii) Owners and operators.--An owner and (if applicable) an 
     operator of eligible land enrolled in the pilot program under 
     this section may terminate a contract described in subsection 
     (b) before the end of the term described in subparagraph (A) 
     if the owner and (if applicable) the operator pay to the 
     Secretary an amount equal to the amount of rental payments 
     received under the contract.
       (4) Harvesting, haying, and grazing outside applicable 
     period.--The harvesting for seed, haying, or grazing of 
     eligible land under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) outside of the 
     primary nesting season established for the applicable county 
     shall be subject to the conditions that--
       (A) with respect to eligible land that is so hayed or 
     grazed, adequate stubble height shall be maintained to 
     protect the soil on the eligible land, as determined by the 
     applicable State conservationist after considering the advice 
     of the applicable State technical committee; and
       (B) with respect to eligible land that is so harvested for 
     seed--
       (i) the eligible land shall not be eligible to be insured 
     or reinsured under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1501 et seq.); and
       (ii) the annual rental rate for a payment under a contract 
     described in subsection (b) shall be $52.50 per acre.
       (d) Acreage Limitation.--Not more than 5,000,000 total 
     acres of eligible land may be enrolled under the pilot 
     program under this section.
       (e) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of any funds in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be 
     necessary to carry out this section.

                           TITLE W--NUTRITION

     SEC. 60601. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Covid-19 public health emergency.--The term ``COVID-19 
     public health emergency'' means the public health emergency 
     declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID-19.
       (2) Supplemental nutrition assistance program.--The term 
     ``supplemental nutrition assistance program'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 3(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
     of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(t)).

     SEC. 60602. ENHANCED PROJECTS TO HARVEST, PROCESS, PACKAGE, 
                   OR TRANSPORT DONATED COMMODITIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Emergency feeding organization.--The term ``emergency 
     feeding organization'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 201A of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
     U.S.C. 7501).
       (2) Project.--The term ``project'' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 203D(d)(1) of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(1)).
       (3) Priority agricultural product.--The term ``priority 
     agricultural product'' means a dairy, meat, or poultry 
     product, or a specialty crop--
       (A) packaged or marketed for sale to commercial or food 
     service industries;
       (B) for which decreased demand exists for such a product 
     due to the COVID-19 outbreak; and
       (C) the repurposing of which would be impractical for 
     grocery or retail sale.
       (4) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 203D of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 
     1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507).
       (5) State agency.--The term ``State agency'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 203D of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507).
       (b) Enhanced Projects.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), using 
     funds made available under subsection (d), the Secretary may 
     provide funds to States to pay for harvesting, processing, 
     packaging, or transportation costs of carrying out a project.
       (2) Guidance.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance to 
     States--
       (A) to carry out this section;
       (B) to inform States of their allocations under paragraph 
     (3); and
       (C) to encourage States to carry out projects that work 
     with agricultural producers, processors, and distributors 
     with priority agricultural products.
       (3) Allocation.--
       (A) Eligibility for allocation.--The Secretary shall 
     allocate funds made available under subsection (d) based on 
     the formula in effect under section 214(a) of the Emergency 
     Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7515(a)), among States 
     that timely submit a State plan of operation for a project 
     that includes--
       (i) a list of emergency feeding organizations in the State 
     that will operate the project in partnership with the State 
     agency;
       (ii) at the option of the State, a list of priority 
     agricultural products located in the State that are for 
     donation to emergency feeding organizations and ready for 
     transport;
       (iii) a description of how the project will meet the 
     purposes described in section 203D(d)(3) of the Emergency 
     Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(3)); and
       (iv) a timeline of when the project will begin operating.
       (B) Reallocation.--If the Secretary determines that a State 
     will not expend all the funds allocated to the State under 
     subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reallocate the 
     unexpended funds to other eligible States.
       (C) Report.--Each State that receives funds allocated under 
     this paragraph shall submit to the Secretary financial 
     reports on a regular basis describing the use of the funds.
       (4) Use of funds.--
       (A) In general.--A State that receives funds under section 
     203D(d)(5) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
     U.S.C. 7507(d)(5)) may--
       (i) receive funds under this section; and
       (ii) use funds received under this section--

       (I) to expand projects for which funds are received under 
     such section 203D(d)(5);
       (II) to carry out new projects with agricultural producers, 
     processors, or distributors participating in projects for 
     which funds are received under such section 203D(d)(5); and
       (III) to carry out projects with agricultural producers, 
     processors, or distributors not participating in projects for 
     which funds are received under such section 203D(d)(5).

       (B) Federal share.--Funds received under this section shall 
     not be subject to the Federal share limitation described in 
     section 203D(d)(2)(B) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 
     1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(2)(B)).
       (c) Cooperative Agreements.--
       (1) In general.--A State agency that carries out a project 
     using Federal funds received under this section may enter 
     into cooperative agreements with State agencies of other 
     States under section 203B(d) of the Emergency Food Assistance 
     Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)) to maximize the use of 
     commodities donated under the project.
       (2) Submission.--Not later than 15 days after entering into 
     a cooperative agreement under paragraph (1), a State agency 
     shall submit such agreement to the Secretary.
       (d) Appropriation of Funds.--Out of funds in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry 
     out this section $25,000,000 to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021.
       (e) Public Availability.--Not later than 10 days after the 
     date of the receipt or issuance of each document listed in 
     paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, the Secretary 
     shall make publicly available on the website of the 
     Department of Agriculture the following documents:
       (1) Any guidance issued under subsection (b)(2).
       (2) A State plan of operation or report submitted in 
     accordance with subsection (b)(3).
       (3) A cooperative agreement submitted in accordance with 
     subsection (c).

     SEC. 60603. SNAP NUTRITION EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary may issue nationwide guidance to allow 
     funding allocated under section 28 of the Food and Nutrition 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 2036a) to be used for individuals distributing 
     food in a non-congregate setting under commodity distribution 
     programs and child nutrition programs administered by the 
     Food and Nutrition Service of the Department of Agriculture 
     in States affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, provided that 
     any individuals who distribute school meals under--
       (1) the school lunch program established under the Richard 
     B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
     seq.); and
       (2) the school breakfast program established under section 
     4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773);

     using funds allocated under section 28 of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) supplement, not 
     supplant, individuals who are employed by local educational 
     authorities as of the date of enactment of this Act.
       (b) Sunset.--The authority for this section shall expire 30 
     days after the COVID-19 public health emergency is 
     terminated.

     SEC. 60604. FLEXIBILITIES FOR SENIOR FARMERS' MARKET PROGRAM.

       (a) Authority to Modify or Waive Rules.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law and if requested by a State 
     agency, the Secretary of Agriculture may modify or waive any 
     rule issued under section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural 
     Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3007) that applies to such 
     State agency if the Secretary determines that--
       (1) such State agency is unable to comply with such rule as 
     a result of COVID-19, and
       (2) the requested modification or waiver is necessary to 
     enable such State agency to provide assistance to low-income 
     seniors under such section.
       (b) Public Availability.--Not later than 10 days after the 
     date of the receipt or issuance of each document listed in 
     paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the Secretary 
     shall make publicly available on the website of the 
     Department of Agriculture the following documents:
       (1) Any request submitted by State agencies under 
     subsection (a).
       (2) The Secretary's approval or denial of each such 
     request.
       (c) Definition of State Agency.--The term ``State agency'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 249.2 of 18 title 
     7 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
       (d) Effective Period.--Subsection (a) shall be in effect 
     during the period that begins on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and ends 30 days after the termination of the COVID-
     19 public health emergency.

     SEC. 60605. FLEXIBILITIES FOR THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM 
                   ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.

       (a) Waiver of Non-Federal Share Requirement.--Funds 
     provided in division B of the

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     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) for the food distribution program on Indian 
     reservations authorized by section 4(b) of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) shall not be subject 
     to the payment of the non-Federal share requirement described 
     in section 4(b)(4)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)(4)(A)).
       (b) Flexibilities for Certain Households.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Agriculture may issue guidance to waive 
     or adjust section 4(b)(2)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)(2)(C)) for any Tribal organization (as 
     defined in section 3(v) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(v)), or 
     for an appropriate State agency administering the program 
     established under section 4(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
     2013(b)), to ensure that households on the Indian reservation 
     who are participating in the supplemental nutrition 
     assistance program and who are unable to access approved 
     retail food stores due to the outbreak of COVID-19 have 
     access to commodities distributed under section 4(b) of such 
     Act.
       (2) Public availability.--The Secretary shall make 
     available the guidance document issued under paragraph (1) on 
     the public website of the Department of Agriculture not later 
     than 10 days after the date of the issuance of such guidance.
       (3) Sunset.--The authority under this subsection shall 
     expire 30 days after the termination of the COVID-19 public 
     health emergency.

     SEC. 60606. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       (a) Value of Benefits.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, beginning on June 1, 2020, and for each subsequent 
     month through September 30, 2021, the value of benefits 
     determined under section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
     of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)), and consolidated block grants for 
     Puerto Rico and American Samoa determined under section 19(a) 
     of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)), shall be calculated using 115 
     percent of the June 2019 value of the thrifty food plan (as 
     defined in section 3 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2012)) if the 
     value of the benefits and block grants would be greater under 
     that calculation than in the absence of this subsection.
       (b) Minimum Amount.--
       (1) In general.--The minimum value of benefits determined 
     under section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2017(a)) for a household of not more than 2 members 
     shall be $30.
       (2) Effectiveness.--Paragraph (1) shall remain in effect 
     until the date on which 8 percent of the value of the thrifty 
     food plan for a household containing 1 member, rounded to the 
     nearest whole dollar increment, is equal to or greater than 
     $30.
       (c) Requirements for the Secretary.--In carrying out this 
     section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) consider the benefit increases described in each of 
     subsections (a) and (b) to be a ``mass change'';
       (2) require a simple process for States to notify 
     households of the increase in benefits;
       (3) consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)) to apply to any errors 
     in the implementation of this section, without regard to the 
     120-day limit described in that section;
       (4) disregard the additional amount of benefits that a 
     household receives as a result of this section in determining 
     the amount of overissuances under section 13 of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2022); and
       (5) set the tolerance level for excluding small errors for 
     the purposes of section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
     of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) at $50 through September 30, 2021.
       (d) Provisions for Impacted Workers.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the requirements under subsections 
     (d)(1)(A)(ii) and (o) of section 6 of the Food and Nutrition 
     Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) shall not be in effect during the 
     period beginning on June 1, 2020, and ending 2 years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       (e) Administrative Expenses.--
       (1) In general.--For the costs of State administrative 
     expenses associated with carrying out this section and 
     administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
     established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Secretary shall make available 
     $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and $150,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2021.
       (2) Timing for fiscal year 2020.--Not later than 60 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall make available to States amounts for fiscal year 2020 
     under paragraph (1).
       (3) Allocation of funds.--Funds described in paragraph (1) 
     shall be made available as grants to State agencies for each 
     fiscal year as follows:
       (A) 75 percent of the amounts available for each fiscal 
     year shall be allocated to States based on the share of each 
     State of households that participate in the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of 
     Agriculture for the most recent 12-month period for which 
     data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date 
     of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster 
     programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)); and
       (B) 25 percent of the amounts available for each fiscal 
     year shall be allocated to States based on the increase in 
     the number of households that participate in the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program as reported to the Department of 
     Agriculture over the most recent 12-month period for which 
     data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date 
     of the enactment of this Act) for participation in disaster 
     programs under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)).
       (f) Snap Rules.--No funds (including fees) made available 
     under this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be 
     used to finalize, implement, administer, enforce, carry out, 
     or otherwise give effect to--
       (1) the final rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition 
     Assistance Program: Requirements for Able-Bodied Adults 
     Without Dependents'' published in the Federal Register on 
     December 5, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 66782);
       (2) the proposed rule entitled ``Revision of Categorical 
     Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
     (SNAP)'' published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2019 
     (84 Fed. Reg. 35570); or
       (3) the proposed rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition 
     Assistance Program: Standardization of State Heating and 
     Cooling Standard Utility Allowances'' published in the 
     Federal Register on October 3, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 52809).
       (g) Certain Exclusions From SNAP Income.--A Federal 
     pandemic unemployment compensation payment made to an 
     individual under section 2104 of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136) shall not be regarded as income and shall not be 
     regarded as a resource for the month of receipt and the 
     following 9 months, for the purpose of determining 
     eligibility for such individual or any other individual for 
     benefits or assistance, or the amount of benefits or 
     assistance, under any programs authorized under the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
       (h) Public Availability.--Not later than 10 days after the 
     date of the receipt or issuance of each document listed 
     below, the Secretary shall make publicly available on the 
     website of the Department of Agriculture the following 
     documents:
       (1) Any State agency request to participate in the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program online program 
     under section 7(k).
       (2) Any State agency request to waive, adjust, or modify 
     statutory or regulatory requirements under the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 related to the COVID-19 outbreak.
       (3) The Secretary's approval or denial of each such request 
     under paragraphs (1) or (2).
       (i) Funding.--There are hereby appropriated to the 
     Secretary, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, such 
     sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.

     SEC. 60607. SNAP HOT FOOD PURCHASES.

       During the period beginning 10 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and ending on the termination date of 
     the COVID-19 public health emergency, the term ``food'', as 
     defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2012), shall be deemed to exclude ``hot foods or hot 
     food products ready for immediate consumption other than 
     those authorized pursuant to clauses (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), 
     and (9) of this subsection,'' for purposes of such Act, 
     except that such exclusion is limited to retail food stores 
     authorized to accept and redeem supplemental nutrition 
     assistance program benefits as of the date of enactment of 
     this Act.

          DIVISION G--ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

                        TITLE I--ACCOUNTABILITY

     SEC. 70101. MEMBERSHIP OF THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE 
                   ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE.

       Section 15010(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and (D)'' and inserting 
     ``(D), and (E)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)(E), by inserting ``of the Council'' 
     after ``Chairperson''.

     SEC. 70102. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN STATUS OF 
                   INSPECTOR GENERAL.

       (a) Change in Status of Inspector General of Offices.--
     Section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``, is placed on paid or unpaid non-duty 
     status,'' after ``is removed from office'';
       (2) by inserting ``, change in status,'' after ``any such 
     removal''; and
       (3) by inserting ``, change in status,'' after ``before the 
     removal''.
       (b) Change in Status of Inspector General of Designated 
     Federal Entities.--Section 8G(e)(2) of the Inspector General 
     Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``, is placed on paid or unpaid non-duty 
     status,'' after ``office'';
       (2) by inserting ``, change in status,'' after ``any such 
     removal''; and
       (3) by inserting ``, change in status,'' after ``before the 
     removal''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 70103. PRESIDENTIAL EXPLANATION OF FAILURE TO NOMINATE 
                   AN INSPECTOR GENERAL.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 
     3349d the following new section:

     ``Sec. 3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate 
       an Inspector General

       ``If the President fails to make a formal nomination for a 
     vacant Inspector General position that requires a formal 
     nomination by the President to be filled within the period 
     beginning on the date on which the vacancy occurred and 
     ending on the day that is 210 days after that date, the 
     President shall communicate, within 30 days after the end of 
     such period, to Congress in writing--
       ``(1) the reasons why the President has not yet made a 
     formal nomination; and
       ``(2) a target date for making a formal nomination.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to 3349d the following new item:


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``3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector 
              General.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and shall apply to any vacancy first occurring on or after 
     that date.

     SEC. 70104. INSPECTOR GENERAL INDEPENDENCE.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Inspector General Independence Act''.
       (b) Amendment.--The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
     App.) is amended--
       (1) in section 3(b)--
       (A) by striking ``An Inspector General'' and inserting 
     ``(1) An Inspector General'';
       (B) by inserting after ``by the President'' the following: 
     ``in accordance with paragraph (2)''; and
       (C) by inserting at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) The President may remove an Inspector General only 
     for any of the following grounds:
       ``(A) Permanent incapacity.
       ``(B) Inefficiency.
       ``(C) Neglect of duty.
       ``(D) Malfeasance.
       ``(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral 
     turpitude.
       ``(F) Knowing violation of a law, rule, or regulation.
       ``(G) Gross mismanagement.
       ``(H) Gross waste of funds.
       ``(I) Abuse of authority.''; and
       (2) in section 8G(e)(2), by adding at the end the following 
     new sentence: "An Inspector General may be removed only for 
     any of the following grounds:
       ``(A) Permanent incapacity.
       ``(B) Inefficiency.
       ``(C) Neglect of duty.
       ``(D) Malfeasance.
       ``(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct involving moral 
     turpitude.
       ``(F) Knowing violation of a law, rule, or regulation.
       ``(G) Gross mismanagement.
       ``(H) Gross waste of funds.
       ``(I) Abuse of authority.''.

     SEC. 70105. USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT 
                   RESPONSIBILITIES.

       The Inspector General of the United States Postal Service 
     shall--
       (1) conduct oversight, audits, and investigations of 
     projects and activities carried out with funds provided in 
     division A of this Act to the United States Postal Service; 
     and
       (2) not less than 90 days after the Postal Service 
     commences use of funding provided by division A of this Act, 
     and annually thereafter, initiate an audit of the Postal 
     Service's use of appropriations and borrowing authority 
     provided by any division of this Act, including the use of 
     funds to cover lost revenues, costs due to COVID-19, and 
     expenditures, and submit a copy of such audit to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
     the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 
     House of Representatives, and the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.

                        TITLE II--CENSUS MATTERS

     SEC. 70201. MODIFICATION OF 2020 CENSUS DEADLINES AND 
                   TABULATION OF POPULATION.

       (a) Deadline Modification.--Notwithstanding the timetables 
     provided in sections 141(b) and (c) of title 13, United 
     States Code, and section 22(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act 
     to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial 
     censuses and to provide for an apportionment of 
     Representatives in Congress'', approved June 18, 1929 (2 
     U.S.C. 2a(a)), for the 2020 decennial census of the 
     population--
       (1) the tabulation of total population by States required 
     by section 141(a) of such title for the apportionment of 
     Representatives in Congress among the several States shall be 
     completed and reported by the Secretary to the President 
     within 13 months after the decennial census date of April 1, 
     2020, and shall be made public by the Secretary no later than 
     the date on which it is reported to the President;
       (2) the President shall transmit to the Congress a 
     statement showing the whole number of persons in each State, 
     and the number of Representatives to which each State would 
     be entitled under an apportionment of the then existing 
     number of Representatives, as required by such section 22(a), 
     and determined solely as described therein, within 14 days 
     after receipt of the tabulation reported by the Secretary; 
     and
       (3) the tabulations of populations required by section 
     141(c) of such title shall be completed by the Secretary as 
     expeditiously as possible after the census date of April 1, 
     2020, taking into account each State's deadlines for 
     legislative apportionment or districting, and reported to the 
     Governor of the State involved and to the officers or public 
     bodies having responsibility for legislative apportionment or 
     districting of such State, except that such tabulations of 
     population of each State requesting a tabulation plan, and 
     basic tabulations of population of each other State, shall be 
     completed, reported, and transmitted to each respective State 
     within 16 months after the decennial census date of April 1, 
     2020.
       (b) Quality.--Data products and tabulations produced by the 
     Bureau of the Census pursuant to sections 141(b) or (c) of 
     title 13, United States Code, in connection with the 2020 
     decennial census shall meet the same or higher data quality 
     standards as similar products produced by the Bureau of the 
     Census in connection with the 2010 decennial census.

     SEC. 70202. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 2020 CENSUS.

       On the first day of each month during the period between 
     the date of enactment of this Act and July 1, 2021, the 
     Director of the Bureau of the Census shall submit, to the 
     Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House and the Senate, a report 
     regarding the 2020 decennial census of population containing 
     the following information:
       (1) The total number of field staff, sorted by category, 
     hired by the Bureau compared to the number of field staff the 
     Bureau estimated was necessary to carry out such census.
       (2) Retention rates of such hired field staff.
       (3) Average wait time for call center calls and average 
     wait time for each language provided.
       (4) Anticipated schedule of such census operations.
       (5) Total tabulated responses, categorized by race and 
     Hispanic origin.
       (6) Total appropriations available for obligation for such 
     census and a categorized list of total disbursements.
       (7) Non-Response Follow-Up completion rates by geographic 
     location.
       (8) Update/Enumerate and Update/Leave completion rates by 
     geographic location.
       (9) Total spending to date on media, advertisements, and 
     partnership specialists, including a geographic breakdown of 
     such spending.
       (10) Post-enumeration schedule and subsequent data 
     aggregation and delivery progress.

     SEC. 70203. PROVIDING BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ACCESS TO 
                   INFORMATION FROM INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
                   EDUCATION.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, including section 444 of the General Education 
     Provisions Act (commonly known as the ``Family Educational 
     Rights and Privacy Act of 1974''), an institution of higher 
     education may, in furtherance of a full and accurate 
     decennial census of population count, provide to the Bureau 
     of the Census information requested by the Bureau for 
     purposes of enumeration for the 2020 decennial census of 
     population.
       (b) Application.--
       (1) Information.--Only information requested on the 
     official 2020 decennial census of population form may be 
     provided to the Bureau of the Census pursuant to this 
     section. No institution of higher education may provide any 
     information to the Bureau on the immigration or citizenship 
     status of any individual.
       (2) Notice required.--Before information can be provided to 
     the Bureau, the institution of higher education shall give 
     public notice of the categories of information which it plans 
     to provide and shall allow 10 days after such notice has been 
     given for a student to inform the institution that any or all 
     of the information designated should not be released without 
     the student's prior consent. No institution of higher 
     education shall provide the Bureau with the information of 
     any individual who has objected to the provision of such 
     information.
       (3) Use of information.--Information provided to the Bureau 
     pursuant to this section may only be used for the purposes of 
     enumeration for the 2020 decennial census of population.
       (c) Definition of Institution of Higher Education.--In this 
     section, the term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 102 of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
       (d) Sunset.--The authority provided in this section shall 
     expire at the conclusion of 2020 census operations.

     SEC. 70204. LIMITATION ON TABULATION OF CERTAIN DATA.

       (a) Limitation.--The Bureau of the Census may not compile 
     or produce any data product or tabulation as part of, in 
     combination with, or in connection with, the 2020 decennial 
     census of population or any such census data produced 
     pursuant to section 141(c) of title 13, United States Code, 
     that is based in whole or in part on data that is not 
     collected in such census.
       (b) Exception.--The limitation in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply to any data product or tabulation that is required by 
     sections 141(b) or (c) of such title, that uses the same or 
     substantially similar methodology and data sources as a 
     decennial census data product produced by the Bureau of the 
     Census before January 1, 2019, or that uses a methodology and 
     data sources that the Bureau of the Census finalized and made 
     public prior to January 1, 2018.

                      TITLE III--FEDERAL WORKFORCE

     SEC. 70301. COVID-19 TELEWORKING REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       (a) Mandated Telework.--
       (1) In general.--Effective immediately upon the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the head of any Federal agency shall 
     require any employee of such agency who is authorized to 
     telework under chapter 65 of title 5, United States Code, or 
     any other provision of law to telework during the period 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 
     December 31, 2020.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection--
       (A) the term ``employee'' means--
       (i) an employee of the Library of Congress;
       (ii) an employee of the Government Accountability Office;
       (iii) 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;
       (iv) a covered employee as defined in section 411(c) of 
     title 3, United States Code;
       (v) a Federal officer or employee covered under subchapter 
     V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code; or
       (vi) any other individual occupying a position in the civil 
     service (as that term is defined in section 2101(1) of title 
     5, United States Code); and
       (B) the term ``telework'' has the meaning given that term 
     in section 6501(3) of such title.
       (b) Telework Participation Goals.--Chapter 65 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended as follows:

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       (1) In section 6502--
       (A) in subsection (b)--
       (i) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) include annual goals for increasing the percent of 
     employees of the executive agency participating in 
     teleworking--
       ``(A) three or more days per pay period;
       ``(B) one or 2 days per pay period;
       ``(C) once per month; and
       ``(D) on an occasional, episodic, or short-term basis; and
       ``(7) include methods for collecting data on, setting goals 
     for, and reporting costs savings to the executive agency 
     achieved through teleworking, consistent with the guidance 
     developed under section 70302 (c) of The Heroes Act.''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Notification for Reduction in Teleworking 
     Participation.--Not later than 30 days before the date that 
     an executive agency implements or modifies a teleworking plan 
     that would reduce the percentage of employees at the agency 
     who telework, the head of the executive agency shall provide 
     written notification, including a justification for the 
     reduction in telework participation and a description of how 
     the agency will pay for any increased costs resulting from 
     that reduction, to--
       ``(1) the Director of the Office of Personnel Management;
       ``(2) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       ``(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate.
       ``(e) Prohibition on Agency-wide Limits on Teleworking.--An 
     agency may not prohibit any delineated period of teleworking 
     participation for all employees of the agency, including the 
     periods described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of 
     subsection (b)(6). The agency shall make any teleworking 
     determination with respect to an employee or group of 
     employees at the agency on a case-by-case basis.''.
       (2) In section 6506(b)(2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (F)(vi), by striking ``and'' at the 
     end;
       (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(H) agency cost savings achieved through teleworking, 
     consistent with the guidance developed under section 2(c) of 
     the Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act; and
       ``(I) a detailed explanation of a plan to increase the 
     Government-wide teleworking participation rate above such 
     rate applicable to fiscal year 2016, including agency-level 
     plans to maintain or imparove such rate for each of the 
     teleworking frequency categories listed under subparagraph 
     (A)(iii).''.
       (c) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management, in collaboration with the Chief Human 
     Capital Officer Council, shall establish uniform guidance for 
     agencies on how to collect data on, set goals for, and report 
     cost savings achieved through, teleworking. Such guidance 
     shall account for cost savings related to travel, energy use, 
     and real estate.
       (d) Technical Correction.--Section 6506(b)(1) of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``with Chief'' and 
     inserting ``with the Chief''.

     SEC. 70302. RETIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.

       (a) CSRS.--Section 8336(c) of title 5, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3)(A) In this paragraph--
       ``(i) the term `affected individual' means an individual 
     covered under this subchapter who--

       ``(I) is performing service in a covered position;
       ``(II) is diagnosed with COVID-19 before the date on which 
     the individual becomes entitled to an annuity under paragraph 
     (1) of this subsection or subsection (e), (m), or (n), as 
     applicable;
       ``(III) because of the illness described in subclause (II), 
     is permanently unable to render useful and efficient service 
     in the employee's covered position, as determined by the 
     agency in which the individual was serving when such 
     individual incurred the illness; and
       ``(IV) is appointed to a position in the civil service 
     that--

       ``(aa) is not a covered position; and
       ``(bb) is within an agency that regularly appoints 
     individuals to supervisory or administrative positions 
     related to the activities of the former covered position of 
     the individual;
       ``(ii) the term `covered position' means a position as a 
     law enforcement officer, customs and border protection 
     officer, firefighter, air traffic controller, nuclear 
     materials courier, member of the Capitol Police, or member of 
     the Supreme Court Police; and
       ``(iii) the term `COVID-19' means the 2019 Novel 
     Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV.
       ``(B) Unless an affected individual files an election 
     described in subparagraph (E), creditable service by the 
     affected individual in a position described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(IV) shall be treated as creditable service in a 
     covered position for purposes of this chapter and determining 
     the amount to be deducted and withheld from the pay of the 
     affected individual under section 8334.
       ``(C) Subparagraph (B) shall only apply if the affected 
     employee transitions to a position described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(IV) without a break in service exceeding 3 days.
       ``(D) The service of an affected individual shall no longer 
     be eligible for treatment under subparagraph (B) if such 
     service occurs after the individual--
       ``(i) is transferred to a supervisory or administrative 
     position related to the activities of the former covered 
     position of the individual; or
       ``(ii) meets the age and service requirements that would 
     subject the individual to mandatory separation under section 
     8335 if such individual had remained in the former covered 
     position.
       ``(E) In accordance with procedures established by the 
     Director of the Office of Personnel Management, an affected 
     individual may file an election to have any creditable 
     service performed by the affected individual treated in 
     accordance with this chapter without regard to subparagraph 
     (B).
       ``(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply 
     to such affected individual any other pay-related laws or 
     regulations applicable to a covered position.''.
       (b) FERS.--
       (1) In general.--Section 8412(d) of title 5, United States 
     Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
       (B) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``An employee''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2)(A) In this paragraph--
       ``(i) the term `affected individual' means an individual 
     covered under this chapter who--

       ``(I) is performing service in a covered position;
       ``(II) is diagnosed with COVID-19 before the date on which 
     the individual becomes entitled to an annuity under paragraph 
     (1) of this subsection or subsection (e), as applicable;
       ``(III) because of the illness described in subclause (II), 
     is permanently unable to render useful and efficient service 
     in the employee's covered position, as determined by the 
     agency in which the individual was serving when such 
     individual incurred the illness; and
       ``(IV) is appointed to a position in the civil service 
     that--

       ``(aa) is not a covered position; and
       ``(bb) is within an agency that regularly appoints 
     individuals to supervisory or administrative positions 
     related to the activities of the former covered position of 
     the individual;
       ``(ii) the term `covered position' means a position as a 
     law enforcement officer, customs and border protection 
     officer, firefighter, air traffic controller, nuclear 
     materials courier, member of the Capitol Police, or member of 
     the Supreme Court Police; and
       ``(iii) the term `COVID-19' means the 2019 Novel 
     Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV.
       ``(B) Unless an affected individual files an election 
     described in subparagraph (E), creditable service by the 
     affected individual in a position described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(IV) shall be treated as creditable service in a 
     covered position for purposes of this chapter and determining 
     the amount to be deducted and withheld from the pay of the 
     affected individual under section 8422.
       ``(C) Subparagraph (B) shall only apply if the affected 
     employee transitions to a position described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(IV) without a break in service exceeding 3 days.
       ``(D) The service of an affected individual shall no longer 
     be eligible for treatment under subparagraph (B) if such 
     service occurs after the individual--
       ``(i) is transferred to a supervisory or administrative 
     position related to the activities of the former covered 
     position of the individual; or
       ``(ii) meets the age and service requirements that would 
     subject the individual to mandatory separation under section 
     8425 if such individual had remained in the former covered 
     position.
       ``(E) In accordance with procedures established by the 
     Director of the Office of Personnel Management, an affected 
     individual may file an election to have any creditable 
     service performed by the affected individual treated in 
     accordance with this chapter without regard to subparagraph 
     (B).
       ``(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply 
     to such affected individual any other pay-related laws or 
     regulations applicable to a covered position.''.
       (2) Technical and conforming amendments.--
       (A) Chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
       (i) in section 8414(b)(3), by inserting ``(1)'' after 
     ``subsection (d)'';
       (ii) in section 8415--

       (I) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by inserting ``(1)'' after ``subsection (d)''; and
       (II) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by striking ``(d)(2)'' and 
     inserting ``(d)(1)(B)'';

       (iii) in section 8421(a)(1), by inserting ``(1)'' after 
     ``(d)'';
       (iv) in section 8421a(b)(4)(B)(ii), by inserting ``(1)'' 
     after ``section 8412(d)'';
       (v) in section 8425, by inserting ``(1)'' after ``section 
     8412(d)'' each place it appears; and
       (vi) in section 8462(c)(3)(B)(ii), by inserting ``(1)'' 
     after ``subsection (d)''.
       (B) Title VIII of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4041 et seq.) is amended--
       (i) in section 805(d)(5) (22 U.S.C. 4045(d)(5)), by 
     inserting ``(1)'' after ``or 8412(d)''; and
       (ii) in section 812(a)(2)(B) (22 U.S.C. 4052(a)(2)(B)), by 
     inserting ``(1)'' after ``or 8412(d)''.
       (c) CIA Employees.--Section 302 of the Central Intelligence 
     Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2152) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(d) Employees Disabled on Duty.--
       ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `affected employee' means an employee of the 
     Agency covered under subchapter II of chapter 84 of title 5, 
     United States Code, who--
       ``(i) is performing service in a position designated under 
     subsection (a);
       ``(ii) is diagnosed with COVID-19 before the date on which 
     the employee becomes entitled to an annuity under section 233 
     of this Act or section 8412(d)(1) of title 5, United States 
     Code;

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       ``(iii) because of the illness described in clause (ii), is 
     permanently unable to render useful and efficient service in 
     the employee's covered position, as determined by the 
     Director; and
       ``(iv) is appointed to a position in the civil service that 
     is not a covered position but is within the Agency;
       ``(B) the term `covered position' means a position as--
       ``(i) a law enforcement officer described in section 
     8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(ii) a customs and border protection officer described in 
     section 8331(31) or 8401(36) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(iii) a firefighter described in section 8331(21) or 
     8401(14) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(iv) an air traffic controller described in section 
     8331(30) or 8401(35) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(v) a nuclear materials courier described in section 
     8331(27) or 8401(33) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(vi) a member of the United States Capitol Police;
       ``(vii) a member of the Supreme Court Police;
       ``(viii) an affected employee; or
       ``(ix) a special agent described in section 804(15) of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4044(15)); and
       ``(C) the term `COVID-19' means the 2019 Novel Coronavirus 
     or 2019-nCoV.
       ``(2) Treatment of service after disability.--Unless an 
     affected employee files an election described in paragraph 
     (3), creditable service by the affected employee in a 
     position described in paragraph (1)(A)(iv) shall be treated 
     as creditable service in a covered position for purposes of 
     this Act and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, 
     including eligibility for an annuity under section 233 of 
     this Act or 8412(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, and 
     determining the amount to be deducted and withheld from the 
     pay of the affected employee under section 8422 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       ``(3) Break in service.--Paragraph (2) shall only apply if 
     the affected employee transitions to a position described in 
     paragraph (1)(A)(iv) without a break in service exceeding 3 
     days.
       ``(4) Limitation on treatment of service.--The service of 
     an affected employee shall no longer be eligible for 
     treatment under paragraph (2) if such service occurs after 
     the employee is transferred to a supervisory or 
     administrative position related to the activities of the 
     former covered position of the employee.
       ``(5) Opt out.--An affected employee may file an election 
     to have any creditable service performed by the affected 
     employee treated in accordance with chapter 84 of title 5, 
     United States Code, without regard to paragraph (2).''.
       (d) Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.--
     Section 806(a)(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4046(a)(6)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(D)(i) In this subparagraph--

       ``(I) the term `affected special agent' means an individual 
     covered under this subchapter who--

       ``(aa) is performing service as a special agent;
       ``(bb) is diagnosed with COVID-19 before the date on which 
     the individual becomes entitled to an annuity under section 
     811;
       ``(cc) because of the illness described in item (bb), is 
     permanently unable to render useful and efficient service in 
     the employee's covered position, as determined by the 
     Secretary; and
       ``(dd) is appointed to a position in the Foreign Service 
     that is not a covered position;

       ``(II) the term `covered position' means a position as--

       ``(aa) a law enforcement officer described in section 
     8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(bb) a customs and border protection officer described in 
     section 8331(31) or 8401(36) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(cc) a firefighter described in section 8331(21) or 
     8401(14) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(dd) an air traffic controller described in section 
     8331(30) or 8401(35) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(ee) a nuclear materials courier described in section 
     8331(27) or 8401(33) of title 5, United States Code;
       ``(ff) a member of the United States Capitol Police;
       ``(gg) a member of the Supreme Court Police;
       ``(hh) an employee of the Agency designated under section 
     302(a) of the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 
     U.S.C. 2152(a)); or
       ``(ii) a special agent; and

       ``(III) the term `COVID-19' means the 2019 Novel 
     Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV.

       ``(ii) Unless an affected special agent files an election 
     described in clause (iv), creditable service by the affected 
     special agent in a position described in clause (i)(I)(dd) 
     shall be treated as creditable service as a special agent for 
     purposes of this subchapter, including determining the amount 
     to be deducted and withheld from the pay of the individual 
     under section 805.
       ``(iii) Clause (ii) shall only apply if the special agent 
     transitions to a position described in clause (i)(I)(dd) 
     without a break in service exceeding 3 days.
       ``(iv) The service of an affected employee shall no longer 
     be eligible for treatment under clause (ii) if such service 
     occurs after the employee is transferred to a supervisory or 
     administrative position related to the activities of the 
     former covered position of the employee.
       ``(v) In accordance with procedures established by the 
     Secretary, an affected special agent may file an election to 
     have any creditable service performed by the affected special 
     agent treated in accordance with this subchapter, without 
     regard to clause (ii).''.
       (e) Implementation.--
       (1) Office of personnel management.--The Director of the 
     Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate regulations 
     to carry out the amendments made by subsections (a) and (b).
       (2) CIA employees.--The Director of the Central 
     Intelligence Agency shall promulgate regulations to carry out 
     the amendment made by subsection (c).
       (3) Foreign service retirement and disability system.--The 
     Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations to carry out 
     the amendment made by subsection (d).
       (4) Agency reappointment.--The regulations promulgated to 
     carry out the amendments made by this section shall ensure 
     that, to the greatest extent possible, the head of each 
     agency appoints affected employees or special agents to 
     supervisory or administrative positions related to the 
     activities of the former covered position of the employee or 
     special agent.
       (5) Treatment of service.--The regulations promulgated to 
     carry out the amendments made by this section shall ensure 
     that the creditable service of an affected employee or 
     special agent (as the case may be) that is not in a covered 
     position pursuant to an election made under such amendments 
     shall be treated as the same type of service as the covered 
     position in which the employee or agent suffered the 
     qualifying illness.
       (f) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendments made by 
     this section--
       (1) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this 
     section; and
       (2) shall apply to an individual who suffers an illness 
     described in section 8336(c)(3)(A)(i)(II) or section 
     8412(d)(2)(A)(i)(II) of title 5, United States Code (as 
     amended by this section), section 302(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the 
     Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (as amended by 
     this section), or section 806(a)(6)(D)(i)(I)(bb) of the 
     Foreign Service Act of 1980 (as amended by this section), on 
     or after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment 
     of this section.

     SEC. 70303. PRESUMPTION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS' 
                   COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES 
                   DIAGNOSED WITH CORONAVIRUS.

       (a) In General.--An employee who is diagnosed with COVID-19 
     during the period described in subsection (b)(2)(A) shall, 
     with respect to any claim made by or on behalf of the 
     employee for benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of 
     title 5, United States Code, be deemed to have an injury 
     proximately caused by exposure to coronavirus arising out of 
     the nature of the employee's employment and be presumptively 
     entitled to such benefits, including disability compensation, 
     medical services, and survivor benefits.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``coronavirus'' means SARS- CoV-2 or another 
     coronavirus with pandemic potential; and
       (2) the term ``employee''--
       (A) means an employee as that term is defined in section 
     8101(1) of title 5, United States Code, (including an 
     employee of the United States Postal Service, the 
     Transportation Security Administration, or the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs, including any individual appointed under 
     chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, United States Code) employed in 
     the Federal service at anytime during the period beginning on 
     January 27, 2020, and ending on January 30, 2022--
       (i) who carried out duties requiring contact with patients, 
     members of the public, or co-workers; or
       (ii) whose duties include a risk of exposure to the 
     coronavirus; and
       (B) does not include any employee otherwise covered by 
     subparagraph (A) who is teleworking on a full-time basis 
     during all of such period.

                TITLE IV--FEDERAL CONTRACTING PROVISIONS

     SEC. 70401. MANDATORY TELEWORK.

       (a) In General.--During the emergency period, the Director 
     of the Office of Management and Budget shall direct agencies 
     to allow telework for all contractor personnel to the maximum 
     extent practicable. Additionally, the Director shall direct 
     contracting officers to document any decision to not allow 
     telework during the emergency period in the contract file.
       (b) Emergency Period Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``emergency period'' means the period that--
       (1) begins on the date that is not later than 15 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act; and
       (2) ends on the date that the public health emergency 
     declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as result of COVID-19, including any 
     renewal thereof, expires.

     SEC. 70402. GUIDANCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SECTION 3610 OF 
                   THE CARES ACT.

       Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
     shall issue guidance to ensure uniform implementation across 
     agencies of section 3610 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136). Any such guidance shall--
       (1) limit the basic requirements for reimbursement to those 
     included in such Act and the effective date for such 
     reimbursement shall be January 31, 2020; and
       (2) clarify that the term ``minimum applicable contract 
     billing rates'' as used in such section includes the 
     financial impact incurred as a consequence of keeping the 
     employees or subcontractors of the contractor in a ready 
     state (such as the base hourly wage rate of an employee, plus 
     indirect costs, fees, and general and administrative 
     expenses).

     SEC. 70403. PAST PERFORMANCE RATINGS.

       Section 1126 of title 41, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Exception for Failure to Deliver Goods or Complete 
     Work Due to Covid-19.--If the head of an executive agency 
     determines that a contractor failed to deliver goods or 
     complete work as a result of measures taken as a result of 
     COVID-19 under a contract with the agency by the date or 
     within the time period imposed by the contract, any 
     information relating to such failure may not be--

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       ``(1) included in any past performance database used by 
     executive agencies for making source selection decisions; or
       ``(2) evaluated unfavorably as a factor of past contract 
     performance.''.

     SEC. 70404. ACCELERATED PAYMENTS.

       Not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and ending on the expiration of the public health 
     emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of COVID-19, 
     including any renewal thereof, the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall direct contracting officers to 
     establish an accelerated payment date for any prime contract 
     (as defined in section 8701 of title 41, United States Code) 
     with payments due 15 days after the receipt of a proper 
     invoice.

                     TITLE V--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

     SEC. 70501. SPECIAL BORROWING BY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

       (a) Authorizing Borrowing Under Municipal Liquidity 
     Facility of Federal Reserve Board and Similar Facilities or 
     Programs.--The Council of the District of Columbia (hereafter 
     in this section referred to as the ``Council'') may by act 
     authorize the issuance of bonds, notes, and other 
     obligations, in amounts determined by the Chief Financial 
     Officer of the District of Columbia to meet cash-flow needs 
     of the District of Columbia government, for purchase by the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve under the Municipal 
     Liquidity Facility of the Federal Reserve or any other 
     facility or program of the Federal Reserve or another entity 
     of the Federal government which is established in response to 
     the COVID-19 Pandemic.
       (b) Requiring Issuance to Be Competitive With Other Forms 
     of Borrowing.--The Council may authorize the issuance of 
     bonds, notes, or other obligations under subsection (a) only 
     if the issuance of such bonds, notes, and other obligations 
     is competitive with other forms of borrowing in the financial 
     market.
       (c) Treatment as General Obligation.--Any bond, note, or 
     other obligation issued under subsection (a) shall, if 
     provided in the act of the Council, be a general obligation 
     of the District.
       (d) Payments Not Subject to Appropriation.--No 
     appropriation is required to pay--
       (1) any amount (including the amount of any accrued 
     interest or premium) obligated or expended from or pursuant 
     to subsection (a) for or from the sale of any bonds, notes, 
     or other obligation under such subsection;
       (2) any amount obligated or expended for the payment of 
     principal of, interest on, or any premium for any bonds, 
     notes, or other obligations issued under subsection (a);
       (3) any amount obligated or expended pursuant to provisions 
     made to secure any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued 
     under subsection (a); or
       (4) any amount obligated or expended pursuant to 
     commitments, including lines of credit or costs of issuance, 
     made or entered in connection with the issuance of any bonds, 
     notes, or other obligations for operating or capital costs 
     financed under subsection (a).
       (e) Renewal.--Any bond, note, or other obligation issued 
     under subsection (a) may be renewed if authorized by an act 
     of the Council.
       (f) Payment.--Any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued 
     under subsection (a), including any renewal of such bonds, 
     notes, or other obligations, shall be due and payable on such 
     terms and conditions as are consistent with the terms and 
     conditions of the Municipal Liquidity Facility or other 
     facility or program referred to in subsection (a).
       (g) Inclusion of Payments in Annual Budget.--The Council 
     shall provide in each annual budget for the District of 
     Columbia government sufficient funds to pay the principal of 
     and interest on all bonds, notes, or other obligations issued 
     under subsection (a) of this section becoming due and payable 
     during such fiscal year.
       (h) Obligation to Pay.--The Mayor of the District of 
     Columbia shall ensure that the principal of and interest on 
     all bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under 
     subsection (a) are paid when due, including by paying such 
     principal and interest from funds not otherwise legally 
     committed.
       (i) Security Interest in District Revenues.--The Council 
     may by act provide for a security interest in any District of 
     Columbia revenues as additional security for the payment of 
     any bond, note, or other obligation issued under subsection 
     (a).

                        TITLE VI--OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 70601. ESTIMATES OF AGGREGATE ECONOMIC GROWTH ACROSS 
                   INCOME GROUPS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2020''.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Bureau.--The term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of 
     Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce.
       (2) Gross domestic product analysis.--The term ``gross 
     domestic product analysis''--
       (A) means a quarterly or annual analysis conducted by the 
     Bureau with respect to the gross domestic product of the 
     United States; and
       (B) includes a revision prepared by the Bureau of an 
     analysis described in subparagraph (A).
       (3) Recent estimate.--The term ``recent estimate'' means 
     the most recent estimate described in subsection (c) that is 
     available on the date on which the gross domestic product 
     analysis with which the estimate is to be included is 
     conducted.
       (c) Inclusion in Reports.--Beginning in 2020, in each gross 
     domestic product analysis conducted by the Bureau, the Bureau 
     shall include a recent estimate of, with respect to specific 
     percentile groups of income, the total amount that was added 
     to the economy of the United States during the period to 
     which the recent estimate pertains, including in--
       (1) each of the 10 deciles of income; and
       (2) the highest 1 percent of income.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce such sums as 
     are necessary to carry out this section.

     SEC. 70602. WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT FOR THE DRUG 
                   FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM.

       The matching funds requirement under paragraphs (1)(A)(i), 
     (1)(A)(iii), and (3)(D) of section 1032(b) of the Anti-Drug 
     Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)) may be modified or 
     waived by the Administrator if a grantee or applicant is 
     unable to meet the requirement as a result of the public 
     health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of 
     COVID-19.

     SEC. 70603. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BORROWING AUTHORITY.

       Subsection (b)(2) of section 6001 of the Coronavirus Aid, 
     Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall lend up to the 
     amount described in paragraph (1) at the request of the 
     Postal Service subject to the terms and conditions of the 
     note purchase agreement between the Postal Service and the 
     Federal Financing Bank in effect on September 29, 2018.''.

           DIVISION H--VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS PROVISIONS

     SEC. 80001. MODIFICATION OF PAY LIMITATION FOR CERTAIN HIGH-
                   LEVEL EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
                   OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) Modification.--Section 7404(d) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended by inserting ``and except for 
     individuals appointed under 7401(4) and 7306 of this title,'' 
     after ``section 7457 of this title,''.
       (b) Waivers.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 
     waive the limitation described in section 7404(d) of such 
     title, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, on the amount of basic pay payable to 
     individuals appointed under section 7401(4) or 7306 of such 
     title for basic pay payable during the period--
       (A) beginning on November 1, 2010; and
       (B) ending on the day before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       (2) Form.--The Secretary shall prescribe the form for 
     requesting a waiver under paragraph (1).
       (3) Treatment of waiver.--A decision not to grant a waiver 
     under paragraph (1) shall not be treated as an adverse action 
     and is not subject to further appeal, third-party review, or 
     judicial review.

     SEC. 80002. INCREASE OF AMOUNT OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS PAYMENTS DURING EMERGENCY 
                   PERIOD RESULTING FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

       (a) In General.--During the covered period, the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs shall apply each of the following 
     provisions of title 38, United States Code, by substituting 
     for each of the dollar amounts in such provision the amount 
     equal to 125 percent of the dollar amount that was in effect 
     under such provision on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act:
       (1) Subsections (l), (m), (r), and (t) of section 1114.
       (2) Paragraph (1)(E) of section 1115.
       (3) Subsection (c) of section 1311.
       (4) Subsection (g) of section 1315.
       (5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) of section 
     1521.
       (6) Paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (f) of section 
     1521.
       (b) Treatment of Amounts.--Any amount payable to an 
     individual under subsection (a) in excess of the amount 
     otherwise in effect shall be in addition to any other benefit 
     or any other amount payable to that individual under any 
     provision of law referred to in subsection (a) or any other 
     provision of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs.
       (c) Covered Period.--In this section, the covered period is 
     the period that begins on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act and ends 60 days after the last day of the emergency 
     period (as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1))) resulting from the 
     COVID-19 pandemic.

     SEC. 80003. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST SHARING FOR 
                   VETERANS RECEIVING PREVENTIVE SERVICES RELATING 
                   TO COVID-19.

       (a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
     require any copayment or other cost sharing under chapter 17 
     of title 38, United States Code, for qualifying coronavirus 
     preventive services. The requirement described in this 
     subsection shall take effect with respect to a qualifying 
     coronavirus preventive service on the specified date.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``qualifying 
     coronavirus preventive service'' and ``specified date'' have 
     the meaning given those terms in section 3203 of the CARES 
     Act (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 80004. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION OF AMOUNTS OF PER 
                   DIEM GRANTS.

       Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in clause (i), by inserting ``or (iii)'' after ``clause 
     (ii)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) With respect to a homeless veteran who has care of 
     a minor dependent while receiving services from the grant 
     recipient or eligible entity, the daily cost of care shall be 
     the sum of the daily cost of care determined under 
     subparagraph (A) plus, for each such minor dependent,

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     an amount that equals 50 percent of such daily cost of 
     care.''.

     SEC. 80005. EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR VETERANS DURING COVID-19 
                   EMERGENCY PERIOD.

       (a) Emergency Treatment.--Notwithstanding section 1725 or 
     1728 of title 38, United States Code, or any other provision 
     of law administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     pertaining to furnishing emergency treatment to veterans at 
     non-Department facilities, during the period of a covered 
     public health emergency, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall furnish to an eligible veteran emergency treatment at a 
     non-Department facility in accordance with this section.
       (b) Authorization Not Required.--The Secretary may not 
     require an eligible veteran to seek authorization by the 
     Secretary for emergency treatment furnished to the veteran 
     pursuant to subsection (a).
       (c) Payment Rates.--
       (1) Determination.--The rate paid for emergency treatment 
     furnished to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection (a) 
     shall be equal to the rate paid by the United States to a 
     provider of services (as defined in section 1861(u) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(u))) or a supplier (as 
     defined in section 1861(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(d))) 
     under the Medicare program under title XI or title XVIII of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), including 
     section 1834 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m), for the same 
     treatment.
       (2) Finality.--A payment in the amount payable under 
     paragraph (1) for emergency treatment furnished to an 
     eligible veteran pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
     considered payment in full and shall extinguish the veteran's 
     liability to the provider of such treatment, unless the 
     provider rejects the payment and refunds to the United States 
     such amount by not later than 30 days after receiving the 
     payment.
       (d) Claims Processed by Third Party Administrators.--
       (1) Requirement.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall seek to award 
     a contract to one or more entities, or to modify an existing 
     contract, to process claims for payment for emergency 
     treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursuant to 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Prompt payment standard.--Section 1703D of title 38, 
     United States Code, shall apply with respect to claims for 
     payment for emergency treatment furnished to eligible 
     veterans pursuant to subsection (a).
       (e) Primary Payer.--The Secretary shall be the primary 
     payer with respect to emergency treatment furnished to 
     eligible veterans pursuant to subsection (a), and with 
     respect to the transportation of a veteran by ambulance. In 
     any case in which an eligible veteran is furnished such 
     emergency treatment for a non-service-connected disability 
     described in subsection (a)(2) of section 1729 of title 38, 
     United States Code, the Secretary shall recover or collect 
     reasonable charges for such treatment from a health plan 
     contract described in such section 1729 in accordance with 
     such section.
       (f) Application.--This section shall apply to emergency 
     treatment furnished to eligible veterans during the period of 
     a covered public health emergency, regardless of whether 
     treatment was furnished before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       (g) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``covered public health emergency'' means the 
     declaration--
       (A) of a public health emergency, based on an outbreak of 
     COVID-19 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d); or
       (B) of a domestic emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID-
     19 by the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or a 
     State or local authority.
       (2) The term ``eligible veteran'' means a veteran enrolled 
     in the health care system established under section 1705 of 
     title 38, United States Code.
       (3) The term ``emergency treatment'' means medical care or 
     services rendered in a medical emergency of such nature that 
     a prudent layperson reasonably expects that delay in seeking 
     immediate medical attention would be hazardous to life or 
     health.
       (4) The term ``non-Department facility'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 1701 of title 38, United States 
     Code.

     SEC. 80006. FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
                   IN CARING FOR HOMELESS VETERANS DURING A 
                   COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

       (a) General Support.--
       (1) Use of funds.--During a covered public health 
     emergency, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may use amounts 
     appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs to carry out sections 2011, 2012, and 2061 
     of title 38, United States Code, to provide to homeless 
     veterans the following:
       (A) Food.
       (B) Shelter.
       (C) Basic supplies (such as clothing, blankets, and 
     toiletry items).
       (D) Transportation.
       (E) Communications equipment and required capabilities 
     (such as smartphones, disposable phones, and phone service 
     plans).
       (F) Such other assistance as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
       (2) Homeless veterans on land of the department.--
       (A) Use of revolving fund.--During a covered public health 
     emergency, the Secretary may use amounts in the revolving 
     fund under section 8109(h) of title 38, United States Code, 
     to alter parking facilities of the Department to facilitate 
     the use of such facilities as temporary shelter locations for 
     homeless veterans.
       (B) Partnerships.--During a covered public health 
     emergency, the Secretary may partner with one or more 
     organizations to manage land of the Department used by 
     homeless veterans for sleeping.
       (C) Equipment.--During a covered public health emergency, 
     the Secretary shall not be responsible for furnishing outdoor 
     equipment necessary for sleeping on land of the Department.
       (b) Grant and Per Diem Program.--
       (1) Maximum per diem rate.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2) 
     of section 2012(a) of title 38, United States Code, during a 
     covered public health emergency, the maximum rate of per diem 
     authorized under such section is 300 percent of the rate 
     authorized for State homes for domiciliary care under 
     subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1741 of such title, as the 
     Secretary may increase from time to time under subsection (c) 
     of that section.
       (2) Use of per diem payments.--During a covered public 
     health emergency, a recipient of a grant or an eligible 
     entity under the grant and per diem program of the Department 
     (in this subsection referred to as the ``program'') may use 
     per diem payments under sections 2012 and 2061 of title 38, 
     United States Code, to provide food and basic supplies for--
       (A) homeless veterans in the program; and
       (B) formerly homeless veterans in the community who 
     experienced homelessness during the one-year period ending on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (3) Additional transitional housing.--
       (A) In general.--During a covered public health emergency, 
     the Secretary may provide amounts for grants and per diem 
     payments under the program for additional transitional 
     housing beds to facilitate access to housing and services 
     provided to homeless veterans.
       (B) Notice; competition; period of performance.--The 
     Secretary may provide amounts under subparagraph (A)--
       (i) without notice or competition; and
       (ii) for a period of performance determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (4) Inspections and life safety code requirements.--
       (A) In general.--During a covered public health emergency, 
     the Secretary may waive any requirement under subsection (b) 
     or (c) of section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, in 
     order to allow the recipient of a grant or an eligible entity 
     under the program--
       (i) to quickly identify temporary alternate sites of care 
     for homeless veterans that are suitable for habitation;
       (ii) to facilitate social distancing or isolation needs; or
       (iii) to facilitate activation or continuation of a program 
     for which a grant has been awarded.
       (B) Limitation.--The Secretary may waive a requirement 
     pursuant to the authority provided by subparagraph (A) with 
     respect to a facility of a recipient of a grant or an 
     eligible entity under the program only if the facility meets 
     applicable local safety requirements, including fire safety 
     requirements.
       (c) Health Care for Homeless Veterans.--
       (1) Community-based treatment facilities.--During a covered 
     public health emergency, the Secretary may use amounts as 
     authorized under subsection (a)(1) notwithstanding any 
     requirement under subsection (a)(2) of section 2031 of title 
     38, United States Code, that community-based treatment 
     facilities provide care, treatment, and rehabilitative 
     services to veterans described in such section.
       (2) Report to congress on reduction of care, treatment, and 
     rehabilitative services.--During a covered public health 
     emergency, if the Secretary reduces the care, treatment, and 
     rehabilitative services provided to homeless veterans under 
     section 2031(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, the 
     Secretary shall submit to Congress monthly reports on the 
     reduction of such care, treatment, and services for the 
     duration of the covered public health emergency.
       (3) Inspection and life safety code requirements.--
       (A) In general.--During a covered public health emergency, 
     the Secretary may waive any inspection or life safety code 
     requirement under subsection (c) of section 2032 of title 38, 
     United States Code--
       (i) to allow quick identification of temporary alternate 
     sites of care for homeless veterans that are suitable for 
     habitation;
       (ii) to facilitate social distancing or isolation needs; or
       (iii) to facilitate the operation of housing under such 
     section.
       (B) Limitation.--The Secretary may waive a requirement 
     pursuant to the authority provided by subparagraph (A) with 
     respect to a residence or facility referred to in such 
     section 2032 only if the residence or facility, as the case 
     may be, meets applicable local safety requirements, including 
     fire safety requirements.
       (d) Access of Homeless Veterans to Department of Veterans 
     Affairs Telehealth Services.--During a covered public health 
     emergency, the Secretary may make available telehealth 
     capabilities to homeless veterans who--
       (1) are receiving services provided under chapter 20 of 
     title 38, United States Code; or
       (2) are participating in a program under such chapter.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered public health emergency.--The term ``covered 
     public health emergency'' means an emergency with respect to 
     COVID-19 declared by a Federal, State, or local authority.
       (2) Homeless veteran; veteran.--The terms ``homeless 
     veteran'' and ``veteran'' have the meanings given those terms 
     in section 2002 of title 38, United States Code.
       (3) Parking facility.--The term ``parking facility'' has 
     the meaning given that term in section 8109(a) of such title.

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       (4) Telehealth.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``telehealth'' means the use of 
     electronic information and telecommunications technologies to 
     support and promote long-distance clinical health care, 
     patient and professional health-related education, public 
     health, and health administration.
       (B) Technologies.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
     ``telecommunications technologies'' include video 
     conferencing, the internet, streaming media, and terrestrial 
     and wireless communications.

     SEC. 80007. HUD-VASH PROGRAM.

       The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take 
     such actions with respect to the supported housing program 
     carried out under section 8(o)(19) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)(19)) in conjunction 
     with the Department of Veterans Affairs (commonly referred to 
     as ``HUD-VASH''), and shall require public housing agencies 
     administering assistance under such program to take such 
     actions, as may be appropriate to facilitate the issuance and 
     utilization of vouchers for rental assistance under such 
     program during the period of the covered public health 
     emergency (as such term is defined in section 1 of this Act), 
     including the following actions:
       (1) Establishing mechanisms and procedures providing for 
     referral and application documents used under such program to 
     be received by fax, electronic mail, drop box, or other means 
     not requiring in-person contact.
       (2) Establishing mechanisms and procedures for processing 
     applications for participation in such program that do not 
     require identification or verification of identity by social 
     security number or photo ID in cases in which closure of 
     governmental offices prevents confirmation or verification of 
     identity by such means.
       (3) Providing for waiver of requirements to conduct housing 
     quality standard inspections with respect to dwelling units 
     for which rental assistance is provided under such program.

     SEC. 80008. EXTENSION OF LEASE PROTECTIONS FOR SERVICEMEMBERS 
                   UNDER STOP MOVEMENT ORDERS IN RESPONSE TO 
                   LOCAL, NATIONAL, OR GLOBAL EMERGENCY.

       (a) Termination.--Subsection (a)(1) of section 305 of the 
     Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the date of the lessee's stop movement order 
     described in paragraph (1)(C) or (2)(C) of subsection (b), as 
     the case may be.''.
       (b) Covered Leases.--
       (1) Leases of premises.--Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of 
     such section is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the servicemember, while in military service--
       ``(i) executes a lease upon receipt of military orders for 
     a permanent change of station or to deploy with a military 
     unit, or as an individual in support of a military operation, 
     for a period of not less than 90 days; and
       ``(ii) thereafter receives a stop movement order issued by 
     the Secretary of Defense in response to a local, national, or 
     global emergency, effective for an indefinite period or for a 
     period of not less than 30 days, which prevents the 
     servicemember or servicemember's dependents from occupying 
     the lease for a residential, professional, business, 
     agricultural, or similar purpose.''.
       (2) Leases of motor vehicles.--Paragraph (2) of such 
     subsection is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``; or'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the period at the 
     end and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) the servicemember, while in military service--
       ``(i) executes a lease upon receipt of military orders 
     described in subparagraph (B); and
       ``(ii) thereafter receives a stop movement order issued by 
     the Secretary of Defense in response to a local, national, or 
     global emergency, effective for an indefinite period or for a 
     period of not less than 30 days, which prevents the 
     servicemember, or the servicemember's dependents, from using 
     the vehicle for personal or business transportation.''.
       (c) Effective Date of Termination.--Paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Lease of premises.--
       ``(A) Entrance to military service, permanent change of 
     station, or deployment.--In the case of a lease described in 
     subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1) that provides 
     for monthly payment of rent, termination of the lease under 
     subsection (a) is effective 30 days after the first date on 
     which the next rental payment is due and payable after the 
     date on which the notice under subsection (c) is delivered. 
     In the case of any other lease described in subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) of subsection (b)(1) termination of the lease under 
     subsection (a) is effective on the last day of the month 
     following the month in which the notice is delivered.
       ``(B) Stop movement orders.--In the case of a lease 
     described in subsection (b)(1)(C), termination of the lease 
     under subsection (a) is effective on the date on which the 
     requirements of subsection (c) are met for such 
     termination.''.
       (d) Technical Correction.--Subsection (i) is amended, in 
     the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting ``In this 
     section:'' after ``Definitions.--''.
       (e) Retroactive Application.--The amendments made by this 
     section shall apply to stop movement orders issued on or 
     after March 1, 2020.

     SEC. 80009. TERMINATION OF TELEPHONE, MULTICHANNEL VIDEO 
                   PROGRAMMING, AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE 
                   CONTRACTS BY SERVICEMEMBERS WHO ENTER INTO 
                   CONTRACTS AFTER RECEIVING MILITARY ORDERS FOR 
                   PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION BUT THEN RECEIVE 
                   STOP MOVEMENT ORDERS DUE TO AN EMERGENCY 
                   SITUATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 305A(a)(1) of the Servicemembers 
     Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``after the date the servicemember receives 
     military orders to relocate for a period of not less than 90 
     days to a location that does not support the contract.'' and 
     inserting ``after--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(A) the date the servicemember receives military orders 
     to relocate for a period of not less than 90 days to a 
     location that does not support the contract; or
       ``(B) the date the servicemember, while in military 
     service, receives military orders for a permanent change of 
     station, thereafter enters into the contract, and then after 
     entering into the contract receives a stop movement order 
     issued by the Secretary of Defense in response to a local, 
     national, or global emergency, effective for an indefinite 
     period or for a period of not less than 30 days, which 
     prevents the servicemember from using the services provided 
     under the contract.''.
       (b) Retroactive Application.--The amendments made by this 
     section shall apply to stop movement orders issued on or 
     after March 1, 2020.

     SEC. 80010. TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS FOR TELEPHONE, 
                   MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING, OR INTERNET 
                   ACCESS SERVICE BY CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS UNDER 
                   SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

       Section 305A(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 
     U.S.C. 3956(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) Additional individuals covered.--For purposes of this 
     section, the following individuals shall be treated as a 
     servicemember covered by paragraph (1):
       ``(A) A spouse or dependent of a servicemember who dies 
     while in military service or a spouse or dependent of a 
     member of the reserve components who dies while performing 
     duty described in subparagraph (C).
       ``(B) A spouse or dependent of a servicemember who incurs a 
     catastrophic injury or illness (as that term is defined in 
     section 439(g) of title 37, United States Code), if the 
     servicemember incurs the catastrophic injury or illness while 
     in military service or performing duty described in 
     subparagraph (C).
       ``(C) A member of the reserve components performing 
     military service or performing full-time National Guard duty, 
     active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training (as 
     such terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, United 
     States Code).''.

     SEC. 80011. CLARIFICATION OF TERMINATION OF LEASES OF 
                   PREMISES AND MOTOR VEHICLES OF SERVICEMEMBERS 
                   WHO INCUR CATASTROPHIC INJURY OR ILLNESS OR DIE 
                   WHILE IN MILITARY SERVICE.

       (a) Catastrophic Injuries and Illnesses.--Paragraph (4) of 
     section 305(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 
     U.S.C. 3955(a)), as added by section 545 of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 
     116-92), is amended to read as follows:
       ``(4) Catastrophic injury or illness of lessee.--
       ``(A) Termination.--If the lessee on a lease described in 
     subsection (b) incurs a catastrophic injury or illness during 
     a period of military service or while performing covered 
     service, during the one-year period beginning on the date on 
     which the lessee incurs such injury or illness--
       ``(i) the lessee may terminate the lease; or
       ``(ii) in the case of a lessee who lacks the mental 
     capacity to contract or to manage his or her own affairs 
     (including disbursement of funds without limitation) due to 
     such injury or illness, the spouse or dependent of the lessee 
     may terminate the lease.
       ``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       ``(i) The term `catastrophic injury or illness' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 439(g) of title 37, United 
     States Code.
       ``(ii) The term `covered service' means full-time National 
     Guard duty, active Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty 
     training (as such terms are defined in section 101(d) of 
     title 10, United States Code).''.
       (b) Deaths.--Paragraph (3) of such section is amended by 
     striking ``The spouse of the lessee'' and inserting ``The 
     spouse or dependent of the lessee''.

     SEC. 80012. DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN DEBTS ARISING FROM BENEFITS 
                   UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY THE SECRETARY OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--During the covered period, the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs may not--
       (1) take any action to collect a covered debt (including 
     the offset of any payment by the Secretary);
       (2) record a covered debt;
       (3) issue notice of a covered debt to a person or a 
     consumer reporting agency;
       (4) allow any interest to accrue on a covered debt; or
       (5) apply any administrative fee to a covered debt.

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       (b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the 
     Secretary may collect a payment regarding a covered debt 
     (including interest or any administrative fee) from a person 
     (or the fiduciary of that person) who elects to make such a 
     payment during the covered period.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``consumer reporting agency'' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 5701 of title 38, United States 
     Code.
       (2) The term ``covered debt'' means a debt--
       (A) owed by a person (including a fiduciary) to the United 
     States;
       (B) arising from a benefit under a covered law; and
       (C) that is not subject to recovery under--
       (i) section 3729 of title 31, United States Code;
       (ii) section 1729 of title 38, United States Code; or
       (iii) Public Law 87-693 (42 U.S.C. 2651).
       (3) The term ``covered law'' means any law administered by 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs through--
       (A) the Under Secretary for Health; or
       (B) the Under Secretary for Benefits.
       (4) The term ``covered period'' means--
       (A) the COVID-19 emergency period; and
       (B) the 60 days immediately following the date of the end 
     of the COVID-19 emergency period.
       (5) The term ``COVID-19 emergency period'' means the 
     emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)).

     SEC. 80013. TOLLING OF DEADLINES RELATING TO CLAIMS FOR 
                   BENEFITS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS.

       (a) Required Tolling.--With respect to claims and appeals 
     made by a claimant, the covered period shall be excluded in 
     computing the following:
       (1) In cases where an individual expresses an intent to 
     file a claim, the period in which the individual is required 
     to file the claim in order to have the effective date of the 
     claim be determined based on the date of such intent, as 
     described in section 3.155(b)(1) of title 38, Code of Federal 
     Regulations.
       (2) The period in which the claimant is required to take an 
     action pursuant to section 5104C of title 38, United States 
     Code.
       (3) The period in which the claimant is required to appeal 
     a change in service-connected or employability status or 
     change in physical condition described in section 5112(b)(6) 
     of such title.
       (4) The period in which an individual is required to file a 
     notice of appeal under section 7266 of such title.
       (5) Any other period in which a claimant or beneficiary is 
     required to act with respect to filing, perfecting, or 
     appealing a claim, as determined appropriate by the Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs.
       (b) Use of Postmark Dates.--With respect to claims filed 
     using nonelectronic means and appeals made during the covered 
     period, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Court of 
     Appeals for Veterans Claims, as the case may be, shall 
     administer the provisions of title 38, United States Code, as 
     follows:
       (1) In section 5110--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by substituting ``the earlier of the 
     date of receipt of application therefor and the date of the 
     postmark or other official proof of mailing date of the 
     application therefor'' for ``the date of receipt of 
     application therefor''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (3), by substituting ``the earlier of the 
     date of receipt of the supplemental claim and the date of the 
     postmark or other official proof of mailing date of the 
     supplemental claim'' for ``the date of receipt of the 
     supplemental claim''; and
       (B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by substituting ``the earlier 
     of the date of receipt of application and the date of the 
     postmark or other official proof of mailing date of the 
     application'' for ``the date of receipt of the application''.
       (2) In section 7266, without regard to subsection (d).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``claimant'' has the meaning given that term 
     in section 5100 of title 38, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``covered period'' means the period beginning 
     on the date of the emergency period (as defined in section 
     1135(g)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g)(1))) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and ending 90 
     days after the last day of such emergency period.

     SEC. 80014. PROVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
                   HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO CERTAIN 
                   VETERANS WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR LOST EMPLOYER-
                   SPONSORED HEALTH CARE COVERAGE BY REASON OF A 
                   COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

       (a) In General.--During the 12-month period beginning on 
     the date on which the covered veteran applies for hospital 
     care or medical services under this section, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall consider a covered veteran to be 
     unable to defray the expenses of necessary care for purposes 
     of section 1722 of title 38, United States Code, and shall 
     furnish to such veteran hospital care and medical services 
     under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code.
       (b) Covered Veteran.--For purposes of this section, a 
     covered veteran is a veteran--
       (1) who--
       (A) is unemployed; or
       (B) has lost access to a group health plan or group health 
     insurance coverage by reason of a covered public health 
     emergency; and
       (2) whose projected attributable income for the 12-month 
     period beginning on the date of application for hospital care 
     or medical services under this section is not more than the 
     amount in effect under section 1722(b) of title 38, United 
     States Code.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``covered public health emergency'' means the 
     declaration--
       (A) of a public health emergency, based on an outbreak of 
     COVID-19 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d); or
       (B) of a domestic emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID-
     19 by the President, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or 
     State, or local authority.
       (2) The terms ``group health plan'' and ``group health 
     insurance coverage'' have the meaning given such terms in 
     section 2701 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     300gg-3).

     SEC. 80015. EXPANSION OF VET CENTER SERVICES TO VETERANS AND 
                   MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO PERFORM CERTAIN 
                   SERVICE IN RESPONSE TO COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH 
                   EMERGENCY.

       Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``clauses (i) through (iv)'' both places it 
     appears and inserting ``clauses (i) through (v)'';
       (2) by striking ``in clause (v)'' both places it appears 
     and inserting ``in clause (vi)'';
       (3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)--
       (A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as clauses (v) 
     and (vi), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new 
     clause (iv):
       ``(iv) Any individual who is a veteran or member of the 
     Armed Forces (including the reserve components), who, in 
     response to a covered public health emergency, performed 
     active service or State active duty for a period of at least 
     14 days.''; and
       (4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraphs:
       ``(4) The term `active service' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 101 of title 10.
       ``(5) The term `covered public health emergency' means the 
     declaration--
       ``(A) of a public health emergency, based on an outbreak of 
     COVID-19, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d); or
       ``(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an outbreak of 
     COVID-19, by the President, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, or a State or local authority.''.

                 DIVISION I--SMALL BUSINESS PROVISIONS

     SEC. 90001. AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       (a) Extension of Covered Period.--Section 7(a)(36)(A)(iii) 
     of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(A)(iii)) is 
     amended by striking ``June 30, 2020'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2020''.
       (b) Tribal Business Concerns.--Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the 
     Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by 
     striking ``described in section 31(b)(2)(C)'' each place it 
     appears.
       (c) Inclusion of Critical Access Hospitals in the Paycheck 
     Protection Program.--Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new clause:
       ``(vii) Inclusion of critical access hospitals.--During the 
     covered period, any nonprofit organization that is a critical 
     access hospital (as defined in section 1861(mm) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(mm))) shall be eligible to 
     receive a covered loan, regardless of the status of such a 
     hospital as a debtor in a case under chapter 11 of title 11, 
     Unites States Code, or the status of any debts owed by such a 
     hospital to the Federal Government.''.
       (d) Modification to Eligible Entities.--Section 7(a)(36) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) in clause (vii), by striking ``section 501(c)(3)'' and 
     inserting ``section 501(c)'';
       (B) in clause (viii)(II)--
       (i) in item (dd), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in item (ee), by inserting ``or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new item:
       ``(ff) any compensation of an employee who is a registered 
     lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995;'';
       (C) in clause (xi)(IV), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (D) in clause (xii), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (E) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(xiii) the term `housing cooperative' means a cooperative 
     housing corporation (as defined in section 216(b) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986).''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (D)--
       (A) by striking ``nonprofit organization,'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``housing cooperative,'';
       (B) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(vii) Nonprofit organization eligibility.--During the 
     covered period, any nonprofit organization shall be eligible 
     to receive a covered loan. Any 501(c)(4) organization (as 
     defined in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986) may receive a covered loan provided that such 501(c)(4) 
     organization has not made and will not make a contribution, 
     expenditure, independent expenditure, or electioneering 
     communication within the meaning of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act, and has not undertaken and will not undertake 
     similar campaign finance activities in State and local 
     elections, during the election cycle which ends on the date 
     of the general election in this calendar year;'';
       (C) in clause (iv)--
       (i) in subclause (II), by striking ``and'' at the end;

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       (ii) in subclause (III), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subclause:

       ``(IV) any nonprofit organization.''; and

       (D) in clause (vi), by striking ``nonprofit organization'' 
     and inserting ``housing cooperative''.
       (e) Application to Certain Local News Media.--Section 
     7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(36)(D)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (iii)--
       (A) by striking ``business concern that employs'' and 
     inserting the following: ``business concern that--
       ``(I) employs'';
       (B) in subclause (I), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(II) is assigned a North American Industry Classification 
     System code beginning with 511110, 515112, or 515120 and the 
     individual physical location at the time of disbursal does 
     not exceed the size standard established by the Administrator 
     for the applicable code shall be eligible to receive a 
     covered loan for expenses associated with an individual 
     physical location of that business concern to support the 
     continued provision of local news, information, content, or 
     emergency information, and, at the time of disbursal, the 
     individual physical location.'';
       (2) in clause (iv) (as amended by subsection (d))--
       (A) in subclause (III), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(V) an individual physical location of a business concern 
     described in clause (iii)(II), if such concern shall not pay, 
     distribute, or otherwise provide any portion of the covered 
     loan to any other entity other than the individual physical 
     location that is the intended recipient of the covered 
     loan.''; and

       (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(viii) Additional requirements for news broadcast 
     entities.--

       ``(I) In general.--With respect to an individual physical 
     location of a business concern described in clause (iii)(II), 
     each such location shall be treated as an independent, 
     nonaffiliated entity for purposes of this paragraph. A parent 
     company, investment company, or management company of one or 
     more physical locations of a business concern described in 
     clause (iii)(II) shall not be eligible for a covered loan.
       ``(II) Demonstration of need.--Any such location that is a 
     franchise or affiliate of, or owned or controlled by a parent 
     company, investment company, or the management thereof, shall 
     demonstrate, upon request of the Administrator, the need for 
     a covered loan to support the continued provision of local 
     news, information, content, or emergency information, and, at 
     the time of disbursal, the individual physical location.
       ``(III) Report.--The Administrator and Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Small Business of 
     the House of Representatives, the Committee on Small Business 
     and Entrepreneurship of the Senate, and the Congressional 
     Oversight Commission established under section 4020 of the 
     CARES Act a report including information on loans made to an 
     entity described under this clause.''.

       (f) Application of Certain Terms Through Life of Covered 
     Loan.--Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(36)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``During the covered 
     period, with'' and inserting ``With'';
       (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``During the covered 
     period, the'' and inserting ``The'';
       (3) in subparagraph (J), by striking ``During the covered 
     period, with'' and inserting ``With'';
       (4) in subparagraph (M)--
       (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``During the covered 
     period, the'' and inserting ``The''; and
       (B) in clause (iii), by striking ``During the covered 
     period, with'' and inserting ``With''.
       (g) Loan Maturity.--Section 7(a)(36)(K)(ii) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(K)(ii)) is amended by 
     inserting ``minimum maturity of 5 years'' before ``maximum 
     maturity''.
       (h) Interest Calculation.--Section 7(a)(36)(L) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(L)) is amended by 
     inserting ``, calculated on a non-compounding, non-adjustable 
     basis'' after ``4 percent''.
       (i) Funding for the Paycheck Protection Program.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7(a)(36)(S) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(S)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(S) Set aside for certain entities.--The Administrator 
     shall provide for the cost to guarantee covered loans made 
     under this paragraph--
       ``(i) a set aside of not less than 25 percent of each such 
     amount for covered loans made to eligible recipients with 10 
     or fewer employees; and
       ``(ii) a set aside of 25 percent of each such amount for 
     covered loans made to nonprofit organizations, of which not 
     more than 12.5 percent of each such amount set aside may be 
     used to make covered loans to nonprofit organizations with 
     500 or more employees.''.
       (2) Set aside for community financial institutions.--Of 
     amounts appropriated by the Paycheck Protection Program and 
     Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139) under the 
     heading ``Small Business Administration--Business Loans 
     Program Account, CARES Act'' that have not been obligated or 
     expended, the lesser of 25 percent of such amounts or 
     $10,000,000,000 shall be set aside for the cost to guarantee 
     covered loans made under section 7(a)(36) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) by community financial 
     institutions (as such term is defined in subparagraph (A)(xi) 
     of such section).
       (3) Amounts returned.--Section 7(a)(36) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(T) Amounts returned.--Any amounts returned to the 
     Secretary of the Treasury due to the cancellation of a 
     covered loan shall be solely used for the cost to guarantee 
     covered loans made to eligible recipients with 10 or fewer 
     employees.''.
       (j) Treatment of Certain Criminal Violations.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as amended by subsection (i), is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(U) Treatment of certain criminal violations.--
       ``(i) Financial fraud or deception.--A entity that is a 
     business, organization, cooperative, or enterprise may not 
     receive a covered loan if an owner of 20 percent or more of 
     the equity of such entity, during the 5-year period preceding 
     the date on which such entity applies for a covered loan, has 
     been convicted of a felony of financial fraud or deception 
     under Federal, State, or Tribal law.
       ``(ii) Arrests or convictions.--An entity that is a 
     business, organization, cooperative, or enterprise shall be 
     an eligible recipient notwithstanding a prior arrest or 
     conviction under Federal, State, or Tribal law of an owner of 
     20 percent or more of the equity of such entity, unless such 
     owner is currently incarcerated.
       ``(iii) Waiver.--The Administrator may waive the 
     requirements of clause (i).''.
       (2) Rulemaking.--Not later than 15 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration shall make necessary revisions to any 
     rules to carry out the amendment made by this subsection.
       (k) Technical Assistance for Community Financial 
     Institutions.--Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as amended by subsection (i), is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(V) Technical assistance for community financial 
     institutions.--Of amounts appropriated to carry out this 
     paragraph, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
     with the Administrator, shall use $250,000,000 of such 
     amounts to provide grants to community financial 
     institutions, insured depository institutions with 
     consolidated assets of less than $10,000,000,000, and credit 
     unions with consolidated assets of less than $10,000,000,000, 
     to ensure such institutions can update their systems 
     (including updates related to compliance with the Bank 
     Secrecy Act) and efficiently provide loans that are 
     guaranteed under this paragraph.''.
       (l) Technical Amendment.--Section 7(a)(36)(G) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended--
       (1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ``Borrower 
     requirements'' and all that follows through ``eligible 
     recipient applying'' and inserting ``Borrower certification 
     requirements.--An eligible recipient applying''; and
       (2) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (IV) as clauses 
     (i) through (iv), respectively.

     SEC. 90002. COMMITMENTS FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.

       Section 1102(b) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by striking ``June 30, 2020'' and all that follows 
     through the period at the end and inserting ``December 31, 
     2020, the amount authorized for commitments for loans made 
     under paragraph (36) of section 7(a) of the Small Business 
     Act, as added by subsection (a), shall be $659,000,000,000. 
     The amount authorized under this section for commitments for 
     loans made under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act 
     shall be in addition to the amount authorized under the 
     heading `Small Business Administration--Business Loans 
     Program Account' in the Financial Services and General 
     Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 
     116-93) for commitments for general business loans made under 
     section 7(a) of the Small Business Act.''.

     SEC. 90003. INCLUSION OF SCORE AND VETERAN BUSINESS OUTREACH 
                   CENTERS IN ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 1103(a)(2) of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(C) a Veteran Business Outreach Center (as described 
     under section 32(d) of the Small Business Act); and
       ``(D) the Service Corps of Retired Executives Association, 
     or any successor or other organization, that receives a grant 
     from the Administrator to operate the SCORE program 
     established under section 8(b)(2)(A) of the Small Business 
     Act;''.
       (b) Funding.--Section 1107(a)(4) of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by striking ``$240,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$220,000,000'';
       (B) by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(C) $10,000,000 shall be for a Veteran Business Outreach 
     Center described in section 1103(a)(2)(C) of this Act to 
     carry out activities under such section; and
       ``(D) $10,000,000 shall be for the Service Corps of Retired 
     Executives Association described in section 1103(a)(2)(D) of 
     this Act to carry out activities under such section;''.

     SEC. 90004. AMENDMENTS TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN 
                   FORGIVENESS.

       (a) Covered Period.--

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       (1) In general.--Section 1106(a)(3) of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(3) the term `covered period' means the period beginning 
     on the date of the origination of a covered loan and ending 
     on the earlier of--
       ``(A) the date that is 24 weeks after such date of 
     origination; or
       ``(B) December 31, 2020;''.
       (2) Exemption for rehires.--Section 1106(d)(5)(B) of such 
     Act is amended by striking ``June 30, 2020'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``December 31, 2020''.
       (b) Definition of Expected Forgiveness Amount.--
       (1) Definition of expected forgiveness amount.--Section 
     1106(a)(7) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
     and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(E) interest on any other debt obligations that were 
     incurred before the covered period;
       ``(F) any amount that was a loan made under subsection 
     (b)(2) that was refinanced as part of a covered loan and 
     authorized by section 7(a)(36)(F)(iv) of the Small Business 
     Act; and''.
       (2) Forgiveness.--Section 1106(b) of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraphs:
       ``(5) Any payment of interest on any other debt obligations 
     that were incurred before the covered period.
       ``(6) Any amount that was a loan made under section 7(b)(2) 
     of the Small Business Act that was refinanced as part of a 
     covered loan and authorized by section 7(a)(36)(F)(iv) of 
     such Act.''.
       (3) Conforming amendments.--Section 1106 of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (e)--
       (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``payments on covered 
     mortgage obligations, payments on covered lease obligations, 
     and covered utility payments'' and inserting ``payments or 
     amounts refinanced described under subsection (b) (other than 
     payroll costs)'';
       (ii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``, make interest 
     payments'' and all that follows through ``or make covered 
     utility payments'' and inserting ``, make payments described 
     under subsection (b), or that was refinanced as part of a 
     covered loan and authorized by section 7(a)(36)(F)(iv) of the 
     Small Business Act''; and
       (B) in subsection (h), by striking ``payments for payroll 
     costs, payments on covered mortgage obligations, payments on 
     covered lease obligations, or covered utility payments'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``payments or amounts 
     refinanced described under subsection (b)''.
       (c) Application Requirements for Paycheck Protection 
     Program Loan Forgiveness.--Section 1106(e) of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) as amended by subsection (b), is further 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraphs:
       ``(4) information on the veteran status, gender, race, and 
     ethnicity, as reported on Form 1919 of the Administration or 
     any similar loan application form of the Administration, of 
     the eligible recipient;
       ``(5) the number of full-time equivalent employees of the 
     eligible recipient--
       ``(A) on February 15, 2020;
       ``(B) on the day the eligible recipient submitted an 
     application for a covered loan; and
       ``(C) on the day the eligible recipient submitted an 
     application for forgiveness of a covered loan under this 
     section; and''.
       (d) Hold Harmless for Eligible Recipients.--Section 1106(d) 
     of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(7) Exemption based on employee availability.--During the 
     period beginning on February 15, 2020 and ending on December 
     31, 2020, the amount of loan forgiveness under this section 
     shall be determined without regard to a reduction in the 
     number of full-time equivalent employees if an eligible 
     recipient--
       ``(A) is unable rehire an individual who was an employee of 
     the eligible recipient on or before February 15, 2020;
       ``(B) is able to demonstrate an inability to find similarly 
     qualified employees on or before December 31, 2020; or
       ``(C) is able to demonstrate an inability to return to the 
     same level of business activity as such business was 
     operating at prior to February 15, 2020.''.
       (e) Prohibition on Limiting Forgiveness.--Section 1106(d) 
     of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended by 
     subsection (d), is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(8) No limitations.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Administrator may not limit the non-payroll portion of a 
     forgivable covered loan amount.''.
       (f) Hold Harmless.--Section 1106(h) of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136), as amended by subsection (b)(3)(B), is 
     further amended by striking ``If a lender'' and all that 
     follows through ``during covered period'' inserting the 
     following: ``If a lender has received any documentation 
     required under this Act related to payments or amounts 
     refinanced described under subsection (b) (other than payroll 
     costs) made by an eligible recipient attesting that the 
     eligible recipient has accurately verified such payments''.

     SEC. 90005. IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
                   PROGRAM AND EMPLOYEE RETENTION TAX CREDIT.

       (a) Amendment to Paycheck Protection Program.--Section 
     1106(a)(8) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended 
     by inserting ``, except that such costs shall not include 
     qualified wages taken into account in determining the credit 
     allowed under section 2301 of this Act'' before the period at 
     the end.
       (b) Amendments to Employee Retention Tax Credit.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2301(g) of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(g) Election to Not Take Certain Wages Into Account.--
       ``(1) In general.--This section shall not apply to 
     qualified wages paid by an eligible employer with respect to 
     which such employer makes an election (at such time and in 
     such manner as the Secretary may prescribe) to have this 
     section not apply to such wages.
       ``(2) Coordination with paycheck protection program.--The 
     Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
     Small Business Administration, shall issue guidance providing 
     that payroll costs paid or incurred during the covered period 
     shall not fail to be treated as qualified wages under this 
     section by reason of an election under paragraph (1) to the 
     extent that a covered loan of the eligible employer is not 
     forgiven by reason of a decision under section 1106(g). Terms 
     used in the preceding sentence which are also used in section 
     1106 shall have the same meaning as when used in such 
     section.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) Section 2301 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by striking subsection (j).
       (B) Section 2301(l) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
     is amended by striking paragraph (3) and by redesignating 
     paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), 
     respectively.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the provisions of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) to which they relate.

     SEC. 90006. ALLOWABLE USES OF COVERED LOANS; FORGIVENESS.

       (a) Paycheck Protection Program.--Section 7(a)(36)(F)(i) of 
     the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(F)(i)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subclause (VI), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subclause (VII), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subclause:

       ``(VIII) costs related to the provision of personal 
     protective equipment for employees or other equipment or 
     supplies determined by the employer to be necessary to 
     protect the health and safety of employees.''.

       (b) Forgiveness.--
       (1) Definition of expected forgiveness amount.--Section 
     1106(a)(7) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended 
     by section 90004(b)(1), is further amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) payments made for the provision of personal 
     protective equipment for employees or other equipment or 
     supplies determined by the employer to be necessary to 
     protect the health and safety of employees; and''.
       (2) Forgiveness.--Section 1106(b) of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136), as amended by section 90004(b)(2), is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(7) Any payment made for the provision of personal 
     protective equipment for employees or other equipment or 
     supplies determined by the employer to be necessary to 
     protect the health and safety of employees.''.

     SEC. 90007. PROHIBITING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR SMALL 
                   BUSINESS PROGRAMS UNDER THE CARES ACT.

       Section 4019 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Small business assistance.--The term `small business 
     assistance' means assistance provided under--
       ``(A) paragraph (36) of section 7(a) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by section 1102 of this Act;
       ``(B) subsection (b) or (c) of section 1103 of this Act;
       ``(C) section 1110 of this Act; or
       ``(D) section 1112 of this Act.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by inserting ``or provisions relating to small business 
     assistance'' after ``this subtitle''; and
       (B) by inserting ``or for any small business assistance'' 
     before the period at the end; and
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by inserting ``or seeking any small business 
     assistance'' after ``4003'';
       (B) by inserting ``or small business assistance'' after 
     ``that transaction'';
       (C) by inserting ``or the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration, as applicable,'' after ``System''; 
     and
       (D) by inserting ``or receive the small business 
     assistance'' after ``in that transaction''.

     SEC. 90008. FLEXIBILITY IN DEFERRAL OF PAYMENTS OF 7(A) 
                   LOANS.

       Section 7(a)(7) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(7)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``The Administration'' and inserting ``(A) 
     In general.--The Administrator'';
       (2) by inserting ``and interest'' after ``principal''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(B) Deferral requirements.--With respect to a deferral 
     provided under this paragraph, the Administrator--
       ``(i) shall require lenders under this subsection to 
     provide full payment deferment relief (including payment of 
     principal and interest) for a period of not more than 1 year; 
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       ``(ii) may allow lenders under this subsection provide an 
     additional deferment period if the borrower provides 
     documentation justifying such additional deferment.
       ``(C) Secondary market.--If an investor declines to approve 
     a deferral or additional deferment requested by a lender 
     under subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall exercise the 
     authority to purchase the loan so that the borrower may 
     receive full payment deferment relief (including payment of 
     principal and interest) or an additional deferment as 
     described under subparagraph (B).''.

     SEC. 90009. CERTAIN CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS AND DISASTER LOAN 
                   APPLICATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The flush matter following subparagraph 
     (E) of section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(b)(2)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting the following: ``: Provided further, That any 
     application for a loan or guarantee made pursuant to this 
     paragraph (2) shall include a statement that an applicant is 
     not ineligible for assistance under this paragraph solely 
     because of the applicant's involvement in the criminal 
     justice system.''.
       (b) Rulemaking.--Not later than 15 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration shall make necessary revisions to any 
     rules to carry out the amendment made by this section.

     SEC. 90010. TEMPORARY FEE REDUCTIONS.

       (a) Administrative Fee Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--During the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021, and 
     to the extent that the cost of such elimination or reduction 
     of fees is offset by appropriations, with respect to each 
     loan guaranteed under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) (including a recipient of assistance under 
     the Community Advantage Pilot Program of the Administration) 
     for which an application is approved or pending approval on 
     or after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
     shall--
       (A) in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under section 
     7(a)(23)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(23)(A)), collect no fee or reduce fees to the maximum 
     extent possible; and
       (B) in lieu of the fee otherwise applicable under section 
     7(a)(18)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(18)(A)), collect no fee or reduce fees to the maximum 
     extent possible.
       (2) Application of fee eliminations or reductions.--To the 
     extent that amounts are made available to the Administrator 
     for the purpose of fee eliminations or reductions under 
     paragraph (1), the Administrator shall--
       (A) first use any amounts provided to eliminate or reduce 
     fees paid by small business borrowers under clauses (i) 
     through (iii) of section 7(a)(18)(A) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18)(A)), to the maximum extent 
     possible; and
       (B) then use any amounts provided to eliminate or reduce 
     fees under 7(a)(23)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(23)(A)).
       (b) Temporary Fee Elimination for the 504 Loan Program.--
       (1) In general.--During the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this section and ending on September 30, 2021, 
     and to the extent the cost of such elimination in fees is 
     offset by appropriations, with respect to each project or 
     loan guaranteed by the Administrator pursuant to title V of 
     the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et 
     seq.) for which an application is approved or pending 
     approval on or after the date of enactment of this section--
       (A) the Administrator shall, in lieu of the fee otherwise 
     applicable under section 503(d)(2) of the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697(d)(2)), collect no fee; 
     and
       (B) a development company shall, in lieu of the processing 
     fee under section 120.971(a)(1) of title 13, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (relating to fees paid by borrowers), or any 
     successor thereto, collect no fee.
       (2) Reimbursement for waived fees.--
       (A) In general.--To the extent that the cost of such 
     payments is offset by appropriations, the Administrator shall 
     reimburse each development company that does not collect a 
     processing fee pursuant to paragraph (1)(B).
       (B) Amount.--The payment to a development company under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be in an amount equal to 1.5 percent 
     of the net debenture proceeds for which the development 
     company does not collect a processing fee pursuant to 
     paragraph (1)(B).

     SEC. 90011. GUARANTEE AMOUNTS.

       (a) 7(a) Loan Guarantees.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7(a)(2)(A) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``), such 
     participation by the Administration shall be equal to'' and 
     all that follows through the period at the end and inserting 
     ``or the Community Advantage Pilot Program of the 
     Administration), such participation by the Administration 
     shall be equal to 90 percent of the balance of the financing 
     outstanding at the time of disbursement of the loan.''.
       (2) Termination.--Effective September 30, 2021, section 
     7(a)(2)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(2)(A)), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended to 
     read as follows:
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraphs (B), 
     (D), (E), and (F), in an agreement to participate in a loan 
     on a deferred basis under this subsection (including a loan 
     made under the Preferred Lenders Program), such participation 
     by the Administration shall be equal to--
       ``(i) 75 percent of the balance of the financing 
     outstanding at the time of disbursement of the loan, if such 
     balance exceeds $150,000; or
       ``(ii) 85 percent of the balance of the financing 
     outstanding at the time of disbursement of the loan, if such 
     balance is less than or equal to $150,000.''.
       (b) Express Loan Guarantee Amounts.--
       (1) Temporary modification.--Section 7(a)(31)(A)(iv) of the 
     Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(31)(A)(iv)) is amended 
     by striking ``with a guaranty rate of not more than 50 
     percent.'' and inserting the following: ``with a guarantee 
     rate--

       ``(I) for a loan in an amount less than or equal to 
     $350,000, of not more than 90 percent; and
       ``(II) for a loan in an amount greater than $350,000, of 
     not more than 75 percent.''.

       (2) Prospective repeal.--Effective January 1, 2021, section 
     7(a)(31)(A)(iv) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(31)), as amended by paragraph (1), is amended by 
     striking ``guarantee rate'' and all that follows through the 
     period at the end and inserting ``guarantee rate of not more 
     than 50 percent.''.

     SEC. 90012. MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT FOR 7(A) LOANS.

       During the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
     this section and ending on September 30, 2021, with respect 
     to any loan guaranteed under section 7(a) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) for which an application is 
     approved or pending approval on or after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the maximum loan amount shall be 
     $10,000,000.

     SEC. 90013. MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT FOR 504 LOANS.

       (a) Temporary Increase.--During the period beginning on the 
     date of enactment of this section and ending on September 30, 
     2021, with respect to each project or loan guaranteed by the 
     Administrator pursuant to title V of the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) for which an 
     application is approved or pending approval on or after the 
     date of enactment of this section, the maximum loan amount 
     shall be $10,000,000.
       (b) Permanent Increase for Small Manufacturers.--Effective 
     on October 1, 2021, section 502(2)(A)(iii) of the Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)(A)(iii)) is 
     amended by striking ``$5,500,000'' and inserting 
     ``$10,000,000''.
       (c) Low-interest Refinancing Under the Local Development 
     Business Loan Program.--
       (1) Repeal.--Section 521(a) of division E of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (Public Law 114-113; 
     129 Stat. 2463; 15 U.S.C. 696 note) is repealed.
       (2) Refinancing.--Section 502(7) of the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(7)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) Refinancing not involving expansions.--
       ``(i) Definitions.--In this subparagraph--

       ``(I) the term `borrower' means a small business concern 
     that submits an application to a development company for 
     financing under this subparagraph;
       ``(II) the term `eligible fixed asset' means tangible 
     property relating to which the Administrator may provide 
     financing under this section; and
       ``(III) the term `qualified debt' means indebtedness that--

       ``(aa) was incurred not less than 6 months before the date 
     of the application for assistance under this subparagraph;
       ``(bb) is a commercial loan;
       ``(cc) the proceeds of which were used to acquire an 
     eligible fixed asset;
       ``(dd) was incurred for the benefit of the small business 
     concern; and
       ``(ee) is collateralized by eligible fixed assets; and
       ``(ii) Authority.--A project that does not involve the 
     expansion of a small business concern may include the 
     refinancing of qualified debt if--

       ``(I) the amount of the financing is not more than 90 
     percent of the value of the collateral for the financing, 
     except that, if the appraised value of the eligible fixed 
     assets serving as collateral for the financing is less than 
     the amount equal to 125 percent of the amount of the 
     financing, the borrower may provide additional cash or other 
     collateral to eliminate any deficiency;
       ``(II) the borrower has been in operation for all of the 2-
     year period ending on the date the loan application is 
     submitted; and
       ``(III) for a financing for which the Administrator 
     determines there will be an additional cost attributable to 
     the refinancing of the qualified debt, the borrower agrees to 
     pay a fee in an amount equal to the anticipated additional 
     cost.

       ``(iii) Financing for business expenses.--

       ``(I) Financing for business expenses.--The Administrator 
     may provide financing to a borrower that receives financing 
     that includes a refinancing of qualified debt under clause 
     (ii), in addition to the refinancing under clause (ii), to be 
     used solely for the payment of business expenses.
       ``(II) Application for financing.-- An application for 
     financing under subclause (I) shall include--

       ``(aa) a specific description of the expenses for which the 
     additional financing is requested; and
       ``(bb) an itemization of the amount of each expense.

       ``(III) Condition on additional financing.--A borrower may 
     not use any part of the financing under this clause for non-
     business purposes.

       ``(iv) Loans based on jobs.--

       ``(I) Job creation and retention goals.--

       ``(aa) In general.--The Administrator may provide financing 
     under this subparagraph for a borrower that meets the job 
     creation goals under subsection (d) or (e) of section 501.
       ``(bb) Alternate job retention goal.--The Administrator may 
     provide financing under this subparagraph to a borrower that 
     does not meet the goals described in item (aa) in an amount 
     that is not more than the product obtained by multiplying the 
     number of employees of the borrower by $75,000.

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       ``(II) Number of employees.--For purposes of subclause (I), 
     the number of employees of a borrower is equal to the sum 
     of--

       ``(aa) the number of full- time employees of the borrower 
     on the date on which the borrower applies for a loan under 
     this subparagraph; and
       ``(bb) the product obtained by multiplying--
       ``(AA) the number of part-time employees of the borrower on 
     the date on which the borrower applies for a loan under this 
     subparagraph, by
       ``(BB) the quotient obtained by dividing the average number 
     of hours each part time employee of the borrower works each 
     week by 40.
       ``(vi) Total amount of loans.--The Administrator may 
     provide not more than a total of $7,500,000,000 of financing 
     under this subparagraph for each fiscal year.''.
       (d) Refinancing Senior Project Debt.--During the 1-year 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
     development company described under title V of the Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.) is 
     authorized to allow the refinancing of a senior loan on an 
     existing project in an amount that, when combined with the 
     outstanding balance on the development company loan, is not 
     more than 90 percent of the total value of the senior loan. 
     Proceeds of such refinancing can be used to support business 
     operating expenses of such development company.

     SEC. 90014. RECOVERY ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MICROLOAN PROGRAM.

       (a) Loans to Intermediaries.--
       (1) In general.--Section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 636(m)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (3)(C)--
       (i) by striking ``and $6,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$10,000,000, in the aggregate,''; and
       (ii) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, and $4,500,000 in any of those remaining 
     years'';
       (B) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph (C)'' 
     each place that term appears and inserting ``subparagraphs 
     (C) and (G)'';
       (ii) in subparagraph (C), by amending clause (i) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(i) In general.--In addition to grants made under 
     subparagraph (A) or (G), each intermediary shall be eligible 
     to receive a grant equal to 5 percent of the total 
     outstanding balance of loans made to the intermediary under 
     this subsection if--

       ``(I) the intermediary provides not less than 25 percent of 
     its loans to small business concerns located in or owned by 
     one or more residents of an economically distressed area; or
       ``(II) the intermediary has a portfolio of loans made under 
     this subsection--

       ``(aa) that averages not more than $10,000 during the 
     period of the intermediary's participation in the program; or
       ``(bb) of which not less than 25 percent is serving rural 
     areas during the period of the intermediary's participation 
     in the program.''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(G) Grant amounts based on appropriations.--In any fiscal 
     year in which the amount appropriated to make grants under 
     subparagraph (A) is sufficient to provide to each 
     intermediary that receives a loan under paragraph (1)(B)(i) a 
     grant of not less than 25 percent of the total outstanding 
     balance of loans made to the intermediary under this 
     subsection, the Administration shall make a grant under 
     subparagraph (A) to each intermediary of not less than 25 
     percent and not more than 30 percent of that total 
     outstanding balance for the intermediary.''; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
       ``(7) Program funding for microloans.--Under the program 
     authorized by this subsection, the Administration may fund, 
     on a competitive basis, not more than 300 intermediaries.''.
       (2) Prospective amendment.--Effective on October 1, 2021, 
     section 7(m)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(m)(3)(C)), as amended by paragraph (1)(A), is further 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``$10,000,000'' and by inserting 
     ``$7,000,000''; and
       (B) by striking ``$4,500,000'' and inserting 
     ``$3,000,000''.
       (b) Temporary Waiver of Technical Assistance Grants 
     Matching Requirements and Flexibility on Pre- and Post-loan 
     Assistance.--During the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this section and ending on September 30, 2021, 
     the Administration shall waive--
       (1) the requirement to contribute non-Federal funds under 
     section 7(m)(4)(B) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(m)(4)(B)); and
       (2) the limitation on amounts allowed to be expended to 
     provide information and technical assistance under clause (i) 
     of section 7(m)(4)(E) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(m)(4)(E)) and enter into third-party contracts to provide 
     technical assistance under clause (ii) of such section 
     7(m)(4)(E).
       (c) Temporary Duration of Loans to Borrowers.--
       (1) In general.--During the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this section and ending on September 30, 2021, 
     the duration of a loan made by an eligible intermediary under 
     section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m))--
       (A) to an existing borrower may be extended to not more 
     than 8 years; and
       (B) to a new borrower may be not more than 8 years.
       (2) Reversion.--On and after October 1, 2021, the duration 
     of a loan made by an eligible intermediary to a borrower 
     under section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(m)) shall be 7 years or such other amount established by 
     the Administrator.
       (d) Funding.--Section 20 of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 631 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(h) Microloan Program.--For each of fiscal years 2021 
     through 2025, the Administration is authorized to make--
       ``(1) $80,000,000 in technical assistance grants, as 
     provided in section 7(m); and
       ``(2) $110,000,000 in direct loans, as provided in section 
     7(m).''.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to 
     amounts provided under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
     2020 (Public Law 116-93) for the program established under 
     section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)), 
     there is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2020, 
     to remain available until expended--
       (1) $50,000,000 to provide technical assistance grants 
     under such section 7(m); and
       (2) $7,000,000 to provide direct loans under such section 
     7(m).

     SEC. 90015. CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS REPORTING.

       Section 10 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 639) is 
     amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Cybersecurity Reports.--
       ``(1) Annual report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this subsection, and every year 
     thereafter, the Administrator shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that includes--
       ``(A) an assessment of the information technology (as 
     defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code) and 
     cybersecurity infrastructure of the Administration;
       ``(B) a strategy to increase the cybersecurity 
     infrastructure of the Administration;
       ``(C) a detailed account of any information technology 
     equipment or interconnected system or subsystem of equipment 
     of the Administration that was manufactured by an entity that 
     has its principal place of business located in the People's 
     Republic of China; and
       ``(D) an account of any cybersecurity risk or incident that 
     occurred at the Administration during the 2-year period 
     preceding the date on which the report is submitted, and any 
     action taken by the Administrator to respond to or remediate 
     any such cybersecurity risk or incident.
       ``(2) Additional reports.--If the Administrator determines 
     that there is a reasonable basis to conclude that a 
     cybersecurity risk or incident occurred at the 
     Administration, the Administrator shall--
       ``(A) not later than 7 days after the date on which the 
     Administrator makes that determination, notify the 
     appropriate congressional committees of the cybersecurity 
     risk or incident; and
       ``(B) not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
     Administrator makes a determination under subparagraph (A)--
       ``(i) provide notice to individuals and small business 
     concerns affected by the cybersecurity risk or incident; and
       ``(ii) submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report, based on information available to the Administrator 
     as of the date which the Administrator submits the report, 
     that includes--

       ``(I) a summary of information about the cybersecurity risk 
     or incident, including how the cybersecurity risk or incident 
     occurred; and
       ``(II) an estimate of the number of individuals and small 
     business concerns affected by the cybersecurity risk or 
     incident, including an assessment of the risk of harm to 
     affected individuals and small business concerns.

       ``(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
     shall be construed to affect the reporting requirements of 
     the Administrator under chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
     Code, in particular the requirement to notify the Federal 
     information security incident center under section 
     3554(b)(7)(C)(ii) of such title, or any other provision of 
     law.
       ``(4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means--
       ``(i) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
     of the Senate; and
       ``(ii) the Committee on Small Business of the House of 
     Representatives.
       ``(B) Cybersecurity risk; incident.--The terms 
     `cybersecurity risk' and `incident' have the meanings given 
     such terms, respectively, under section 2209(a) of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002.''.

     SEC. 90016. REPORTING ON SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS UNDER THE 
                   CARES ACT.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the terms ``Administration'' and ``Administrator'' mean 
     the Small Business Administration and the Administrator 
     thereof;
       (2) the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Small 
     Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
     Small Business of the House of Representatives;
       (3) the term ``covered assistance'' means--
       (A) loans made under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36));
       (B) an advance on a loan made under section 1110(e) of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
       (C) loans made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)), including those made in accordance 
     with section 1110 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
       (D) loan forgiveness under section 1106 of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136); and
       (E) the payment of principal, interest, and fees under 
     section 1112(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
       (4) the term ``covered loan'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 1112(a) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136);
       (5) the term ``demographics'' means veteran status, gender, 
     race, and ethnicity, as reported on Form 1919 of the 
     Administration or any similar loan application form of the 
     Administration; and

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       (6) the term ``State''--
       (A) means any State of the United States, the District of 
     Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States 
     Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the 
     Northern Mariana Islands, and any possession of the United 
     States; and
       (B) includes an Indian tribe, as defined in section 4 of 
     the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 450b).
       (b) Daily Reporting.--
       (1) In general.--During the period beginning on the day 
     after the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 
     date on which loan, advance, or payment activity described in 
     this subsection related to COVID-19 has ceased, the 
     Administrator shall, on a daily basis, report to Congress 
     on--
       (A) the total number and dollar amount of loans or 
     advances, broken down by loans and advances approved and 
     loans and advances disbursed, under--
       (i) section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(36));
       (ii) section 1110(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136); 
     and
       (iii) section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(b)(2));
       (B) for loans made under section 7(a)(36) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36))--
       (i) the amount of remaining authority for the loans, in 
     dollar amount and as a percentage; and
       (ii) an estimate of the date on which the net and gross 
     dollar amount of loans will reach the maximum amount 
     authorized for commitments for such loans;
       (C) for advances made under section 1110(e) of the CARES 
     Act (Public Law 116-136)--
       (i) the amount of remaining funds appropriated for the 
     advances, in dollar amount and as a percentage; and
       (ii) an estimate of the date on which the funds will be 
     expended; and
       (D) for loans made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small 
     Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2))--
       (i) the amount of remaining authority for the loans, in 
     dollar amount and as a percentage; and
       (ii) an estimate of the date on which the net and gross 
     dollar amount of loans will reach the maximum amount 
     authorized for commitments for such loans.
       (2) Reporting on debt relief for microloans, 7(a) loans, 
     and 504 loans.--The Administrator shall include in each daily 
     report submitted under paragraph (1), and update on a monthly 
     basis until the date described in paragraph (1), with respect 
     to payments made on covered loans under section 1112(c) of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)--
       (A) the amount of remaining funds appropriated for the 
     payments, in dollar amount and as a percentage; and
       (B) an estimate of the date on which the funds will be 
     expended.
       (c) Weekly Reporting.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 week after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every week thereafter until the 
     date on which loan, advance, or payment activity described in 
     this subsection related to COVID-19 has ceased, the 
     Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on--
       (A) loans made under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), which shall include--
       (i) the number and dollar amount of loans approved for or 
     disbursed to all borrowers, including a breakout of loans by 
     State, congressional district, demographics, industry, and 
     loan size;
       (ii) the number and dollar amount of loans approved for or 
     disbursed to business concerns assigned a North American 
     Industry Classification System code beginning with 72, 
     including a breakout of loans by State, congressional 
     district, demographics, and loan size;
       (iii) the number and dollar amount of loans approved for or 
     disbursed to nonprofit organizations and veterans 
     organizations (as those terms are defined in section 
     7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(36)(A)), including religious institutions, including a 
     breakout of loans by State, congressional district, industry, 
     and loan size;
       (iv) for each category of borrowers described in clauses 
     (i), (ii), and (iii)--

       (I) the number of full-time equivalent employees at the 
     time at which the borrower submits a loan application;
       (II) the number of full-time equivalent employees at the 
     time at which the borrower receives loan forgiveness under 
     section 1106 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136); and
       (III) the number of full-time equivalent employees expected 
     for borrowers in the 6-month period following forgiveness of 
     the loan;

       (v) the number and dollar amount of loans fully forgiven 
     under section 1106 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), as 
     compared to the number and dollar amount of loans made as of 
     the date of the report;
       (vi) the number and dollar amount of loans not fully 
     forgiven under section 1106 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136), and the proportion of that dollar amount of loans that 
     become term loans guaranteed by the Administration under 
     section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
     636(a)(36));
       (vii) the total amount of the lender compensation fees paid 
     to lenders; and
       (viii) the total amount lenders paid in broker fees; and
       (B) loans made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) and advances made under section 
     1110(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), which shall 
     include--
       (i) the number and dollar amount of loans approved for or 
     disbursed to all borrowers, including a breakout of loans by 
     State, congressional district, demographics, industry, and 
     loan size;
       (ii) the number and dollar amount of advances approved for 
     or disbursed to grantees, including a breakout of loans by 
     State, congressional district, demographics, industry, and 
     grant size;
       (iii) the number and dollar amount of advances approved for 
     or disbursed to private nonprofit organizations, including a 
     breakout by State, congressional district, industry, and loan 
     or grant size;
       (iv) for each category of recipients, the number of full-
     time equivalent employees of the recipient at the time at 
     which an application is submitted for the loan or advance, 
     and the number of jobs created or retained because of the 
     loan or advance;
       (v) loan processing times, including processing times for 
     application to approval and approval to disbursement; and
       (vi) advance processing times, including the percentage of 
     advances that were provided within 3 days of submission of 
     the application, as required under section 1110(e)(1) of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
       (2) Reporting on debt relief for microloans, 7(a) loans, 
     and 504 loans.--The Administrator shall include in each 
     weekly report submitted under paragraph (1), and update on a 
     monthly basis until the date described in paragraph (1), with 
     respect to payments made on covered loans under section 
     1112(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)--
       (A) the total dollar amount approved and the total amount 
     disbursed by the Administration and the number of borrowers 
     receiving assistance under such section 1112(c), including a 
     breakdown by--
       (i) each type of covered loan described in subparagraph (A) 
     and (B) of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of such section 
     1112(a); and
       (ii) whether the borrower is--

       (I) an existing borrower of a covered loan, as described in 
     subparagraph (A) or (B) of such section 1112(c)(1); or
       (II) a new borrower of a covered loan, as described in 
     subparagraph (C) of such section 1112(c)(1);

       (B) the total dollar amount approved and the total amount 
     disbursed by the Administration by the Administration and 
     number of borrowers receiving assistance under such section 
     1112(c) broken out by State and congressional district, 
     including a breakdown by each type of covered loan described 
     in subparagraph (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) and paragraph 
     (2) of such section 1112(a); and
       (C) the total number and amount of new covered loans by 
     approval and disbursement broken out by lending institution, 
     including a breakout of loans by State, congressional 
     district, demographics, industry, and loan size.
       (d) Report on Waste, Fraud and Abuse.--Not later than 30 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator and the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 
     to Congress a joint report on steps that the Administration 
     and the Department of the Treasury are taking to identify and 
     prevent potential instances of waste, fraud, and abuse 
     relating to covered assistance, including borrower compliance 
     with any loan deferment, relief, or forgiveness provided 
     through covered assistance.
       (e) Report on Jobs for the Debt Relief Program.--
       (1) In general.--To the extent practicable, with respect to 
     each type of covered loan described in subparagraphs (A) and 
     (B) of paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of section 1112(a) of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), the Administrator shall 
     submit to Congress a report on--
       (A) the number of full-time equivalent employees--
       (i) for existing borrowers of a covered loan, as described 
     in subparagraph (A) or (B) of such section 1112(c)(1) at the 
     start of the debt relief under such section 1112(c); and
       (ii) for new borrowers of a covered loan, as described in 
     subparagraph (C) of such section 1112(c)(1), at the time of 
     application for the covered loan; and
       (B) the number of jobs created or retained because of the 
     covered loan or the debt relief.
       (2) Timing.--The Administrator shall, to the extent 
     practicable, submit to Congress the report required under 
     paragraph (1) not later than October 1, 2020, with an updated 
     version submitted not later than January 31, 2021.
       (f) Report on CARES Act Salaries and Expenses Funding.--Not 
     later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report that includes the plans of 
     the Administrator to use the $675,000,000 provided in section 
     1107(a)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) for salaries 
     and expenses, and the $2,100,000,000 provided in title II of 
     the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement 
     Act (Public Law 116-139) for salaries and expenses (including 
     staff hired, the use of outside consultants, program 
     improvements, and system upgrades), to carry out the 
     provisions of title I of division A of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136).
       (g) Collection of Additional Data.--The Administrator shall 
     collect and make publically available--
       (1) the number and dollar amount of loans approved and for 
     or disbursed under 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) to borrowers broken out by lending 
     institution, including a breakout of loans made by the 
     lending institution by State, congressional district, 
     demographics, industry, and loan size, and the number and 
     percent of loan applicants that were new or existing 
     customers of the lender;
       (2) the total amount of the lender compensation fees paid 
     to each lender under such section 7(a)(36);
       (3) the total amount each lender paid in broker fees under 
     such section 7(a)(36); and
       (4) to the extent practicable, detailed information on 
     processing times for--
       (A) loan approvals and loan disbursements under such 
     section 7(a)(36); and

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       (B) notices of forgiveness of the loans under section 1106 
     of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) to borrowers.
       (h) Format of Reported Data.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 
     make available on a publicly available website in a 
     standardized and downloadable format, and update on a monthly 
     basis, any data contained in a report submitted under this 
     section.

     SEC. 90017. FUNDING FOR RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN LANGUAGES 
                   OTHER THAN ENGLISH.

       Of the unobligated balances of amounts appropriated for 
     salaries and expenses by section 1107(a)(2) of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136), $25,000,000 shall be made available to 
     carry out the requirements of section 1111 of such Act.

     SEC. 90018. DIRECT APPROPRIATION.

       There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 
     30, 2020, to remain available until September 30, 2021--
       (1) $500,000,000 under the heading ``Small Business 
     Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' to carry out 
     the requirements of sections 90010, 90011, and 90012 of this 
     division;
       (2) $7,000,000 under the heading ``Small Business 
     Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' to carry out 
     the requirements of section 90014 of this division; and
       (3) $50,000,000 under the heading ``Small Business 
     Administration--Entrepreneurial Development Programs'' for 
     technical assistance grants, as authorized under section 
     90014 of this division.

    DIVISION J--SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS, 
                       FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES

               TITLE I--FAMILY CARE FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS

     SEC. 100101. FAMILY CARE FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

       (a) Increase in Funding.--
       (1) In general.--The amount specified in subsection (c) of 
     section 2003 of the Social Security Act for purposes of 
     subsections (a) and (b) of such section is deemed to be 
     $12,150,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, of which $850,000,000 
     shall be obligated by States during calendar year 2020 in 
     accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
       (2) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the 
     United States not otherwise appropriated, there are 
     appropriated $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to carry out 
     this section.
       (b) Rules Governing Use of Additional Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Funds are used in accordance with this 
     subsection if--
       (A) the funds are used for--
       (i) child care services for a child of an essential worker; 
     or
       (ii) daytime care services or other adult protective 
     services for an individual who--

       (I) is a dependent, or a member of the household of, an 
     essential worker; and
       (II) requires the services;

       (B) the funds are provided to reimburse an essential worker 
     for the cost of obtaining the services (including child care 
     services obtained on or after the date the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency 
     pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act on 
     January 31, 2020, entitled ``Determination that a Public 
     Health Emergency Exists Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 
     Novel Coronavirus''), to a provider of child care services, 
     or to establish a temporary child care facility operated by a 
     State or local government;
       (C) eligibility for the funds or services, and the amount 
     of funds or services provided, is not conditioned on a means 
     test;
       (D) the funds are used subject to the limitations in 
     section 2005 of the Social Security Act, except that, for 
     purposes of this subparagraph--
       (i) paragraphs (3), (5), and (8) of section 2005(a) of such 
     Act shall not apply; and
       (ii)(I) the limitation in section 2005(a)(7) of such Act 
     shall not apply with respect to any standard which the State 
     involved determines would impede the ability of the State to 
     provide emergency temporary care to a child, dependent, or 
     household member referred to in subparagraph (A) of this 
     paragraph; and
       (II) if the State determines that such a standard would be 
     so impeding, the State shall report the determination to the 
     Secretary, separately from the annual report to the Secretary 
     by the State;
       (E) the funds are used to supplement, not supplant, State 
     general revenue funds for child care assistance; and
       (F) the funds are not used for child care costs that are--
       (i) covered by funds provided under the Child Care and 
     Development Block Grant Act of 1990 or section 418 of the 
     Social Security Act; or
       (ii) reimbursable by the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency.
       (2) Essential worker defined.--In paragraph (1), the term 
     ``essential worker'' means--
       (A) a health sector employee;
       (B) an emergency response worker;
       (C) a sanitation worker;
       (D) a worker at a business which a State or local 
     government official has determined must remain open to serve 
     the public during the emergency referred to in paragraph 
     (1)(B); and
       (E) any other worker who cannot telework, and whom the 
     State deems to be essential during the emergency referred to 
     in paragraph (1)(B).

          TITLE II--PANDEMIC EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES

     SEC. 100201. FUNDING TO STATES, LOCALITIES, AND COMMUNITY-
                   BASED ORGANIZATIONS FOR EMERGENCY AID AND 
                   SERVICES.

       (a) Funding for States.--
       (1) Increase in funding for social services block grant 
     program.--
       (A) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the 
     United States not otherwise appropriated, there are 
     appropriated $9,600,000,000, which shall be available for 
     payments under section 2002 of the Social Security Act.
       (B) Deadline for distribution of funds.--Within 45 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services shall distribute the funds made 
     available by this paragraph, which shall be made available to 
     States on an emergency basis for immediate obligation and 
     expenditure.
       (C) Submission of revised pre-expenditure report.--Within 
     90 days after a State receives funds made available by this 
     paragraph, the State shall submit to the Secretary a revised 
     pre-expenditure report pursuant to title XX of the Social 
     Security Act that describes how the State plans to administer 
     the funds.
       (D) Obligation of funds by states.--A State to which funds 
     made available by this paragraph are distributed shall 
     obligate the funds not later than December 31, 2020.
       (E) Expenditure of funds by states.--A grantee to which a 
     State (or a subgrantee to which a grantee) provides funds 
     made available by this paragraph shall expend the funds not 
     later than December 31, 2021.
       (2) Rules governing use of additional funds.--A State to 
     which funds made available by paragraph (1)(B) are 
     distributed shall use the funds in accordance with the 
     following:
       (A) Purpose.--
       (i) In general.--The State shall use the funds only to 
     support the provision of emergency services to disadvantaged 
     children, families, and households.
       (ii) Disadvantaged defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
     ``disadvantaged'' means, with respect to an entity, that the 
     entity--

       (I) is an individual, or is located in a community, that is 
     experiencing material hardship;
       (II) is a household in which there is a child (as defined 
     in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act) or a child served under section 11(a)(1) of such 
     Act, 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 pursuant to such Act;
       (III) is an individual, or is located in a community, with 
     barriers to employment; or
       (IV) is located in a community that, as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, is not experiencing a 56-day downward 
     trajectory of--

       (aa) influenza-like illnesses;
       (bb) COVID-like syndromic cases;
       (cc) documented COVID-19 cases; or
       (dd) positive test results as a percentage of total COVID-
     19 tests.
       (B) Pass-through to local entities.--
       (i) In the case of a State in which a county administers or 
     contributes financially to the non-Federal share of the 
     amounts expended in carrying out a State program funded under 
     title IV of the Social Security Act, the State may pass at 
     least 50 percent of all funds so made available through to--

       (I) the chief elected official of the city or county that 
     administers the program; or
       (II) local government and community-based organizations.

       (ii) In the case of any other State and any State to which 
     clause (i) applies that does not pass through funds as 
     described in that clause, the State shall--

       (I) pass at least 50 percent of the funds through to--

       (aa)(AA) local governments that will expend or distribute 
     the funds in consultation with community-based organizations 
     with experience serving disadvantaged families or 
     individuals; or
       (BB) community-based organizations with experience serving 
     disadvantaged families and individuals; and
       (bb) sub-State areas in proportions based on the population 
     of disadvantaged individuals living in the areas; and

       (II) report to the Secretary on how the State determined 
     the amounts passed through pursuant to this clause.

       (C) Methods.--
       (i) In general.--The State shall use the funds only for--

       (I) administering emergency services;
       (II) providing short-term cash, non-cash, or in-kind 
     emergency disaster relief;
       (III) providing services with demonstrated need in 
     accordance with objective criteria that are made available to 
     the public;
       (IV) operational costs directly related to providing 
     services described in subclauses (I), (II), and (III);
       (V) local government emergency social service operations; 
     and
       (VI) providing emergency social services to rural and 
     frontier communities that may not have access to other 
     emergency funding streams.

       (ii) Administering emergency services defined.--In clause 
     (i), the term ``administering emergency services'' means--

       (I) providing basic disaster relief, economic, and well-
     being necessities to ensure communities are able to safely 
     observe shelter-in-place and social distancing orders;
       (II) providing necessary supplies such as masks, gloves, 
     and soap, to protect the public against infectious disease; 
     and
       (III) connecting individuals, children, and families to 
     services or payments for which they may already be eligible.

       (D) Prohibitions.--
       (i) No individual eligibility determinations by grantees or 
     subgrantees.--Neither a grantee to which the State provides 
     the funds nor any subgrantee of such a grantee may exercise 
     individual eligibility determinations for the purpose of 
     administering short-term, non-cash, in-kind emergency 
     disaster relief to communities.
       (ii) Applicability of certain social services block grant 
     funds use limitations.--The

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     State shall use the funds subject to the limitations in 
     section 2005 of the Social Security Act, except that, for 
     purposes of this clause, section 2005(a)(2) and 2005(a)(8) of 
     such Act shall not apply.
       (iii) No supplantation of certain state funds.--The State 
     may use the funds to supplement, not supplant, State general 
     revenue funds for social services.
       (iv) Ban on use for certain costs reimbursable by fema.--
     The State may not use the funds for costs that are 
     reimbursable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
     under a contract for insurance, or by self-insurance.
       (b) Funding for Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and 
     Tribal Organizations.--
       (1) Grants.--
       (A) In general.--Within 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall make grants to federally recognized Indian 
     Tribes and Tribal organizations.
       (B) Amount of grant.--The amount of the grant for an Indian 
     Tribe or Tribal organization shall bear the same ratio to the 
     amount appropriated by paragraph (3) as the total amount of 
     grants awarded to the Indian Tribe or Tribal organization 
     under the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 and 
     the Community Service Block Grant for fiscal year 2020 bears 
     to the total amount of grants awarded to all Indian Tribes 
     and Tribal organizations under such Act and such Grant for 
     the fiscal year.
       (2) Rules governing use of funds.--An entity to which a 
     grant is made under paragraph (1) shall obligate the funds 
     not later than December 31, 2020, and the funds shall be 
     expended by grantees and subgrantees not later than December 
     31, 2021, and used in accordance with the following:
       (A) Purpose.--
       (i) In general.--The grantee shall use the funds only to 
     support the provision of emergency services to disadvantaged 
     households.
       (ii) Disadvantaged defined.--In clause (i), the term 
     ``disadvantaged'' means, with respect to an entity, that the 
     entity--

       (I) is an individual, or is located in a community, that is 
     experiencing material hardship;
       (II) is a household in which there is a child (as defined 
     in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act) or a child served under section 11(a)(1) of such 
     Act, 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 pursuant to such Act;
       (III) is an individual, or is located in a community, with 
     barriers to employment; or
       (IV) is located in a community that, as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, is not experiencing a 56-day downward 
     trajectory of--

       (aa) influenza-like illnesses;
       (bb) COVID-like syndromic cases;
       (cc) documented COVID-19 cases; or
       (dd) positive test results as a percentage of total COVID-
     19 tests.
       (B) Methods.--
       (i) In general.--The grantee shall use the funds only for--

       (I) administering emergency services;
       (II) providing short-term, non-cash, in-kind emergency 
     disaster relief; and
       (III) tribal emergency social service operations.

       (ii) Administering emergency services defined.--In clause 
     (i), the term ``administering emergency services'' means--

       (I) providing basic economic and well-being necessities to 
     ensure communities are able to safely observe shelter-in-
     place and social distancing orders;
       (II) providing necessary supplies such as masks, gloves, 
     and soap, to protect the public against infectious disease; 
     and
       (III) connecting individuals, children, and families to 
     services or payments for which they may already be eligible.

       (C) Prohibitions.--
       (i) No individual eligibility determinations by grantees or 
     subgrantees.--Neither the grantee nor any subgrantee may 
     exercise individual eligibility determinations for the 
     purpose of administering short-term, non-cash, in-kind 
     emergency disaster relief to communities.
       (ii) Ban on use for certain costs reimbursable by fema.--
     The grantee may not use the funds for costs that are 
     reimbursable by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
     under a contract for insurance, or by self-insurance.
       (3) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the 
     United States not otherwise appropriated, there are 
     appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     $400,000,000 to carry out this subsection.

     SEC. 100202. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO OLDER FOSTER YOUTH.

       (a) Funding Increases.--
       (1) General program.--The dollar amount specified in 
     section 477(h)(1) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 
     2020 is deemed to be $193,000,000.
       (2) Education and training vouchers.--The dollar amount 
     specified in section 477(h)(2) of such Act for fiscal year 
     2020 is deemed to be $78,000,000.
       (b) Programmatic Flexibility.--With respect to the period 
     that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends January 31, 2021:
       (1) Elimination of age limitations on eligibility for 
     assistance.--Eligibility for services or assistance under a 
     State program operated pursuant to section 477 of the Social 
     Security Act shall be provided without regard to the age of 
     the recipient.
       (2) Suspension of work and education requirements under the 
     education and training voucher program.--Section 477(i)(3) of 
     the Social Security Act shall be applied and administered 
     without regard to any work or education requirement.
       (3) Authority to waive limitation on percentage of funds 
     used for housing assistance.--The Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services (in this subsection referred to as the 
     ``Secretary'') may apply and administer section 477 of the 
     Social Security Act without regard to subsection (b)(3)(B) of 
     such section.
       (4) Elimination of education and employment requirements 
     for certain foster youth.--The Secretary may waive the 
     applicability of subclauses (I) through (IV) of section 
     475(8)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act.
       (c) State Defined.--In subsection (a), the term ``State'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 1101(a) of the 
     Social Security Act for purposes of title IV of such Act, and 
     includes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal 
     consortium with an application and plan approved under 
     section 477(j) of such Act for fiscal year 2020.

     SEC. 100203. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES THROUGH HOME 
                   VISITING PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--For purposes of section 511 of the Social 
     Security Act, during the period that begins on February 1, 
     2020, and ends January 31, 2021--
       (1) a virtual home visit shall be considered a home visit;
       (2) funding for, and staffing levels of, a program 
     conducted pursuant to such section shall not be reduced on 
     account of reduced enrollment in the program; and
       (3) funds provided for such a program may be used--
       (A) to train home visitors in conducting a virtual home 
     visit and in emergency preparedness and response planning for 
     families served;
       (B) for the acquisition by families enrolled in the program 
     of such technological means as are needed to conduct and 
     support a virtual home visit;
       (C) to provide emergency supplies (such as diapers, 
     formula, non-perishable food, water, hand soap and hand 
     sanitizer) to families served; and
       (D) to provide prepaid debit cards to an eligible family 
     (as defined in section 511(k)(2) of such Act) for the purpose 
     of enabling the family to meet the emergency needs of the 
     family.
       (b) Virtual Home Visit Defined.--In subsection (a), the 
     term ``virtual home visit'' means a visit that is conducted 
     solely by electronic means.
       (c) Authority to Delay Deadlines.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     may extend the deadline by which a requirement of section 511 
     of the Social Security Act must be met, by such period of 
     time as the Secretary deems appropriate.
       (2) Guidance.--The Secretary shall provide to eligible 
     entities funded under section 511 of the Social Security Act 
     information on the parameters used in extending a deadline 
     under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
       (d) Supplemental Appropriation.--In addition to amounts 
     otherwise appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of 
     the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are 
     appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     $100,000,000, to enable eligible entities to conduct programs 
     funded under section 511 of the Social Security Act pursuant 
     to this section, which shall remain available for obligation 
     not later than January 31, 2021.

           TITLE III--PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY DURING THE PANDEMIC

     SEC. 100301. EMERGENCY FLEXIBILITY FOR CHILD WELFARE 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--With respect to the period that begins on 
     March 1, 2020, and ends January 31, 2021:
       (1) Authority of states to determine how daily activities 
     may be conducted remotely.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services may allow a State to determine how daily activities 
     under the State plan developed under part B of title IV of 
     the Social Security Act and the State program funded under 
     section 477 of such Act may be conducted through electronic 
     means to comply with public health guidelines relating to 
     social distancing, including conducting any required court 
     proceedings pertaining to children in care. In making any 
     such determination, the State shall work to ensure that the 
     safety and health of each child in care remains paramount.
       (2) Counting of remote caseworker visits as in-person 
     visits.--In the case of a foster child who has attained 18 
     years of age and with respect to whom foster care maintenance 
     payments are being made under a State plan approved under 
     part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, caseworker 
     contact with the child that includes visual and auditory 
     contact and which is conducted solely by electronic means is 
     deemed an in-person visit to the child by the caseworker for 
     purposes of section 424(f)(1)(A) of such Act if the child is 
     visited by the caseworker in person not less than once every 
     6 months while in such care.
       (b) State Defined.--In subsection (a), the term ``State'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 1101(a) of the 
     Social Security Act for purposes of title IV of such Act, and 
     includes an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal 
     consortium with an application and plan approved under this 
     section 477(j) of such Act for fiscal year 2020.

     SEC. 100302. EMERGENCY FLEXIBILITY FOR CHILD SUPPORT 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--With respect to the period that begins on 
     March 1, 2020, and ends January 31, 2021:
       (1) Sections 408(a)(2), 409(a)(5), and 409(a)(8) of the 
     Social Security Act shall have no force or effect.
       (2) Notwithstanding section 466(d) of such Act, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this subsection 
     referred to as the ``Secretary'') may exempt a State from any 
     requirement of section 466 of such Act to respond to the 
     COVID-19 pandemic, except that the Secretary

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     may not exempt a State from any requirement to--
       (A) provide a parent with notice of a right to request a 
     review and, if appropriate, adjustment of a support order; or
       (B) afford a parent the opportunity to make such a request.
       (3) The Secretary may not impose a penalty or take any 
     other adverse action against a State pursuant to section 
     452(g)(1) of such Act for failure to achieve a paternity 
     establishment percentage of less than 90 percent.
       (4) The Secretary may not find that the paternity 
     establishment percentage for a State is not based on reliable 
     data for purposes of section 452(g)(1) of such Act, and the 
     Secretary may not determine that the data which a State 
     submitted pursuant to section 452(a)(4)(C)(i) of such Act and 
     which is used in determining a performance level is not 
     complete or reliable for purposes of section 458(b)(5)(B) of 
     such Act, on the basis of the failure of the State to submit 
     OCSE Form 396 or 34 in a timely manner.
       (5) The Secretary may not impose a penalty or take any 
     other adverse action against a State for failure to comply 
     with section 454A(g)(1)(A)(i) of such Act.
       (6) The Secretary may not disapprove a State plan submitted 
     pursuant to part D of title IV of such Act for failure of the 
     plan to meet the requirement of section 454(1) of such Act, 
     and may not impose a penalty or take any other adverse action 
     against a State with such a plan that meets that requirement 
     for failure to comply with that requirement.
       (7) To the extent that a preceding provision of this 
     section applies with respect to a provision of law applicable 
     to a program operated by an Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization (as defined in subsections (e) and (l) of 
     section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)), that preceding provision 
     shall apply with respect to the Indian tribe or tribal 
     organization.
       (b) State Defined.--In subsection (a), the term ``State'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 1101(a) of the 
     Social Security Act for purposes of title IV of such Act.

     SEC. 100303. EMERGENCY FLEXIBILITY FOR STATE TANF PROGRAMS.

       (a) State Programs.--Sections 407(a), 407(e)(1), and 
     408(a)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act shall have no force 
     or effect during the applicable period, and paragraphs (3), 
     (9), (14), and (15) of section 409(a) of such Act shall not 
     apply with respect to conduct engaged in during the period.
       (b) Tribal Programs.--The minimum work participation 
     requirements and time limits established under section 412(c) 
     of the Social Security Act shall have no force or effect 
     during the applicable period, and the penalties established 
     under such section shall not apply with respect to conduct 
     engaged in during the period.
       (c) Penalty for Noncompliance.--
       (1) In general.--If the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services finds that a State or an Indian tribe has imposed a 
     work requirement as a condition of receiving assistance, or a 
     time limit on the provision of assistance, under a program 
     funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act or 
     any program funded with qualified State expenditures (as 
     defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act) during the 
     applicable period, or has imposed a penalty for failure to 
     comply with a work requirement during the period, the 
     Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under 
     section 403(a)(1) of such Act or the grant payable to the 
     tribe under section 412(a)(1) of such Act, as the case may 
     be, for fiscal year 2021 by an amount equal to 5 percent of 
     the State or tribal family assistance grant, as the case may 
     be.
       (2) Applicability of certain provisions.--For purposes of 
     section 409(d) of the Social Security Act, paragraph (1) of 
     this subsection shall be considered to be included in section 
     409(a) of such Act.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Applicable period.--The term ``applicable period'' 
     means the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends 
     January 31, 2021.
       (2) Work requirement.--The term ``work requirement'' means 
     a requirement to engage in a work activity (as defined in 
     section 407(d) of the Social Security Act)or other work-
     related activity as defined by a State or tribal program 
     funded under part A of title IV of such Act.
       (3) Other terms.--Each other term has the meaning given the 
     term in section 419 of the Social Security Act.

                     DIVISION K--COVID-19 HERO ACT

     SEC. 110001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       This division may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Housing, 
     Economic Relief, and Oversight Act'' or the ``COVID-19 HERO 
     Act''.

TITLE I--PROVIDING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS AND ESSENTIAL 
                                WORKERS

     SEC. 110101. COVID-19 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ENHANCEMENT.

       (a) Determination on Emergency Supplies and Relationship to 
     State and Local Efforts.--
       (1) Determination.--For the purposes of section 101 of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511), the 
     following materials shall be deemed to be scarce and critical 
     materials essential to the national defense and otherwise 
     meet the requirements of section 101(b) of such Act during 
     the COVID-19 emergency period:
       (A) Diagnostic tests, including serological tests, for 
     COVID-19 and the reagents and other materials necessary for 
     producing or conducting such tests.
       (B) Personal protective equipment, including face shields, 
     N-95 respirator masks, and any other masks determined by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services to be needed to 
     respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the materials to 
     produce such equipment.
       (C) Medical ventilators, the components necessary to make 
     such ventilators, and medicines needed to use a ventilator as 
     a treatment for any individual who is hospitalized for COVID-
     19.
       (D) Pharmaceuticals and any medicines determined by the 
     Food and Drug Administration or another Government agency to 
     be effective in treating COVID-19 (including vaccines for 
     COVID-19) and any materials necessary to produce or use such 
     pharmaceuticals or medicines (including self-injection 
     syringes or other delivery systems).
       (E) Any other medical equipment or supplies determined by 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security to be scarce and critical materials 
     essential to the national defense for purposes of section 101 
     of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511).
       (2) Exercise of title i authorities in relation to 
     contracts by state and local governments.--In exercising 
     authorities under title I of the Defense Production Act of 
     1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511 et seq.) during the COVID-19 emergency 
     period, the President (and any officer or employee of the 
     United States to which authorities under such title I have 
     been delegated)--
       (A) may exercise the prioritization or allocation authority 
     provided in such title I to exclude any materials described 
     in paragraph (1) ordered by a State or local government that 
     are scheduled to be delivered within 15 days of the time at 
     which--
       (i) the purchase order or contract by the Federal 
     Government for such materials is made; or
       (ii) the materials are otherwise allocated by the Federal 
     Government under the authorities contained in such Act; and
       (B) shall, within 24 hours of any exercise of the 
     prioritization or allocation authority provided in such title 
     I--
       (i) notify any State or local government if the exercise of 
     such authorities would delay the receipt of such materials 
     ordered by such government; and
       (ii) take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that 
     such materials ordered by such government are delivered in 
     the shortest possible period.
       (3) Update to the federal acquisition regulation.--Not 
     later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to 
     reflect the requirements of paragraph (2)(A).
       (b) Engagement With the Private Sector.--
       (1) Sense of congress.--The Congress--
       (A) appreciates the willingness of private companies not 
     traditionally involved in producing items for the health 
     sector to volunteer to use their expertise and supply chains 
     to produce essential medical supplies and equipment;
       (B) encourages other manufacturers to review their existing 
     capacity and to develop capacity to produce essential medical 
     supplies, medical equipment, and medical treatments to 
     address the COVID-19 emergency; and
       (C) commends and expresses deep appreciation to individual 
     citizens who have been producing personal protective 
     equipment and other materials for, in particular, use at 
     hospitals in their community.
       (2) Outreach representative.--
       (A) Designation.--Consistent with the authorities in title 
     VII of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4551 et 
     seq.), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services, shall designate or shall appoint, pursuant to 
     section 703 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 4553), an individual to be 
     known as the ``Outreach Representative''. Such individual 
     shall--
       (i) be appointed from among individuals with substantial 
     experience in the private sector in the production of medical 
     supplies or equipment; and
       (ii) act as the Government-wide single point of contact 
     during the COVID-19 emergency for outreach to manufacturing 
     companies and their suppliers who may be interested in 
     producing medical supplies or equipment, including the 
     materials described under subsection (a).
       (B) Encouraging partnerships.--The Outreach Representative 
     shall seek to develop partnerships between companies, in 
     coordination with the Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force 
     or any overall coordinator appointed by the President to 
     oversee the response to the COVID-19 emergency, including 
     through the exercise of the authorities under section 708 of 
     the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4558).
       (c) Enhancement of Supply Chain Production.--In exercising 
     authority under title III of the Defense Production Act of 
     1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.) with respect to materials 
     described in subsection (a), the President shall seek to 
     ensure that support is provided to companies that comprise 
     the supply chains for reagents, components, raw materials, 
     and other materials and items necessary to produce or use the 
     materials described in subsection (a).
       (d) Oversight of Current Activity and Needs.--
       (1) Response to immediate needs.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 7 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination 
     with the National Response Coordination Center of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, the Administrator of the Defense 
     Logistics Agency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and heads of other Federal 
     agencies (as appropriate), shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report assessing the immediate 
     needs described in subparagraph (B) to combat the COVID-19 
     pandemic and the plan for meeting those immediate needs.
       (B) Assessment.--The report required by this paragraph 
     shall include--
       (i) an assessment of the needs for medical supplies or 
     equipment necessary to address the

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     needs of the population of the United States infected by the 
     virus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 and to prevent an 
     increase in the incidence of COVID-19 throughout the United 
     States, including diagnostic tests, serological tests, 
     medicines that have been approved by the Food and Drug 
     Administration to treat COVID-19, and ventilators and 
     medicines needed to employ ventilators;
       (ii) based on meaningful consultations with relevant 
     stakeholders, an assessment of the need for personal 
     protective equipment and other supplies (including diagnostic 
     tests) required by--

       (I) health professionals, health workers, and hospital 
     staff;
       (II) workers in industries and sectors described in the 
     ``Advisory Memorandum on Identification of Essential Critical 
     Infrastructure Workers during the COVID-19 Response'' issued 
     by the Director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security 
     Agency of the Department of Homeland Security on April 17, 
     2020 (and any expansion of industries and sectors included in 
     updates to such advisory memorandum); and
       (III) other workers determined to be essential based on 
     such consultation;

       (iii) an assessment of the quantities of equipment and 
     supplies in the Strategic National Stockpile (established 
     under section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act ((42 
     U.S.C. 247d-6b(a)(1))) as of the date of the report, and the 
     projected gap between the quantities of equipment and 
     supplies identified as needed in the assessment under clauses 
     (i) and (ii) and the quantities in the Strategic National 
     Stockpile;
       (iv) an identification of the industry sectors and 
     manufacturers most ready to fulfill purchase orders for such 
     equipment and supplies (including manufacturers that may be 
     incentivized) through the exercise of authority under section 
     303(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
     4533(e)) to modify, expand, or improve production processes 
     to manufacture such equipment and supplies to respond 
     immediately to a need identified in clause (i) or (ii);
       (v) an identification of Government-owned and privately-
     owned stockpiles of such equipment and supplies not included 
     in the Strategic National Stockpile that could be repaired or 
     refurbished;
       (vi) an identification of previously distributed critical 
     supplies that can be redistributed based on current need;
       (vii) a description of any exercise of the authorities 
     described under paragraph (1)(E) or (2)(A) of subsection (a); 
     and
       (viii) an identification of critical areas of need, by 
     county and by areas identified by the Indian Health Service, 
     in the United States and the metrics and criteria for 
     identification as a critical area.
       (C) Plan.--The report required by this paragraph shall 
     include a plan for meeting the immediate needs to combat the 
     COVID-19 pandemic, including the needs described in 
     subparagraph (B). Such plan shall include--
       (i) each contract the Federal Government has entered into 
     to meet such needs, including the purpose of each contract, 
     the type and amount of equipment, supplies, or services to be 
     provided under the contract, the entity performing such 
     contract, and the dollar amount of each contract;
       (ii) each contract that the Federal Government intends to 
     enter into within 14 days after submission of such report, 
     including the information described in subparagraph (B) for 
     each such contract; and
       (iii) whether any of the contracts described in clause (i) 
     or (ii) have or will have a priority rating under the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.), including 
     purchase orders pursuant to Department of Defense Directive 
     4400.1 (or any successor directive), subpart A of part 101 of 
     title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other 
     applicable authority.
       (D) Additional requirements.--The report required by this 
     paragraph, and each update required by subparagraph (E), 
     shall include--
       (i) any requests for equipment and supplies from State or 
     local governments and Indian Tribes, and an accompanying list 
     of the employers and unions consulted in developing these 
     requests;
       (ii) any modeling or formulas used to determine allocation 
     of equipment and supplies, and any related chain of command 
     issues on making final decisions on allocations;
       (iii) the amount and destination of equipment and supplies 
     delivered;
       (iv) an explanation of why any portion of any contract, 
     whether to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile or 
     otherwise, will not be filled;
       (v) of products procured under this section, the percentage 
     of such products that are used to replenish the Strategic 
     National Stockpile, that are targeted to COVID-19 hotspots, 
     and that are used for the commercial market;
       (vi) metrics, formulas, and criteria used to determine 
     COVID-19 hotspots or areas of critical need for a State, 
     county, or an area identified by the Indian Health Service;
       (vii) production and procurement benchmarks, where 
     practicable; and
       (viii) results of the consultation with the relevant 
     stakeholders required by subparagraph (B)(ii).
       (E) Updates.--The President, in coordination with the 
     National Response Coordination Center of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, the Administrator of the Defense 
     Logistics Agency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and heads of other Federal 
     agencies (as appropriate), shall update such report every 14 
     days.
       (F) Public availability.--The President shall make the 
     report required by this paragraph and each update required by 
     subparagraph (E) available to the public, including on a 
     Government website.
       (2) Response to longer-term needs.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 14 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination with 
     the National Response Coordination Center of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, the Administrator of the Defense 
     Logistics Agency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and heads of other Federal 
     agencies (as appropriate), shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report containing an assessment of 
     the needs described in subparagraph (B) to combat the COVID-
     19 pandemic and the plan for meeting such needs during the 6-
     month period beginning on the date of submission of the 
     report.
       (B) Assessment.--The report required by this paragraph 
     shall include--
       (i) an assessment of the elements describe in clauses (i) 
     through (v) and clause (viii) of paragraph (1)(B); and
       (ii) an assessment of needs related to COVID-19 vaccines 
     and any additional services to address the COVID-19 pandemic, 
     including services related to health surveillance to ensure 
     that the appropriate level of contact tracing related to 
     detected infections is available throughout the United 
     States.
       (C) Plan.--The report required by this paragraph shall 
     include a plan for meeting the longer-term needs to combat 
     the COVID-19 pandemic, including the needs described in 
     subparagraph (B). This plan shall include--
       (i) a plan to exercise authorities under the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) necessary to 
     increase the production of the medical equipment, supplies, 
     and services that are essential to meeting the needs 
     identified in subparagraph (B), including the number of N-95 
     respirator masks and other personal protective equipment 
     needed, based on meaningful consultations with relevant 
     stakeholders, by the private sector to resume economic 
     activity and by the public and nonprofit sectors to 
     significantly increase their activities;
       (ii) results of the consultations with the relevant 
     stakeholders required by clause (i);
       (iii) an estimate of the funding and other measures 
     necessary to rapidly expand manufacturing production capacity 
     for such equipment and supplies, including--

       (I) any efforts to expand, retool, or reconfigure 
     production lines;
       (II) any efforts to establish new production lines through 
     the purchase and installation of new equipment; or
       (III) the issuance of additional contracts, purchase 
     orders, purchase guarantees, or other similar measures;

       (iv) each contract the Federal Government has entered into 
     to meet such needs or expand such production, the purpose of 
     each contract, the type and amount of equipment, supplies, or 
     services to be provided under the contract, the entity 
     performing such contract, and the dollar amount of each 
     contract;
       (v) each contract that the Federal Government intends to 
     enter into within 14 days after submission of such report, 
     including the information described in clause (iv) for each 
     such contract;
       (vi) whether any of the contracts described in clause (iv) 
     or (v) have or will have a priority rating under the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.), including 
     purchase orders pursuant to Department of Defense Directive 
     4400.1 (or any successor directive), subpart A of part 101 of 
     title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other 
     applicable authority; and
       (vii) the manner in which the Defense Production Act of 
     1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) could be used to increase 
     services necessary to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, including 
     services described in subparagraph (B)(ii).
       (D) Updates.--The President, in coordination with the 
     National Response Coordination Center of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency, the Administrator of the Defense 
     Logistics Agency, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and heads of other Federal 
     agencies (as appropriate), shall update such report every 14 
     days.
       (E) Public availability.--The President shall make the 
     report required by this subsection and each update required 
     by subparagraph (D) available to the public, including on a 
     Government website.
       (3) Report on exercising authorities under the defense 
     production act of 1950.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 14 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation 
     with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services, shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the exercise of 
     authorities under titles I, III, and VII of the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.) prior to the 
     date of such report.
       (B) Contents.--The report required under subparagraph (A) 
     and each update required under subparagraph (C) shall 
     include, with respect to each exercise of such authority--
       (i) an explanation of the purpose of the applicable 
     contract, purchase order, or other exercise of authority 
     (including an allocation of materials, services, and 
     facilities under section 101(a)(2) of the Defense Production 
     Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4511(a)(2));
       (ii) the cost of such exercise of authority; and
       (iii) if applicable--

       (I) the amount of goods that were purchased or allocated;
       (II) an identification of the entity awarded a contract or 
     purchase order or that was the subject of the exercise of 
     authority; and
       (III) an identification of any entity that had shipments 
     delayed by the exercise of any authority under the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.).

       (C) Updates.--The President shall update the report 
     required under subparagraph (A) every 14 days.

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       (D) Public availability.--The President shall make the 
     report required by this subsection and each update required 
     by subparagraph (C) available to the public, including on a 
     Government website.
       (4) Quarterly reporting.--The President shall submit to 
     Congress, and make available to the public (including on a 
     Government website), a quarterly report detailing all 
     expenditures made pursuant to titles I, III, and VII of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 50 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.).
       (5) Sunset.--The requirements of this subsection shall 
     terminate on the later of--
       (A) December 31, 2021; or
       (B) the end of the COVID-19 emergency period.
       (e) Enhancements to the Defense Production Act of 1950.--
       (1) Health emergency authority.--Section 107 of the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4517) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(c) Health Emergency Authority.--With respect to a public 
     health emergency declaration by the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
     Act, or preparations for such a health emergency, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Administrator 
     of the Federal Emergency Management Agency are authorized to 
     carry out the authorities provided under this section to the 
     same extent as the President.''.
       (2) Emphasis on business concerns owned by women, 
     minorities, veterans, and native americans.--Section 108 of 
     the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4518) is 
     amended--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``modernization of small 
     business suppliers'' and inserting ``small business 
     participation and fair inclusion'';
       (B) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Participation and Inclusion.--
       ``(1) In general.--In providing any assistance under this 
     Act, the President shall accord a strong preference for 
     subcontractors and suppliers that are--
       ``(A) small business concerns; or
       ``(B) businesses of any size owned by women, minorities, 
     veterans, and the disabled.
       ``(2) Special consideration.--To the maximum extent 
     practicable, the President shall accord the preference 
     described under paragraph (1) to small business concerns and 
     businesses described in paragraph (1)(B) that are located in 
     areas of high unemployment or areas that have demonstrated a 
     continuing pattern of economic decline, as identified by the 
     Secretary of Labor.''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Minority Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `minority'--
       ``(1) has the meaning given the term in section 308(b) of 
     the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement 
     Act of 1989; and
       ``(2) includes any indigenous person in the United States, 
     including any territories of the United States.''.
       (3) Additional information in annual report.--Section 
     304(f)(3) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 
     4534(f)(3)) is amended by striking ``year.'' and inserting 
     ``year, including the percentage of contracts awarded using 
     Fund amounts to each of the groups described in section 
     108(a)(1)(B) (and, with respect to minorities, disaggregated 
     by ethnic group), and the percentage of the total amount 
     expended during such fiscal year on such contracts.''.
       (4) Definition of national defense.--Section 702(14) of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 is amended by striking ``and 
     critical infrastructure protection and restoration'' and 
     inserting ``, critical infrastructure protection and 
     restoration, and health emergency preparedness and response 
     activities''.
       (f) Securing Essential Medical Materials.--
       (1) Statement of policy.--Section 2(b) of the Defense 
     Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4502) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as 
     paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively; and
       (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
       ``(3) authorities under this Act should be used when 
     appropriate to ensure the availability of medical materials 
     essential to national defense, including through measures 
     designed to secure the drug supply chain, and taking into 
     consideration the importance of United States 
     competitiveness, scientific leadership and cooperation, and 
     innovative capacity;''.
       (2) Strengthening domestic capability.--Section 107 of the 
     Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4517) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``(including medical 
     materials)'' after ``materials''; and
       (B) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``(including medical 
     materials such as drugs to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, 
     or prevent disease that essential to national defense)'' 
     after ``essential materials''.
       (3) Strategy on securing supply chains for medical 
     articles.--Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 
     U.S.C. 4511 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 109. STRATEGY ON SECURING SUPPLY CHAINS FOR MEDICAL 
                   MATERIALS.

       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this section, the President, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, and the Secretary of Defense, shall transmit a 
     strategy to the appropriate Members of Congress that includes 
     the following:
       ``(1) A detailed plan to use the authorities under this 
     title and title III, or any other provision of law, to ensure 
     the supply of medical materials (including drugs to diagnose, 
     cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent disease) essential to 
     national defense, to the extent necessary for the purposes of 
     this Act.
       ``(2) An analysis of vulnerabilities to existing supply 
     chains for such medical articles, and recommendations to 
     address the vulnerabilities.
       ``(3) Measures to be undertaken by the President to 
     diversify such supply chains, as appropriate and as required 
     for national defense.
       ``(4) A discussion of--
       ``(A) any significant effects resulting from the plan and 
     measures described in this subsection on the production, 
     cost, or distribution of vaccines or any other drugs (as 
     defined under section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321));
       ``(B) a timeline to ensure that essential components of the 
     supply chain for medical materials are not under the 
     exclusive control of a foreign government in a manner that 
     the President determines could threaten the national defense 
     of the United States; and
       ``(C) efforts to mitigate any risks resulting from the plan 
     and measures described in this subsection to United States 
     competitiveness, scientific leadership, and innovative 
     capacity, including efforts to cooperate and proactively 
     engage with United States allies.
       ``(b) Progress Report.--Following submission of the 
     strategy under subsection (a), the President shall submit to 
     the appropriate Members of Congress an annual progress report 
     evaluating the implementation of the strategy, and may 
     include updates to the strategy as appropriate. The strategy 
     and progress reports shall be submitted in unclassified form 
     but may contain a classified annex.
       ``(c) Appropriate Members of Congress.--The term 
     `appropriate Members of Congress' means the Speaker, majority 
     leader, and minority leader of the House of Representatives, 
     the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, the 
     Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committees on Armed 
     Services and Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the 
     Committees on Armed Services and Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs of the Senate.''.
       (g) GAO Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on ensuring 
     that the United States Government has access to the medical 
     supplies and equipment necessary to respond to future 
     pandemics and public health emergencies, including 
     recommendations with respect to how to ensure that the United 
     States supply chain for diagnostic tests (including 
     serological tests), personal protective equipment, vaccines, 
     and therapies is better equipped to respond to emergencies, 
     including through the use of funds in the Defense Production 
     Act Fund under section 304 of the Defense Production Act of 
     1950 (50 U.S.C. 4534) to address shortages in that supply 
     chain.
       (2) Review of assessment and plan.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after each of the 
     submission of the reports described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
     of subsection (d), the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an assessment of such reports, including 
     identifying any gaps and providing any recommendations 
     regarding the subject matter in such reports.
       (B) Monthly review.--Not later than a month after the 
     submission of the assessment under subparagraph (A), and 
     monthly thereafter, the Comptroller General shall issue a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees with 
     respect to any updates to the reports described in paragraph 
     (1) and (2) of subsection (d) that were issued during the 
     previous 1-month period, containing an assessment of such 
     updates, including identifying any gaps and providing any 
     recommendations regarding the subject matter in such updates.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committees 
     on Appropriations, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, 
     Financial Services, Homeland Security, and Veterans' Affairs 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committees on 
     Appropriations, Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban 
     Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Homeland 
     Security and Governmental Affairs, and Veterans' Affairs of 
     the Senate.
       (2) COVID-19 emergency period.--The term ``COVID-19 
     emergency period'' means the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this Act and ending after the end of the 
     incident period for the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, 
     by the President under Section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 
     et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 
     pandemic.
       (3) Relevant stakeholder.--The term ``relevant 
     stakeholder'' means--
       (A) representative private sector entities;
       (B) representatives of the nonprofit sector; and
       (C) representatives of labor organizations representing 
     workers, including unions that represent health workers, 
     manufacturers, public sector employees, and service sector 
     workers.
       (4) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.

    TITLE II--PROTECTING RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FROM EVICTIONS AND 
                              FORECLOSURES

     SEC. 110201. EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development

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     (referred to in this section as the ``Secretary'') 
     $100,000,000,000 for an additional amount for grants under 
     the Emergency Solutions Grants program under subtitle B of 
     title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 11371 et seq.), to remain available until expended 
     (subject to subsections (d) and (n) of this section), to be 
     used for providing short- or medium-term assistance with rent 
     and rent-related costs (including tenant-paid utility costs, 
     utility- and rent-arrears, fees charged for those arrears, 
     and security and utility deposits) in accordance with 
     paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 415(a) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 11374(a)) and this section.
       (b) Definition of at Risk of Homelessness.--Notwithstanding 
     section 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)), for purposes of assistance made 
     available with amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
     (a), the term ``at risk of homelessness'' means, with respect 
     to an individual or family, that the individual or family--
       (1) has an income below 80 percent of the median income for 
     the area as determined by the Secretary; and
       (2) has an inability to attain or maintain housing 
     stability or has insufficient resources to pay for rent or 
     utilities due to financial hardships.
       (c) Income Targeting and Calculation.--For purposes of 
     assistance made available with amounts made available 
     pursuant to subsection (a)--
       (1) each recipient of such amounts shall use--
       (A) not less than 40 percent of the amounts received only 
     for providing assistance for individuals or families 
     experiencing homelessness, or for persons or families at risk 
     of homelessness who have incomes not exceeding 30 percent of 
     the median income for the area as determined by the 
     Secretary;
       (B) not less than 70 percent of the amounts received only 
     for providing assistance for individuals or families 
     experiencing homelessness, or for persons or families at risk 
     of homelessness who have incomes not exceeding 50 percent of 
     the median income for the area as determined by the 
     Secretary; and
       (C) the remainder of the amounts received only for 
     providing assistance to individuals or families experiencing 
     homelessness, or for persons or families at risk of 
     homelessness who have incomes not exceeding 80 percent of the 
     median income for the area as determined by the Secretary, 
     but such recipient may establish a higher percentage limit 
     for purposes of subsection (b)(1), which shall not in any 
     case exceed 120 percent of the area median income, if the 
     recipient states that it will serve such population in its 
     plan; and
       (2) in determining the income of a household for 
     homelessness prevention assistance--
       (A) the calculation of income performed at the time of 
     application for such assistance, including arrearages, shall 
     consider only income that the household is currently 
     receiving at such time and any income recently terminated 
     shall not be included;
       (B) any calculation of income performed with respect to 
     households receiving ongoing assistance (such as medium-term 
     rental assistance) 3 months after initial receipt of 
     assistance shall consider only the income that the household 
     is receiving at the time of such review; and
       (C) the calculation of income performed with respect to 
     households receiving assistance for arrearages shall consider 
     only the income that the household was receiving at the time 
     such arrearages were incurred.
       (d) 3-year Availability.--
       (1) In general.--Each recipient of amounts made available 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall--
       (A) expend not less than 60 percent of such grant amounts 
     within 2 years of the date that such funds became available 
     to the recipient for obligation; and
       (B) expend 100 percent of such grant amounts within 3 years 
     of such date.
       (2) Reallocation after 2 years.--The Secretary may 
     recapture any amounts not expended in compliance with 
     paragraph (1)(A) and reallocate such amounts to recipients in 
     compliance with the formula referred to in subsection 
     (h)(1)(A).
       (e) Rent Restrictions.--
       (1) Inapplicability.--Section 576.106(d) of title 24, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, shall not apply with respect to 
     homelessness prevention assistance made available with 
     amounts made available under subsection (a).
       (2) Amount of rental assistance.--In providing homelessness 
     prevention assistance with amounts made available under 
     subsection (a), the maximum amount of rental assistance that 
     may be provided shall be the greater of--
       (A) 120 percent of the higher of--
       (i) the Fair Market Rent established by the Secretary for 
     the metropolitan area or county; or
       (ii) the applicable Small Area Fair Market Rent established 
     by the Secretary; or
       (B) such higher amount as the Secretary shall determine is 
     needed to cover market rents in the area.
       (f) Subleases.--A recipient shall not be prohibited from 
     providing assistance authorized under subsection (a) with 
     respect to subleases that are valid under State law.
       (g) Housing Relocation or Stabilization Activities.--A 
     recipient of amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
     (a) may expend up to 25 percent of its allocation for 
     activities under section 415(a)(5) of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11374(a)(5)), except that 
     notwithstanding such section, activities authorized under 
     this subsection may be provided only for individuals or 
     families who have incomes not exceeding 50 percent of the 
     area median income and meet the criteria in subsection (b)(2) 
     of this section or section 103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302). This subsection shall not 
     apply to rent-related costs that are specifically authorized 
     under subsection (a) of this section.
       (h) Allocation of Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--In allocating amounts made available 
     pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
       (A)(i) for any purpose authorized in this section--
       (I) allocate 2 percent of such amount for Indian tribes and 
     tribally designated housing entities (as such terms are 
     defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
     4103)) under the formula established pursuant to section 302 
     of such Act (25 U.S.C. 4152), except that 0.3 percent of the 
     amount allocated under this clause shall be allocated for the 
     Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and
       (II) allocate 0.3 percent of such amount for the Virgin 
     Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana 
     Islands;
       (ii) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, obligate and disburse the amounts allocated 
     pursuant to clause (i) in accordance with such allocations 
     and provide such recipient with any necessary guidance for 
     use of the funds; and
       (B)(i) not later than 7 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act and after setting aside amounts under subparagraph 
     (A), allocate 50 percent of any such remaining amounts under 
     the formula specified in subsections (a), (b), and (e) of 
     section 414 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 11373) for, and notify, each State, metropolitan city, 
     and urban county that is to receive a direct grant of such 
     amounts; and
       (ii) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, obligate and disburse the amounts allocated 
     pursuant to clause (i) in accordance with such allocations 
     and provide such recipient with any necessary guidance for 
     use of the funds; and
       (C)(i) not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, allocate any remaining amounts for eligible 
     recipients according to a formula to be developed by the 
     Secretary that takes into consideration the formula referred 
     to in subparagraph (A) and the need for emergency rental 
     assistance under this section, including the severe housing 
     cost burden among extremely low- and very low-income renters 
     and disruptions in housing and economic conditions, including 
     unemployment; and
       (ii) not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     allocation of such amounts pursuant to clause (i), obligate 
     and disburse such amounts in accordance with such 
     allocations.
       (2) Allocations to states.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (a) of section 
     414 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11373(a)) and section 576.202(a) of title 24, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, a State recipient of an allocation under this 
     section may elect to use up to 100 percent of its allocation 
     to carry out activities eligible under this section directly.
       (B) Requirement.--Any State recipient making an election 
     described in subparagraph (A) shall serve households 
     throughout the entire State, including households in rural 
     communities and small towns.
       (3) Election not to administer.--If a recipient other than 
     a State elects not to receive funds under this section, such 
     funds shall be allocated to the State recipient in which the 
     recipient is located.
       (4) Partnerships, subgrants, and contracts.--A recipient of 
     a grant under this section may distribute funds through 
     partnerships, subgrants, or contracts with an entity, such as 
     a public housing agency (as such term is defined in section 
     3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437a(b))), that is capable of carrying activities under this 
     section.
       (5) Revision to rule.--The Secretary shall revise section 
     576.3 of tile 24, Code of Federal Regulations, to change the 
     set aside for allocation to the territories to exactly 0.3 
     percent.
       (i) Inapplicability of Matching Requirement.--Subsection 
     (a) of section 416 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 11375(a)) shall not apply to any amounts made 
     available pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
       (j) Reimbursement of Eligible Activities.--Amounts made 
     available pursuant to subsection (a) may be used by a 
     recipient to reimburse expenditures incurred for eligible 
     activities under this section after March 27, 2020.
       (k) Prohibition on Prerequisites.--None of the funds made 
     available pursuant to this section may be used to require any 
     individual receiving assistance under the program under this 
     section to receive treatment or perform any other 
     prerequisite activities as a condition for receiving shelter, 
     housing, or other services.
       (l) Waivers and Alternative Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Authority.--In administering the amounts made available 
     pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
     statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 
     connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by 
     the recipient of such amounts (except for requirements 
     related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, 
     prohibition on prerequisites, minimum data reporting, and the 
     environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists 
     for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver or 
     alternative requirement is necessary to expedite the use of 
     funds made available pursuant to this section, to respond to 
     public health orders or conditions related to the COVID-19 
     emergency, or to ensure that eligible individuals can attain 
     or maintain housing stability.
       (B) Public notice.--The Secretary shall notify the public 
     through the Federal Register or

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     other appropriate means of any waiver or alternative 
     requirement under this paragraph, and that such public notice 
     shall be provided, at a minimum, on the internet at the 
     appropriate Government website or through other electronic 
     media, as determined by the Secretary.
       (C) Eligibility requirements.--Eligibility for rental 
     assistance or housing relocation and stabilization services 
     shall not be restricted based upon the prior receipt of 
     assistance under the program during the preceding three 
     years.
       (2) Public hearings.--
       (A) Inapplicability of in-person hearing requirements 
     during the covid-19 emergency.--
       (i) In general.--A recipient under this section shall not 
     be required to hold in-person public hearings in connection 
     with its citizen participation plan, but shall provide 
     citizens with notice, including publication of its plan for 
     carrying out this section on the internet, and a reasonable 
     opportunity to comment of not less than 5 days.
       (ii) Resumption of in-person hearing requirements.--After 
     the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
     ending on the date of the termination by the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency of the emergency declared on 
     March 13, 2020, by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 
     et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 
     pandemic, and after the period described in subparagraph (B), 
     the Secretary shall direct recipients under this section to 
     resume pre-crisis public hearing requirements.
       (B) Virtual public hearings.--
       (i) In general.--During the period that national or local 
     health authorities recommend social distancing and limiting 
     public gatherings for public health reasons, a recipient may 
     fulfill applicable public hearing requirements for all grants 
     from funds made available pursuant to this section by 
     carrying out virtual public hearings.
       (ii) Requirements.--Any virtual hearings held under clause 
     (i) by a recipient under this section shall provide 
     reasonable notification and access for citizens in accordance 
     with the recipient's certifications, timely responses from 
     local officials to all citizen questions and issues, and 
     public access to all questions and responses.
       (m) Consultation.--In addition to any other citizen 
     participation and consultation requirements, in developing 
     and implementing a plan to carry out this section, each 
     recipient of funds made available pursuant to this section 
     shall consult with the applicable Continuum or Continuums of 
     Care for the area served by the recipient and organizations 
     representing underserved communities and populations and 
     organizations with expertise in affordable housing, fair 
     housing, and services for people with disabilities.
       (n) Administration.--
       (1) By secretary.--Of any amounts made available pursuant 
     to subsection (a)--
       (A) not more than the lesser of 0.5 percent, or 
     $15,000,000, may be used by the Secretary for staffing, 
     training, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, 
     research, and evaluation activities necessary to carry out 
     the program carried out under this section, and such amounts 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2024; and
       (B) not more than $2,000,000 shall be available to the 
     Office of the Inspector General for audits and investigations 
     of the program authorized under this section.
       (2) By recipients.--Notwithstanding section 576.108 of 
     title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations, with respect to 
     amounts made available pursuant to this section, a recipient 
     may use up to 10 percent of the recipient's grant for payment 
     of administrative costs related to the planning and execution 
     of activities.

     SEC. 110202. HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Homeowner Assistance 
     Fund established under subsection (b).
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Treasury.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
     United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the 
     United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin 
     Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
       (b) Establishment of Fund.--There is established at the 
     Department of the Treasury a Homeowner Assistance Fund to 
     provide such funds as are made available under subsection (g) 
     to State housing finance agencies for the purpose of 
     preventing homeowner mortgage defaults, foreclosures, and 
     displacements of individuals and families experiencing 
     financial hardship after January 21, 2020.
       (c) Allocation of Funds.--
       (1) Administration.--Of any amounts made available for the 
     Fund, the Secretary of the Treasury may allocate, in the 
     aggregate, an amount not exceeding 5 percent--
       (A) to the Office of Financial Stability established under 
     section 101(a) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 
     2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211(a)) to administer and oversee the Fund, 
     and to provide technical assistance to States for the 
     creation and implementation of State programs to administer 
     assistance from the Fund; and
       (B) to the Inspector General of the Department of the 
     Treasury for oversight of the program under this section.
       (2) For states.--The Secretary shall establish such 
     criteria as are necessary to allocate the funds available 
     within the Fund for each State. The Secretary shall allocate 
     such funds among all States taking into consideration the 
     number of unemployment claims within a State relative to the 
     nationwide number of unemployment claims.
       (3) Small state minimum.--The amount allocated for each 
     State shall not be less than $250,000,000.
       (4) Set-aside for insular areas.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section, of the amounts appropriated under 
     subsection (g), the Secretary shall reserve $200,000,000 to 
     be disbursed to Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and 
     the Northern Mariana Islands based on each such territory's 
     share of the combined total population of all such 
     territories, as determined by the Secretary. For the purposes 
     of this paragraph, population shall be determined based on 
     the most recent year for which data are available from the 
     United States Census Bureau.
       (5) Set-aside for indian tribes and native hawaiians.----
       (A) Indian tribes.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, of the amounts appropriated under subsection 
     (g), the Secretary shall use 5 percent to make grants in 
     accordance with subsection (f) to eligible recipients for the 
     purposes described in subsection (e)(1).
       (B) Native hawaiians.-- Of the funds set aside under 
     subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall use 0.3 percent to make 
     grants to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands in accordance 
     with subsection (f) for the purposes described in subsection 
     (e)(1).
       (d) Disbursement of Funds.--
       (1) Administration.--Except for amounts made available for 
     assistance under subsection (f), State housing finance 
     agencies shall be primarily responsible for administering 
     amounts disbursed from the Fund, but may delegate 
     responsibilities and sub-allocate amounts to community 
     development financial institutions and State agencies that 
     administer Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program of the 
     Department of Health and Human Services.
       (2) Notice of funding.--The Secretary shall provide public 
     notice of the amounts that will be made available to each 
     State and the method used for determining such amounts not 
     later than the expiration of the 14-day period beginning on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act of enactment.
       (3) SHFA plans.--
       (A) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive funding 
     allocated for a State under the section, a State housing 
     finance agency for the State shall submit to the Secretary a 
     plan for the implementation of State programs to administer, 
     in part or in full, the amount of funding the state is 
     eligible to receive, which shall provide for the commencement 
     of receipt of applications by homeowners for assistance, and 
     funding of such applications, not later than the expiration 
     of the 6-month period beginning upon the approval under this 
     paragraph of such plan.
       (B) Multiple plans.--. A State housing finance agency may 
     submit multiple plans, each covering a separate portion of 
     funding for which the State is eligible.
       (C) Timing.-- The Secretary shall approve or disapprove a 
     plan within 30 days after the plan's submission and, if 
     disapproved, explain why the plan could not be approved.
       (D) Disbursement upon approval.--The Secretary shall 
     disburse to a State housing finance agency the appropriate 
     amount of funding upon approval of the agency's plan.
       (E) Amendments.--A State housing finance agency may 
     subsequently amend a plan that has previously been approved, 
     provided that any plan amendment shall be subject to the 
     approval of the Secretary. The Secretary shall approve any 
     plan amendment or disapprove such amendment explain why the 
     plan amendment could not be approved within 45 days after 
     submission to the Secretary of such amendment.
       (F) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall provide 
     technical assistance for any State housing finance agency 
     that twice fails to have a submitted plan approved.
       (4) Plan templates.--The Secretary shall, not later than 30 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, publish 
     templates that States may utilize in drafting the plans 
     required under paragraph (3)(A). The template plans shall 
     include standard program terms and requirements, as well as 
     any required legal language, which State housing finance 
     agencies may modify with the consent of the Secretary.
       (e) Permissible Uses of Fund.--
       (1) In general.--Funds made available to State housing 
     finance agencies pursuant to this section may be used for the 
     purposes established under subsection (b), which may 
     include--
       (A) mortgage payment assistance, including financial 
     assistance to allow a borrower to reinstate their mortgage or 
     to achieve a more affordable mortgage payment, which may 
     include principal reduction or rate reduction, provided that 
     any mortgage payment assistance is tailored to a borrower's 
     needs and their ability to repay, and takes into 
     consideration the loss mitigation options available to the 
     borrower;
       (B) assistance with payment of taxes, hazard insurance, 
     flood insurance, mortgage insurance, or homeowners' 
     association fees;
       (C) utility payment assistance, including electric, gas, 
     water, and internet service, including broadband internet 
     access service (as such term is defined in section 8.1(b) of 
     title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
     regulation));
       (D) reimbursement of funds expended by a State or local 
     government during the period beginning on January 21, 2020, 
     and ending on the date that the first funds are disbursed by 
     the State under the Fund, for the purpose of providing 
     housing or utility assistance to individuals or otherwise 
     providing funds to prevent foreclosure or eviction of a 
     homeowner or prevent mortgage delinquency or loss of housing 
     or critical utilities as a response to the coronavirus 
     disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; and
       (E) any other assistance for homeowners to prevent 
     eviction, mortgage delinquency or default, foreclosure, or 
     the loss of essential utility services.

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       (2) Targeting.--
       (A) Requirement.--Not less than 60 percent of amounts made 
     available for each State or other entity allocated amounts 
     under subsection (c) shall be used for activities under 
     paragraph (1) that assist homeowners having incomes equal to 
     or less than 80 percent of the area median income.
       (B) Determination of income.-- In determining the income of 
     a household for purposes of this paragraph, income shall be 
     considered to include only income that the household is 
     receiving at the time of application for assistance from the 
     Fund and any income recently terminated shall not be 
     included, except that for purposes of households receiving 
     assistance for arrearages income shall include only the 
     income that the household was receiving at the time such 
     arrearages were incurred.
       (C) Language assistance.--Each State housing finance agency 
     or other entity allocated amounts under subsection (c) shall 
     make available to each applicant for assistance from amounts 
     from the Fund language assistance in any language for which 
     such language assistance is available to the State housing 
     finance agency of entity in and shall provide notice to each 
     such applicant that such language assistance is available.
       (3) Administrative expenses.--Not more than 15 percent of 
     the amount allocated to a State pursuant to subsection (c) 
     may be used by a State housing financing agency for 
     administrative expenses. Any amounts allocated to 
     administrative expenses that are no longer necessary for 
     administrative expenses may be used in accordance with 
     paragraph (1).
       (f) Tribal and Native Hawaiian Assistance.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Department of hawaiian home lands.--The term 
     ``Department of Hawaiian Home Lands'' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 801 of the Native American Housing 
     Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
     4221).
       (B) Eligible recipient.--The term ``eligible recipient'' 
     means any entity eligible to receive a grant under section 
     101 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
     Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111).
       (2) Requirements.--
       (A) Allocation.--Except for the funds set aside under 
     subsection (c)(5)(B), the Secretary shall allocate the funds 
     set aside under subsection (c)(5)(A) using the allocation 
     formula described in subpart D of part 1000 of title 24, Code 
     of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations).
       (B) Native hawaiians.--The Secretary shall use the funds 
     made available under subsection (c)(5)(B) in accordance with 
     part 1006 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
     successor regulations).
       (3) Transfer.--The Secretary shall transfer any funds made 
     available under subsection (c)(5) that have not been 
     allocated by an eligible recipient or the Department of 
     Hawaiian Home Lands, as applicable, to provide the assistance 
     described in subsection (e)(1) by December 31, 2030, to the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out the 
     Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
     of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.).
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Homeowner Assistance Fund 
     established under subsection (b), $75,000,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.
       (h) Use of Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the 
     Hardest Hit Housing Markets Funds.--A State housing finance 
     agency may reallocate any administrative or programmatic 
     funds it has received as an allocation from the Housing 
     Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing 
     Markets created pursuant to section 101(a) of the Emergency 
     Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211(a)) that 
     have not been otherwise allocated or disbursed as of the date 
     of enactment of this Act to supplement any administrative or 
     programmatic funds received from the Housing Assistance Fund. 
     Such reallocated funds shall not be considered when 
     allocating resources from the Housing Assistance Fund using 
     the process established under subsection (c) and shall remain 
     available for the uses permitted and under the terms and 
     conditions established by the contract with Secretary created 
     pursuant to subsection (d)(1) and the terms of subsection 
     (i).
       (i) Reporting Requirements.--The Secretary shall provide 
     public reports not less frequently than quarterly regarding 
     the use of funds provided by the Homeowner Assistance Fund. 
     Such reports shall include the following data by State and by 
     program within each State, both for the past quarter and 
     throughout the life of the program--
       (1) the amount of funds allocated;
       (2) the amount of funds disbursed;
       (3) the number of households and individuals assisted;
       (4) the acceptance rate of applicants;
       (5) the type or types of assistance provided to each 
     household;
       (6) whether the household assisted had a federally backed 
     loan and identification of the Federal entity backing such 
     loan;
       (7) the average amount of funding provided per household 
     receiving assistance and per type of assistance provided;
       (8) the average number of monthly payments that were 
     covered by the funding amount that a household received, as 
     applicable, disaggregated by type of assistance provided;
       (9) the income level of each household receiving 
     assistance; and
       (10) the outcome 12 months after the household has received 
     assistance.
     Each report under this subsection shall disaggregate the 
     information provided under paragraphs (3) through (10) by 
     State, zip code, racial and ethnic composition of the 
     household, and whether or not the person from the household 
     applying for assistance speaks English as a second language.

     SEC. 110203. PROTECTING RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS FROM EVICTIONS 
                   AND FORECLOSURES.

       (a) Eviction Moratorium.--The CARES Act is amended by 
     striking section 4024 (15 U.S.C. 9058; Public Law 116-136; 
     134 Stat. 492) and inserting the following new section:

     ``SEC. 4024. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON EVICTION FILINGS.

       ``(a) Congressional Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       ``(1) according to the 2018 American Community Survey, 36 
     percent of households in the United States--more than 43 
     million households--are renters;
       ``(2) in 2019 alone, renters in the United States paid $512 
     billion in rent;
       ``(3) according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of 
     Harvard University, 20.8 million renters in the United States 
     spent more than 30 percent of their incomes on housing in 
     2018 and 10.9 million renters spent more than 50 percent of 
     their incomes on housing in the same year;
       ``(4) according to data from the Department of Labor, more 
     than 30 million people have filed for unemployment since the 
     COVID-19 pandemic began;
       ``(5) the impacts of the spread of COVID-19, which is now 
     considered a global pandemic, are expected to negatively 
     impact the incomes of potentially millions of renter 
     households, making it difficult for them to pay their rent on 
     time; and
       ``(6) evictions in the current environment would increase 
     homelessness and housing instability which would be 
     counterproductive towards the public health goals of keeping 
     individuals in their homes to the greatest extent possible.
       ``(b) Moratorium.--During the period beginning on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act and ending 12 months after such 
     date of enactment, the lessor of a covered dwelling located 
     in such State may not make, or cause to be made, any filing 
     with the court of jurisdiction to initiate a legal action to 
     recover possession of the covered dwelling from the tenant 
     for nonpayment of rent or other fees or charges.
       ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the 
     following definitions shall apply:
       ``(1) Covered dwelling.--The term `covered dwelling' means 
     a dwelling that is occupied by a tenant--
       ``(A) pursuant to a residential lease; or
       ``(B) without a lease or with a lease terminable at will 
     under State law.
       ``(2) Dwelling.--The term `dwelling' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 802 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     3602) and includes houses and dwellings described in section 
     803(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 3603(b)).
       ``(d) Notice to Vacate After Moratorium Expiration Date.--
     After the expiration of the period described in subsection 
     (b), the lessor of a covered dwelling may not require the 
     tenant to vacate the covered dwelling by reason of nonpayment 
     of rent or other fees or charges before the expiration of the 
     30-day period that begins upon the provision by the lessor to 
     the tenant, after the expiration of the period described in 
     subsection (b), of a notice to vacate the covered 
     dwelling.''.
       (b) Mortgage Relief.--
       (1) Forbearance and foreclosure moratorium for covered 
     mortgage loans.--Section 4022 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
     9056) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Federally backed mortgage loan'' each 
     place such term appears and inserting ``covered mortgage 
     loan''; and
       (B) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
       ``(2) Covered mortgage loan.--The term `covered mortgage 
     loan' means any credit transaction that is secured by a 
     mortgage, deed of trust, or other equivalent consensual 
     security interest on a 1- to 4-unit dwelling or on 
     residential real property that includes a 1- to 4-unit 
     dwelling, except that it shall not include a credit 
     transaction under an open end credit plan other than a 
     reverse mortgage.''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Covered period.--With respect to a loan, the term 
     `covered period' means the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of this Act and ending 12 months after such date of 
     enactment.''.
       (2) Automatic forbearance for delinquent borrowers.--
     Section 4022(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9056(c)), as 
     amended by paragraph (5) of this subsection, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) Automatic forbearance for delinquent borrowers.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other law governing 
     forbearance relief--
       ``(i) any borrower whose covered mortgage loan became 60 
     days delinquent between March 13, 2020, and the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph, and who has not already received 
     a forbearance under subsection (b), shall automatically be 
     granted a 60-day forbearance that begins on the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph, provided that a borrower shall 
     not be considered delinquent for purposes of this paragraph 
     while making timely payments or otherwise performing under a 
     trial modification or other loss mitigation agreement; and
       ``(ii) any borrower whose covered mortgage loan becomes 60 
     days delinquent between the date of enactment of this 
     paragraph and the end of the covered period, and who has not 
     already received a forbearance under subsection (b), shall 
     automatically be granted a 60-day forbearance that begins on 
     the 60th day of delinquency, provided that a borrower shall 
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     considered delinquent for purposes of this paragraph while 
     making timely payments or otherwise performing under a trial 
     modification or other loss mitigation agreement.
       ``(B) Initial extension.--An automatic forbearance provided 
     under subparagraph (A) shall be extended for up to an 
     additional 120 days upon the borrower's request, oral or 
     written, submitted to the borrower's servicer affirming that 
     the borrower is experiencing a financial hardship that 
     prevents the borrower from making timely payments on the 
     covered mortgage loan due, directly or indirectly, to the 
     COVID-19 emergency.
       ``(C) Subsequent extension.--A forbearance extended under 
     subparagraph (B) shall be extended for up to an additional 
     180 days, up to a maximum of 360 days (including the period 
     of automatic forbearance), upon the borrower's request, oral 
     or written, submitted to the borrower's servicer affirming 
     that the borrower is experiencing a financial hardship that 
     prevents the borrower from making timely payments on the 
     covered mortgage loan due, directly or indirectly, to the 
     COVID-19 emergency.
       ``(D) Right to elect to continue making payments.--With 
     respect to a forbearance provided under this paragraph, the 
     borrower of such loan may elect to continue making regular 
     payments on the loan. A borrower who makes such election 
     shall be offered a loss mitigation option pursuant to 
     subsection (d) within 30 days of resuming regular payments to 
     address any payment deficiency during the forbearance.
       ``(E) Right to shorten forbearance.--At a borrower's 
     request, any period of forbearance provided under this 
     paragraph may be shortened. A borrower who makes such a 
     request shall be offered a loss mitigation option pursuant to 
     subsection (d) within 30 days of resuming regular payments to 
     address any payment deficiency during the forbearance.
       ``(10) Automatic forbearance for certain reverse mortgage 
     loans.--
       ``(A) In general.--When any covered mortgage loan which is 
     also a federally-insured reverse mortgage loan, during the 
     covered period, is due and payable due to the death of the 
     last borrower or end of a deferral period or eligible to be 
     called due and payable due to a property charge default, or 
     if the borrower defaults on a property charge repayment plan, 
     or if the borrower defaults for failure to complete property 
     repairs, or if an obligation of the borrower under the 
     Security Instrument is not performed, the mortgagee 
     automatically shall be granted a six-month extension of--
       ``(i) the mortgagee's deadline to request due and payable 
     status from the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
       ``(ii) the mortgage's deadline to send notification to the 
     mortgagor or his or her heirs that the loan is due and 
     payable;
       ``(iii) the deadline to initiate foreclosure;
       ``(iv) any reasonable diligence period related to 
     foreclosure or the Mortgagee Optional Election;
       ``(v) if applicable, the deadline to obtain the due and 
     payable appraisal; and
       ``(vi) any claim submission deadline, including the 6-month 
     acquired property marketing period.
       ``(B) Forbearance period.--The mortgagee shall not request 
     due and payable status from the Secretary of Housing and 
     Urban Development nor initiate foreclosure during this six-
     month period described under subparagraph (A), which shall be 
     considered a forbearance period.
       ``(C) Extension.--A forbearance provided under subparagraph 
     (B) and related deadline extension authorized under 
     subparagraph (A) shall be extended for an additional 180 days 
     upon--
       ``(i) the borrower's request, oral or written, submitted to 
     the borrower's servicer affirming that the borrower is 
     experiencing a financial hardship that prevents the borrower 
     from making payments on property charges, completing property 
     repairs, or performing an obligation of the borrower under 
     the Security Instrument due, directly or indirectly, to the 
     COVID-19 emergency;
       ``(ii) a non-borrowing spouse's request, oral or written, 
     submitted to the servicer affirming that the non-borrowing 
     spouse has been unable to satisfy all criteria for the 
     Mortgagee Optional Election program due, directly or 
     indirectly, to the COVID-19 emergency, or to perform all 
     actions necessary to become an eligible non-borrowing spouse 
     following the death of all borrowers; or
       ``(iii) a successor-in-interest of the borrower's request, 
     oral or written, submitted to the servicer affirming the 
     heir's difficulty satisfying the reverse mortgage loan due, 
     directly or indirectly, to the COVID-19 emergency.
       ``(D) Curtailment of debenture interest.--Where any covered 
     mortgage loan which is also a federally insured reverse 
     mortgage loan is in default during the covered period and 
     subject to a prior event which provides for curtailment of 
     debenture interest in connection with a claim for insurance 
     benefits, the curtailment of debenture interest shall be 
     suspended during any forbearance period provided herein.''.
       (3) Additional foreclosure and repossession protections.--
     Section 4022(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9056(c)) is 
     amended--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``may not initiate any 
     judicial or non-judicial foreclosure process, move for a 
     foreclosure judgment or order of sale, or execute a 
     foreclosure-related eviction or foreclosure sale for not less 
     than the 60-day period beginning on March 18, 2020'' and 
     inserting ``may not initiate or proceed with any judicial or 
     non-judicial foreclosure process, schedule a foreclosure 
     sale, move for a foreclosure judgment or order of sale, 
     execute a foreclosure related eviction or foreclosure sale 
     for six months after the date of enactment of the COVID-19 
     HERO Act''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Repossession moratorium.--In the case of personal 
     property, including any recreational or motor vehicle, used 
     as a dwelling, no person may use any judicial or non-judicial 
     procedure to repossess or otherwise take possession of such 
     property for six months after date of enactment of this 
     paragraph.''.
       (4) Mortgage forbearance reforms.--Section 4022 of the 
     CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9056) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b), by striking paragraphs (1), (2), and 
     (3) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--During the covered period, a borrower 
     with a covered mortgage loan who has not obtained automatic 
     forbearance pursuant to this section and who is experiencing 
     a financial hardship that prevents the borrower from making 
     timely payments on the covered mortgage loan due, directly or 
     indirectly, to the COVID-19 emergency may request forbearance 
     on the loan, regardless of delinquency status, by--
       ``(A) submitting a request, orally or in writing, to the 
     servicer of the loan; and
       ``(B) affirming that the borrower is experiencing a 
     financial hardship that prevents the borrower from making 
     timely payments on the covered mortgage loan due, directly or 
     indirectly, to the COVID-19 emergency.
       ``(2) Duration of forbearance.--
       ``(A) In general.--Upon a request by a borrower to a 
     servicer for forbearance under paragraph (1), such 
     forbearance shall be granted by the servicer for the period 
     requested by the borrower, up to an initial length of 180 
     days, the length of which shall be extended by the servicer, 
     at the request of the borrower for the period or periods 
     requested, for a total forbearance period of up to 12-months.
       ``(B) Minimum forbearance amounts.--For purposes of 
     granting a forbearance under this paragraph, a servicer may 
     grant an initial forbearance with a term of not less than 90 
     days, provided that it is automatically extended for an 
     additional 90 days unless the servicer confirms the borrower 
     does not want to renew the forbearance or that the borrower 
     is no longer experiencing a financial hardship that prevents 
     the borrower from making timely mortgage payments due, 
     directly or indirectly, to the COVID-19 emergency.
       ``(C) Right to shorten forbearance.--At a borrower's 
     request, any period of forbearance described under this 
     paragraph may be shortened. A borrower who makes such a 
     request shall be offered a loss mitigation option pursuant to 
     subsection (d) within 30 days of resuming regular payments to 
     address any payment deficiency during the forbearance.
       ``(3) Accrual of interest or fees.--A servicer shall not 
     charge a borrower any fees, penalties, or interest (beyond 
     the amounts scheduled or calculated as if the borrower made 
     all contractual payments on time and in full under the terms 
     of the mortgage contract) in connection with a forbearance, 
     provided that a servicer may offer the borrower a 
     modification option at the end of a forbearance period 
     granted hereunder that includes the capitalization of past 
     due principal and interest and escrow payments as long as the 
     borrower's principal and interest payment under such 
     modification remains at or below the contractual principal 
     and interest payments owed under the terms of the mortgage 
     contract before such forbearance period except as the result 
     of a change in the index of an adjustable rate mortgage.
       ``(4) Communication with servicers.--Any communication 
     between a borrower and a servicer described under this 
     section may be made in writing or orally, at the borrower's 
     choice.
       ``(5) Communication with borrowers with a disability.--Upon 
     request from a borrower, servicers shall communicate with 
     borrowers who have a disability in the borrower's preferred 
     method of communication. For purposes of this paragraph, the 
     term `disability' has the meaning given that term in the Fair 
     Housing Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or 
     the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.''; and
       (B) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(1) No documentation required.--A servicer of a covered 
     mortgage loan shall not require any documentation with 
     respect to a forbearance under this section other than the 
     borrower's affirmation (oral or written) to a financial 
     hardship that prevents the borrower from making timely 
     payments on the covered mortgage loan due, directly or 
     indirectly, to the COVID-19 emergency. An oral request for 
     forbearance and oral affirmation of hardship by the borrower 
     shall be sufficient for the borrower to obtain or extend a 
     forbearance.''.
       (5) Other servicer requirements during forbearance.--
     Section 4022(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9056(c)), as 
     amended by paragraph (3) of this subsection, is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Forbearance terms notice.--Within 30 days of a 
     servicer of a covered mortgage loan providing forbearance to 
     a borrower under subsection (b) or paragraph (9) or (10), or 
     10 days if the forbearance is for a term of less than 60 
     days, but only where the forbearance was provided in response 
     to a borrower's request for forbearance or when an automatic 
     forbearance was initially provided under paragraph (9) or 
     (10), and not when an existing forbearance is automatically 
     extended, the servicer shall provide the borrower with a 
     notice in accordance with the terms in paragraph (5).
       ``(5) Contents of notice.--The written notice required 
     under paragraph (4) shall state in plain language--
       ``(A) the specific terms of the forbearance;
       ``(B) the beginning and ending dates of the forbearance;
       ``(C) that the borrower is eligible for up to 12 months of 
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       ``(D) that the borrower may request an extension of the 
     forbearance unless the borrower will have reached the maximum 
     period at the end of the forbearance;
       ``(E) that the borrower may request that the initial or 
     extended period be shortened at any time;
       ``(F) that the borrower should contact the servicer before 
     the end of the forbearance period;
       ``(G) a description of the loss mitigation options that may 
     be available to the borrower at the end of the forbearance 
     period based on the borrower's specific loan;
       ``(H) information on how to find a housing counseling 
     agency approved by the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development;
       ``(I) in the case of a forbearance provided pursuant to 
     paragraph (9) or (10), that the forbearance was automatically 
     provided and how to contact the servicer to make arrangements 
     for further assistance, including any renewal; and
       ``(J) where applicable, that the forbearance is subject to 
     an automatic extension including the terms of any such 
     automatic extensions and when any further extension would 
     require a borrower request.
       ``(6) Treatment of escrow accounts.--During any forbearance 
     provided under this section, a servicer shall pay or advance 
     funds to make disbursements in a timely manner from any 
     escrow account established on the covered mortgage loan.
       ``(7) Notification for borrowers.--During the period that 
     begins 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     paragraph and ends at the end of the covered period, each 
     servicer of a covered mortgage loan shall be required to--
       ``(A) make available in a clear and conspicuous manner on 
     their webpage accurate information, in English and Spanish, 
     for borrowers regarding the availability of forbearance as 
     provided under subsection (b); and
       ``(B) notify every borrower whose payments on a covered 
     mortgage loan are delinquent in any oral communication with 
     or to the borrower that the borrower may be eligible to 
     request forbearance as provided under subsection (b), except 
     that such notice shall not be required if the borrower 
     already has requested forbearance under subsection (b).
       ``(8) Certain treatment under respa.--As long as a 
     borrower's payment on a covered mortgage loan was not more 
     than 30 days delinquent on March 13, 2020, a servicer may not 
     deem the borrower as delinquent while a forbearance granted 
     under subsection (b) is in effect for purposes of the 
     application of sections 6 and 10 of the Real Estate 
     Settlement Procedures Act and any applicable regulations.''.
       (6) Post-forbearance loss mitigation.--
       (A) Amendment to cares act.--Section 4022 of the CARES Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 9056) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(d) Post-forbearance Loss Mitigation.--
       ``(1) Notice of availability of additional forbearance.--
     With respect to any covered mortgage loan as to which 
     forbearance under this section has been granted and not 
     otherwise extended, including by automatic extension, a 
     servicer shall, no later than 30 days before the end of the 
     forbearance period, in writing, notify the borrower that 
     additional forbearance may be available and how to request 
     such forbearance, except that no such notice is required 
     where the borrower already has requested an extension of the 
     forbearance period, is subject to automatic extension 
     pursuant to subsection (b)(2)(B), or no additional 
     forbearance is available.
       ``(2) Loss mitigation offer before expiration of 
     forbearance.--No later than 30 days before the end of any 
     forbearance period that has not been extended or 30 days 
     after a request by a consumer to terminate the forbearance, 
     which time shall be before the servicer initiates or engages 
     in any foreclosure activity listed in subsection (c)(2), 
     including incurring or charging to a borrower any fees or 
     corporate advances related to a foreclosure, the servicer 
     shall, in writing--
       ``(A) offer the borrower a loss mitigation option, without 
     the charging of any fees or penalties other than interest, 
     such that the borrower's principal and interest payment 
     remains the same as it was prior to the forbearance, subject 
     to any adjustment of the index pursuant to the terms of an 
     adjustable rate mortgage, and that either--
       ``(i) defers the payment of total arrearages, including any 
     escrow advances, to the end of the existing term of the loan, 
     without the charging or collection of any additional interest 
     on the deferred amounts; or
       ``(ii) extends the term of the mortgage loan, and 
     capitalizes, defers, or forgives all escrow advances and 
     other arrearages;
     provided, however, that the servicer may offer the borrower a 
     loss mitigation option that reduces the principal and 
     interest payment on the loan and capitalizes, defers, or 
     forgives all escrow advances or arrearages if the servicer 
     has information indicating that the borrower cannot resume 
     the pre-forbearance mortgage payments; and
       ``(B) concurrent with the loss mitigation offer in 
     subparagraph (A), notify the borrower that the borrower has 
     the right to be evaluated for other loss mitigation options 
     if the borrower is not able to make the payment under the 
     option offered in subparagraph (A).
       ``(3) Evaluation for loss mitigation prior to foreclosure 
     initiation.--Before a servicer may initiate or engage in any 
     foreclosure activity listed in subsection (c)(2), including 
     incurring or charging to a borrower any fees or corporate 
     advances related to a foreclosure on the basis that the 
     borrower has failed to perform under the loss mitigation 
     offer in paragraph (2)(A) within the first 90 days after the 
     option is offered, including a failure to accept the loss 
     mitigation offer in paragraph (2)(A), the servicer shall--
       ``(A) unless the borrower has already submitted a complete 
     application that the servicer is reviewing--
       ``(i) notify the borrower in writing of the documents and 
     information, if any, needed by the servicer to enable the 
     servicer to consider the borrower for all available loss 
     mitigation options;
       ``(ii) exercise reasonable diligence to obtain the 
     documents and information needed to complete the borrower's 
     loss mitigation application;
       ``(B) upon receipt of a complete application or if, despite 
     the servicer's exercise of reasonable diligence, the loss 
     mitigation application remains incomplete sixty days after 
     the notice in paragraph (2)(A) is sent, conduct an evaluation 
     of the complete or incomplete loss mitigation application 
     without reference to whether the borrower has previously 
     submitted a complete loss mitigation application and offer 
     the borrower all available loss mitigation options for which 
     the borrower qualifies under applicable investor guidelines, 
     including guidelines regarding required documentation.
       ``(4) Effect on future requests for loss mitigation 
     review.--An application, offer, or evaluation for loss 
     mitigation under this section shall not be the basis for the 
     denial of a borrower's application as duplicative or for a 
     reduction in the borrower's appeal rights under Regulation X 
     (12 C.F.R. 1024) in regard to any loss mitigation application 
     submitted after the servicer has complied with the 
     requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3).
       ``(5) Safe harbor.--Any loss mitigation option authorized 
     by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal 
     Home Loan Corporation, or the Federal Housing Administration 
     that either--
       ``(A) defers the payment of total arrearages, including any 
     escrow advances, to the end of the existing term of the loan, 
     without the charging or collection of any additional interest 
     on the deferred amounts, or
       ``(B) extends the term of the mortgage loan, and 
     capitalizes, defers, or forgives all escrow advances and 
     other arrearages, without the charging of any fees or 
     penalties beyond interest on any amount capitalized into the 
     loan principal,
     shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of paragraph 
     (1)(B).
       ``(6) Home retention options for certain reverse mortgage 
     loans.--
       ``(A) In general.--For a covered mortgage loan which is 
     also a federally-insured reverse mortgage loan, a servicer's 
     conduct shall be deemed to comply with this section provided 
     that if the loan is eligible to be called due and payable due 
     to a property charge default, the mortgagee shall, as a 
     precondition to sending a due and payable request to the 
     Secretary or initiating or continuing a foreclosure process--
       ``(i) make a good faith effort to communicate with the 
     borrower regarding available home retention options to cure 
     the property charge default, including encouraging the 
     borrower to apply for home retention options; and
       ``(ii) consider the borrower for all available home 
     retention options as allowed by the Secretary.
       ``(B) Permissible repayment plans.--The Secretary shall 
     amend its allowable home retention options to permit a 
     repayment plan of up to 120 months in length, and to permit a 
     repayment plan without regard to prior defaults on repayment 
     plans.
       ``(C) Limitation on interest curtailment.--The Secretary 
     may not curtail interest paid to mortgagees who engage in 
     loss mitigation or home retention actions through interest 
     curtailment during such loss mitigation or home retention 
     review or during the period when a loss mitigation or home 
     retention plan is in effect and ending 90 days after any such 
     plan terminates.''.
       (B) Amendment to housing act of 1949.--Section 505 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1475) is amended--
       (i) by striking the section heading and inserting ``loss 
     mitigation and foreclosure procedures'';
       (ii) in subsection (a), by striking the section designation 
     and all that follows through ``During any'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``Sec. 505. (a) Moratorium-- (1) In determining a 
     borrower's eligibility for relief, the Secretary shall make 
     all eligibility decisions based on the borrower's household's 
     income, expenses, and circumstances.
       ``(2) During any''.
       (iii) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); 
     and
       (iv) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Loan Modification.-- (1) Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this title, for any loan made under section 502 
     or 504, the Secretary may modify the interest rate and extend 
     the term of such loan for up to 30 years from the date of 
     such modification.
       ``(2) At the end of any moratorium period granted under 
     this section or under the COVID-19 HERO Act, the Secretary 
     shall determine whether the borrower can reasonably resume 
     making principal and interest payments after the Secretary 
     modifies the borrower's loan obligations in accordance with 
     paragraph (1).''.
       (7) Multifamily mortgage forbearance.--Section 4023 of the 
     CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9057) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Federally backed multifamily mortgage 
     loan'' each place such term appears and inserting 
     ``multifamily mortgage loan'';
       (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``during'' and inserting 
     ``due, directly or indirectly, to'';
       (C) in subsection (c)(1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``and'' at the end; and
       (ii) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(B) provide the forbearance for up to the end of the 
     period described under section 4024(b).'';

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       (D) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g);
       (E) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Treatment After Forbearance.--With respect to a 
     multifamily mortgage loan provided a forbearance under this 
     section, the servicer of such loan--
       ``(1) shall provide the borrower with a 12-month period 
     beginning at the end of such forbearance to become current on 
     the payments under such loan;
       ``(2) may not charge any late fees, penalties, or other 
     charges with respect to payments on the loan that were due 
     during the forbearance period, if such payments are made 
     before the end of the 12-month period; and
       ``(3) may not report any adverse information to a credit 
     rating agency (as defined under section 603 of the Fair 
     Credit Reporting Act with respect to any payments on the loan 
     that were due during the forbearance period, if such payments 
     are made before the end of the 12-month period.).''; and
       (F) in subsection (g), as so redesignated--
       (i) in paragraph (2)--

       (I) by striking ``that--'' and all that follows through 
     ``(A) is secured by'' and inserting ``that is secured by'';
       (II) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period; and
       (III) by striking subparagraph (B); and

       (ii) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
       ``(5) Covered period.--With respect to a loan, the term 
     `covered period' has the meaning given that term under 
     section 4022(a)(3).''.
       (8) Renter protections during forbearance period.-- A 
     borrower that receives a forbearance pursuant to section 4022 
     or 4023 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9056 or 9057) may not, 
     for the duration of the forbearance--
       (A) evict or initiate the eviction of a tenant solely for 
     nonpayment of rent or other fees or charges; or
       (B) charge any late fees, penalties, or other charges to a 
     tenant for late payment of rent.
       (9) Extension of gse patch.--
       (A) Non-applicability of existing sunset.--Section 
     1026.43(e)(4)(iii)(B) of title 12, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, shall have no force or effect.
       (B) Extended sunset.--The special rules in section 
     1026.43(e)(4) of title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, shall 
     apply to covered transactions consummated prior to June 1, 
     2022, or such later date as the Director of the Bureau of 
     Consumer Financial Protection may determine, by rule.
       (10) Servicer safe harbor from investor liability.--
       (A) Safe harbor.--
       (i) In general.--A servicer of covered mortgage loans or 
     multifamily mortgage loans shall be deemed not to have 
     violated any duty or contractual obligation owed to investors 
     or other parties regarding such mortgage loans on account of 
     offering or implementing in good faith forbearance during the 
     covered period or offering or implementing in good faith 
     post-forbearance loss mitigation (including after the 
     expiration of the covered period) in accordance with the 
     terms of sections 4022 and 4023 of the CARES Act to 
     borrowers, respectively, on covered or multifamily mortgage 
     loans that it services and shall not be liable to any party 
     who is owed such a duty or obligation or subject to any 
     injunction, stay, or other equitable relief to such party on 
     account of such offer or implementation of forbearance or 
     post-forbearance loss mitigation.
       (ii) Other persons.--Any person, including a trustee of a 
     securitization vehicle or other party involved in a 
     securitization or other investment vehicle, who in good faith 
     cooperates with a servicer of covered or multifamily mortgage 
     loans held by that securitization or investment vehicle to 
     comply with the terms of section 4022 and 4023 of the CARES 
     Act, respectively, to borrowers on covered or multifamily 
     mortgage loans owned by the securitization or other 
     investment vehicle shall not be liable to any party who is 
     owed such a duty or obligation or subject to any injunction, 
     stay, or other equitable relief to such party on account of 
     its cooperation with an offer or implementation of 
     forbearance during the covered period or post-forbearance 
     loss mitigation, including after the expiration of the 
     covered period.
       (B) Standard industry practice.--During the covered period, 
     notwithstanding any contractual restrictions, it is deemed to 
     be standard industry practice for a servicer to offer 
     forbearance or loss mitigation options in accordance with the 
     terms of sections 4022 and 4023 of the CARES Act to 
     borrowers, respectively, on all covered or multifamily 
     mortgage loans it services.
       (C) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this paragraph may be 
     construed as affecting the liability of a servicer or other 
     person for actual fraud in the servicing of a mortgage loan 
     or for the violation of a State or Federal law.
       (D) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       (i) Covered mortgage loan.--The term ``covered mortgage 
     loan'' has the meaning given that term under section 4022(a) 
     of the CARES Act.
       (ii) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' has the 
     meaning given that term under section 4023(g) of the CARES 
     Act.
       (iii) Multifamily mortgage loan.--The term ``multifamily 
     mortgage loan'' has the meaning given that term under section 
     4023(g) of the CARES Act.
       (iv) Servicer.--The term ``servicer''--

       (I) has the meaning given the term under section 6(i) of 
     the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 (12 U.S.C. 
     2605(i)); and
       (II) means a master servicer and a subservicer, as such 
     terms are defined, respectively, under section 1024.31 of 
     title 12, Code of Federal Regulations.

       (v) Securitization vehicle.--The term ``securitization 
     vehicle'' has the meaning give that term under section 
     129A(f) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1639a(f)).
       (c) Bankruptcy Protections.--
       (1) Bankruptcy protections for federal coronavirus relief 
     payments.--Section 541(b) of title 11, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (A) in paragraph (9), in the matter following subparagraph 
     (B), by striking ``or'';
       (B) in paragraph (10)(C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
       ``(11) payments made under Federal law relating to the 
     national emergency declared by the President under the 
     National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 
     respect to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).''.
       (2) Protection against discriminatory treatment of 
     homeowners in bankruptcy.--Section 525 of title 11, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) A person may not be denied any forbearance, 
     assistance, or loan modification relief made available to 
     borrowers by a mortgage creditor or servicer because the 
     person is or has been a debtor, or has received a discharge, 
     in a case under this title.''.
       (3) Increasing the homestead exemption.--Section 522 of 
     title 11, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``$15,000'' and 
     inserting ``$100,000''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(r) Notwithstanding any other provision of applicable 
     nonbankruptcy law, a debtor in any State may exempt from 
     property of the estate the property described in subsection 
     (d)(1) not to exceed the value in subsection (d)(1) if the 
     exemption for such property permitted by applicable 
     nonbankruptcy law is lower than that amount.''.
       (4) Effect of missed mortgage payments on discharge.--
     Section 1328 of title 11, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) A debtor shall not be denied a discharge under this 
     section because, as of the date of discharge, the debtor did 
     not make 6 or fewer payments directly to the holder of a debt 
     secured by real property.
       ``(j) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), upon the 
     debtor's request, the court shall grant a discharge of all 
     debts provided for in the plan that are dischargeable under 
     subsection (a) if the debtor--
       ``(1) has made payments under a confirmed plan for at least 
     1 year; and
       ``(2) is experiencing or has experienced a material 
     financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, to the 
     coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.''.
       (5) Expanded eligibility for chapter 13.--Section 109(e) of 
     title 11, United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking ``$250,000'' each place the term appears 
     and inserting ``$850,000''; and
       (B) by striking ``$750,000'' each place the term appears 
     and inserting ``$2,600,000''.
       (6) Extended cure period for homeowners harmed by covid-19 
     pandemic.--
       (A) In general.--Chapter 13 of title 11, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:

     ``Sec. 1331. Special provisions related to COVID-19 pandemic

       ``(a) Notwithstanding subsections (b)(2) and (d) of section 
     1322, if the debtor is experiencing or has experienced a 
     material financial hardship due, directly or indirectly, to 
     the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a plan may 
     provide for the curing of any default within a reasonable 
     time, not to exceed 7 years after the time that the first 
     payment under the original confirmed plan was due, and 
     maintenance of payments while the case is pending on any 
     unsecured claim or secured claim on which the last payment is 
     due after the expiration of such time. Any such plan 
     provision shall not affect the applicable commitment period 
     under section 1325(b).
       ``(b) For purposes of sections 1328(a) and 1328(b), any 
     cure or maintenance payments under subsection (a) that are 
     made after the end of the period during which the plan 
     provides for payments (other than payments under subsection 
     (a)) shall not be treated as payments under the plan.
       ``(c) Notwithstanding section 1329(c), a plan modified 
     under section 1329 at the debtor's request may provide for 
     cure or maintenance payments under subsection (a) over a 
     period that is not longer than 7 years after the time that 
     the first payment under the original confirmed plan was due.
       ``(d) Notwithstanding section 362(c)(2), during the period 
     after the debtor receives a discharge and the period during 
     which the plan provides for the cure of any default and 
     maintenance of payments under the plan, section 362(a) shall 
     apply to the holder of a claim for which a default is cured 
     and payments are maintained under subsection (a) and to any 
     property securing such claim.
       ``(e) Notwithstanding section 1301(a)(2), the stay of 
     section 1301(a) terminates upon the granting of a discharge 
     under section 1328 with respect to all creditors other than 
     the holder of a claim for which a default is cured and 
     payments are maintained under subsection (a).''.
       (B) Table of contents.--The table of sections of chapter 
     13, title 11, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
     end thereof the following:

``Sec. 1331. Special provisions related to COVID-19 Pandemic.''.
       (C) Application.--The amendments made by this paragraph 
     shall apply only to any case under title 11, United States 
     Code, commenced before 3 years after the date of enactment of 
     this Act and pending on or commenced after such

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     date of enactment, in which a plan under chapter 13 of title 
     11, United States Code, was not confirmed before March 27, 
     2020.

     SEC. 110204. LIQUIDITY FOR MORTGAGE SERVICERS AND RESIDENTIAL 
                   RENTAL PROPERTY OWNERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 4003 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
     9042), is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Liquidity for Mortgage Servicers.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary 
     shall ensure that servicers of covered mortgage loans (as 
     defined under section 4022) and multifamily mortgage loans 
     (as defined under section 4023) are provided the opportunity 
     to participate in the loans, loan guarantees, or other 
     investments made by the Secretary under this section. The 
     Secretary shall ensure that servicers are provided with 
     access to such opportunities under equitable terms and 
     conditions regardless of their size.
       ``(2) Mortgage servicer eligibility.--In order to receive 
     assistance under subsection (b)(4), a mortgage servicer 
     shall--
       ``(A) demonstrate that the mortgage servicer has 
     established policies and procedures to use such funds only to 
     replace funds used for borrower assistance, including to 
     advance funds as a result of forbearance or other loss 
     mitigation provided to borrowers;
       ``(B) demonstrate that the mortgage servicer has 
     established policies and procedures to provide forbearance, 
     post-forbearance loss mitigation, and other assistance to 
     borrowers in compliance with the terms of section 4022 or 
     4023, as applicable;
       ``(C) demonstrate that the mortgage servicer has 
     established policies and procedures to ensure that 
     forbearance and post-forbearance assistance is available to 
     all borrowers in a non-discriminatory fashion and in 
     compliance with the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit 
     Opportunity Act, and other applicable fair housing and fair 
     lending laws; and
       ``(D) comply with the limitations on compensation set forth 
     in section 4004.
       ``(3) Mortgage servicer requirements.--A mortgage servicer 
     receiving assistance under subsection (b)(4) may not, while 
     the servicer is under any obligation to repay funds provided 
     or guaranteed under this section--
       ``(A) pay dividends with respect to the common stock of the 
     mortgage servicer or purchase an equity security of the 
     mortgage servicer or any parent company of the mortgage 
     servicer if the security is listed on a national securities 
     exchange, except to the extent required under a contractual 
     obligation that is in effect on the date of enactment of this 
     subsection; or
       ``(B) prepay any debt obligation.''.
       (b) Credit Facility for Residential Rental Property 
     Owners.--
       (1) In general.--The Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve System shall--
       (A) establish a facility, using amounts made available 
     under section 4003(b)(4) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
     9042(b)(4)), to make long-term, low-cost loans to residential 
     rental property owners as to temporarily compensate such 
     owners for documented financial losses caused by reductions 
     in rent payments; and
       (B) defer such owners' required payments on such loans 
     until after six months after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
       (2) Requirements.--A borrower that receives a loan under 
     this subsection may not, for the duration of the loan--
       (A) evict or initiate the eviction of a tenant solely for 
     nonpayment of rent or other fees or charges;
       (B) charge any late fees, penalties, or other charges to a 
     tenant for late payment of rent; and
       (C) with respect to a person or entity described under 
     paragraph (4), discriminate on the basis of source of income.
       (3) Report on residential rental property owners.--The 
     Board of Governors shall issue reports to the Congress on a 
     monthly basis containing the following, with respect to each 
     property owner receiving a loan under this subsection:
       (A) The number of borrowers that received assistance under 
     this subsection.
       (B) The average total loan amount that each borrower 
     received.
       (C) The total number of rental units that each borrower 
     owned.
       (D) The average rent charged by each borrower.
       (4) Report on large residential rental property owners.--
     The Board of Governors shall issue reports to the Congress on 
     a monthly basis that identify any person or entity that in 
     aggregate owns or holds a controlling interest in any entity 
     that, in aggregate, owns--
       (A) more than 100 rental units that are located within in a 
     single Metropolitan Statistical Area;
       (B) more than 1,000 rental units nationwide; or
       (C) rental units in three or more States.
       (c) Amendments to National Housing Act.--Section 306(g)(1) 
     of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1721(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the fifth sentence, by inserting after ``issued'' 
     the following: ``, subject to any pledge or grant of security 
     interest of the Federal Reserve under section 4003(a) of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 470; 15 U.S.C. 
     9042(a)) and to any such mortgage or mortgages or any 
     interest therein and the proceeds thereon, which the 
     Association may elect to approve''; and
       (2) in the sixth sentence--
       (A) by striking ``or (C)'' and inserting ``(C)''; and
       (B) by inserting before the period the following: ``, or 
     (D) its approval and honoring of any pledge or grant of 
     security interest of the Federal Reserve under section 
     4003(a) of the CARES Act and to any such mortgage or 
     mortgages or any interest therein and proceeds thereon as''.

     SEC. 110205. RURAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

       There is authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 
     $309,000,000 for rural rental assistance, which shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2021, of which--
       (1) up to $25,000,000 million may be used for an additional 
     amount for rural housing vouchers for any low-income 
     households (including those not receiving rental assistance) 
     residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which 
     has been prepaid after September 30, 2005, or has matured 
     after September 30, 2019; and
       (2) the remainder shall be used for an additional amount 
     for rural rental assistance agreements entered into or 
     renewed pursuant to section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 
     1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)) to--
       (A) supplement the rental assistance of households on whose 
     behalf assistance is being provided; and
       (B) provide rental assistance on behalf of households who 
     are not being assisted with such rental assistance but who 
     qualify for such assistance.

     SEC. 110206. FUNDING FOR PUBLIC HOUSING AND TENANT-BASED 
                   RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Public Housing Operating Fund.--There is authorized to 
     be appropriated for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020 
     for the Public Housing Operating Fund under section 9(e) of 
     the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)) 
     $2,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021.
       (b) Tenant-based Section 8 Rental Assistance.--There is 
     authorized to be appropriated for an additional amount for 
     fiscal year 2020 for the tenant-based rental assistance under 
     section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
     U.S.C. 1437f(o)) $3,000,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, of which not more than $500,000,000 may 
     be used for administrative fees under section 8(q) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1437f(q)).
       (c) Applicability of Waivers.--Any waiver or alternative 
     requirement made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development pursuant to the heading ``Tenant-Based Rental 
     Assistance'' or ``Public Housing Operating Fund'' in title 
     XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) shall 
     apply with respect to amounts made available pursuant to this 
     section.

     SEC. 110207. SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR 
                   THE ELDERLY, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONS 
                   WITH DISABILITIES, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR 
                   PERSONS WITH AIDS, AND PROJECT-BASED SECTION 8 
                   RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for 
     additional assistance for supportive housing for the elderly, 
     of which--
       (1) $200,000,000 shall be for rental assistance under 
     section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q) or 
     section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f), as appropriate, and for hiring additional staff and 
     for services and costs, including acquiring personal 
     protective equipment, to prevent, prepare for, or respond to 
     the public health emergency relating to Coronavirus Disease 
     2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; and
       (2) $300,000,000 shall be for grants under section 676 of 
     the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
     13632) for costs of providing service coordinators for 
     purposes of coordinating services to prevent, prepare for, or 
     respond to the public health emergency relating to 
     Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
     Any provisions of, and waivers and alternative requirements 
     issued by the Secretary pursuant to, the heading ``Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development--Housing Programs--Housing 
     for the Elderly'' in title XII of division B of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) shall apply with respect to amounts made 
     available pursuant to this subsection.  
       (b) Eligibility of Supportive Housing for Persons With 
     Disabilities.--Subsection (a) of section 676 of the Housing 
     and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13632(a)) 
     shall be applied, for purposes of subsection (a) of this 
     section, by substituting ``(G), and (H)'' for `` and (G)''.
       (c) Service Coordinators.--
       (1) Hiring.--In the hiring of staff using amounts made 
     available pursuant to this section for costs of providing 
     service coordinators, grantees shall consider and hire, at 
     all levels of employment and to the greatest extent possible, 
     a diverse staff, including by race, ethnicity, gender, and 
     disability status. Each grantee shall submit a report to the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development describing 
     compliance with the preceding sentence not later than the 
     expiration of the 120-day period that begins upon the 
     termination of the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by 
     the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) 
     relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
       (2) One-time grants.--Grants made using amounts made 
     available pursuant to subsection (a) for costs of providing 
     service coordinators shall not be renewable.
       (3) One-year availability.--Any amounts made available 
     pursuant to this section for costs of providing service 
     coordinators that are allocated for a grantee and remain 
     unexpended upon the expiration of the 12-month period 
     beginning upon such allocation shall be recaptured by the 
     Secretary.
       (d) Funding for Supportive Housing for Persons With 
     Disabilities.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     $200,000,000 for fiscal

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     year 2020 for additional assistance for supportive housing 
     for persons with disabilities under section 811 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
     8013). Any provisions of, and waivers and alternative 
     requirements issued by the Secretary pursuant to, the heading 
     ``Department of Housing and Urban Development--Housing 
     Programs--Housing for Persons With Disabilities'' in title 
     XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) shall 
     apply with respect to amounts made available pursuant to this 
     subsection.
       (e) Funding for Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS 
     Program.--There is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 
     for fiscal year 2020 for additional assistance for the 
     Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS program under the 
     AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.). Any 
     provisions of, and waivers and alternative requirements 
     issued by the Secretary pursuant to, the heading ``Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development--Community Planning and 
     Development--Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS'' in 
     title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
     shall apply with respect to amounts made available pursuant 
     to this subsection.
       (f) Funding for Project-based Section 8 Rental 
     Assistance.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     $750,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for additional assistance 
     for project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f). Any 
     provisions of, and waivers and alternative requirements 
     issued by the Secretary pursuant to, the heading ``Department 
     of Housing and Urban Development--Housing Programs--Project-
     Based Rental Assistance'' in title XII of division B of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) shall apply with respect to 
     amounts made available pursuant to this subsection.

     SEC. 110208. FAIR HOUSING.

       (a) Definition of COVID-19 Emergency Period.-- For purposes 
     of this Act, the term ``COVID-19 emergency period'' means the 
     period that begins upon the date of the enactment of this Act 
     and ends upon the date of the termination by the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency of the emergency declared on 
     March 13, 2020, by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 
     et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 
     pandemic.
       (b) Fair Housing Activities.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--To ensure existing 
     grantees have sufficient resource for fair housing activities 
     and for technology and equipment needs to deliver services 
     through use of the Internet or other electronic or virtual 
     means in response to the public health emergency related to 
     the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there is 
     authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for Fair Housing 
     Organization Initiative grants through the Fair Housing 
     Initiatives Program under section 561 of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1987 (42 U.S.C. 3616a).
       (2) 3-year availability.--Any amounts made available 
     pursuant paragraph (1) that are allocated for a grantee and 
     remain unexpended upon the expiration of the 3-year period 
     beginning upon such allocation shall be recaptured by the 
     Secretary.
       (c) Fair Housing Education.--There is authorized to be 
     appropriated $10,000,000 for the Office of Fair Housing and 
     Equal Opportunity of the Department of Housing and Urban 
     Development to carry out a national media campaign and local 
     education and outreach to educate the public of increased 
     housing rights during COVID-19 emergency period, that 
     provides that information and materials used in such campaign 
     are available--
       (1) in the languages used by communities with limited 
     English proficiency; and
       (2) to persons with disabilities.

     SEC. 110209. FUNDING FOR HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES.

       (a) Congressional Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), 
     which is now considered a global pandemic, is expected to 
     negatively impact the incomes of potentially millions of 
     homeowners, renters, individuals experiencing homelessness, 
     and individuals at risk of homelessness, making it difficult 
     for them to pay their mortgages or rents on time;
       (2) housing counseling is critical to ensuring that 
     homeowners, renters, individuals experiencing homelessness, 
     and individuals at risk of homelessness have the resources 
     they need to manage financial hardships from the COVID-19 
     crisis;
       (3) loan preservation and foreclosure mitigation services 
     are also critical to address the needs of homeowners who lose 
     employment and income because of the pandemic and who face 
     serious delinquency or home loan default, or are in 
     foreclosing proceedings during this period; and
       (4) evaluations from the National Foreclosure Mitigation 
     Counseling program revealed that homeowners at risk of or 
     facing foreclosure are better served when they have access to 
     a housing counselor and a range of tools and resources to 
     help them avoid losing their home and have the support they 
     need to tailor the best possible response to their situation.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Neighborhood Reinvestment 
     Corporation (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Corporation'') established under the Neighborhood 
     Reinvestment Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) 
     $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for housing counseling 
     services, which shall remain available until September 30, 
     2023.
       (c) Prioritization of Housing Counseling Services.--Of any 
     grant funds made available pursuant to subsection (b), not 
     less than 40 percent shall be provided to counseling 
     organizations that target counseling services to minority and 
     low-income homeowners, renters, individuals experiencing 
     homelessness, and individuals at risk of homelessness or 
     provide such services in neighborhoods with high 
     concentrations of minority and low-income homeowners, 
     renters, individuals experiencing homelessness, and 
     individuals at risk of homelessness.
       (d) Eligible Uses.--Amounts made available pursuant to 
     subsection (b) may be used in such amounts as the Corporation 
     determines for costs of--
       (1) public education and outreach;
       (2) direct services, including the full range of services 
     provided by housing counselors to assist homeowners, 
     including manufactured homeowners, regardless of financing 
     type, renters, individuals experiencing homelessness, and 
     individuals at risk of homelessness, including the practices, 
     tools, and innovations in foreclosure mitigation that were 
     utilized in the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling 
     Program, and financial capability, credit counseling, 
     homeless counseling, and rental counseling;
       (3) equipment and technology, including broadband internet 
     and equipment upgrades needed to ensure timely and effective 
     service delivery;
       (4) training, including capacitating housing counseling 
     staff in various modes of counseling, including rental and 
     foreclosure, delivery of remote counseling utilizing improved 
     technology, enhanced network security, and supportive options 
     for the delivery of client services; and
       (5) administration and oversight of the program in 
     accordance with the Corporation's rate for program 
     administration.
       (e) Disbursement.--The Corporation shall disburse all grant 
     funds made available pursuant to subsection (b) as 
     expeditiously as possible, through grants to housing 
     counseling intermediaries approved by the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development, State housing finance 
     agencies, and NeighborWorks organizations. The aggregate 
     amount provided to NeighborWorks organizations shall not 
     exceed 15 percent of the total of grant funds made available 
     pursuant to subsection (b).

         TITLE III--PROTECTING PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS

     SEC. 110301. HOMELESS ASSISTANCE FUNDING.

       (a) Emergency Homeless Assistance.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated under the Emergency Solutions Grants 
     program under subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.) 
     $11,500,000,000 for grants under such subtitle in accordance 
     with this subsection to respond to needs arising from the 
     public health emergency relating to Coronavirus Disease 2019 
     (COVID-19). Of such amounts made available, $4,000,000,000 
     shall be allocated in accordance with sections 413 and 414 of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11372, 
     11373).
       (2) Formula.--Notwithstanding sections 413 and 414 of the 
     McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11372, 
     11373), the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in 
     this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall allocate any 
     amounts remaining after amounts are allocated pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) in accordance with a formula to be established 
     by the Secretary that takes into consideration the following 
     factors:
       (A) Risk of transmission of coronavirus in a jurisdiction.
       (B) Whether a jurisdiction has a high number or rate of 
     sheltered and unsheltered homeless individuals and families.
       (C) Economic and housing market conditions in a 
     jurisdiction.
       (3) Eligible activities.--In addition to eligible 
     activities under section 415(a) of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11374(a), amounts made 
     available pursuant to paragraph (1) may also be used for 
     costs of the following activities:
       (A) Providing training on infectious disease prevention and 
     mitigation.
       (B) Providing hazard pay, including for time worked before 
     the effectiveness of this subparagraph, for staff working 
     directly to prevent and mitigate the spread of coronavirus or 
     COVID-19 among people experiencing or at risk of 
     homelessness.
       (C) Reimbursement of costs for eligible activities 
     (including activities described in this paragraph) relating 
     to preventing, preparing for, or responding to the 
     coronavirus or COVID-19 that were accrued before the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (D) Notwithstanding 24 C.F.R. 576.102(a)(3), providing a 
     hotel or motel voucher for a homeless individual or family.
     Use of such amounts for activities described in this 
     paragraph shall not be considered use for administrative 
     purposes for purposes of section 418 of the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11377).
       (4) Inapplicability of procurement standards.--To the 
     extent amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1) are 
     used to procure goods and services relating to activities to 
     prevent, prepare for, or respond to the coronavirus or COVID-
     19, the standards and requirements regarding procurement that 
     are otherwise applicable shall not apply.
       (5) Inapplicability of habitability and environmental 
     review standards.--Any Federal standards and requirements 
     regarding habitability and environmental review shall not 
     apply with respect to any emergency shelter that is assisted 
     with amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1) and has 
     been determined by a State or local health official, in 
     accordance with such requirements as the Secretary shall 
     establish, to be necessary to prevent

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     and mitigate the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19, such 
     shelters.
       (6) Inapplicability of cap on emergency shelter 
     activities.--Subsection (b) of section 415 of the McKinney-
     Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11374) shall not 
     apply to any amounts made available pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     of this subsection.
       (7) Initial allocation of assistance.--Section 417(b) of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11376(b)) shall be applied with respect to amounts made 
     available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection by 
     substituting ``30-day'' for ``60-day''.
       (8) Waivers and alternative requirements.--
       (A) Authority.--In administering amounts made available 
     pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary may waive, or 
     specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
     statute or regulation (except for any requirements related to 
     fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
     environment) that the Secretary administers in connection 
     with the obligation or use by the recipient of such amounts, 
     if the Secretary finds that good cause exists for the waiver 
     or alternative requirement and such waiver or alternative 
     requirement is consistent with the purposes described in this 
     subsection.
       (B) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify the public 
     through the Federal Register or other appropriate means 5 
     days before the effective date of any such waiver or 
     alternative requirement, and any such public notice may be 
     provided on the Internet at the appropriate Government web 
     site or through other electronic media, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (C) Exemption.--The use of amounts made available pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) shall not be subject to the consultation, 
     citizen participation, or match requirements that otherwise 
     apply to the Emergency Solutions Grants program, except that 
     a recipient shall publish how it has and will utilize its 
     allocation at a minimum on the Internet at the appropriate 
     Government web site or through other electronic media.
       (9) Inapplicability of matching requirement.--Subsection 
     (a) of section 416 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 11375(a)) shall not apply to any amounts made 
     available pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection.
       (10) Prohibition on prerequisites.--None of the funds 
     authorized under this subsection may be used to require 
     people experiencing homelessness to receive treatment or 
     perform any other prerequisite activities as a condition for 
     receiving shelter, housing, or other services.
       (b) Continuum of Care Program.--Due to the emergency 
     relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, 
     the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for fiscal year 
     2020 for the Continuum of Care program under subtitle C of 
     title IV of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 11381 et seq.) shall have no force or effect and the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall distribute 
     amounts made available for such fiscal year for such program 
     based on the results of the competition for amounts made 
     available for such program for fiscal year 2019 (FR-6300--
     25), except that grant amounts may be adjusted to account for 
     changes in fair market rents.

     SEC. 110302. EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
     Development (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Secretary''), $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to 
     remain available until expended, for incremental emergency 
     vouchers under subsection (b).
       (b) Emergency Vouchers.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide emergency 
     rental assistance vouchers under this subsection, which shall 
     be tenant-based rental assistance under section 8(o) the 
     United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)).
       (2) Selection of families.--
       (A) Mandatory preferences.--Each public housing agency 
     administering assistance under this section shall provide 
     preference for such assistance to eligible families that 
     are--
       (i) homeless (as such term is defined in section 103(a) of 
     the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
     11302(a)));
       (ii) at risk of homelessness (as such term is defined in 
     section 401 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 11360)); or
       (iii) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, 
     dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
       (B) Allocation.--In allocating amounts made available under 
     this section, the Secretary shall--
       (i) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, allocate at least 50 percent of such amounts to 
     public housing agencies in accordance with a formula that 
     considers--

       (I) the capability of public housing agencies to promptly 
     use emergency vouchers provided under this section; and
       (II) the need for emergency vouchers provided under this 
     section in the geographical area, based on factors determined 
     by the Secretary, including risk of transmission of 
     coronavirus, high numbers or rates of sheltered and 
     unsheltered homelessness, and economic and housing market 
     conditions;

       (ii) allocate remaining amounts in accordance with a 
     formula that considers--

       (I) the criteria under clause (i) and the success of a 
     public housing agency in promptly utilizing vouchers awarded 
     under clause (i); and
       (II) the capability of the public housing agency to create 
     and manage structured partnerships with service providers for 
     the delivery of appropriate community-based services; and

       (iii) designate the number of vouchers under this section 
     that each public housing agency that is awarded funds under 
     this section is authorized to administer.
       (C) Election not to administer.--If a public housing agency 
     elects not to administer amounts under this section, the 
     Secretary shall award such amounts to other public housing 
     agencies according to the criteria in subparagraph (B).
       (D) Failure to use vouchers promptly.--If a public housing 
     agency fails to issue all of its authorized vouchers under 
     this section on behalf of eligible families within a 
     reasonable period of time as determined by the Secretary, the 
     Secretary shall reallocate any unissued vouchers and 
     associated funds to others public housing agencies according 
     to the criteria under subparagraph (B)(ii).
       (3) Waivers and alternative requirements.--Any waiver or 
     alternative requirement that the Secretary makes available to 
     all public housing agencies in connection with assistance 
     made available under the heading ``Tenant-Based Rental 
     Assistance'' in title XII of division B of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat.601) shall apply to assistance 
     under this section until the expiration of such waiver or 
     alternative requirement.
       (4) Termination of vouchers upon turnover.--
       (A) In general.--A public housing agency may not reissue 
     any vouchers made available under this section when 
     assistance for the family initially assisted is terminated.
       (B) Reallocation.--Upon termination of assistance for one 
     or more families assisted by a public housing agency under 
     this section, the Secretary shall reallocate amounts that are 
     no longer needed by such public housing agency for assistance 
     under this section to another public housing agency for the 
     renewal of vouchers previously authorized under this section.

   TITLE IV--SUSPENDING NEGATIVE CREDIT REPORTING AND STRENGTHENING 
                   CONSUMER AND INVESTOR PROTECTIONS

     SEC. 110401. REPORTING OF INFORMATION DURING MAJOR DISASTERS.

       (a) In General.--The CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by striking section 4021 and inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 4021. REPORTING OF INFORMATION DURING MAJOR DISASTERS.

       ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section, and the 
     amendments made by this section, is to protect consumers' 
     credit from negative impacts as a result of financial 
     hardship due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak 
     and future major disasters.
       ``(b) Reporting of Information During Major Disasters.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Fair Credit Reporting Act is amended 
     by inserting after section 605B the following:

     `` `Sec. 605C. Reporting of information during major 
       disasters

       `` `(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       `` `(1) Consumer.--With respect to a covered period, the 
     term ``consumer'' shall only include a consumer who is a 
     resident of the affected area covered by the applicable 
     disaster or emergency declaration.
       `` `(2) Covered major disaster period.--The term ``covered 
     major disaster period'' means the period--
       `` `(A) beginning on the date on which a major disaster is 
     declared by the President under--
       `` `(i) section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), under 
     which assistance is authorized under section 408 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 5174); or
       `` `(ii) section 501 of such Act; and
       `` `(B) ending on the date that is 120 days after the end 
     of the incident period for such disaster.
       `` `(3) Covered period.--The term ``covered period'' means 
     the COVID-19 emergency period or a covered major disaster 
     period.
       `` `(4) COVID-19 emergency period.--The term ``COVID-19 
     emergency period'' means the period beginning on March 13, 
     2020 (the date the President declared the emergency under 
     section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to 
     the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic) and ending 
     on the later of--
       `` `(A) 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
     section; or
       `` `(B) 120 days after the end of the incident period for 
     such emergency.
       `` `(5) Major disaster.--The term ``major disaster'' means 
     a major disaster declared by the President under--
       `` `(A) section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), under 
     which assistance is authorized under section 408 of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 5174); or
       `` `(B) section 501 of such Act.
       `` `(b) Moratorium on Furnishing Adverse Information During 
     Covered Period.--No person may furnish any adverse item of 
     information (except information related to a felony criminal 
     conviction) relating to a consumer that was the result of any 
     action or inaction that occurred during a covered period.
       `` `(c) Information Excluded From Consumer Reports.--In 
     addition to the information described in section 605(a), no 
     consumer reporting agency may make any consumer report 
     containing an adverse item of information (except information 
     related to a felony criminal conviction) relating to a 
     consumer that was the result of any action or inaction that 
     occurred during a covered period.
       `` `(d) Summary of Rights.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the date of enactment of this section, the Director of the 
     Bureau shall update the

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     model summary of rights under section 609(c)(1) to include a 
     description of the right of a consumer to--
       `` `(1) request the deletion of adverse items of 
     information under subsection (e); and
       `` `(2) request a consumer report or score, without charge 
     to the consumer, under subsection (f).
       `` `(e) Deletion of Adverse Items of Information Resulting 
     From the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak and Major 
     Disasters.--
       `` `(1) Reporting.--
       `` `(A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of enactment of this subsection, the Director of the Bureau 
     shall create a website for consumers to report, under penalty 
     of perjury, economic hardship as a result of the coronavirus 
     disease (COVID-19) outbreak or a major disaster for the 
     purpose of providing credit report protections under this 
     subsection.
       `` `(B) Documentation.--The Director of the Bureau shall--
       `` `(i) not require any documentation from a consumer to 
     substantiate the economic hardship; and
       `` `(ii) provide notice to the consumer that a report under 
     subparagraph (A) is under penalty of perjury.
       `` `(C) Reporting period.--A consumer may report economic 
     hardship under subparagraph (A) during a covered period and 
     for 60 days thereafter.
       `` `(2) Database.--The Director of the Bureau shall 
     establish and maintain a secure database that--
       `` `(A) is accessible to each consumer reporting agency 
     described in section 603(p) and nationwide specialty consumer 
     reporting agency for purposes of fulfilling their duties 
     under paragraph (3) to check and automatically delete any 
     adverse item of information (except information related to a 
     felony criminal conviction) reported that occurred during a 
     covered period with respect to a consumer; and
       `` `(B) contains the information reported under paragraph 
     (1).
       `` `(3) Deletion of adverse items of information by 
     nationwide consumer reporting and nationwide specialty 
     consumer reporting agencies.--
       `` `(A) In general.--Each consumer reporting agency 
     described in section 603(p) and each nationwide specialty 
     consumer reporting agency shall, using the information 
     contained in the database established under paragraph (2), 
     delete from the file of each consumer named in the database 
     each adverse item of information (except information related 
     to a felony criminal conviction) that was a result of an 
     action or inaction that occurred during a covered period or 
     in the 270-day period following the end of a covered period.
       `` `(B) Timeline.--Each consumer reporting agency described 
     in section 603(p) and each nationwide specialty consumer 
     reporting agency shall check the database at least weekly and 
     delete adverse items of information as soon as practicable 
     after information that is reported under paragraph (1) 
     appears in the database established under paragraph (2).
       `` `(4) Request for deletion of adverse items of 
     information.--
       `` `(A) In general.--A consumer who has filed a report of 
     economic hardship with the Bureau may submit a request, 
     without charge to the consumer, to a consumer reporting 
     agency described in section 603(p) or nationwide specialty 
     consumer reporting agency to delete from the consumer's file 
     an adverse item of information (except information related to 
     a felony criminal conviction) that was a result of an action 
     or inaction that occurred during a covered period or in the 
     270-day period following the end of a covered period.
       `` `(B) Timing.--A consumer may submit a request under 
     subparagraph (A), not later than the end of the 270-day 
     period described in that subparagraph.
       `` `(C) Removal and notification.--Upon receiving a request 
     under this paragraph to delete an adverse item of 
     information, a consumer reporting agency described in section 
     603(p) or nationwide specialty consumer reporting agency 
     shall--
       `` `(i) delete the adverse item of information (except 
     information related to a felony criminal conviction) from the 
     consumer's file; and
       `` `(ii) notify the consumer and the furnisher of the 
     adverse item of information of the deletion.
       `` `(f) Free Credit Report and Scores.--
       `` `(1) In general.--During the period between the 
     beginning of a covered period and ending 12-months after the 
     end of the covered period, each consumer reporting agency 
     described under section 603(p) and each nationwide specialty 
     consumer reporting agency shall make all disclosures 
     described under section 609 upon request by a consumer, by 
     mail or online, without charge to the consumer and without 
     limitation as to the number of requests. Such a consumer 
     reporting agency shall also supply a consumer, upon request 
     and without charge, with a credit score that--
       `` `(A) is derived from a credit scoring model that is 
     widely distributed to users by the consumer reporting agency 
     for the purpose of any extension of credit or other 
     transaction designated by the consumer who is requesting the 
     credit score; or
       `` `(B) is widely distributed to lenders of common consumer 
     loan products and predicts the future credit behavior of a 
     consumer.
       `` `(2) Timing.--A file disclosure or credit score under 
     paragraph (1) shall be provided to the consumer not later 
     than--
       `` `(A) 7 days after the date on which the request is 
     received if the request is made by mail; and
       `` `(B) not later than 15 minutes if the request is made 
     online.
       `` `(3) Additional reports.--A file disclosure provided 
     under paragraph (1) shall be in addition to any disclosure 
     requested by the consumer under section 612(a).
       `` `(4) Prohibition.--A consumer reporting agency that 
     receives a request under paragraph (1) may not request or 
     require any documentation from the consumer that demonstrates 
     that the consumer was impacted by the coronavirus disease 
     (COVID-19) outbreak or a major disaster (except to verify 
     that the consumer is a resident of the affected area covered 
     by the applicable disaster or emergency declaration) as a 
     condition of receiving the file disclosure or score.
       `` `(g) Posting of Rights.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of enactment of this section, each consumer 
     reporting agency described under section 603(p) and each 
     nationwide specialty consumer reporting agency shall 
     prominently post and maintain a direct link on the homepage 
     of the public website of the consumer reporting agency 
     information relating to the right of consumers to--
       `` `(1) request the deletion of adverse items of 
     information (except information related to a felony criminal 
     conviction) under subsection (e); and
       `` `(2) request consumer file disclosures and scores, 
     without charge to the consumer, under subsection (f).
       `` `(h) Ban on Reporting Medical Debt Information Related 
     to COVID-19 or a Major Disaster.--
       `` `(1) Furnishing ban.--No person shall furnish adverse 
     information to a consumer reporting agency related to medical 
     debt if such medical debt is with respect to medical expenses 
     related to treatments arising from COVID-19 or a major 
     disaster (whether or not the expenses were incurred during a 
     covered period).
       `` `(2) Consumer report ban.--No consumer reporting agency 
     may make a consumer report containing adverse information 
     related to medical debt if such medical debt is with respect 
     to medical expenses related to treatments arising from COVID-
     19 or a major disaster (whether or not the expenses were 
     incurred during a covered period).
       `` `(i) Credit Scoring Models.--A person that creates and 
     implements credit scoring models may not treat the absence, 
     omission, or deletion of any information pursuant to this 
     section as a negative factor or negative value in credit 
     scoring models created or implemented by such person.'.
       ``(2) Technical and conforming amendment.--The table of 
     contents for the Fair Credit Reporting Act is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 605B the 
     following:

`` `605C. Reporting of information during major disasters.'.

     ``SEC. 4021A. LIMITATIONS ON NEW CREDIT SCORING MODELS DURING 
                   THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY AND MAJOR DISASTERS.

       ``The Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) is 
     amended--
       ``(1) by adding at the end the following:

     `` `Sec. 630. Limitations on new credit scoring models during 
       the COVID-19 emergency and major disasters

       `` `With respect to a person that creates and implements 
     credit scoring models, such person may not, during a covered 
     period (as defined under section 605C), create or implement a 
     new credit scoring model (including a revision to an existing 
     scoring model) if the new credit scoring model would identify 
     a significant percentage of consumers as being less 
     creditworthy when compared to the previous credit scoring 
     models created or implemented by such person.'; and
       ``(2) in the table of contents for such Act, by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

`` `630. Limitations on new credit scoring models during the COVID-19 
              emergency and major disasters.'.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2 
     of the CARES Act is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 4021 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 4021. Reporting of information during major disasters.
``Sec. 4021A. Limitations on new credit scoring models during the 
              COVID-19 emergency and major disasters.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (F) of section 
     623(a)(1) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681s-
     2(a)(1)) is hereby repealed.

     SEC. 110402. RESTRICTIONS ON COLLECTIONS OF CONSUMER DEBT 
                   DURING A NATIONAL DISASTER OR EMERGENCY.

       (a) In General.--The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 
     U.S.C. 1692 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
     812 (15 U.S.C. 1692j) the following:

     ``Sec. 812A. Restrictions on collections of consumer debt 
       during a national disaster or emergency

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means the 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this section and 
     ending 120 days after the end of the incident period for the 
     emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under 
     section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to 
     the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
       ``(2) Creditor.--The term `creditor' means any person--
       ``(A) who offers or extends credit creating a debt or to 
     whom a debt is owed; or
       ``(B) to whom any obligation for payment is owed.
       ``(3) Debt.--The term `debt'--
       ``(A) means any obligation or alleged obligation that is or 
     during the covered period becomes past due, other than an 
     obligation arising out of a credit agreement entered into 
     after the effective date of this section, that arises out of 
     a transaction with a consumer; and

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       ``(B) does not include a mortgage loan.
       ``(4) Debt collector.--The term `debt collector' means a 
     creditor and any other person or entity that engages in the 
     collection of debt, including the Federal Government and a 
     State government, irrespective of whether the applicable debt 
     is allegedly owed to or assigned to such creditor, person, or 
     entity.
       ``(5) Mortgage loan.--The term `mortgage loan' means a 
     covered mortgage loan (as defined under section 4022 of the 
     CARES Act) and a multifamily mortgage loan (as defined under 
     section 4023 of the CARES Act).
       ``(b) Prohibitions.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no debt collector may, during a covered period--
       ``(A) enforce a security interest securing a debt through 
     repossession, limitation of use, or foreclosure;
       ``(B) take or threaten to take any action to deprive an 
     individual of their liberty as a result of nonpayment of or 
     nonappearance at any hearing relating to an obligation owed 
     by a consumer;
       ``(C) collect any debt, by way of garnishment, attachment, 
     assignment, deduction, offset, or other seizure, from--
       ``(i) wages, income, benefits, bank, prepaid or other asset 
     accounts; or
       ``(ii) any assets of, or other amounts due to, a consumer;
       ``(D) commence or continue an action to evict a consumer 
     from real or personal property for nonpayment;
       ``(E) disconnect or terminate service from a utility 
     service, including electricity, natural gas, 
     telecommunications or broadband, water, or sewer, for 
     nonpayment; or
       ``(F) threaten to take any of the foregoing actions.
       ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to prohibit a consumer from voluntarily paying, in 
     whole or in part, a debt.
       ``(c) Limitation on Fees and Interest.--After the 
     expiration of a covered period, a debt collector may not add 
     to any past due debt any interest on unpaid interest, higher 
     rate of interest triggered by the nonpayment of the debt, or 
     fee triggered prior to the expiration of the covered period 
     by the nonpayment of the debt.
       ``(e) Violations.--Any person or government entity that 
     violates this section shall be liable to the applicable 
     consumer as provided under section 813, except that, for 
     purposes of applying section 813--
       ``(1) such person or government entity shall be deemed a 
     debt collector, as such term is defined for purposes of 
     section 813; and
       ``(2) each dollar figure in such section shall be deemed to 
     be 10 times the dollar figure specified.
       ``(f) Tolling.--Any applicable time limitations for 
     exercising an action prohibited under subsection (b) shall be 
     tolled during a covered period.
       ``(g) Predispute Arbitration Agreements.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, no predispute arbitration 
     agreement or predispute joint-action waiver shall be valid or 
     enforceable with respect to a dispute brought under this 
     section, including a dispute as to the applicability of this 
     section, which shall be determined under Federal law.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Fair 
     Debt Collection Practices Act is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 812 the following:

``812A. Restrictions on collections of consumer debt during a national 
              disaster or emergency.''.

     SEC. 110403. REPAYMENT PERIOD AND FORBEARANCE FOR CONSUMERS.

       Section 812A of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 
     U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), as added by section 110402, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d) Repayment Period.--After the expiration of a covered 
     period, a debt collector shall comply with the following:
       ``(1) Debt arising from credit with a defined payment 
     period.--For any debt arising from credit with a defined 
     term, the debt collector shall extend the time period to 
     repay any past due balance of the debt by--
       ``(A) 1 payment period for each payment that a consumer 
     missed during the covered period, with the payments due in 
     the same amounts and at the same intervals as the pre-
     existing payment schedule; and
       ``(B) 1 payment period in addition to the payment periods 
     described under subparagraph (A).
       ``(2) Debt arising from an open end credit plan.--For debt 
     arising from an open end credit plan, as defined in section 
     103 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602), the debt 
     collector shall allow the consumer to repay the past-due 
     balance in a manner that does not exceed the amounts 
     permitted by the methods described in section 171(c) of the 
     Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1666i-1(c)) and regulations 
     promulgated under that section.
       ``(3) Debt arising from other credit.--
       ``(A) In general.--For debt not described under paragraph 
     (2) or (3), the debt collector shall--
       ``(i) allow the consumer to repay the past-due balance of 
     the debt in substantially equal payments over time; and
       ``(ii) provide the consumer with--

       ``(I) for past due balances of $2,000 or less, 12 months to 
     repay, or such longer period as the debt collector may allow;
       ``(II) for past due balances between $2,001 and $5,000, 24 
     months to repay, or such longer period as the debt collector 
     may allow; or
       ``(III) for past due balances greater than $5,000, 36 
     months to repay, or such longer period as the debt collector 
     may allow.

       ``(B) Additional protections.--The Director of the Bureau 
     may issue rules to provide greater repayment protections to 
     consumers with debts described under subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) Relation to state law.--This paragraph shall not 
     preempt any State law that provides for greater consumer 
     protections than this paragraph.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Forbearance for Affected Consumers.--
       ``(1) Forbearance program.--Each debt collector that makes 
     use of the credit facility described in paragraph (4) shall 
     establish a forbearance program for debts available during 
     the covered period.
       ``(2) Automatic grant of forbearance upon request.--Under a 
     forbearance program required under paragraph (1), upon the 
     request of a consumer experiencing a financial hardship due, 
     directly or indirectly, to COVID-19, the debt collector shall 
     grant a forbearance on payment of debt for such time as 
     needed until the end of the covered period, with no 
     additional documentation required other than the borrower's 
     attestation to a financial hardship caused by COVID-19 and 
     with no fees, penalties, or interest (beyond the amounts 
     scheduled or calculated as if the borrower made all 
     contractual payments on time and in full under the terms of 
     the loan contract) charged to the borrower in connection with 
     the forbearance.
       ``(3) Exception for certain mortgage loans subject to the 
     cares act.--This subsection shall not apply to a mortgage 
     loan subject to section 4022 or 4023 of the CARES Act.''.

     SEC. 110404. CREDIT FACILITY.

       Section 812A(h) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), as added by section 110403, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Credit facility.--The Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System shall--
       ``(A) establish a facility, using amounts made available 
     under section 4003(b)(4) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
     9042(b)(4)), to make long-term, low-cost loans to debt 
     collectors to temporarily compensate such debt collectors for 
     documented financial losses caused by forbearance of debt 
     payments under this subsection; and
       ``(B) defer debt collectors' required payments on such 
     loans until after consumers' debt payments resume.''.

 TITLE V--FORGIVING STUDENT LOAN DEBT AND PROTECTING STUDENT BORROWERS

     SEC. 110501. PAYMENTS FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION LOAN BORROWERS AS 
                   A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

       (a) In General.--Section 140 of the Truth in Lending Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 1650) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(h) COVID-19 National Emergency Private Education Loan 
     Repayment Assistance.--
       ``(1) Authority.--
       ``(A) In general.--Effective on the date of the enactment 
     of this section, until September 30, 2021, the Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall, for each borrower of a private education 
     loan, pay the total amount due for such month on the loan, 
     based on the payment plan selected by the borrower or the 
     borrower's loan status.
       ``(B) Limitation on payments.--The maximum amount of 
     aggregate payments that the Secretary of the Treasury may 
     make under subparagraph (A) with respect to an individual 
     borrower is $10,000.
       ``(2) No capitalization of interest.--With respect to any 
     loan in repayment until September 30, 2021, interest due on a 
     private education loan during such period shall not be 
     capitalized at any time until September 30, 2021.
       ``(3) Reporting to consumer reporting agencies.--Until 
     September 30, 2021--
       ``(A) during the period in which the Secretary of the 
     Treasury is making payments on a loan under paragraph (1), 
     the Secretary shall ensure that, for the purpose of reporting 
     information about the loan to a consumer reporting agency, 
     any payment made by the Secretary is treated as if it were a 
     regularly scheduled payment made by a borrower; and
       ``(B) no adverse credit information may be furnished to a 
     consumer reporting agency for any private education loan.
       ``(4) Notice of payments and program.--Not later than 15 
     days following the date of enactment of this subsection, and 
     monthly thereafter until September 30, 2021, the Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall provide a notice to all borrowers of 
     private education loans--
       ``(A) informing borrowers of the actions taken under this 
     subsection;
       ``(B) providing borrowers with an easily accessible method 
     to opt out of the benefits provided under this subsection; 
     and
       ``(C) notifying the borrower that the program under this 
     subsection is a temporary program and will end on September 
     30, 2021.
       ``(5) Suspension of involuntary collection.--Until 
     September 30, 2021, the holder of a private education loan 
     shall immediately take action to halt all involuntary 
     collection related to the loan.
       ``(6) Mandatory forbearance.--During the period in which 
     the Secretary of the Treasury is making payments on a loan 
     under paragraph (1), the servicer of such loan shall grant 
     the borrower forbearance as follows:
       ``(A) A temporary cessation of all payments on the loan 
     other than the payments of interest and principal on the loan 
     that are made under paragraph (1).
       ``(B) For borrowers who are delinquent but who are not yet 
     in default before the date on which the Secretary begins 
     making payments under paragraph (1), the retroactive 
     application of forbearance to address any delinquency.
       ``(7) Data to implement.--Holders and servicers of private 
     education loans shall report,

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     to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
     information necessary to calculate the amount to be paid 
     under this subsection.
       ``(8) Application only to economically distressed 
     borrowers.--
       ``(A) In general.--This subsection shall only apply to a 
     borrower of a private education loan who is an economically 
     distressed borrower.
       ``(B) Economically distressed borrower defined.--In this 
     paragraph, the term `economically distressed borrower' means 
     a borrower of a private education loan who, as of March 12, 
     2020--
       ``(i) based on financial state of other conditions, would 
     be otherwise eligible, if the borrower instead had a Federal 
     student loan, of having a monthly payment due on such loan of 
     $0 pursuant to an income-contingent repayment plan under 
     section 455(d)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1087e(d)(1)(D)) or an income-based repayment plan 
     under section 493C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1098e);
       ``(ii) was in default on such loan;
       ``(iii) had a payment due on such loan that was at least 90 
     days past due; or
       ``(iv) based on financial state or other conditions, was in 
     forbearance or deferment.
       ``(C) Rulemaking.--Not later than 7 days after the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph, the Director of the Bureau, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall issue 
     rules to implement this paragraph, including providing a 
     detailed description of how a borrower of a private education 
     loan will be considered an economically distressed borrower 
     as defined under each clause of subparagraph (B).''.
       (b) Appropriation.--There is appropriated to the Secretary 
     of the Treasury, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $45,000,000,000 to carry out this title and the 
     amendments made by this title.

     SEC. 110502. ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR PRIVATE STUDENT LOAN 
                   BORROWERS.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Repayment plan and forgiveness terms.--Each private 
     education loan holder who receives a monthly payment pursuant 
     to section 140(h) of the Truth in Lending Act shall modify 
     all private education loan contracts that it holds to provide 
     for the same repayment plan and forgiveness terms available 
     to Direct Loans borrowers under section 685.209(c) of title 
     34, Code of Federal Regulations, in effect as of January 1, 
     2020.
       (2) Treatment of state statutes of limitation.--For a 
     borrower who has defaulted on a private education loan under 
     the terms of the promissory note prior to any loan payment 
     made or forbearance granted under section 140(h) of the Truth 
     in Lending Act, no payment made or forbearance granted under 
     such section 140(h) shall be considered an event that impacts 
     the calculation of the applicable State statutes of 
     limitation.
       (3) Prohibition on pressuring borrowers.--
       (A) In general.--A private education loan debt collector or 
     creditor may not pressure a borrower to elect to apply any 
     amount received pursuant to subsection (b) to any private 
     education loan.
       (B) Violations.--A violation of this paragraph is deemed--
       (i) an unfair, deceptive, or abusive act or practice under 
     Federal law in connection with any transaction with a 
     consumer for a consumer financial product or service under 
     section 1031 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 
     (12 U.S.C. 5531); and
       (ii) with respect to a violation by a debt collector, an 
     unfair or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to 
     collect any debt under section 808 of the Federal Debt 
     Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692f).
       (C) Pressure defined.--In this paragraph, the term 
     ``pressure'' means any communication, recommendation, or 
     other similar communication, other than providing basic 
     information about a borrower's options, urging a borrower to 
     make an election described under subsection (b).
       (b) Relief for Private Student Loan Borrowers as a Result 
     of the COVID-19 National Emergency.--
       (1) Student loan relief as a result of the covid-19 
     national emergency.--Not later than 90 days after September 
     30, 2021, the Secretary of the Treasury shall carry out a 
     program under which a borrower, with respect to the private 
     education loans of such borrower, shall receive in accordance 
     with paragraph (3) an amount equal to the lesser of--
       (A) the total amount of each private education loan of the 
     borrower; or
       (B) $10,000, reduced by the aggregate amount of all 
     payments made by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect 
     to such borrower under section 140(h) of the Truth in Lending 
     Act.
       (2) Notification of borrowers.--Not later than 90 days 
     after September 30, 2021, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     notify each borrower of a private education loan of--
       (A) the requirements to provide loan relief to such 
     borrower under this section; and
       (B) the opportunity for such borrower to make an election 
     under paragraph (3)(A) with respect to the application of 
     such loan relief to the private education loans of such 
     borrower.
       (3) Distribution of funding.--
       (A) Election by borrower.--Not later than 45 days after a 
     notice is sent under paragraph (2), a borrower may elect to 
     apply the amount determined with respect to such borrower 
     under paragraph (1) to any private education loan of the 
     borrower.
       (B) Automatic payment.--
       (i) In general.--In the case of a borrower who does not 
     make an election under subparagraph (A) before the date 
     described in such subparagraph, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall apply the amount determined with respect to such 
     borrower under paragraph (1) in order of the private 
     education loan of the borrower with the highest interest 
     rate.
       (ii) Equal interest rates.--In case of two or more private 
     education loans described in clause (i) with equal interest 
     rates, the Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the amount 
     determined with respect to such borrower under paragraph (1) 
     first to the loan with the highest principal.
       (c) Application Only to Economically Distressed 
     Borrowers.--This section shall only apply to a borrower of a 
     private education loan who is an economically distressed 
     borrower.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Fair debt collection practices act terms.--The terms 
     ``creditor'' and ``debt collector'' have the meaning given 
     those terms, respectively, under section 803 of the Fair Debt 
     Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692a).
       (2) Private education loan.--The term ``private education 
     loan'' has the meaning given the term in section 140 of the 
     Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1650).
       (3) Economically distressed borrower defined.--The term 
     ``economically distressed borrower'' has the meaning given 
     that term under section 140(h)(8) of the Truth in Lending 
     Act, as added by section 110501.

TITLE VI--STANDING UP FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESSES, 
                            AND NON-PROFITS

     SEC. 110601. RESTRICTIONS ON COLLECTIONS OF SMALL BUSINESS 
                   AND NONPROFIT DEBT DURING A NATIONAL DISASTER 
                   OR EMERGENCY.

       (a) In General.--The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 
     U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), as amended by section 110402, is 
     further amended by inserting after section 812A the 
     following:

     ``Sec. 812B. Restrictions on collections of small business 
       and nonprofit debt during a national disaster or emergency

       ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Covered period.--The term `covered period' means the 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this section and 
     ending 120 days after the end of the incident period for the 
     emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under 
     section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to 
     the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
       ``(2) Creditor.--The term `creditor' means any person--
       ``(A) who offers or extends credit creating a debt or to 
     whom a debt is owed; or
       ``(B) to whom any obligation for payment is owed.
       ``(3) Debt.--The term `debt'--
       ``(A) means any obligation or alleged obligation that is or 
     during the covered period becomes past due, other than an 
     obligation arising out of a credit agreement entered into 
     after the effective date of this section, that arises out of 
     a transaction with a nonprofit organization or small 
     business; and
       ``(B) does not include a mortgage loan.
       ``(4) Debt collector.--The term `debt collector' means a 
     creditor and any other person or entity that engages in the 
     collection of debt, including the Federal Government and a 
     State government, irrespective of whether the applicable debt 
     is allegedly owed to or assigned to such creditor, person, or 
     entity.
       ``(5) Mortgage loan.--The term `mortgage loan' means a 
     covered mortgage loan (as defined under section 4022 of the 
     CARES Act) and a multifamily mortgage loan (as defined under 
     section 4023 of the CARES Act).
       ``(6) Nonprofit organization.--The term `nonprofit 
     organization' means an organization that is described in 
     section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
     that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such 
     Code.
       ``(7) Small business.--The term `small business' has the 
     meaning given the term `small business concern' in section 3 
     of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).
       ``(b) Prohibitions.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no debt collector may, during a covered period--
       ``(A) enforce a security interest securing a debt through 
     repossession, limitation of use, or foreclosure;
       ``(B) take or threaten to take any action to deprive an 
     individual of their liberty as a result of nonpayment of or 
     nonappearance at any hearing relating to an obligation owed 
     by a small business or nonprofit organization;
       ``(C) collect any debt, by way of garnishment, attachment, 
     assignment, deduction, offset, or other seizure, from--
       ``(i) wages, income, benefits, bank, prepaid or other asset 
     accounts; or
       ``(ii) any assets of, or other amounts due to, a small 
     business or nonprofit organization;
       ``(D) commence or continue an action to evict a small 
     business or nonprofit organization from real or personal 
     property for nonpayment;
       ``(E) disconnect or terminate service from a utility 
     service, including electricity, natural gas, 
     telecommunications or broadband, water, or sewer, for 
     nonpayment; or
       ``(F) threaten to take any of the foregoing actions.
       ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to prohibit a small business or nonprofit 
     organization from voluntarily paying, in whole or in part, a 
     debt.
       ``(c) Limitation on Fees and Interest.--After the 
     expiration of a covered period, a debt collector may not add 
     to any past due debt any interest on unpaid interest, higher 
     rate of interest triggered by the nonpayment of the debt, or 
     fee triggered prior to the expiration of the covered period 
     by the nonpayment of the debt.
       ``(e) Violations.--Any person or government entity that 
     violates this section shall be liable to the applicable small 
     business or nonprofit organization as provided under section 
     813, except that, for purposes of applying section 813--
       ``(1) such person or government entity shall be deemed a 
     debt collector, as such term is defined for purposes of 
     section 813; and

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       ``(2) such small business or nonprofit organization shall 
     be deemed a consumer, as such term is defined for purposes of 
     section 813.
       ``(f) Tolling.--Any applicable time limitations for 
     exercising an action prohibited under subsection (b) shall be 
     tolled during a covered period.
       ``(g) Predispute Arbitration Agreements.--Notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, no predispute arbitration 
     agreement or predispute joint-action waiver shall be valid or 
     enforceable with respect to a dispute brought under this 
     section, including a dispute as to the applicability of this 
     section, which shall be determined under Federal law.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Fair 
     Debt Collection Practices Act, as amended by section 110402, 
     is further amended by inserting after the item relating to 
     section 812A the following:

``812B. Restrictions on collections of small business and nonprofit 
              debt during a national disaster or emergency.''.

     SEC. 110602. REPAYMENT PERIOD AND FORBEARANCE FOR SMALL 
                   BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 812B of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 
     U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), as added by section 110601, is 
     amended--
       (1) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d) Repayment Period.--After the expiration of a covered 
     period, a debt collector shall comply with the following:
       ``(1) Debt arising from credit with a defined payment 
     period.--For any debt arising from credit with a defined 
     term, the debt collector shall extend the time period to 
     repay any past due balance of the debt by--
       ``(A) 1 payment period for each payment that a small 
     business or nonprofit organization missed during the covered 
     period, with the payments due in the same amounts and at the 
     same intervals as the pre-existing payment schedule; and
       ``(B) 1 payment period in addition to the payment periods 
     described under subparagraph (A).
       ``(2) Debt arising from an open end credit plan.--For debt 
     arising from an open end credit plan, as defined in section 
     103 of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. 1602), the debt 
     collector shall allow the small business or nonprofit 
     organization to repay the past-due balance in a manner that 
     does not exceed the amounts permitted by the methods 
     described in section 171(c) of the Truth in Lending Act (15 
     U.S.C. 1666i-1(c)) and regulations promulgated under that 
     section.
       ``(3) Debt arising from other credit.--
       ``(A) In general.--For debt not described under paragraph 
     (2) or (3), the debt collector shall--
       ``(i) allow the small business or nonprofit organization to 
     repay the past-due balance of the debt in substantially equal 
     payments over time; and
       ``(ii) provide the small business or nonprofit organization 
     with--

       ``(I) for past due balances of $2,000 or less, 12 months to 
     repay, or such longer period as the debt collector may allow;
       ``(II) for past due balances between $2,001 and $5,000, 24 
     months to repay, or such longer period as the debt collector 
     may allow; or
       ``(III) for past due balances greater than $5,000, 36 
     months to repay, or such longer period as the debt collector 
     may allow.

       ``(B) Additional protections.--The Director of the Bureau 
     may issue rules to provide greater repayment protections to 
     small businesses and nonprofit organizations with debts 
     described under subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) Relation to state law.--This paragraph shall not 
     preempt any State law that provides for greater small 
     business or nonprofit organization protections than this 
     paragraph.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Forbearance for Affected Small Businesses and 
     Nonprofit Organizations.--
       ``(1) Forbearance program.--Each debt collector that makes 
     use of the credit facility described in paragraph (4) shall 
     establish a forbearance program for debts available during 
     the covered period.
       ``(2) Automatic grant of forbearance upon request.--Under a 
     forbearance program required under paragraph (1), upon the 
     request of a small business or nonprofit organization 
     experiencing a financial hardship due, directly or 
     indirectly, to COVID-19, the debt collector shall grant a 
     forbearance on payment of debt for such time as needed until 
     the end of the covered period, with no additional 
     documentation required other than the small business or 
     nonprofit organization's attestation to a financial hardship 
     caused by COVID-19 and with no fees, penalties, or interest 
     (beyond the amounts scheduled or calculated as if the 
     borrower made all contractual payments on time and in full 
     under the terms of the loan contract) charged to the borrower 
     in connection with the forbearance.
       ``(3) Exception for certain mortgage loans subject to the 
     cares act.--This subsection shall not apply to a mortgage 
     loan subject to section 4022 or 4023 of the CARES Act.''.

     SEC. 110603. CREDIT FACILITY.

       Section 812B(h) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), as added by section 110602, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Credit facility.--The Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System shall--
       ``(A) establish a facility, using amounts made available 
     under section 4003(b)(4) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
     9042(b)(4)), to make long-term, low-cost loans to debt 
     collectors to temporarily compensate such debt collectors for 
     documented financial losses caused by forbearance of debt 
     payments under this subsection; and
       ``(B) defer debt collectors' required payments on such 
     loans until after small businesses or nonprofit 
     organizations' debt payments resume.''.

     SEC. 110604. MAIN STREET LENDING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 4003(c)(3)(D)(ii) of the CARES Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 9042(c)(3)(D)(ii)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Nothing in this subparagraph shall limit 
     the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve System to'' and inserting the following:

       ``(I) In general.--The Board of Governors of the Federal 
     Reserve System shall''; and

       (2) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(II) Requirements.--In carrying out subclause (I), the 
     Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System--

       ``(aa) shall make non-profit organizations and institutions 
     of higher education (as such term is defined in section 
     101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1001(a)) eligible for any program or facility established 
     under such subclause;
       ``(bb) shall create a low-cost loan option tailored to the 
     unique needs of non-profit organizations, including the 
     ability to defer payments without capitalization of interest 
     and, solely for non-profit organizations that predominantly 
     serve low-income communities, as determined by the Federal 
     Reserve, have the loans forgiven by the Department of the 
     Treasury for a similar purpose to maintain payroll and 
     operations provided under the Paycheck Protection Program, 
     notwithstanding section 4003(d)(3) of the CARES Act;
       ``(cc) shall make any 501(c)(4) organization (as defined in 
     section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 
     eligible for any facility provided that such 501(c)(4) 
     organization has not made and will not make a contribution, 
     expenditure, independent expenditure, or electioneering 
     communication within the meaning of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act, and has not undertaken and will not undertake 
     similar campaign finance activities in state and local 
     elections, during the election cycle which ends on the date 
     of the general election in this calendar year;''.
       (b) Deadline.--Not later than the end of the 5-day period 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall issue such 
     rules or take such other actions as may be necessary to 
     implement the requirements made by the amendments made by 
     this section.

     SEC. 110605. OPTIONS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS 
                   UNDER THE MAIN STREET LENDING PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 4003(c)(3)(D)(ii)(II) of the CARES 
     Act (15 U.S.C. 9042(c)(3)(D)(ii)(II)), as added by section 
     110604, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(cc) shall provide at least one low-cost loan option that 
     small businesses, small non-profits, and small institutions 
     of higher education (as such term is defined in section 
     101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1001(a)) are eligible for that does not have a minimum loan 
     size and includes the ability to defer payments, without 
     capitalization of interest, and, solely for small nonprofit 
     organizations that predominantly serve low-income 
     communities, as determined by the Federal Reserve, have the 
     loans forgiven by the Department of the Treasury for a 
     similar purpose to maintain payroll and operations provided 
     under the Paycheck Protection Program, notwithstanding 
     section 4003(d)(3) of the CARES Act.''.
       (b) Deadline.--Not later than the end of the 5-day period 
     beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall issue such 
     rules or take such other actions as may be necessary to 
     implement the requirements made by the amendments made by 
     this section.

     SEC. 110606. SAFE BANKING.

       (a) Short Title; Purpose.--
       (1) Short title.--This section may be cited as the ``Secure 
     And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2020'' or the ``SAFE 
     Banking Act of 2020''.
       (2) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to increase 
     public safety by ensuring access to financial services to 
     cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers 
     and reducing the amount of cash at such businesses.
       (b) Safe Harbor for Depository Institutions.--
       (1) In general.--A Federal banking regulator may not--
       (A) terminate or limit the deposit insurance or share 
     insurance of a depository institution under the Federal 
     Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.), the Federal 
     Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), or take any other 
     adverse action against a depository institution under section 
     8 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1818) 
     solely because the depository institution provides or has 
     provided financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate 
     business or service provider;
       (B) prohibit, penalize, or otherwise discourage a 
     depository institution from providing financial services to a 
     cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider or 
     to a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian Tribe 
     that exercises jurisdiction over cannabis-related legitimate 
     businesses;
       (C) recommend, incentivize, or encourage a depository 
     institution not to offer financial services to an account 
     holder, or to downgrade or cancel the financial services 
     offered to an account holder solely because--

       (i) the account holder is a cannabis-related legitimate 
     business or service provider, or is an employee, owner, or 
     operator of a cannabis-related legitimate business or service 
     provider;
       (ii) the account holder later becomes an employee, owner, 
     or operator of a cannabis-related legitimate business or 
     service provider; or

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       (iii) the depository institution was not aware that the 
     account holder is an employee, owner, or operator of a 
     cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider;

       (D) take any adverse or corrective supervisory action on a 
     loan made to--

       (i) a cannabis-related legitimate business or service 
     provider, solely because the business is a cannabis-related 
     legitimate business or service provider;
       (ii) an employee, owner, or operator of a cannabis-related 
     legitimate business or service provider, solely because the 
     employee, owner, or operator is employed by, owns, or 
     operates a cannabis-related legitimate business or service 
     provider, as applicable; or
       (iii) an owner or operator of real estate or equipment that 
     is leased to a cannabis-related legitimate business or 
     service provider, solely because the owner or operator of the 
     real estate or equipment leased the equipment or real estate 
     to a cannabis-related legitimate business or service 
     provider, as applicable; or

       (E) prohibit or penalize a depository institution (or 
     entity performing a financial service for or in association 
     with a depository institution) for, or otherwise discourage a 
     depository institution (or entity performing a financial 
     service for or in association with a depository institution) 
     from, engaging in a financial service for a cannabis-related 
     legitimate business or service provider.
       (2) Safe harbor applicable to de novo institutions.--
     Paragraph (1) shall apply to an institution applying for a 
     depository institution charter to the same extent as such 
     subsection applies to a depository institution.
       (c) Protections for Ancillary Businesses.--For the purposes 
     of sections 1956 and 1957 of title 18, United States Code, 
     and all other provisions of Federal law, the proceeds from a 
     transaction involving activities of a cannabis-related 
     legitimate business or service provider shall not be 
     considered proceeds from an unlawful activity solely 
     because--
       (1) the transaction involves proceeds from a cannabis-
     related legitimate business or service provider; or
       (2) the transaction involves proceeds from--
       (A) cannabis-related activities described in subsection 
     (n)(4)(B) conducted by a cannabis-related legitimate 
     business; or
       (B) activities described in subsection (n)(13)(A) conducted 
     by a service provider.
       (d) Protections Under Federal Law.--
       (1) In general.--With respect to providing a financial 
     service to a cannabis-related legitimate business or service 
     provider within a State, political subdivision of a State, or 
     Indian country that allows the cultivation, production, 
     manufacture, sale, transportation, display, dispensing, 
     distribution, or purchase of cannabis pursuant to a law or 
     regulation of such State, political subdivision, or Indian 
     Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country, as 
     applicable, a depository institution, entity performing a 
     financial service for or in association with a depository 
     institution, or insurer that provides a financial service to 
     a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider, 
     and the officers, directors, and employees of that depository 
     institution, entity, or insurer may not be held liable 
     pursuant to any Federal law or regulation--
       (A) solely for providing such a financial service; or
       (B) for further investing any income derived from such a 
     financial service.
       (2) Protections for federal reserve banks and federal home 
     loan banks.--With respect to providing a service to a 
     depository institution that provides a financial service to a 
     cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider 
     (where such financial service is provided within a State, 
     political subdivision of a State, or Indian country that 
     allows the cultivation, production, manufacture, sale, 
     transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, or 
     purchase of cannabis pursuant to a law or regulation of such 
     State, political subdivision, or Indian Tribe that has 
     jurisdiction over the Indian country, as applicable), a 
     Federal reserve bank or Federal Home Loan Bank, and the 
     officers, directors, and employees of the Federal reserve 
     bank or Federal Home Loan Bank, may not be held liable 
     pursuant to any Federal law or regulation--
       (A) solely for providing such a service; or
       (B) for further investing any income derived from such a 
     service.
       (3) Protections for insurers.--With respect to engaging in 
     the business of insurance within a State, political 
     subdivision of a State, or Indian country that allows the 
     cultivation, production, manufacture, sale, transportation, 
     display, dispensing, distribution, or purchase of cannabis 
     pursuant to a law or regulation of such State, political 
     subdivision, or Indian Tribe that has jurisdiction over the 
     Indian country, as applicable, an insurer that engages in the 
     business of insurance with a cannabis-related legitimate 
     business or service provider or who otherwise engages with a 
     person in a transaction permissible under State law related 
     to cannabis, and the officers, directors, and employees of 
     that insurer may not be held liable pursuant to any Federal 
     law or regulation--
       (A) solely for engaging in the business of insurance; or
       (B) for further investing any income derived from the 
     business of insurance.
       (4) Forfeiture.--
       (A) Depository institutions.--A depository institution that 
     has a legal interest in the collateral for a loan or another 
     financial service provided to an owner, employee, or operator 
     of a cannabis-related legitimate business or service 
     provider, or to an owner or operator of real estate or 
     equipment that is leased or sold to a cannabis-related 
     legitimate business or service provider, shall not be subject 
     to criminal, civil, or administrative forfeiture of that 
     legal interest pursuant to any Federal law for providing such 
     loan or other financial service.
       (B) Federal reserve banks and federal home loan banks.--A 
     Federal reserve bank or Federal Home Loan Bank that has a 
     legal interest in the collateral for a loan or another 
     financial service provided to a depository institution that 
     provides a financial service to a cannabis-related legitimate 
     business or service provider, or to an owner or operator of 
     real estate or equipment that is leased or sold to a 
     cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider, 
     shall not be subject to criminal, civil, or administrative 
     forfeiture of that legal interest pursuant to any Federal law 
     for providing such loan or other financial service.
       (e) Rules of Construction.--
       (1) No requirement to provide financial services.--Nothing 
     in this section shall require a depository institution, 
     entity performing a financial service for or in association 
     with a depository institution, or insurer to provide 
     financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate business, 
     service provider, or any other business.
       (2) General examination, supervisory, and enforcement 
     authority.--Nothing in this section may be construed in any 
     way as limiting or otherwise restricting the general 
     examination, supervisory, and enforcement authority of the 
     Federal banking regulators, provided that the basis for any 
     supervisory or enforcement action is not the provision of 
     financial services to a cannabis-related legitimate business 
     or service provider.
       (f) Requirements for Filing Suspicious Activity Reports.--
     Section 5318(g) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Requirements for cannabis-related legitimate 
     businesses.--
       ``(A) In general.--With respect to a financial institution 
     or any director, officer, employee, or agent of a financial 
     institution that reports a suspicious transaction pursuant to 
     this subsection, if the reason for the report relates to a 
     cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider, the 
     report shall comply with appropriate guidance issued by the 
     Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The Secretary shall 
     ensure that the guidance is consistent with the purpose and 
     intent of the SAFE Banking Act of 2020 and does not 
     significantly inhibit the provision of financial services to 
     a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider in 
     a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian country 
     that has allowed the cultivation, production, manufacture, 
     transportation, display, dispensing, distribution, sale, or 
     purchase of cannabis pursuant to law or regulation of such 
     State, political subdivision, or Indian Tribe that has 
     jurisdiction over the Indian country.
       ``(B) Definitions.--For purposes of this paragraph:
       ``(i) Cannabis.--The term `cannabis' has the meaning given 
     the term `marihuana' in section 102 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
       ``(ii) Cannabis-related legitimate business.--The term 
     `cannabis-related legitimate business' has the meaning given 
     that term in subsection (n) of the SAFE Banking Act of 2020.
       ``(iii) Indian country.--The term `Indian country' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1151 of title 18.
       ``(iv) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian Tribe' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 102 of the Federally 
     Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).
       ``(v) Financial service.--The term `financial service' has 
     the meaning given that term in subsection (n) of the SAFE 
     Banking Act of 2020.
       ``(vi) Service provider.--The term `service provider' has 
     the meaning given that term in subsection (n) of the SAFE 
     Banking Act of 2020.
       ``(vii) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any 
     territory or possession of the United States.''.
       (g) Guidance and Examination Procedures.--Not later than 
     180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Financial Institutions Examination Council shall develop 
     uniform guidance and examination procedures for depository 
     institutions that provide financial services to cannabis-
     related legitimate businesses and service providers.
       (h) Annual Diversity and Inclusion Report.--The Federal 
     banking regulators shall issue an annual report to Congress 
     containing--
       (1) information and data on the availability of access to 
     financial services for minority-owned and women-owned 
     cannabis-related legitimate businesses; and
       (2) any regulatory or legislative recommendations for 
     expanding access to financial services for minority-owned and 
     women-owned cannabis-related legitimate businesses.
       (i) GAO Study on Diversity and Inclusion.--
       (1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall carry out a study on the barriers to marketplace entry, 
     including in the licensing process, and the access to 
     financial services for potential and existing minority-owned 
     and women-owned cannabis-related legitimate businesses.
       (2) Report.--The Comptroller General shall issue a report 
     to the Congress--
       (A) containing all findings and determinations made in 
     carrying out the study required under paragraph (1); and
       (B) containing any regulatory or legislative 
     recommendations for removing barriers to marketplace entry, 
     including in the licensing process, and expanding access to 
     financial services for potential and existing minority-owned 
     and women-owned cannabis-related legitimate businesses.
       (j) GAO Study on Effectiveness of Certain Reports on 
     Finding Certain Persons.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall carry out a study on the 
     effectiveness of reports on suspicious transactions

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     filed pursuant to section 5318(g) of title 31, United States 
     Code, at finding individuals or organizations suspected or 
     known to be engaged with transnational criminal organizations 
     and whether any such engagement exists in a State, political 
     subdivision, or Indian Tribe that has jurisdiction over 
     Indian country that allows the cultivation, production, 
     manufacture, sale, transportation, display, dispensing, 
     distribution, or purchase of cannabis. The study shall 
     examine reports on suspicious transactions as follows:
       (1) During the period of 2014 until the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, reports relating to marijuana-related 
     businesses.
       (2) During the 1-year period after date of the enactment of 
     this Act, reports relating to cannabis-related legitimate 
     businesses.
       (k) Banking Services for Hemp Businesses.--
       (1) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (A) the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 
     115-334) legalized hemp by removing it from the definition of 
     ``marihuana'' under the Controlled Substances Act;
       (B) despite the legalization of hemp, some hemp businesses 
     (including producers, manufacturers, and retailers) continue 
     to have difficulty gaining access to banking products and 
     services; and
       (C) businesses involved in the sale of hemp-derived 
     cannabidiol (``CBD'') products are particularly affected, due 
     to confusion about their legal status.
       (2) Federal banking regulator hemp banking guidance.--Not 
     later than the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Federal banking regulators 
     shall jointly issue guidance to financial institutions--
       (A) confirming the legality of hemp, hemp-derived CBD 
     products, and other hemp-derived cannabinoid products, and 
     the legality of engaging in financial services with 
     businesses selling hemp, hemp-derived CBD products, and other 
     hemp-derived cannabinoid products, after the enactment of the 
     Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018; and
       (B) to provide recommended best practices for financial 
     institutions to follow when providing financial services and 
     merchant processing services to businesses involved in the 
     sale of hemp, hemp-derived CBD products, and other hemp-
     derived cannabinoid products.
       (3) Financial institution defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``financial institution'' means any person providing 
     financial services.
       (l) Application of Safe Harbors to Hemp and CBD Products.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2), 
     the provisions of this section (other than subsections (f) 
     and (j)) shall apply to hemp (including hemp-derived 
     cannabidiol and other hemp-derived cannabinoid products) in 
     the same manner as such provisions apply to cannabis.
       (2) Rule of application.--In applying the provisions of 
     this section described under paragraph (1) to hemp, the 
     definition of ``cannabis-related legitimate business'' shall 
     be treated as excluding any requirement to engage in activity 
     pursuant to the law of a State or political subdivision 
     thereof.
       (3) Hemp defined.--In this subsection, the term ``hemp'' 
     has the meaning given that term under section 297A of the 
     Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1639o).
       (m) Requirements for Deposit Account Termination Requests 
     and Orders.--
       (1) Termination requests or orders must be valid.--
       (A) In general.--An appropriate Federal banking agency may 
     not formally or informally request or order a depository 
     institution to terminate a specific customer account or group 
     of customer accounts or to otherwise restrict or discourage a 
     depository institution from entering into or maintaining a 
     banking relationship with a specific customer or group of 
     customers unless--
       (i) the agency has a valid reason for such request or 
     order; and
       (ii) such reason is not based solely on reputation risk.
       (B) Treatment of national security threats.--If an 
     appropriate Federal banking agency believes a specific 
     customer or group of customers is, or is acting as a conduit 
     for, an entity which--
       (i) poses a threat to national security;
       (ii) is involved in terrorist financing;
       (iii) is an agency of the Government of Iran, North Korea, 
     Syria, or any country listed from time to time on the State 
     Sponsors of Terrorism list;
       (iv) is located in, or is subject to the jurisdiction of, 
     any country specified in clause (iii); or
       (v) does business with any entity described in clause (iii) 
     or (iv), unless the appropriate Federal banking agency 
     determines that the customer or group of customers has used 
     due diligence to avoid doing business with any entity 
     described in clause (iii) or (iv),
     such belief shall satisfy the requirement under subparagraph 
     (A).
       (2) Notice requirement.--
       (A) In general.--If an appropriate Federal banking agency 
     formally or informally requests or orders a depository 
     institution to terminate a specific customer account or a 
     group of customer accounts, the agency shall--
       (i) provide such request or order to the institution in 
     writing; and
       (ii) accompany such request or order with a written 
     justification for why such termination is needed, including 
     any specific laws or regulations the agency believes are 
     being violated by the customer or group of customers, if any.
       (B) Justification requirement.--A justification described 
     under subparagraph (A)(ii) may not be based solely on the 
     reputation risk to the depository institution.
       (3) Customer notice.--
       (A) Notice required.--Except as provided under subparagraph 
     (B) or as otherwise prohibited from being disclosed by law, 
     if an appropriate Federal banking agency orders a depository 
     institution to terminate a specific customer account or a 
     group of customer accounts, the depository institution shall 
     inform the specific customer or group of customers of the 
     justification for the customer's account termination 
     described under paragraph (2).
       (B) Notice prohibited.--
       (i) Notice prohibited in cases of national security.--If an 
     appropriate Federal banking agency requests or orders a 
     depository institution to terminate a specific customer 
     account or a group of customer accounts based on a belief 
     that the customer or customers pose a threat to national 
     security, or are otherwise described under subsection (a)(2), 
     neither the depository institution nor the appropriate 
     Federal banking agency may inform the customer or customers 
     of the justification for the customer's account termination.
       (ii) Notice prohibited in other cases.--If an appropriate 
     Federal banking agency determines that the notice required 
     under subparagraph (A) may interfere with an authorized 
     criminal investigation, neither the depository institution 
     nor the appropriate Federal banking agency may inform the 
     specific customer or group of customers of the justification 
     for the customer's account termination.
       (4) Reporting requirement.--Each appropriate Federal 
     banking agency shall issue an annual report to the Congress 
     stating--
       (A) the aggregate number of specific customer accounts that 
     the agency requested or ordered a depository institution to 
     terminate during the previous year; and
       (B) the legal authority on which the agency relied in 
     making such requests and orders and the frequency on which 
     the agency relied on each such authority.
       (5) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate federal banking agency.--The term 
     ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' means--
       (i) the appropriate Federal banking agency, as defined 
     under section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1813); and
       (ii) the National Credit Union Administration, in the case 
     of an insured credit union.
       (B) Depository institution.--The term ``depository 
     institution'' means--
       (i) a depository institution, as defined under section 3 of 
     the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); and
       (ii) an insured credit union.
       (n) Definitions.--In this Act:
       (1) Business of insurance.--The term ``business of 
     insurance'' has the meaning given such term in section 1002 
     of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection 
     Act (12 U.S.C. 5481).
       (2) Cannabis.--The term ``cannabis'' has the meaning given 
     the term ``marihuana'' in section 102 of the Controlled 
     Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802).
       (3) Cannabis product.--The term ``cannabis product'' means 
     any article which contains cannabis, including an article 
     which is a concentrate, an edible, a tincture, a cannabis-
     infused product, or a topical.
       (4) Cannabis-related legitimate business.--The term 
     ``cannabis-related legitimate business'' means a 
     manufacturer, producer, or any person or company that--
       (A) engages in any activity described in subparagraph (B) 
     pursuant to a law established by a State or a political 
     subdivision of a State, as determined by such State or 
     political subdivision; and
       (B) participates in any business or organized activity that 
     involves handling cannabis or cannabis products, including 
     cultivating, producing, manufacturing, selling, transporting, 
     displaying, dispensing, distributing, or purchasing cannabis 
     or cannabis products.
       (5) Depository institution.--The term ``depository 
     institution'' means--
       (A) a depository institution as defined in section 3(c) of 
     the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813(c));
       (B) a Federal credit union as defined in section 101 of the 
     Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752); or
       (C) a State credit union as defined in section 101 of the 
     Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
       (6) Federal banking regulator.--The term ``Federal banking 
     regulator'' means each of the Board of Governors of the 
     Federal Reserve System, the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
     Protection, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the 
     Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Financial Crimes 
     Enforcement Network, the Office of Foreign Asset Control, the 
     Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the National 
     Credit Union Administration, the Department of the Treasury, 
     or any Federal agency or department that regulates banking or 
     financial services, as determined by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury.
       (7) Financial service.--The term ``financial service''--
       (A) means a financial product or service, as defined in 
     section 1002 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
     Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5481);
       (B) includes the business of insurance;
       (C) includes, whether performed directly or indirectly, the 
     authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing, 
     transferring for deposit, transmitting, delivering, 
     instructing to be delivered, reconciling, collecting, or 
     otherwise effectuating or facilitating of payments or funds, 
     where such payments or funds are made or transferred by any 
     means, including by the use of credit cards, debit cards, 
     other payment cards, or other access devices, accounts, 
     original or substitute checks, or electronic funds transfers;
       (D) includes acting as a money transmitting business which 
     directly or indirectly makes use

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     of a depository institution in connection with effectuating 
     or facilitating a payment for a cannabis-related legitimate 
     business or service provider in compliance with section 5330 
     of title 31, United States Code, and any applicable State 
     law; and
       (E) includes acting as an armored car service for 
     processing and depositing with a depository institution or a 
     Federal reserve bank with respect to any monetary instruments 
     (as defined under section 1956(c)(5) of title 18, United 
     States Code.
       (8) Indian country.--The term ``Indian country'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 1151 of title 18.
       (9) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 102 of the Federally 
     Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a).
       (10) Insurer.--The term ``insurer'' has the meaning given 
     that term under section 313(r) of title 31, United States 
     Code.
       (11) Manufacturer.--The term ``manufacturer'' means a 
     person who manufactures, compounds, converts, processes, 
     prepares, or packages cannabis or cannabis products.
       (12) Producer.--The term ``producer'' means a person who 
     plants, cultivates, harvests, or in any way facilitates the 
     natural growth of cannabis.
       (13) Service provider.--The term ``service provider''--
       (A) means a business, organization, or other person that--
       (i) sells goods or services to a cannabis-related 
     legitimate business; or
       (ii) provides any business services, including the sale or 
     lease of real or any other property, legal or other licensed 
     services, or any other ancillary service, relating to 
     cannabis; and
       (B) does not include a business, organization, or other 
     person that participates in any business or organized 
     activity that involves handling cannabis or cannabis 
     products, including cultivating, producing, manufacturing, 
     selling, transporting, displaying, dispensing, distributing, 
     or purchasing cannabis or cannabis products.
       (14) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and any 
     territory or possession of the United States.
       (o) Discretionary Surplus Funds.--Section 7(a)(3)(A) of the 
     Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 289(a)(3)(A)) is amended by 
     striking ``$6,825,000,000'' and inserting ``$6,821,000,000''.

         TITLE VII--EMPOWERING COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

     SEC. 110701. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
                   FUND.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 
     $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, for providing financial 
     assistance and technical assistance under subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) of section 108(a)(1) of the Community Development 
     Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 
     4707(a)(1)), except that subsections (d) and (e) of such 
     section 108 shall not apply to the provision of such 
     assistance, for the Bank Enterprise Award program, and for 
     financial assistance, technical assistance, training, and 
     outreach programs designed to benefit Native American, Native 
     Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities and provided 
     primarily through qualified community development lender 
     organizations with experience and expertise in community 
     development banking and lending in Indian country, Native 
     American organizations, Tribes and Tribal organizations, and 
     other suitable providers. Of the amount appropriated pursuant 
     to this heading, not less than $800,000,000 shall be for 
     providing financial assistance, technical assistance, awards, 
     training, and outreach programs described above to recipients 
     that are minority lending institutions.
       (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       (1) Minority lending institution.--The term ``minority 
     lending institution'' means any depository institution, loan 
     fund, or other financial institution that--
       (A) if a privately-owned institution, 51 percent is owned 
     by one or more socially and economically disadvantaged 
     individuals;
       (B) if publicly-owned, 51 percent of the stock is owned by 
     one or more socially and economically disadvantaged 
     individuals; and
       (C) in the case of a mutual institution, where the majority 
     of the Board of Directors, account holders, and the community 
     which it services is predominantly minority.
       (2) Minority.--The term ``minority'' means any black 
     American, Native American, Hispanic American, or Asian 
     American.

     SEC. 110702. ENSURING DIVERSITY IN COMMUNITY BANKING.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2020''.
       (b) Community Development Financial Institution.--In this 
     section, the term ``community development financial 
     institution'' has the meaning given under section 103 of the 
     Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act 
     of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702).
       (c) Minority Depository Institution.--In this section, the 
     term ``minority depository institution'' has the meaning 
     given under section 308 of the Financial Institutions Reform, 
     Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note), 
     as amended by this section.
       (d) Inclusion of Women's Banks in the Definition of 
     Minority Depository Institution.--Section 308(b)(1) of the 
     Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act 
     of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
     clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
       (2) by striking ``means any'' and inserting the following: 
     ``means--
       ``(A) any''; and
       (3) in clause (iii) (as so redesignated), by striking the 
     period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
       (4) by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) any bank described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of 
     section 19(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Reserve Act--
       ``(i) more than 50 percent of the outstanding shares of 
     which are held by 1 or more women; and
       ``(ii) the majority of the directors on the board of 
     directors of which are women.''.
       (e) Establishment of Impact Bank Designation.--
       (1) In general.--Each appropriate Federal banking agency 
     shall establish a program under which a depository 
     institution with total consolidated assets of less than 
     $10,000,000,000 may elect to be designated as an impact bank 
     if the total dollar value of the loans extended by such 
     depository institution to low-income borrowers is greater 
     than or equal to 50 percent of the assets of such bank.
       (2) Designation.--Based on data obtained through 
     examinations, an appropriate Federal banking agency shall 
     submit a notification to a depository institution stating 
     that the depository institution qualifies for designation as 
     an impact bank.
       (3) Application.--A depository institution that does not 
     receive a notification described in paragraph (2) may submit 
     an application to the appropriate Federal banking agency 
     demonstrating that the depository institution qualifies for 
     designation as an impact bank.
       (4) Additional data or oversight.--A depository institution 
     is not required to submit additional data to an appropriate 
     Federal banking agency or be subject to additional oversight 
     from such an agency if such data or oversight is related 
     specifically and solely for consideration for a designation 
     as an impact bank.
       (5) Removal of designation.--If an appropriate Federal 
     banking agency determines that a depository institution 
     designated as an impact bank no longer meets the criteria for 
     such designation, the appropriate Federal banking agency 
     shall rescind the designation and notify the depository 
     institution of such rescission.
       (6) Reconsideration of designation; appeals.--A depository 
     institution may--
       (A) submit to the appropriate Federal banking agency a 
     request to reconsider a determination that such depository 
     institution no longer meets the criteria for the designation; 
     or
       (B) file an appeal in accordance with procedures 
     established by the appropriate Federal banking agency.
       (7) Rulemaking.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the appropriate Federal banking 
     agencies shall jointly issue rules to carry out the 
     requirements of this paragraph, including by providing a 
     definition of a low-income borrower.
       (8) Reports.--Each appropriate Federal banking agency shall 
     submit an annual report to the Congress containing a 
     description of actions taken to carry out this paragraph.
       (9) Federal deposit insurance act definitions.--In this 
     subsection, the terms ``depository institution'' and 
     ``appropriate Federal banking agency'' have the meanings 
     given such terms, respectively, in section 3 of the Federal 
     Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
       (f) Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committees.--
       (1) Establishment.--Each covered regulator shall establish 
     an advisory committee to be called the ``Minority Depository 
     Institutions Advisory Committee''.
       (2) Duties.--Each Minority Depository Institutions Advisory 
     Committee shall provide advice to the respective covered 
     regulator on meeting the goals established by section 308 of 
     the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement 
     Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note) to preserve the present 
     number of covered minority institutions, preserve the 
     minority character of minority-owned institutions in cases 
     involving mergers or acquisitions, provide technical 
     assistance, and encourage the creation of new covered 
     minority institutions. The scope of the work of each such 
     Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee shall 
     include an assessment of the current condition of covered 
     minority institutions, what regulatory changes or other steps 
     the respective agencies may be able to take to fulfill the 
     requirements of such section 308, and other issues of concern 
     to minority depository institutions.
       (3) Membership.--
       (A) In general.--Each Minority Depository Institutions 
     Advisory Committee shall consist of no more than 10 members, 
     who--
       (i) shall serve for one two-year term;
       (ii) shall serve as a representative of a depository 
     institution or an insured credit union with respect to which 
     the respective covered regulator is the covered regulator of 
     such depository institution or insured credit union; and
       (iii) shall not receive pay by reason of their service on 
     the advisory committee, but may receive travel or 
     transportation expenses in accordance with section 5703 of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       (B) Diversity.--To the extent practicable, each covered 
     regulator shall ensure that the members of Minority 
     Depository Institutions Advisory Committee of such agency 
     reflect the diversity of depository institutions.
       (4) Meetings.--
       (A) In general.--Each Minority Depository Institutions 
     Advisory Committee shall meet not less frequently than twice 
     each year.
       (B) Invitations.--Each Minority Depository Institutions 
     Advisory Committee shall invite the attendance at each 
     meeting of the Minority Depository Institutions Advisory 
     Committee of--
       (i) one member of the majority party and one member of the 
     minority party of the Committee on Financial Services of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate; and

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       (ii) one member of the majority party and one member of the 
     minority party of any relevant subcommittees of such 
     committees.
       (5) No termination of advisory committees.--The termination 
     requirements under section 14 of the Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act (5 U.S.C. app.) shall not apply to a Minority 
     Depository Institutions Advisory Committee established 
     pursuant to this section.
       (6) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
       (A) Covered regulator.--The term ``covered regulator'' 
     means the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors 
     of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration.
       (B) Covered minority institution.--The term ``covered 
     minority institution'' means a minority depository 
     institution (as defined in section 308(b) of the Financial 
     Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
     (12 U.S.C. 1463 note)) or a minority credit union (as defined 
     in section 1204(c) of the Financial Institutions Reform, 
     Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended by this 
     Act).
       (C) Depository institution.--The term ``depository 
     institution'' has the meaning given under section 3 of the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
       (D) Insured credit union.--The term ``insured credit 
     union'' has the meaning given in section 101 of the Federal 
     Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
       (7) Technical amendment.--Section 308(b) of the Financial 
     Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
     (12 U.S.C. 1463 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Depository institution.--The term `depository 
     institution' means an `insured depository institution' (as 
     defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1813)) and an insured credit union (as defined in 
     section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1752)).''.
       (g) Federal Deposits in Minority Depository Institutions.--
       (1) In general.--Section 308 of the Financial Institutions 
     Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 
     note) is amended--
       (A) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Federal Deposits.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall ensure that deposits made by Federal agencies in 
     minority depository institutions and impact banks are 
     collateralized or insured, as determined by the Secretary. 
     Such deposits shall include reciprocal deposits, as defined 
     under section 29(i)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act 
     (12 U.S.C. 1831f(i)(2)).''; and
       (B) in subsection (b), as amended by subsection f(7), by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Impact bank.--The term `impact bank' means a 
     depository institution designated by an appropriate Federal 
     banking agency pursuant to subsection (e) of the Ensuring 
     Diversity in Community Banking Act of 2020.''.
       (2) Technical amendments.--Section 308 of the Financial 
     Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 
     (12 U.S.C. 1463 note) is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``section--'' and inserting ``section:''; and
       (B) in the paragraph heading for paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``financial'' and inserting ``depository''.
       (h) Minority Bank Deposit Program.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1204 of the Financial Institutions 
     Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1811 
     note) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 1204. EXPANSION OF USE OF MINORITY BANKS AND MINORITY 
                   CREDIT UNIONS.

       ``(a) Minority Bank Deposit Program.--
       ``(1) Establishment.--There is established a program to be 
     known as the `Minority Bank Deposit Program' to expand the 
     use of minority banks and minority credit unions.
       ``(2) Administration.--The Secretary of the Treasury, 
     acting through the Fiscal Service, shall--
       ``(A) on application by a depository institution or credit 
     union, certify whether such depository institution or credit 
     union is a minority bank or minority credit union;
       ``(B) maintain and publish a list of all depository 
     institutions and credit unions that have been certified 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A); and
       ``(C) periodically distribute the list described in 
     subparagraph (B) to--
       ``(i) all Federal departments and agencies;
       ``(ii) interested State and local governments; and
       ``(iii) interested private sector companies.
       ``(3) Inclusion of certain entities on list.--A depository 
     institution or credit union that, on the date of the 
     enactment of this section, has a current certification from 
     the Secretary of the Treasury stating that such depository 
     institution or credit union is a minority bank or minority 
     credit union shall be included on the list described under 
     paragraph (2)(B).
       ``(b) Expanded Use Among Federal Departments and 
     Agencies.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     establishment of the program described in subsection (a), the 
     head of each Federal department or agency shall develop and 
     implement standards and procedures to ensure, to the maximum 
     extent possible as permitted by law and consistent with 
     principles of sound financial management, the use of minority 
     banks and minority credit unions to hold the deposits of each 
     such department or agency.
       ``(2) Report to congress.--Not later than 2 years after the 
     establishment of the program described in subsection (a), and 
     annually thereafter, the head of each Federal department or 
     agency shall submit to Congress a report on the actions taken 
     to increase the use of minority banks and minority credit 
     unions hold the deposits of each such department or agency.
       ``(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
       ``(1) Credit union.--The term `credit union' has the 
     meaning given the term `insured credit union' in section 101 
     of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).
       ``(2) Depository institution.--The term `depository 
     institution' has the meaning given in section 3 of the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
       ``(3) Minority.--The term `minority' means any Black 
     American, Native American, Hispanic American, or Asian 
     American.
       ``(4) Minority bank.--The term `minority bank' means a 
     minority depository institution as defined in section 308 of 
     this Act.
       ``(5) Minority credit union.--The term `minority credit 
     union' means any credit union for which more than 50 percent 
     of the membership (including board members) of such credit 
     union are minority individuals, as determined by the National 
     Credit Union Administration pursuant to section 308 of this 
     Act.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--The following provisions are 
     amended by striking ``1204(c)(3)'' and inserting ``1204(c)'':
       (A) Section 808(b)(3) of the Community Reinvestment Act of 
     1977 (12 U.S.C. 2907(b)(3)).
       (B) Section 40(g)(1)(B) of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Act (12 U.S.C. 1831q(g)(1)(B)).
       (C) Section 704B(h)(4) of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act 
     (15 U.S.C. 1691c-2(h)(4)).
       (i) Diversity Report and Best Practices.--
       (1) Annual report.--Each covered regulator shall submit to 
     Congress an annual report on diversity including the 
     following:
       (A) Data, based on voluntary self-identification, on the 
     racial, ethnic, and gender composition of the examiners of 
     each covered regulator, disaggregated by length of time 
     served as an examiner.
       (B) The status of any examiners of covered regulators, 
     based on voluntary self-identification, as a veteran.
       (C) Whether any covered regulator, as of the date on which 
     the report required under this section is submitted, has 
     adopted a policy, plan, or strategy to promote racial, 
     ethnic, and gender diversity among examiners of the covered 
     regulator.
       (D) Whether any special training is developed and provided 
     for examiners related specifically to working with banks that 
     serve communities that are predominantly minorities, low 
     income, or rural, and the key focus of such training.
       (2) Best practices.--Each Office of Minority and Women 
     Inclusion of a covered regulator shall develop, provide to 
     the head of the covered regulator, and make publicly 
     available best practices--
       (A) for increasing the diversity of candidates applying for 
     examiner positions, including through outreach efforts to 
     recruit diverse candidate to apply for entry-level examiner 
     positions; and
       (B) for retaining and providing fair consideration for 
     promotions within the examiner staff for purposes of 
     achieving diversity among examiners.
       (3) Covered regulator defined.--In this subsection, the 
     term ``covered regulator'' means the Comptroller of the 
     Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
     System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the 
     National Credit Union Administration.
       (j) Investments in Minority Depository Institutions and 
     Impact Banks.--
       (1) Control for certain institutions.--Section 7(j)(8)(B) 
     of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
     1817(j)(8)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(B) `control' means the power, directly or indirectly--
       ``(i) to direct the management or policies of an insured 
     depository institution; or
       ``(ii)(I) with respect to an insured depository 
     institution, of a person to vote 25 per centum or more of any 
     class of voting securities of such institution; or
       ``(II) with respect to an insured depository institution 
     that is an impact bank (as designated pursuant to subsection 
     (e) of the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking Act of 
     2020) or a minority depository institution (as defined in 
     section 308(b) of the Financial Institutions Reform, 
     Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989), of an individual to 
     vote 30 percent or more of any class of voting securities of 
     such an impact bank or a minority depository institution.''.
       (2) Rulemaking.--The appropriate Federal banking agency (as 
     defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 
     U.S.C. 1813)) shall jointly issue rules for de novo minority 
     depository institutions and de novo impact banks (as 
     designated pursuant to subsection (e)) to allow 3 years to 
     meet the capital requirements otherwise applicable to 
     minority depository institutions and impact banks.
       (3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the appropriate Federal banking 
     agencies shall jointly submit to Congress a report on--
       (A) the principal causes for the low number of de novo 
     minority depository institutions during the 10-year period 
     preceding the date of the report;
       (B) the main challenges to the creation of de novo minority 
     depository institutions and de novo impact banks; and
       (C) regulatory and legislative considerations to promote 
     the establishment of de novo minority depository institutions 
     and de novo impact banks.
       (k) Report on Covered Mentor-protege Programs.--
       (1) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
     of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on 
     participants in a covered mentor-protege program, including--

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       (A) an analysis of outcomes of such program;
       (B) the number of minority depository institutions that are 
     eligible to participate in such program but do not have large 
     financial institution mentors; and
       (C) recommendations for how to match such minority 
     depository institutions with large financial institution 
     mentors.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Covered mentor-protege program.--The term ``covered 
     mentor-protege program'' means a mentor-protege program 
     established by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to 
     section 45 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657r).
       (B) Large financial institution.--The term ``large 
     financial institution'' means any entity--
       (i) regulated by the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal 
     Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the National Credit Union 
     Administration; and
       (ii) that has total consolidated assets greater than or 
     equal to $50,000,000,000.
       (l) Custodial Deposit Program for Covered Minority 
     Depository Institutions and Impact Banks.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall issue rules establishing a custodial deposit program 
     under which a covered bank may receive deposits from a 
     qualifying account.
       (2) Requirements.--In issuing rules under paragraph (1), 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall--
       (A) ensure each covered bank participating in the program 
     established under this subsection--
       (i) has appropriate policies relating to management of 
     assets, including measures to ensure the safety and soundness 
     of each such covered bank; and
       (ii) is compliant with applicable law; and
       (B) ensure, to the extent practicable that the rules do not 
     conflict with goals described in section 308(a) of the 
     Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act 
     of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note).
       (3) Report.--Each quarter, the Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of 
     the program established under this subsection including 
     information identifying participating covered banks and the 
     total amount of deposits received by covered banks under the 
     program.
       (4) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Covered bank.--The term ``covered bank'' means--
       (i) a minority depository institution that is well 
     capitalized, as defined by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
     Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration, as 
     appropriate; or
       (ii) a depository institution designated pursuant to 
     subsection (e) that is well capitalized, as defined by the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
       (B) Qualifying account.--The term ``qualifying account'' 
     means any account established in the Department of the 
     Treasury that--
       (i) is controlled by the Secretary; and
       (ii) is expected to maintain a balance greater than 
     $200,000,000 for the following 24-month period.
       (m) Streamlined Community Development Financial Institution 
     Applications and Reporting.--
       (1) Application processes.--Not later than 12 months after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and with respect to any 
     person having assets under $3,000,000,000 that submits an 
     application for deposit insurance with the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Corporation that could also become a community 
     development financial institution, the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Corporation, in consultation with the Administrator 
     of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, 
     shall--
       (A) develop systems and procedures to record necessary 
     information to allow the Administrator to conduct preliminary 
     analysis for such person to also become a community 
     development financial institution; and
       (B) develop procedures to streamline the application and 
     annual certification processes and to reduce costs for such 
     person to become, and maintain certification as, a community 
     development financial institution.
       (2) Implementation report.--Not later than 18 months after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Corporation shall submit to Congress a report 
     describing the systems and procedures required under 
     paragraph (1).
       (3) Annual report.--
       (A) In general.--Section 17(a)(1) of the Federal Deposit 
     Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1827(a)(1)) is amended--
       (i) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G);
       (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(F) applicants for deposit insurance that could also 
     become a community development financial institution (as 
     defined in section 103 of the Riegle Community Development 
     and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994), a minority 
     depository institution (as defined in section 308 of the 
     Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act 
     of 1989), or an impact bank (as designated pursuant to 
     subsection (e) of the Ensuring Diversity in Community Banking 
     Act of 2020); and''.
       (B) Application.--The amendment made by this paragraph 
     shall apply with respect to the first report to be submitted 
     after the date that is 2 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (n) Task Force on Lending to Small Business Concerns.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small 
     Business Administration shall establish a task force to 
     examine methods for improving relationships between the Small 
     Business Administration and community development financial 
     institutions, minority depository institutions, and Impact 
     Banks to increase the volume of loans provided by such 
     institutions to small business concerns (as defined under 
     section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).
       (2) Report to congress.--Not later than 18 months after the 
     establishment of the task force described in paragraph (1), 
     the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall 
     submit to Congress a report on the findings of such task 
     force.
       (o) Assistance to Minority Depository Institutions and 
     Impact Banks.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish 
     a program to provide assistance to a minority depository 
     institution or an impact bank (as designated pursuant to 
     subsection (e)) to support growth and development of such 
     minority depository institutions and impact banks, including 
     by providing assistance with obtaining or converting a 
     charter, bylaw amendments, field-of-membership expansion 
     requests, and online training and resources.

  TITLE VIII--PROVIDING ASSISTANCE FOR STATE, TERRITORY, TRIBAL, AND 
                           LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

     SEC. 110801. EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR STATE, TERRITORIAL, TRIBAL, 
                   AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

       (a) Purchase of COVID-19 Related Municipal Issuances.--
     Section 14(b) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 355) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Unusual and Exigent Circumstances.--Under unusual and 
     exigent circumstances, to buy any bills, notes, revenue 
     bonds, and warrants issued by any State, county, district, 
     political subdivision, municipality, or entity that is a 
     combination of any of the several States, the District of 
     Columbia, or any of the territories and possessions of the 
     United States. In this paragraph, the term `State' means each 
     of the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
     territory and possession of the United States, and each 
     federally recognized Indian Tribe.''.
       (b) Federal Reserve Authorization to Purchase COVID-19 
     Related Municipal Issuances.--Within 7 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this subsection, the Board of Governors of 
     the Federal Reserve System shall modify the Municipal 
     Liquidity Facility (established on April 9, 2020, pursuant to 
     section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 343(3))) 
     to--
       (1) ensure such facility is operational until December 31, 
     2021;
       (2) allow for the purchase of bills, notes, bonds, and 
     warrants with maximum maturity of 10 years from the date of 
     such purchase;
       (3) ensure that any purchases made are at an interest rate 
     equal to the discount window primary credit interest rate 
     most recently published on the Federal Reserve Statistical 
     Release on selected interest rates (daily or weekly), 
     commonly referred to as the ``H.15 release'' or the ``Federal 
     funds rate'';
       (4) ensure that an eligible issuer does not need to attest 
     to an inability to secure credit elsewhere; and
       (5) include in the list of eligible issuers for such 
     purchases--
       (A) any of the territories and possessions of the United 
     States;
       (B) a political subdivision of a State with a population of 
     more than 50,000 residents; and
       (C) an entity that is a combination of any of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, or any of the territories 
     and possessions of the United States.

     SEC. 110802. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.

       (a) Funding and Allocations.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $5,000,000,000 for assistance in 
     accordance with this section under the community development 
     block grant program under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), 
     which shall remain available until September 30, 2023.
       (2) Allocation.--Amounts made available pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) shall be distributed pursuant to section 106 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 5306) to grantees and such allocations 
     shall be made within 30 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act.
       (b) Time Limitation on Emergency Grant Payments.--Paragraph 
     (4) of section 570.207(b) of the Secretary's regulations (24 
     C.F.R. 570.207(b)(4)) shall be applied with respect to grants 
     with amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a), by 
     substituting ``121 consecutive months'' for ``3 consecutive 
     months''.
       (c) Matching of Amounts Used for Administrative Costs.--Any 
     requirement for a State to match or supplement amounts 
     expended for program administration of State grants under 
     section 106(d) of the Housing and Community Development Act 
     of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(d)) shall not apply with respect to 
     amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a).
       (d) CAPER Information.--During the period that begins on 
     the date of enactment of this Act and ends on the date of the 
     termination by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the 
     emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under 
     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to the 
     Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Secretary 
     shall make all information included in Consolidated Annual 
     Performance and Evaluation Reports relating to assistance 
     made available pursuant to this section publicly available on 
     its website on a quarterly basis.
       (e) Authority; Waivers.--Any provisions of, and waivers and 
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     by the Secretary pursuant to, the heading ``Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development--Community Planning and 
     Development --Community Development Fund'' in title XII of 
     division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) shall apply 
     with respect to amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
     (a) of this section.

         TITLE IX--PROVIDING OVERSIGHT AND PROTECTING TAXPAYERS

     SEC. 110901. MANDATORY REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

       (a) Disclosure of Transaction Reports.--Section 
     4026(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subclause (IV)--
       (A) by inserting ``and the justification for such exercise 
     of authority'' after ``authority''; and
       (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subclause (V), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:

       ``(VI) the identity of each recipient of a loan or loan 
     guarantee described in subclause (I);
       ``(VII) the date and amount of each such loan or loan 
     guarantee and the form in which each such loan or loan 
     guarantee was provided;
       ``(VIII) the material terms of each such loan or loan 
     guarantee, including--

       ``(aa) duration;
       ``(bb) collateral pledged and the value thereof;
       ``(cc) all interest, fees, and other revenue or items of 
     value to be received in exchange for such loan or loan 
     guarantee;
       ``(dd) any requirements imposed on the recipient with 
     respect to employee compensation, distribution of dividends, 
     or any other corporate decision in exchange for the 
     assistance; and
       ``(ee) the expected costs to the Federal Government with 
     respect to such loans or loan guarantees.''.
       (b) Reports by the Secretary of the Treasury.--Section 4018 
     of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(k) Reports by the Secretary.--Not later than 7 days 
     after the last day of each month, the Secretary shall submit 
     to the Special Inspector General, the Committee on Financial 
     Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 
     on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report 
     that includes the information specified in subparagraphs (A) 
     through (E) of subsection (c)(1) with respect to the making, 
     purchase, management, and sale of loans, loan guarantees, and 
     other investments made by the Secretary under any program 
     established by the Secretary under this Act.''.

     SEC. 110902. DISCRETIONARY REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

       Section 4020(b) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Discretionary reports to congress.--In addition to 
     the reports required under paragraph (2), the Oversight 
     Commission may submit other reports to Congress at such time, 
     in such manner, and containing such information as the 
     Oversight Commission determines appropriate.''.

     SEC. 110903. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL 
                   COMMITTEES.

       (a) Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.--Section 
     15010(a)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) as 
     subparagraphs (D) through (F), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
       ``(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
     of the Senate;
       ``(C) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives;''.
       (b) Oversight and Audit Authority.--Section 19010(a)(1) of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (G) as 
     subparagraphs (D) through (I), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
       ``(B) the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
     of the Senate;
       ``(C) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives;''.

     SEC. 110904. REPORTING BY INSPECTORS GENERAL.

       (a) Definition of Covered Agency.--In this section, the 
     term ``covered agency'' means--
       (1) the Department of the Treasury;
       (2) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
       (3) the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency;
       (4) the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
       (5) the National Credit Union Administration;
       (6) the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection;
       (7) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
       (8) the Department of Agriculture, Rural Housing Service;
       (9) the Securities and Exchange Commission; and
       (10) the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
       (b) Report.--The Inspector General of each covered agency 
     shall include in each semiannual report submitted by the 
     Inspector General the findings of the Inspector General on 
     the effectiveness of--
       (1) rulemaking by the covered agency related to COVID-19; 
     and
       (2) supervision and oversight by the covered agency of 
     institutions and entities that participate in COVID-19-
     related relief, funding, lending, or other programs of the 
     covered agency.
       (c) Submission.--The Inspector General of each covered 
     agency shall submit the information required to be included 
     in each semiannual report under subsection (b) to--
       (1) the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery 
     appointed under section 4018 of division A of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136);
       (2) the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee 
     established under section 15010 of division B of the CARES 
     Act (Public Law 116-136); and
       (3) the Congressional Oversight Commission established 
     under section 4020 of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136).

    DIVISION L--FAMILIES, WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROVISIONS

TITLE I--AMENDMENTS TO EMERGENCY FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE EXPANSION ACT 
                   AND EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT

Subtitle A--Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act Amendments

     SEC. 120101. REFERENCES.

       Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this 
     subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
     amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the 
     reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 
     other provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
     (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), as amended by the Emergency Family 
     and Medical Leave Expansion Act (Public Law 116-127).

     SEC. 120102. EMPLOYEE ELIGIBILITY AND EMPLOYER CLARIFICATION.

       (a) Employee Eligibility.--Section 101(2) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) Alternative eligibility for covid-19 public health 
     emergency .--For the period beginning on the date of 
     enactment of The Heroes Act and ending on December 31, 2022--
       ``(i) subparagraph (A)(i) shall be applied by substituting 
     `90 days' for `12 months'; and
       ``(ii) subparagraph (A)(ii) shall not apply.''.
       (b) Employer Clarification.--Section 101(4) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) Clarification.--Subparagraph (A)(i) shall not apply 
     with respect to a public agency described in subparagraph 
     (A)(iii).''.

     SEC. 120103. EMERGENCY LEAVE EXTENSION.

       Section 102(a)(1)(F) is amended by striking ``December 31, 
     2020'' and inserting ``December 31, 2021''.

     SEC. 120104. EMERGENCY LEAVE DEFINITIONS.

       (a) Eligible Employee.--Section 110(a)(1) is amended in 
     subparagraph (A), by striking ``sections 101(2)(A) and 
     101(2)(B)(ii)'' and inserting ``section 101(2)''.
       (b) Employer Threshold.--Section 110(a)(1)(B) is amended by 
     striking ``fewer than 500 employees'' and inserting ``1 or 
     more employees''.
       (c) Parent.--Section 110(a)(1) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(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.
       ``(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.''.
       (d) Qualifying Need Related to a Public Health Emergency.--
     Section 110(a)(2)(A) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(A) Qualifying need related to a public health 
     emergency.--The term `qualifying need related to a public 
     health emergency', with respect to leave, means that the 
     employee is unable to perform the functions of the position 
     of such employee due to a need for leave for any of the 
     following:
       ``(i) To self-isolate because the employee is diagnosed 
     with COVID-19.
       ``(ii) To obtain a medical diagnosis or care if such 
     employee is experiencing the symptoms of COVID-19.
       ``(iii) To comply with a recommendation or order by a 
     public official with jurisdiction or a health care provider 
     to self isolate, without regard to whether such 
     recommendation or order is specific to the employee, on the 
     basis that the physical presence of the employee on the job 
     would jeopardize the employee's health, the health of other 
     employees, or the health of an individual in the household of 
     the employee because of--

       ``(I) the possible exposure of the employee to COVID-19; or
       ``(II) exhibition of symptoms of COVID-19 by the employee.

       ``(iv) To care for or assist a family member of the 
     employee, without regard to whether another individual other 
     than the employee is available to care for or assist such 
     family member, because--

       ``(I) such family member--

       ``(aa) is self-isolating because such family member has 
     been diagnosed with COVID-19; or
       ``(bb) is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and needs to 
     obtain medical diagnosis or care; or

       ``(II) a public official with jurisdiction or a health care 
     provider makes a recommendation or order with respect to such 
     family member, without regard to whether such determination 
     is specific to such family member, that the presence of the 
     family member in the community would jeopardize the health of 
     other individuals in the community because of--

       ``(aa) the possible exposure of such family member to 
     COVID-19; or
       ``(bb) exhibition of symptoms of COVID-19 by such family 
     member.
       ``(v) To care for the son or daughter 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 
     COVID-19.
       ``(vi) To care for a family member who is incapable of 
     self-care because of a mental or physical disability or is a 
     senior citizen, without regard to whether another individual 
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     the employee is available to care for such family member, if 
     the place of care for such family member is closed or the 
     direct care provider is unavailable due to COVID-19.''.
       (e) Family Member.--Section 110(a)(2) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(E) Family member.--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 sibling of the employee.
       ``(iv) Next of kin of the employee or a person for whom the 
     employee is next of kin.
       ``(v) A son or daughter of the employee.
       ``(vi) A grandparent or grandchild of the employee.
       ``(vii) A domestic partner of the employee.
       ``(viii) Any other individual related by blood or affinity 
     whose close association with the employee is the equivalent 
     of a family relationship.
       ``(F) Domestic partner.--
       ``(i) In general.--The term `domestic partner', with 
     respect to an individual, means another individual with whom 
     the individual is in a committed relationship.
       ``(ii) 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.''.

     SEC. 120105. REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 110(a) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (3).
       (b) Force or Effect of Regulations.--Any regulation issued 
     under section 110(a)(3), as in effect on the day before the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, shall have no force or 
     effect.

     SEC. 120106. PAID LEAVE.

       Section 110(b) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
     is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``Relationship to'';
       (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) Employee election.--
       ``(A) In general.--An employee may elect to substitute any 
     vacation leave, personal leave, or medical or sick leave for 
     paid leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) in accordance with 
     section 102(d)(2)(B).
       ``(B) Employer requirement.--An employer may not require an 
     employee to substitute any leave described in subparagraph 
     (A) for leave under section 102(a)(1)(F).
       ``(C) Relationship to other family and medical leave.--
     Leave taken under subparagraph (F) of section 102(a)(1) shall 
     not count towards the 12 weeks of leave to which an employee 
     is entitled under subparagraphs (A) through (E) of such 
     section.
       ``(D) Relationship to limitation.--Compensation for any 
     vacation leave, personal leave, or medical or sick leave that 
     is substituted for leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) shall not 
     count toward the limitation under paragraph (2)(B)(ii).''; 
     and
       (3) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``that an employee 
     takes'' and all that follows through ``10 days''.

     SEC. 120107. WAGE RATE.

       Section 110(b)(2)(B) is amended--
       (1) by amending clause (i)(I) to read as follows:

       ``(I) an amount that is not less than the greater of--

       ``(aa) 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));
       ``(bb) the minimum wage rate in effect for such employee in 
     the applicable State or locality, whichever is greater, in 
     which the employee is employed; or
       ``(cc) 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''; and
       (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
     ``$12,000''.

     SEC. 120108. NOTICE.

       Section 110(c) is amended by striking ``for the purpose 
     described in subsection (a)(2)(A)''.

     SEC. 120109. INTERMITTENT LEAVE.

       Section 110 is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Leave Taken Intermittently or on a Reduced Work 
     Schedule.--Leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) may be taken by 
     an employee intermittently or on a reduced work schedule, 
     without regard to whether the employee and the employer of 
     the employee have an agreement with respect to whether such 
     leave may be taken intermittently or on a reduced work 
     schedule.''.

     SEC. 120110. CERTIFICATION.

       Section 110 is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(f) Certification.--
       ``(1) In general.--If an employer requires that a request 
     for leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) be certified, the 
     employer may require documentation for certification not 
     earlier than 5 weeks after the date on which the employee 
     takes such leave.
       ``(2) Sufficient certification.--The following 
     documentation shall be sufficient for certification:
       ``(A) With respect to leave taken for the purposes 
     described in clauses (i) through (iv) of subsection 
     (a)(2)(A)--
       ``(i) a recommendation or order from a public official 
     having jurisdiction or a health care provider that the 
     employee or relevant family member has symptoms of COVID-19 
     or should self-isolate; or
       ``(ii) documentation or evidence, including an oral or 
     written statement from an employee, that the employee or 
     relevant family member has been exposed to COVID-19.
       ``(B) With respect to leave taken for the purposes 
     described in clause (v) or (vi) of subsection (a)(2)(A), 
     notice from the school, place of care, or child care or 
     direct care provider of the son or daughter or other family 
     member of the employee of closure or unavailability.''.

     SEC. 120111. AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 
                   MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       Section 110(a) is amended by striking paragraph (4).

     SEC. 120112. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Section 110(a)(1)(A) is amended by striking ``(ii)'' 
     before ``Special rule'' and inserting ``(iii)''.
       (b) Section 19008 of the CARES Act is amended--
       (1) by striking ``--'' after ``amended'';
       (2) by striking paragraph (1); and
       (3) by striking ``(2)'' before ``by adding at the end''.

     SEC. 120113. AMENDMENTS TO THE EMERGENCY FAMILY AND MEDICAL 
                   LEAVE EXPANSION ACT.

       The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act 
     (Public Law 116-127) is amended--
       (1) in section 3103(b), by striking ``Employees'' and 
     inserting, ``Notwithstanding section 102(a)(1)(A) of the 
     Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
     2612(a)(1)(A)), employees''; and
       (2) by striking sections 3104 and 3105.

          Subtitle B--Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act Amendments

     SEC. 120114. REFERENCES.

       Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this 
     subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
     amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the 
     reference shall be considered to be made to a section or 
     other provision of division E of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127).

     SEC. 120115. PAID SICK TIME REQUIREMENT.

       (a) Uses.--Section 5102(a) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) In General.--An employer shall provide to each 
     employee employed by the employer paid sick time for any 
     qualifying need related to a public health emergency (as 
     defined in section 110(a)(2)(A) of the Family and Medical 
     Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2620(a)(2)(A)).''.
       (b) Recurrence.--Section 5102(b) is amended by striking 
     ``An'' and inserting ``During any 12-month period, an''.
       (c) Employers With Existing Policies.--Section 5102 is 
     amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(f) 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
       ``(2) the employer may not change such paid leave on or 
     after such date of enactment to avoid being subject to 
     paragraph (1).''.
       (d) Intermittent Leave.--Section 5102 is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) Leave Taken Intermittently or on a Reduced Work 
     Schedule.--Leave under section 5102 may be taken by an 
     employee intermittently or on a reduced work schedule, 
     without regard to whether the employee and the employer of 
     the employee have an agreement with respect to whether such 
     leave may be taken intermittently or on a reduced work 
     schedule.''.
       (e) Certification.--Section 5102 is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Certification.--If an employer requires that a 
     request for paid sick time under this section be certified--
       ``(1) the documentation described in paragraph (2) of 
     section 110(f) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
     (29 U.S.C. 2620(f)) shall be sufficient for certification; 
     and
       ``(2) an employer may not require such certification 
     unless--
       ``(A) the employee takes not less than 3 consecutive days 
     of paid sick time; and
       ``(B) the employer requires documents for such 
     certification not earlier than 7 workdays after the employee 
     returns to work after such paid sick time.''.
       (f) Notice.--Section 5102 is further amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(i) Notice.--In any case where the necessity for leave 
     under this section is foreseeable, an employee shall provide 
     the employer with such notice of leave as is practicable.''.
       (g) Leave Transfer to New Employer.--Section 5102 is 
     further amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Leave Transfer to New Employer.--A covered employee 
     who begins employment with a new covered employer shall be 
     entitled to the full amount of leave under section 5102 with 
     respect to such employer.''.
       (h) Restoration to Position.--
       (1) In general.--Section 5102 is further amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(k) Restoration to Position.--Any covered employee who 
     takes paid sick time under this section, on return from such 
     paid sick time, shall be entitled--
       ``(1) to be restored by the employer to the position of 
     employment held by the employee when the leave commenced; or
       ``(2) if such position is not available, to be restored to 
     an equivalent position with equivalent employment benefits, 
     pay, and other terms and conditions of employment.''.

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       (2) Enforcement.--Section 5105 is amended--
       (A) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Unpaid Sick Leave.--Subject to subsection (b), a 
     violation of section 5102 shall be deemed a violation of 
     section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     207) and unpaid amounts shall be treated as unpaid overtime 
     compensation under such section for the purposes of sections 
     15 and 16 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 215 and 216).''; and
       (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ``section 5102(k) or'' 
     before ``section 5104''.

     SEC. 120116. SUNSET.

       Section 5109 is amended by striking ``December 31, 2020'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2021''.

     SEC. 120117. DEFINITIONS.

       (a) Employer.--Section 5110(2)(B) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``terms'' and inserting ``term'';
       (2) by amending subclause (I) of clause (i) to read as 
     follows:

       ``(I) means any person engaged in commerce or in any 
     industry or activity affecting commerce that employs 1 or 
     more employees;''; and

       (3) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:
       ``(ii) Public agency and non-profit organizations.--For 
     purposes of clause (i)(III) and (i)(I), a public agency and a 
     nonprofit organization shall be considered to be a person 
     engaged in commerce or in an industry or activity affecting 
     commerce.''.
       (b) FMLA Terms.--Section 5110(4) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(4) FMLA terms.--
       ``(A) Section 101.--The terms `health care provider', `next 
     of kin', `son or daughter', and `spouse' have the meanings 
     given such terms in section 101 of the Family and Medical 
     Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611).
       ``(B) Section 110.--The terms `child care provider', 
     `domestic partner', `family member', `parent', and `school' 
     have the meanings given such terms in section 110(a)(2) of 
     the Family and Medical and Leave Act of 1993.''.
       (c) Paid Sick Time.--Section 5110(5) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``reason described in any 
     paragraph of section 2(a)'' and inserting ``qualifying need 
     related to a public health emergency''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``exceed'' and all that 
     follows and inserting ``exceed $511 per day and $5,110 in the 
     aggregate.'';
       (2) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) by striking the following:
       ``(B) Required compensation.--
       ``(i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (A)(ii),''; and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(B) Required compensation.--Subject to subparagraph 
     (A)(ii),''; and
       (B) by striking clause (ii); and
       (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking `` section 2(a)'' and 
     inserting ``section 5102(a)''.
       (d) Qualifying Need Related to a Public Health Emergency.--
     Section 5110 is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(1) Qualifying need related to a public health 
     emergency.--The term `qualifying need related to a public 
     health emergency' has the meaning given such term in section 
     110(a)(2)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
     U.S.C. 2620(a)(2)(A)).''.

     SEC. 120118. EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND THE 
                   TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION FOR 
                   PURPOSES RELATING TO COVID-19.

       Section 5110(1) is further amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (E) by striking ``or'' after ``Code;'';
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (H); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
       ``(F) notwithstanding sections 7421(a) or 7425(b) of title 
     38, United States Code, or any other provision of law, an 
     employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs (including 
     employees under chapter 74 of such title);
       ``(G) any employee of the Transportation Security 
     Administration, including an employee under 111(d) of the 
     Aviation and Transportation Security Act (49 U.S.C. 44935 
     note); or''.

     SEC. 120119. AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 
                   MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN 
                   EMPLOYEES.

       Division E is amended by striking section 5112.

     SEC. 120120. REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.

       (a) In General.--Division E is amended by striking section 
     5111.
       (b) Force or Effect of Regulations.--Any regulation issued 
     under section 5111 of division E of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127), as in effect 
     on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     shall have no force or effect.

      TITLE II--COVID-19 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESPONSE ACTIVITIES

     SEC. 120201. DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULE.

       (a) Definitions.--
       (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms in 
     this title have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of 
     the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3102).
       (2) Apprenticeship; apprenticeship program.--The terms 
     ``apprenticeship'' or ``apprenticeship program'' mean an 
     apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 
     1937 (commonly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act'') 
     (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including 
     any requirement, standard, or rule promulgated under such 
     Act, as such requirement, standard, or rule was in effect on 
     December 30, 2019.
       (3) Coronavirus.--The term ``coronavirus'' means 
     coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus 
     Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2020 (Public Law 116-123).
       (4) COVID-19 national emergency.--The term ``COVID-19 
     national emergency'' means the national emergency declared by 
     the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to the 
     coronavirus.
       (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Labor.
       (b) Special Rule.--For purposes of this Act, in fiscal 
     years 2020 and 2021, funds are authorized to be appropriated 
     for activities under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
     Act, except that funds are only authorized to support 
     apprenticeship programs as defined under subsection (a)(2) of 
     this section, including any funds awarded for the purposes of 
     grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, or the 
     development, implementation, or administration, of an 
     apprenticeship or an apprenticeship program.

     SEC. 120202. JOB CORPS RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 NATIONAL 
                   EMERGENCY.

       In order to provide for the successful continuity of 
     services and enrollment periods during the COVID-19 national 
     emergency, additional flexibility shall be provided for Job 
     Corps operators, providers of eligible activities, and 
     practitioners, including the following:
       (1) Eligibility.--Notwithstanding the age requirements for 
     enrollment under section 144(a)(1) of the Workforce 
     Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3194(a)(1)), an 
     individual seeking to enroll in Job Corps and who turns 25 
     during the COVID-19 national emergency is eligible for such 
     enrollment.
       (2) Enrollment length.--Notwithstanding section 146(b) of 
     the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3196(b)), an individual enrolled in Job Corps during the 
     COVID-19 national emergency may extend their period of 
     enrollment for more than 2 years as long as such extension 
     does not exceed a 2-year, continuous period of enrollment 
     after the COVID-19 national emergency.
       (3) Advanced career training programs.--Notwithstanding 
     paragraph (2), with respect to advanced career training 
     programs under section 148(c) of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3198(c)) in which the enrollees 
     may continue to participate for a period not to exceed 1 year 
     in addition to the period of participation to which the 
     enrollees would otherwise be limited, the COVID-19 national 
     emergency shall not be considered as any portion of such 
     additional 1-year participation period.
       (4) Counseling, job placement, and assessment.--The 
     counseling, job placement, and assessment services described 
     in section 149 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
     Act (29 U.S.C. 3199) shall be available to former enrollees--
       (A) whose enrollment was interrupted due to the COVID-19 
     national emergency;
       (B) who graduated from Job Corps on or after January 1, 
     2020; or
       (C) who graduated from Job Corps not later than 3 months 
     after the COVID-19 national emergency.
       (5) Support.--The Secretary shall provide additional 
     support for the transition periods described in section 150 
     of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3200), including the following:
       (A) Transition allowances.--The Secretary shall provide, 
     subject to the availability of appropriations, for the 
     provision of additional transition allowances as described in 
     subsection (b) of such section 150 (29 U.S.C. 3200) for Job 
     Corps students who graduate during the periods described in 
     subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (4) of this paragraph.
       (B) Transition support.--The Secretary shall consider the 
     period during the COVID-19 national emergency and the three 
     month period following the conclusion of the COVID-19 
     national emergency as the period in which the provision of 
     employment services as described in subsection (c) of such 
     section 150 (29 U.S.C. 3200) shall be provided to graduates 
     who have graduated in 2020.

     SEC. 120203. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS RESPONDING TO THE 
                   COVID-19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

       As a result of challenges faced by the COVID-19 national 
     emergency, the Secretary may extend, by 1 fiscal year, the 4-
     year period for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements 
     that will be awarded in fiscal year 2021 under subsection (c) 
     of section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
     Act (29 U.S.C. 3221) for funds under such grants, contracts, 
     and cooperative agreements to be used to carry out the 
     activities described in subsection (d) of such section 
     through fiscal year 2025.

     SEC. 120204. MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER PROGRAM 
                   RESPONSE.

       (a) Competitive Grant Awards.--As a result of challenges 
     faced by the COVID-19 national emergency, the Secretary may 
     extend, by 1 fiscal year, the 4-year period for grants and 
     contracts that will be awarded in fiscal year 2021 under 
     subsection (a) of section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) for funds under such grants 
     and contracts to be used to carry out the activities 
     described in subsection (d) of such section through fiscal 
     year 2025.
       (b) Eligible Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker.--
     Notwithstanding the definition of ``eligible seasonal 
     farmworker'' in section 167(i)(3) of the Workforce Innovation 
     and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222(i)(3)), an individual 
     seeking to enroll in a program funded under section 167 of 
     the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) 
     during the COVID-19 national emergency is eligible for such 
     enrollment if such individual is a member of a family with a 
     total family income equal to or less than 150 percent of the 
     poverty line.

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     SEC. 120205. YOUTHBUILD ACTIVITIES RESPONDING TO THE COVID-19 
                   NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

       During the COVID-19 national emergency, the Secretary shall 
     provide for flexibility for YouthBuild participants and 
     entities carrying out YouthBuild programs, including the 
     following:
       (1) Eligibility.-- Notwithstanding the age requirements for 
     enrollment under section 171(e)(1)(A)(i) of the Workforce 
     Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(e)(1)(A)(i)), 
     an individual seeking to participate in a YouthBuild program 
     and who turns 25 during the COVID-19 national emergency is 
     eligible for such participation.
       (2) Participation length.--Notwithstanding section 
     171(e)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
     U.S.C. 3226(e)(2)), the period of participation in a 
     YouthBuild program may extend beyond 24 months for an 
     individual participating in such program during the COVID-19 
     national emergency, as long as such extension does not exceed 
     a 24 month, continuous period of enrollment after the COVID-
     19 national emergency.

     SEC. 120206. APPRENTICESHIP SUPPORT DURING THE COVID-19 
                   NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

       Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary shall identify and disseminate strategies 
     and tools to support virtual and online learning and training 
     in apprenticeship programs.

        TITLE III--COVID-19 EVERY WORKER PROTECTION ACT OF 2020

     SEC. 120301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Every Worker 
     Protection Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 120302. EMERGENCY TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT STANDARDS.

       (a) Emergency Temporary Standard.--
       (1) In general.--In consideration of the grave danger 
     presented by COVID-19 and the need to strengthen protections 
     for employees, notwithstanding the provisions of law and the 
     Executive orders listed in paragraph (7), not later than 7 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     of Labor shall promulgate an emergency temporary standard to 
     protect from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2--
       (A) employees of health care sector employers;
       (B) employees of employers in the paramedic and emergency 
     medical services, including such services provided by 
     firefighters and other emergency responders; and
       (C) other employees at occupational risk of such exposure.
       (2) Consultation.--In developing the standard under this 
     subsection, the Secretary of Labor--
       (A) shall consult with--
       (i) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention;
       (ii) the Director of the National Institute for 
     Occupational Safety and Health; and
       (B) may consult with the professional associations and 
     representatives of the employees in the occupations and 
     sectors described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
     paragraph (1).
       (3) Enforcement discretion.--If the Secretary of Labor 
     determines it is not feasible for an employer to comply with 
     a requirement of the standard promulgated under this 
     subsection (such as a shortage of the necessary personal 
     protective equipment), the Secretary may exercise discretion 
     in the enforcement of such requirement if the employer 
     demonstrates that the employer--
       (A) is exercising due diligence to come into compliance 
     with such requirement; and
       (B) is implementing alternative methods and measures to 
     protect employees.
       (4) Extension of standard.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) 
     and (3) of section 6(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(c)), the emergency temporary 
     standard promulgated under this subsection shall be in effect 
     until the date on which the final standard promulgated under 
     subsection (b) is in effect.
       (5) State plan adoption.--With respect to a State with a 
     State plan that has been approved by the Secretary of Labor 
     under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
     1970 (29 U.S.C. 667), not later than 14 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, such State shall promulgate an 
     emergency temporary standard that is at least as effective in 
     protecting from occupational exposure to SARS-CoV-2 the 
     employees in the occupations and sectors described in 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1) as the 
     emergency temporary standard promulgated under this 
     subsection.
       (6) Employer defined.--For purposes of the standard 
     promulgated under this subsection, the term ``employer'' (as 
     defined in section 3 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 652)) includes any State or political 
     subdivision of a State, except for a State or political 
     subdivision of a State already subject to the jurisdiction of 
     a State plan approved under section 18(b) of the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667(b)).
       (7) Inapplicable provisions of law and executive order.--
     The provisions of law and the Executive orders list in this 
     paragraph are as follows:
       (A) The requirements of chapter 6 of title 5, United States 
     Code (commonly referred to as the ``Regulatory Flexibility 
     Act'').
       (B) Subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
     Code (commonly referred to as the ``Paperwork Reduction 
     Act'').
       (C) The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1501 
     et seq.).
       (D) Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 190; relating to 
     regulatory planning and review), as amended.
       (E) Executive Order 13771 (82 Fed. Reg. 9339, relating to 
     reducing regulation and controlling regulatory costs).
       (b) Permanent Standard.--Not later than 24 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall, 
     pursuant to section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Act (29 U.S.C. 655), promulgate a final standard--
       (1) to protect employees in the occupations and sectors 
     described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of subsection 
     (a)(1) from occupational exposure to infectious pathogens, 
     including novel pathogens; and
       (2) that shall be effective and enforceable in the same 
     manner and to the same extent as a standard promulgated under 
     section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
     1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)).
       (c) Requirements.--Each standard promulgated under this 
     section shall include--
       (1) a requirement that the employers of the employees in 
     the occupations and sectors described in subparagraphs (A) 
     through (C) of subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) develop and implement a comprehensive infectious 
     disease exposure control plan, with the input and involvement 
     of employees or, where applicable, the representatives of 
     employees, as appropriate, to address the risk of 
     occupational exposure in such sectors and occupations; and
       (B) record and report each work-related COVID-19 infection 
     and death, as set forth in part 1904 of title 29, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of 
     this Act);
       (2) no less protection for novel pathogens than precautions 
     mandated by standards adopted by a State plan that has been 
     approved by the Secretary of Labor under section 18 of the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667); 
     and
       (3) the incorporation, as appropriate, of--
       (A) guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control 
     and Prevention, the National Institute for Occupational 
     Safety and Health, and the Occupational Safety and Health 
     Administration which are designed to prevent the transmission 
     of infectious agents in health care or other occupational 
     settings; and
       (B) relevant scientific research on novel pathogens.
       (d) Anti-retaliation.--
       (1) Policy.--Each standard promulgated under this section 
     shall require employers to adopt a policy prohibiting the 
     discrimination and retaliation described in paragraph (2) by 
     any person (including an agent of the employer).
       (2) Prohibition.--No employer (including an agent of the 
     employer) shall discriminate or retaliate against an employee 
     for--
       (A) reporting to the employer, to a local, State, or 
     Federal government agency, or to the media or on a social 
     media platform--
       (i) a violation of a standard promulgated pursuant to this 
     Act;
       (ii) a violation of an infectious disease exposure control 
     plan described in subsection (c)(1); or
       (iii) a good faith concern about a workplace infectious 
     disease hazard;
       (B) seeking assistance or intervention from the employer or 
     a local, State, or Federal government agency with respect to 
     such a report;
       (C) voluntary use of personal protective equipment with a 
     higher level of protection than is provided by the employer; 
     or
       (D) exercising any other right under the Occupational 
     Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.).
       (3) Enforcement.--This subsection shall be enforced in the 
     same manner and to the same extent as any standard 
     promulgated under section 6(b) of the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)).

     SEC. 120303. SURVEILLANCE, TRACKING, AND INVESTIGATION OF 
                   WORK-RELATED CASES OF COVID-19.

       The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention, in conjunction with the Director of the National 
     Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shall--
       (1) collect and analyze case reports, including information 
     on the work status, occupation, and industry classification 
     of an individual, and other data on COVID-19, to identify and 
     evaluate the extent, nature, and source of COVID-19 among 
     employees in the occupations and sectors described in 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 120302(a)(1);
       (2) investigate, as appropriate, individual cases of COVID-
     19 among such employees to evaluate the source of exposure 
     and adequacy of infection and exposure control programs and 
     measures;
       (3) provide regular periodic reports on COVID-19 among such 
     employees to the public; and
       (4) based on such reports and investigations, make 
     recommendations on needed actions or guidance to protect such 
     employees.

                 TITLE IV--COMMUNITY AND FAMILY SUPPORT

     SEC. 120401. MATCHING FUNDS WAIVER FOR FORMULA GRANTS AND 
                   SUBGRANTS UNDER THE FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION 
                   AND SERVICES ACT.

       (a) Waiver of Matching Funds for Awarded Grants and 
     Subgrants.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
     waive--
       (1) the non-Federal contributions requirement under 
     subsection (c)(4) of section 306 of the Family Violence 
     Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10406) with respect to 
     the grants and subgrants awarded in fiscal years 2019 and 
     2020 to each State (as defined in section 302 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 10402)) and the eligible entities within such State 
     under such section or section 308 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     10408); and
       (2) the reporting requirements required under such grants 
     and subgrants that relate to such non-Federal contributions 
     requirement.

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       (b) Waiver of Matching Funds for Grants Awarded After Date 
     of Enactment.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (c)(4) of section 306 of the 
     Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10406) 
     shall not apply to a qualified grant during the period of a 
     public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from 
     the COVID-19 pandemic.
       (2) Qualified grant defined.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``qualified grant'' means a grant or subgrant awarded--
       (A) after the date of the enactment of this section; and
       (B) under section 306, 308, or 309 of the Family Violence 
     Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10406; 10408; 10409).

     SEC. 120402. DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR 
                   THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT ACT.

       (a) Distribution of CARES Act Funds to States.--Section 
     675B(b)(3) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
     U.S.C. 9906(b)(3)) shall not apply with respect to funds 
     appropriated by the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) to carry 
     out the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.9901 et 
     seq.).
       (b) Increased Poverty Line.--For purposes of carrying out 
     the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et 
     seq.) with any funds appropriated for fiscal year 2020 for 
     such Act, the term ``poverty line'' as defined in section 
     673(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) means 200 percent of 
     the poverty line otherwise applicable under such section 
     (excluding the last sentence of such section) without regard 
     to this subsection.

     SEC. 120403. USE OF LIHEAP SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.

       Notwithstanding the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act 
     of 1981, with respect to amounts appropriated under title VI 
     of division A of this Act to carry out the Low-Income Home 
     Energy Assistance Act of 1981, each State, the Commonwealth 
     of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands of 
     the United States, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, and each Indian Tribe, as applicable, that receives 
     an allotment of funds from such amounts--
       (1) shall, in using such funds, for purposes of income 
     eligibility, accept proof of job loss or severe income loss 
     dated after February 29, 2020, such as a layoff or furlough 
     notice or verification of application for unemployment 
     benefits, as sufficient to demonstrate lack of income for an 
     individual or household; and
       (2) may use not more than 12.5 percent of such funds for 
     administrative costs.

   TITLE V--COVID-19 PROTECTIONS UNDER LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' 
                            COMPENSATION ACT

     SEC. 120501. COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THE LONGSHORE AND 
                   HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT.

       (a) Entitlement to Compensation.--
       (1) In general.--A covered employee who receives a 
     diagnosis or is subject to an order described in paragraph 
     (2)(B) and who provides notice of or files a claim relating 
     to such diagnosis or order under section 12 or 13 of the 
     Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 
     912, 913), respectively, shall--
       (A) be deemed to have an injury arising out of or in the 
     course of employment for which compensation is payable under 
     the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 
     901 et seq.); and
       (B) be paid the compensation to which the employee is 
     entitled under such Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.).
       (2) Covered employee.--In this section, the term ``covered 
     employee'' means an employee who--
       (A) at any time during the period beginning on January 27, 
     2020, and ending on January 27, 2022, was engaged in maritime 
     employment; and
       (B) was--
       (i) at any time during the period beginning on January 27, 
     2020, and ending on February 27, 2022, diagnosed with COVID-
     19; or
       (ii) at any time during the period described in 
     subparagraph (A), ordered not to return to work by the 
     employee's employer or by a local, State, or Federal agency 
     because of exposure, or the risk of exposure, to 1 or more 
     individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 in the workplace.
       (b) Reimbursement.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Entitlement.--Subject to subparagraph (B), an employer 
     of a covered employee or the employer's carrier shall be 
     entitled to reimbursement for any compensation paid with 
     respect to a notice or claim described in subsection (a), 
     including disability benefits, funeral and burial expenses, 
     medical or other related costs for treatment and care, and 
     reasonable and necessary allocated claims expenses.
       (B) Safety and health requirements.--To be entitled to 
     reimbursement under subparagraph (A)--
       (i) an employer shall be in compliance with all applicable 
     safety and health guidelines and standards that are related 
     to the prevention of occupational exposure to COVID-19, 
     including such guidelines and standards issued by the 
     Occupational Safety and Health Administration, State plans 
     approved under section 18 of the Occupational Safety and 
     Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 667), the Coast Guard, and 
     Federal, State or local public health authorities; and
       (ii) a carrier--

       (I) shall be a carrier for an employer that is in 
     compliance with clause (i); and
       (II) shall not adjust the experience rating or the annual 
     premium of the employer based upon the compensation paid by 
     the carrier with respect to a notice or claim described in 
     subparagraph (A).

       (2) Reimbursement procedures.--To receive reimbursement 
     under paragraph (1)--
       (A) a claim for such reimbursement shall be submitted to 
     the Secretary of Labor--
       (i) not later than one year after the final payment of 
     compensation to a covered employee pursuant to this section; 
     and
       (ii) in the same manner as a claim for reimbursement is 
     submitted in accordance with part 61 of title 20, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of 
     this Act); and
       (B) an employer and the employer's carrier shall make, 
     keep, and preserve such records, make such reports, and 
     provide such information, as the Secretary of Labor 
     determines necessary or appropriate to carry out this 
     section.
       (c) Special Fund.--
       (1) In general.--A reimbursement under paragraph (1) shall 
     be paid out of the special fund established in section 44 of 
     Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 
     944).
       (2) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated, and 
     there are appropriated, such funds as may be necessary to 
     reimburse the special fund described in paragraph (1) for 
     each reimbursement paid out of such fund under paragraph (1).
       (d) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the end of fiscal 
     year 2020, 2021, and 2022, the Secretary of Labor shall 
     submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
     of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor and Pensions of the Senate, an annual report 
     enumerating--
       (1) the number of claims filed pursuant to section (a)(1);
       (2) of such filed claims--
       (A) the number and types of claims approved under section 
     13 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 
     U.S.C. 913);
       (B) the number and types of claims denied under such 
     section;
       (C) the number and types of claims pending under such 
     section; and
       (3) the amounts and the number of claims for reimbursement 
     paid out of the special fund under subsection (c)(1) for the 
     fiscal year for which the report is being submitted.
       (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Labor may promulgate 
     such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
     section.
       (f) LHWCA Terms.--In this section, the terms ``carrier'', 
     ``compensation'', ``employee'', and ``employer'' have the 
     meanings given the terms in section 2 of the Longshore and 
     Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 902).

   DIVISION M--CONSUMER PROTECTION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS

               TITLE I--COVID-19 PRICE GOUGING PREVENTION

     SEC. 130101. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Price Gouging 
     Prevention Act''.

     SEC. 130102. PREVENTION OF PRICE GOUGING.

       (a) In General.--For the duration of a public health 
     emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of confirmed 
     cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including any 
     renewal thereof, it shall be unlawful for any person to sell 
     or offer for sale a good or service at a price that--
       (1) is unconscionably excessive; and
       (2) indicates the seller is using the circumstances related 
     to such public health emergency to increase prices 
     unreasonably.
       (b) Factors for Consideration.--In determining whether a 
     person has violated subsection (a), there shall be taken into 
     account, with respect to the price at which such person sold 
     or offered for sale the good or service, factors that include 
     the following:
       (1) Whether such price grossly exceeds the average price at 
     which the same or a similar good or service was sold or 
     offered for sale by such person--
       (A) during the 90-day period immediately preceding January 
     31, 2020; or
       (B) during the period that is 45 days before or after the 
     date that is one year before the date such good or service is 
     sold or offered for sale under subsection (a).
       (2) Whether such price grossly exceeds the average price at 
     which the same or a similar good or service was readily 
     obtainable from other similarly situated competing sellers 
     before January 31, 2020.
       (3) Whether such price reasonably reflects additional 
     costs, not within the control of such person, that were paid, 
     incurred, or reasonably anticipated by such person, or 
     reasonably reflects the profitability of forgone sales or 
     additional risks taken by such person, to produce, 
     distribute, obtain, or sell such good or service under the 
     circumstances.
       (c) Enforcement.--
       (1) Enforcement by federal trade commission.--
       (A) Unfair or deceptive acts or practices.--A violation of 
     subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a 
     regulation under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade 
     Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding unfair or 
     deceptive acts or practices.
       (B) Powers of commission.--The Commission shall enforce 
     subsection (a) in the same manner, by the same means, and 
     with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all 
     applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 
     Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into 
     and made a part of this section. Any person who violates such 
     subsection shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to 
     the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 
     Commission Act.
       (2) Effect on other laws.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed in any way to limit the authority of the Commission 
     under any other provision of law.
       (3) Enforcement by state attorneys general.--
       (A) In general.--If the chief law enforcement officer of a 
     State, or an official or agency designated by a State, has 
     reason to believe that

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     any person has violated or is violating subsection (a), the 
     attorney general, official, or agency of the State, in 
     addition to any authority it may have to bring an action in 
     State court under its laws, may bring a civil action in any 
     appropriate United States district court or in any other 
     court of competent jurisdiction, including a State court, 
     to--
       (i) enjoin further such violation by such person;
       (ii) enforce compliance with such subsection;
       (iii) obtain civil penalties; and
       (iv) obtain damages, restitution, or other compensation on 
     behalf of residents of the State.
       (B) Notice and intervention by the ftc.--The attorney 
     general of a State shall provide prior written notice of any 
     action under subparagraph (A) to the Commission and provide 
     the Commission with a copy of the complaint in the action, 
     except in any case in which such prior notice is not 
     feasible, in which case the attorney general shall serve such 
     notice immediately upon instituting such action. The 
     Commission shall have the right--
       (i) to intervene in the action;
       (ii) upon so intervening, to be heard on all matters 
     arising therein; and
       (iii) to file petitions for appeal.
       (C) Limitation on state action while federal action is 
     pending.--If the Commission has instituted a civil action for 
     violation of this section, no State attorney general, or 
     official or agency of a State, may bring an action under this 
     paragraph during the pendency of that action against any 
     defendant named in the complaint of the Commission for any 
     violation of this section alleged in the complaint.
       (D) Relationship with state-law claims.--If the attorney 
     general of a State has authority to bring an action under 
     State law directed at acts or practices that also violate 
     this section, the attorney general may assert the State-law 
     claim and a claim under this section in the same civil 
     action.
       (4) Savings clause.--Nothing in this section shall preempt 
     or otherwise affect any State or local law.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Trade Commission.
       (2) Good or service.--The term ``good or service'' means a 
     good or service offered in commerce, including--
       (A) food, beverages, water, ice, a chemical, or a personal 
     hygiene product;
       (B) any personal protective equipment for protection from 
     or prevention of contagious diseases, filtering facepiece 
     respirators, medical equipment and supplies (including 
     medical testing supplies), a drug as defined in section 
     201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
     U.S.C. 321(g)(1)), cleaning supplies, disinfectants, 
     sanitizers; or
       (C) any healthcare service, cleaning service, or delivery 
     service.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
     States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, 
     territory, or possession of the United States, and each 
     federally recognized Indian Tribe.

   TITLE II--E-RATE SUPPORT FOR WI-FI HOTSPOTS, OTHER EQUIPMENT, AND 
                           CONNECTED DEVICES

     SEC. 130201. E-RATE SUPPORT FOR WI-FI HOTSPOTS, OTHER 
                   EQUIPMENT, AND CONNECTED DEVICES DURING 
                   EMERGENCY PERIODS RELATING TO COVID-19.

       (a) Regulations Required.--Not later than 7 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
     promulgate regulations providing for the provision, from 
     amounts made available from the Emergency Connectivity Fund 
     established under subsection (i)(1), of support under section 
     254(h)(1)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     254(h)(1)(B)) to an elementary school, secondary school, or 
     library (including a Tribal elementary school, Tribal 
     secondary school, or Tribal library) eligible for support 
     under such section, for the purchase during an emergency 
     period described in subsection (e) (including any portion of 
     such a period occurring before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act) of equipment described in subsection (c), advanced 
     telecommunications and information services, or equipment 
     described in such subsection and advanced telecommunications 
     and information services, for use by--
       (1) in the case of a school, students and staff of such 
     school at locations that include locations other than such 
     school; and
       (2) in the case of a library, patrons of such library at 
     locations that include locations other than such library.
       (b) Tribal Issues.--
       (1) Reservation for tribal lands.--The Commission shall 
     reserve not less than 5 percent of the amounts available to 
     the Commission under subsection (i)(3) to provide support 
     under the regulations required by subsection (a) to schools 
     and libraries that serve persons who are located on Tribal 
     lands.
       (2) Eligibility of tribal libraries.--For purposes of 
     determining the eligibility of a Tribal library for support 
     under the regulations required by subsection (a), the portion 
     of paragraph (4) of section 254(h) of the Communications Act 
     of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) relating to eligibility for 
     assistance from a State library administrative agency under 
     the Library Services and Technology Act shall not apply.
       (c) Equipment Described.--The equipment described in this 
     subsection is the following:
       (1) Wi-Fi hotspots.
       (2) Modems.
       (3) Routers.
       (4) Devices that combine a modem and router.
       (5) Connected devices.
       (d) Prioritization of Support.--The Commission shall 
     provide in the regulations required by subsection (a) for a 
     mechanism to require a school or library to prioritize the 
     provision of equipment described in subsection (c), advanced 
     telecommunications and information services, or equipment 
     described in such subsection and advanced telecommunications 
     and information services, for which support is received under 
     such regulations, to students and staff or patrons (as the 
     case may be) that the school or library believes do not have 
     access to equipment described in subsection (c), do not have 
     access to advanced telecommunications and information 
     services, or have access to neither equipment described in 
     subsection (c) nor advanced telecommunications and 
     information services, at the residences of such students and 
     staff or patrons.
       (e) Emergency Periods Described.--An emergency period 
     described in this subsection is a period that--
       (1) begins on the date of a determination by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that a public 
     health emergency exists as a result of COVID-19; and
       (2) ends on the June 30 that first occurs after the date on 
     which such determination (including any renewal thereof) 
     terminates.
       (f) Treatment of Equipment After Emergency Period.--The 
     Commission shall provide in the regulations required by 
     subsection (a) that, in the case of a school or library that 
     purchases equipment described in subsection (c) using support 
     received under such regulations, such school or library--
       (1) may, after the emergency period with respect to which 
     such support is received, use such equipment for such 
     purposes as such school or library considers appropriate, 
     subject to any restrictions provided in such regulations (or 
     any successor regulation); and
       (2) may not sell or otherwise transfer such equipment in 
     exchange for any thing (including a service) of value, except 
     that such school or library may exchange such equipment for 
     upgraded equipment of the same type.
       (g) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to affect any authority the Commission may have 
     under section 254(h)(1)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 
     (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(B)) to allow support under such section 
     to be used for the purposes described in subsection (a) other 
     than as required by such subsection.
       (h) Procedural Matters.--
       (1) Part 54 regulations.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to prevent the Commission from providing that the 
     regulations in part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or any successor regulation), shall apply in 
     whole or in part to support provided under the regulations 
     required by subsection (a), shall not apply in whole or in 
     part to such support, or shall be modified in whole or in 
     part for purposes of application to such support.
       (2) Exemption from certain rulemaking requirements.--
     Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 553 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall not apply to a regulation 
     promulgated under subsection (a) of this section or a 
     rulemaking to promulgate such a regulation.
       (3) Paperwork reduction act exemption.--A collection of 
     information conducted or sponsored under the regulations 
     required by subsection (a), or under section 254 of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) in connection with 
     support provided under such regulations, shall not constitute 
     a collection of information for the purposes of subchapter I 
     of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     referred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act).
       (i) Emergency Connectivity Fund.--
       (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the Emergency 
     Connectivity Fund.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Emergency Connectivity Fund 
     $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available 
     through fiscal year 2021.
       (3) Use of funds.--Amounts in the Emergency Connectivity 
     Fund shall be available to the Commission to provide support 
     under the regulations required by subsection (a).
       (4) Relationship to universal service contributions.--
     Support provided under the regulations required by subsection 
     (a) shall be provided from amounts made available under 
     paragraph (3) and not from contributions under section 254(d) 
     of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(d)).
       (j) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Advanced telecommunications and information services.--
     The term ``advanced telecommunications and information 
     services'' means advanced telecommunications and information 
     services, as such term is used in section 254(h) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)).
       (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Communications Commission.
       (3) Connected device.--The term ``connected device'' means 
     a laptop computer, tablet computer, or similar device that is 
     capable of connecting to advanced telecommunications and 
     information services.
       (4) Library.--The term ``library'' includes a library 
     consortium.
       (5) Tribal land.--The term ``Tribal land'' means--
       (A) any land located within the boundaries of--
       (i) an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; or
       (ii) a former reservation within Oklahoma;
       (B) any land not located within the boundaries of an Indian 
     reservation, pueblo, or rancheria, the title to which is 
     held--
       (i) in trust by the United States for the benefit of an 
     Indian Tribe or an individual Indian;
       (ii) by an Indian Tribe or an individual Indian, subject to 
     restriction against alienation under laws of the United 
     States; or
       (iii) by a dependent Indian community;
       (C) any land located within a region established pursuant 
     to section 7(a) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
     (43 U.S.C. 1606(a));

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       (D) Hawaiian Home Lands, as defined in section 801 of the 
     Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
     of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4221); or
       (E) those areas or communities designated by the Assistant 
     Secretary of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior 
     that are near, adjacent, or contiguous to reservations where 
     financial assistance and social service programs are provided 
     to Indians because of their status as Indians.
       (6) Tribal library.--The term ``Tribal library'' means, 
     only during an emergency period described under subsection 
     (e), a facility owned by an Indian Tribe, serving Indian 
     Tribes, or serving American Indians, Alaskan Natives, or 
     Native Hawaiian communities, including--
       (A) a Tribal library or Tribal library consortium; or
       (B) a Tribal government building, chapter house, longhouse, 
     community center, or other similar public building.
       (7) Wi-fi.--The term ``Wi-Fi'' means a wireless networking 
     protocol based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics 
     Engineers standard 802.11 (or any successor standard).
       (8) Wi-fi hotspot.--The term ``Wi-Fi hotspot'' means a 
     device that is capable of--
       (A) receiving mobile advanced telecommunications and 
     information services; and
       (B) sharing such services with another device through the 
     use of Wi-Fi.

           TITLE III--EMERGENCY BENEFIT FOR BROADBAND SERVICE

     SEC. 130301. BENEFIT FOR BROADBAND SERVICE DURING EMERGENCY 
                   PERIODS RELATING TO COVID-19.

       (a) Promulgation of Regulations Required.--Not later than 7 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Commission shall promulgate regulations implementing this 
     section.
       (b) Requirements.--The regulations promulgated pursuant to 
     subsection (a) shall establish the following:
       (1) Emergency broadband benefit.--During an emergency 
     period, a provider shall provide an eligible household with 
     an internet service offering, upon request by a member of 
     such household. Such provider shall discount the price 
     charged to such household for such internet service offering 
     in an amount equal to the emergency broadband benefit for 
     such household.
       (2) Verification of eligibility.--To verify whether a 
     household is an eligible household, a provider shall either--
       (A) use the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier; or
       (B) rely upon an alternative verification process of the 
     provider, if the Commission finds such process to be 
     sufficient to avoid waste, fraud, and abuse.
       (3) Use of national lifeline eligibility verifier.--The 
     Commission shall--
       (A) expedite the ability of all providers to access the 
     National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier for purposes of 
     determining whether a household is an eligible household; and
       (B) ensure that the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier 
     approves an eligible household to receive the emergency 
     broadband benefit not later than two days after the date of 
     the submission of information necessary to determine if such 
     household is an eligible household.
       (4) Extension of emergency period.--An emergency period may 
     be extended within a State or any portion thereof if the 
     State, or in the case of Tribal land, a Tribal government, 
     provides written, public notice to the Commission stipulating 
     that an extension is necessary in furtherance of the recovery 
     related to COVID-19. The Commission shall, within 48 hours 
     after receiving such notice, post the notice on the public 
     website of the Commission.
       (5) Reimbursement.--From the Emergency Broadband 
     Connectivity Fund established in subsection (h), the 
     Commission shall reimburse a provider in an amount equal to 
     the emergency broadband benefit with respect to an eligible 
     household that receives such benefit from such provider.
       (6) Reimbursement for connected device.--A provider that, 
     in addition to providing the emergency broadband benefit to 
     an eligible household, supplies such household with a 
     connected device may be reimbursed up to $100 from the 
     Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund established in 
     subsection (h) for such connected device, if the charge to 
     such eligible household is more than $10 but less than $50 
     for such connected device, except that a provider may receive 
     reimbursement for no more than one connected device per 
     eligible household.
       (7) No retroactive reimbursement.--A provider may not 
     receive a reimbursement from the Emergency Broadband 
     Connectivity Fund for providing an internet service offering 
     discounted by the emergency broadband benefit, or for 
     supplying a connected device, that was provided or supplied 
     (as the case may be) before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (8) Certification required.--To receive a reimbursement 
     under paragraph (5) or (6), a provider shall certify to the 
     Commission the following:
       (A) That the amount for which the provider is seeking 
     reimbursement from the Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund 
     for an internet service offering to an eligible household is 
     not more than the normal rate.
       (B) That each eligible household for which a provider is 
     seeking reimbursement for providing an internet service 
     offering discounted by the emergency broadband benefit--
       (i) has not been and will not be charged--

       (I) for such offering, if the normal rate for such offering 
     is less than or equal to the amount of the emergency 
     broadband benefit for such household; or
       (II) more for such offering than the difference between the 
     normal rate for such offering and the amount of the emergency 
     broadband benefit for such household;

       (ii) will not be required to pay an early termination fee 
     if such eligible household elects to enter into a contract to 
     receive such internet service offering if such household 
     later terminates such contract; and
       (iii) was not subject to a mandatory waiting period for 
     such internet service offering based on having previously 
     received broadband internet access service from such 
     provider.
       (C) A description of the process used by the provider to 
     verify that a household is an eligible household, if the 
     provider elects an alternative verification process under 
     paragraph (2)(B), and that such verification process was 
     designed to avoid waste, fraud, and abuse.
       (9) Audit requirements.--The Commission shall adopt audit 
     requirements to ensure that providers are in compliance with 
     the requirements of this section and to prevent waste, fraud, 
     and abuse in the emergency broadband benefit program 
     established under this section.
       (c) Eligible Providers.--Notwithstanding subsection (e) of 
     this section, the Commission shall provide a reimbursement to 
     a provider under this section without requiring such provider 
     to be designated as an eligible telecommunications carrier 
     under section 214(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
     U.S.C. 214(e)).
       (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     affect the collection, distribution, or administration of the 
     Lifeline Assistance Program governed by the rules set forth 
     in subpart E of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       (e) Part 54 Regulations.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to prevent the Commission from providing that the 
     regulations in part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or any successor regulation), shall apply in 
     whole or in part to support provided under the regulations 
     required by subsection (a), shall not apply in whole or in 
     part to such support, or shall be modified in whole or in 
     part for purposes of application to such support.
       (f) Enforcement.--A violation of this section or a 
     regulation promulgated under this section, including the 
     knowing or reckless denial of an internet service offering 
     discounted by the emergency broadband benefit to an eligible 
     household that requests such an offering, shall be treated as 
     a violation of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 
     et seq.) or a regulation promulgated under such Act. The 
     Commission shall enforce this section and the regulations 
     promulgated under this section in the same manner, by the 
     same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and 
     duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 were incorporated into and made a 
     part of this section.
       (g) Exemptions.--
       (1) Notice and comment rulemaking requirements.--Section 
     553 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to a 
     regulation promulgated under subsection (a) or a rulemaking 
     to promulgate such a regulation.
       (2) Paperwork reduction act requirements.--A collection of 
     information conducted or sponsored under the regulations 
     required by subsection (a) shall not constitute a collection 
     of information for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 35 
     of title 44, United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
     Paperwork Reduction Act).
       (h) Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund.--
       (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the Emergency 
     Broadband Connectivity Fund.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Emergency Broadband Connectivity 
     Fund $8,800,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available 
     through fiscal year 2021.
       (3) Use of funds.--Amounts in the Emergency Broadband 
     Connectivity Fund shall be available to the Commission for 
     reimbursements to providers under the regulations required by 
     subsection (a).
       (4) Relationship to universal service contributions.--
     Reimbursements provided under the regulations required by 
     subsection (a) shall be provided from amounts made available 
     under this subsection and not from contributions under 
     section 254(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     254(d)), except the Commission may use such contributions if 
     needed to offset expenses associated with the reliance on the 
     National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier to determine 
     eligibility of households to receive the emergency broadband 
     benefit.
       (i) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Broadband internet access service.--The term 
     ``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       (2) Connected device.--The term ``connected device'' means 
     a laptop or desktop computer or a tablet.
       (3) Eligible household.--The term ``eligible household'' 
     means, regardless of whether the household or any member of 
     the household receives support under subpart E of part 54 of 
     title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
     regulation), and regardless of whether any member of the 
     household has any past or present arrearages with a provider, 
     a household in which--
       (A) at least one member of the household meets the 
     qualifications in subsection (a) or (b) of section 54.409 of 
     title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
     regulation);
       (B) at least one member of the household has applied for 
     and been approved to receive benefits under the free and 
     reduced price lunch program under the Richard B. Russell 
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     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school 
     breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
     of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); or
       (C) at least one member of the household has experienced a 
     substantial loss of income since February 29, 2020, 
     documented by layoff or furlough notice, application for 
     unemployment insurance benefits, or similar documentation.
       (4) Emergency broadband benefit.--The term ``emergency 
     broadband benefit'' means a monthly discount for an eligible 
     household applied to the normal rate for an internet service 
     offering, in an amount equal to such rate, but not more than 
     $50, or, if an internet service offering is provided to an 
     eligible household on Tribal land, not more than $75.
       (5) Emergency period.--The term ``emergency period'' means 
     a period that--
       (A) begins on the date of a determination by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that a public 
     health emergency exists as a result of COVID-19; and
       (B) ends on the date that is 6 months after the date on 
     which such determination (including any renewal thereof) 
     terminates, except as such period may be extended under 
     subsection (b)(4).
       (6) Internet service offering.--The term ``internet service 
     offering'' means, with respect to a provider, broadband 
     internet access service provided by such provider to a 
     household, offered in the same manner, and on the same terms, 
     as described in any of such provider's advertisements for 
     broadband internet access service to such household, as on 
     May 1, 2020.
       (7) Normal rate.--The term ``normal rate'' means, with 
     respect to an internet service offering by a provider, the 
     advertised monthly retail rate, as of May 1, 2020, including 
     any applicable promotions and excluding any taxes or other 
     governmental fees.
       (8) Provider.--The term ``provider'' means a provider of 
     broadband internet access service.

     SEC. 130302. ENHANCED LIFELINE BENEFITS DURING EMERGENCY 
                   PERIODS.

       (a) Enhanced Minimum Service Standards for Lifeline 
     Benefits During Emergency Periods.--During an emergency 
     period--
       (1) the minimum service standard for Lifeline supported 
     mobile voice service shall provide an unlimited number of 
     minutes per month;
       (2) the minimum service standard for Lifeline supported 
     mobile data service shall provide an unlimited data allowance 
     each month and 4G speeds, where available; and
       (3) the Basic Support Amount and Tribal Lands Support 
     Amount, as described in section 54.403 of title 47, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), shall be 
     increased by an amount necessary, as determined by the 
     Commission, to offset any incremental increase in cost 
     associated with the requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2).
       (b) Extension of Emergency Period.--An emergency period may 
     be extended within a State or any portion thereof for a 
     maximum of six months, if the State, or in the case of Tribal 
     land, a Tribal government, provides written, public notice to 
     the Commission stipulating that an extension is necessary in 
     furtherance of the recovery related to COVID-19. The 
     Commission shall, within 48 hours after receiving such 
     notice, post the notice on the public website of the 
     Commission.
       (c) Regulations.--The Commission shall adopt, on an 
     expedited basis, any regulations needed to carry out this 
     section.
       (d) Emergency Period Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``emergency period'' means a period that--
       (1) begins on the date of a determination by the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 319 of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that a public 
     health emergency exists as a result of COVID-19; and
       (2) ends on the date that is 6 months after the date on 
     which such determination (including any renewal thereof) 
     terminates, except as such period may be extended under 
     subsection (b).

     SEC. 130303. GRANTS TO STATES TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL LIFELINE 
                   ELIGIBILITY VERIFIER.

       (a) In General.--From amounts appropriated under subsection 
     (d), the Commission shall, not later than 7 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, make a grant to each 
     State, in an amount in proportion to the population of such 
     State, for the purpose of connecting the database used by 
     such State for purposes of the supplemental nutrition 
     assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
     (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) to the National Lifeline Eligibility 
     Verifier, so that the receipt by a household of benefits 
     under such program is reflected in the National Lifeline 
     Eligibility Verifier.
       (b) Disbursement of Grant Funds.--Funds under each grant 
     made under subsection (a) shall be disbursed to the State 
     receiving such grant not later than 7 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Certification to Congress.--Not later than 21 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission 
     shall certify to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate that the grants 
     required by subsection (a) have been made and that funds have 
     been disbursed as required by subsection (b).
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $200,000,000 to carry out this section for 
     fiscal year 2020, to remain available through fiscal year 
     2021.

     SEC. 130304. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Communications Commission.
       (2) National lifeline eligibility verifier.--The term 
     ``National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 54.400 of title 47, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
     U.S.C. 153).

                    TITLE IV--CONTINUED CONNECTIVITY

     SEC. 130401. CONTINUED CONNECTIVITY DURING EMERGENCY PERIODS 
                   RELATING TO COVID-19.

       Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 
     et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 723. CONTINUED CONNECTIVITY DURING EMERGENCY PERIODS 
                   RELATING TO COVID-19.

       ``(a) In General.--During an emergency period described in 
     subsection (b), it shall be unlawful--
       ``(1) for a provider of advanced telecommunications service 
     or voice service to--
       ``(A) terminate, reduce, or change such service provided to 
     any individual customer or small business because of the 
     inability of the individual customer or small business to pay 
     for such service if the individual customer or small business 
     certifies to such provider that such inability to pay is a 
     result of disruptions caused by the public health emergency 
     to which such emergency period relates; or
       ``(B) impose late fees on any individual customer or small 
     business because of the inability of the individual customer 
     or small business to pay for such service if the individual 
     customer or small business certifies to such provider that 
     such inability to pay is a result of disruptions caused by 
     the public health emergency to which such emergency period 
     relates;
       ``(2) for a provider of advanced telecommunications service 
     to, during such emergency period--
       ``(A) employ a limit on the amount of data allotted to an 
     individual customer or small business during such emergency 
     period, except that such provider may engage in reasonable 
     network management; or
       ``(B) charge an individual customer or small business an 
     additional fee for exceeding the limit on the data allotted 
     to an individual customer or small business; or
       ``(3) for a provider of advanced telecommunications service 
     that had functioning Wi-Fi hotspots available to subscribers 
     in public places on the day before the beginning of such 
     emergency period to fail to make service provided by such Wi-
     Fi hotspots available to the public at no cost during such 
     emergency period.
       ``(b) Waiver.--Upon a petition by a provider advanced 
     telecommunications service or voice service, the provisions 
     in subsection (a) may be suspended or waived by the 
     Commission at any time, in whole or in part, for good cause 
     shown.
       ``(c) Emergency Periods Described.--An emergency period 
     described in this subsection is any portion beginning on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this section of the 
     duration of a public health emergency declared pursuant to 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
     as a result of COVID-19, including any renewal thereof.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Advanced telecommunications service.--The term 
     `advanced telecommunications service' means a service that 
     provides advanced telecommunications capability (as defined 
     in section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 
     U.S.C. 1302)).
       ``(2) Broadband internet access service.--The term 
     `broadband internet access service' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       ``(3) Individual customer.--The term `individual customer' 
     means an individual who contracts with a mass-market retail 
     provider of advanced telecommunications service or voice 
     service to provide service to such individual.
       ``(4) Reasonable network management.--The term `reasonable 
     network management'--
       ``(A) means the use of a practice that--
       ``(i) has a primarily technical network management 
     justification; and
       ``(ii) is primarily used for and tailored to achieving a 
     legitimate network management purpose, taking into account 
     the particular network architecture and technology of the 
     service; and
       ``(B) does not include other business practices.
       ``(5) Small business.--The term `small business' has the 
     meaning given such term under section 601(3) of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       ``(6) Voice service.--The term `voice service' has the 
     meaning given such term under section 227(e)(8) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)).
       ``(7) Wi-fi.--The term `Wi-Fi' means a wireless networking 
     protocol based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics 
     Engineers standard 802.11 (or any successor standard).
       ``(8) Wi-fi hotspot.--The term `Wi-Fi hotspot' means a 
     device that is capable of--
       ``(A) receiving mobile broadband internet access service; 
     and
       ``(B) sharing such service with another device through the 
     use of Wi-Fi.''.

                   TITLE V--DON'T BREAK UP THE T-BAND

     SEC. 130501. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO REALLOCATE AND AUCTION 
                   T-BAND SPECTRUM.

       (a) Repeal.--Section 6103 of the Middle Class Tax Relief 
     and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1413) is repealed.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 6103.

             TITLE VI--NATIONAL SUICIDE HOTLINE DESIGNATION

     SEC. 130601. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) According to the American Foundation for Suicide 
     Prevention, on average, there are 129 suicides per day in the 
     United States.

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       (2) To prevent future suicides, it is critical to 
     transition the cumbersome, existing 10-digit National Suicide 
     Hotline to a universal, easy-to-remember, 3-digit phone 
     number and connect people in crisis with life-saving 
     resources.
       (3) It is essential that people in the United States have 
     access to a 3-digit national suicide hotline across all 
     geographic locations.
       (4) The designated suicide hotline number will need to be 
     both familiar and recognizable to all people in the United 
     States.

     SEC. 130602. UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR NATIONAL SUICIDE 
                   PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HOTLINE 
                   SYSTEM.

       (a) In General.--Section 251(e) of the Communications Act 
     of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251(e)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(4) Universal telephone number for national suicide 
     prevention and mental health crisis hotline system.--9-8-8 is 
     designated as the universal telephone number within the 
     United States for the purpose of the national suicide 
     prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating 
     through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline maintained 
     by the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance 
     Use under section 520E-3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 290bb-36c) and through the Veterans Crisis Line 
     maintained by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under section 
     1720F(h) of title 38, United States Code.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Required Report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary 
     for Mental Health and Substance Use and the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit a report that details 
     the resources necessary to make the use of 9-8-8, as 
     designated under paragraph (4) of section 251(e) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 251(e)), as added by 
     subsection (a) of this section, operational and effective 
     across the United States to--
       (1) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate;
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (4) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.

     SEC. 130603. STATE AUTHORITY OVER FEES.

       (a) Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Nothing in this Act, any amendment made by 
     this Act, the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et 
     seq.), or any Commission regulation or order may prevent the 
     imposition and collection of a fee or charge applicable to a 
     voice service specifically designated by a State, a political 
     subdivision of a State, an Indian Tribe, or a village or 
     regional corporation serving a region established pursuant to 
     the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
     seq.) for the support or implementation of 9-8-8 services, if 
     the fee or charge is held in a sequestered account to be 
     obligated or expended only in support of 9-8-8 services, or 
     enhancements of such services, as specified in the provision 
     of State or local law adopting the fee or charge.
       (2) Use of 9-8-8 fees.--A fee or charge collected under 
     this subsection shall only be imposed, collected, and used to 
     pay expenses that a State, a political subdivision of a 
     State, an Indian Tribe, or a village or regional corporation 
     serving a region established pursuant to the Alaska Native 
     Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is expected to 
     incur that are reasonably attributable to--
       (A) ensuring the efficient and effective routing of calls 
     made to the 9-8-8 national suicide prevention and mental 
     health crisis hotline to an appropriate crisis center; or
       (B) the provision of acute mental health, crisis outreach, 
     and stabilization services directly responding to the 9-8-8 
     national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline.
       (b) Fee Accountability Report.--To ensure efficiency, 
     transparency, and accountability in the collection and 
     expenditure of a fee or charge for the support or 
     implementation of 9-8-8 services, not later than 2 years 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
     thereafter, the Commission shall submit to the Committees on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation and Appropriations of 
     the Senate and the Committees on Energy and Commerce and 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report 
     that--
       (1) details the status in each State, political subdivision 
     of a State, Indian Tribe, or village or regional corporation 
     serving a region established pursuant to the Alaska Native 
     Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) of the 
     collection and distribution of such fees or charges, 
     including a detailed report about how those fees or charges 
     are being used to support 9-8-8 services; and
       (2) includes findings on the amount of revenues obligated 
     or expended by each State, political subdivision of a State, 
     Indian Tribe, or village or regional corporation serving a 
     region established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 
     Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) for any purpose other 
     than the purpose for which any such fees or charges are 
     specified.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Communications Commission.
       (2) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 7 of the Wireless Communications and Public 
     Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615b).
       (3) Voice service.--The term ``voice service'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 227(e)(8) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)).

     SEC. 130604. LOCATION IDENTIFICATION REPORT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications 
     Commission shall submit to the appropriate committees a 
     report that examines the feasibility and cost of including an 
     automatic dispatchable location that would be conveyed with a 
     9-8-8 call, regardless of the technological platform used and 
     including with calls from multi-line telephone systems (as 
     defined in section 6502 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
     Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1471)).
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees.--The term ``appropriate 
     committees'' means the following:
       (A) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate.
       (B) The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     of the Senate.
       (C) The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Dispatchable location.--The term ``dispatchable 
     location'' means the street address of the calling party and 
     additional information such as room number, floor number, or 
     similar information necessary to adequately identify the 
     location of the calling party.

     SEC. 130605. REPORT ON CERTAIN TRAINING PROGRAMS.

       (a) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or 
     queer (referred to in this section as ``LGBTQ'') are more 
     than 4 times more likely to contemplate suicide than their 
     peers;
       (2) 1 in 5 LGBTQ youth and more than 1 in 3 transgender 
     youth report attempting suicide this past year; and
       (3) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
     Administration must be equipped to provide specialized 
     resources to this at-risk community.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Mental 
     Health and Substance Use shall submit to the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 
     Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
     of Representatives a report that--
       (1) details a strategy, to be developed in consultation 
     with 1 or more organizations with expertise in suicide of 
     LGBTQ youth as well as 1 or more organizations with expertise 
     in suicide of other high risk populations, for the Substance 
     Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to offer, 
     support, or provide technical assistance to training programs 
     for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline counselors to 
     increase competency in serving LGBTQ youth and other high 
     risk populations; and
       (2) includes recommendations regarding--
       (A) the facilitation of access to services that are 
     provided to specially trained staff and partner organizations 
     for LGBTQ individuals and other high risk populations; and
       (B) a strategy for optimally implementing an Integrated 
     Voice Response, or other equally effective mechanism, to 
     allow National Suicide Prevention Lifeline callers who are 
     LGBTQ youth or members of other high risk populations to 
     access specialized services.

 TITLE VII--COVID-19 COMPASSION AND MARTHA WRIGHT PRISON PHONE JUSTICE

     SEC. 130701. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) Prison, jails, and other confinement facilities in the 
     United States have unique telecommunications needs due to 
     safety and security concerns.
       (2) Unjust and unreasonable charges for telephone and 
     advanced communications services in confinement facilities 
     negatively impact the safety and security of communities in 
     the United States by damaging relationships between 
     incarcerated persons and their support systems, thereby 
     exacerbating recidivism.
       (3) The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly intensified these 
     concerns. Jails and prisons have become epicenters for the 
     spread of the virus, with incarcerated persons concentrated 
     in small, confined spaces and often without access to 
     adequate health care. At Cook County jail alone, hundreds of 
     incarcerated persons and jail staff have tested positive for 
     the virus since its outbreak.
       (4) To prevent the spread of the virus, many jails and 
     prisons across the country suspended public visitation, 
     leaving confinement facility communications services as the 
     only way that incarcerated persons can stay in touch with 
     their families.
       (5) All people in the United States, including anyone who 
     pays for confinement facility communications services, should 
     have access to communications services at charges that are 
     just and reasonable.
       (6) Unemployment has risen sharply as a result of the 
     COVID-19 pandemic, straining the incomes of millions of 
     Americans and making it even more difficult for families of 
     incarcerated persons to pay the high costs of confinement 
     facility communications services.
       (7) Certain markets for confinement facility communications 
     services are distorted due to reverse competition, in which 
     the financial interests of the entity making the buying 
     decision (the confinement facility) are aligned with the 
     seller (the provider of confinement facility communications 
     services) and not the consumer (the incarcerated person or a 
     member of his or her family). This reverse competition occurs 
     because site commission payments to the confinement facility 
     from the provider of confinement facility communications 
     services are the chief criterion many facilities use to 
     select their provider of confinement facility communications 
     services.
       (8) Charges for confinement facility communications 
     services that have been shown to be

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     unjust and unreasonable are often a result of site commission 
     payments that far exceed the costs incurred by the 
     confinement facility in accommodating these services.
       (9) Unjust and unreasonable charges have been assessed for 
     both audio and video services and for both intrastate and 
     interstate communications from confinement facilities.
       (10) Though Congress enacted emergency legislation to allow 
     free communications in Federal prisons during the pandemic, 
     it does not cover communications to or from anyone 
     incarcerated in State and local prisons or jails.
       (11) Mrs. Martha Wright-Reed led a campaign for just 
     communications rates for incarcerated people for over a 
     decade.
       (12) Mrs. Wright-Reed was the lead plaintiff in Wright v. 
     Corrections Corporation of America, CA No. 00-293 (GK) 
     (D.D.C. 2001).
       (13) That case ultimately led to the Wright Petition at the 
     Federal Communications Commission, CC Docket No. 96-128 
     (November 3, 2003).
       (14) As a grandmother, Mrs. Wright-Reed was forced to 
     choose between purchasing medication and communicating with 
     her incarcerated grandson.
       (15) Mrs. Wright-Reed passed away on January 18, 2015, 
     before fully realizing her dream of just communications rates 
     for all people.

     SEC. 130702. REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFINEMENT FACILITY 
                   COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, DURING THE COVID-19 
                   PANDEMIC AND OTHER TIMES.

       (a) In General.--Section 276 of the Communications Act of 
     1934 (47 U.S.C. 276) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(e) Additional Requirements for Confinement Facility 
     Communications Services.--
       ``(1) Authority.--
       ``(A) In general.--All charges, practices, classifications, 
     and regulations for and in connection with confinement 
     facility communications services shall be just and 
     reasonable, and any such charge, practice, classification, or 
     regulation that is unjust or unreasonable is declared to be 
     unlawful.
       ``(B) Rulemaking required.--Not later than 18 months after 
     the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission 
     shall issue rules to adopt, for the provision of confinement 
     facility communications services, rates and ancillary service 
     charges that are just and reasonable, which shall be the 
     maximum such rates and charges that a provider of confinement 
     facility communications services may charge for such 
     services. In determining rates and charges that are just and 
     reasonable, the Commission shall adopt such rates and charges 
     based on the average industry costs of providing such 
     services using data collected from providers of confinement 
     facility communications services.
       ``(C) Biennial review.--Not less frequently than every 2 
     years following the issuance of rules under subparagraph (B), 
     the Commission shall--
       ``(i) determine whether the rates and ancillary service 
     charges authorized by the rules issued under such 
     subparagraph remain just and reasonable; and
       ``(ii) if the Commission determines under clause (i) that 
     any such rate or charge does not remain just and reasonable, 
     revise such rules so that such rate or charge is just and 
     reasonable.
       ``(2) Interim rate caps.--Until the Commission issues the 
     rules required by paragraph (1)(B), a provider of confinement 
     facility communications services may not charge a rate for 
     any voice service communication using confinement facility 
     communications services that exceeds the following:
       ``(A) For debit calling or prepaid calling, $0.04 per 
     minute.
       ``(B) For collect calling, $0.05 per minute.
       ``(3) Assessment on per-minute basis.--Except as provided 
     in paragraph (4), a provider of confinement facility 
     communications services--
       ``(A) shall assess all charges for a communication using 
     such services on a per-minute basis for the actual duration 
     of the communication, measured from communication acceptance 
     to termination, rounded up to the next full minute, except in 
     the case of charges for services that the confinement 
     facility offers free of charge or for amounts below the 
     amounts permitted under this subsection; and
       ``(B) may not charge a per-communication or per-connection 
     charge for a communication using such services.
       ``(4) Ancillary service charges.--
       ``(A) General prohibition.--A provider of confinement 
     facility communications services may not charge an ancillary 
     service charge other than--
       ``(i) if the Commission has not yet issued the rules 
     required by paragraph (1)(B), a charge listed in subparagraph 
     (B) of this paragraph; or
       ``(ii) a charge authorized by the rules adopted by the 
     Commission under paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Permitted charges and rates.--If the Commission has 
     not yet issued the rules required by paragraph (1)(B), a 
     provider of confinement facility communications services may 
     not charge a rate for an ancillary service charge in excess 
     of the following:
       ``(i) In the case of an automated payment fee, 2.9 percent 
     of the total charge on which the fee is assessed.
       ``(ii) In the case of a fee for single-call and related 
     services, the exact transaction fee charged by the third-
     party provider, with no markup.
       ``(iii) In the case of a live agent fee, $5.95 per use.
       ``(iv) In the case of a paper bill or statement fee, $2 per 
     use.
       ``(v) In the case of a third-party financial transaction 
     fee, the exact fee, with no markup, charged by the third 
     party for the transaction.
       ``(5) Prohibition on site commissions.--A provider of 
     confinement facility communications services may not assess a 
     site commission.
       ``(6) Relationship to state law.--A State or political 
     subdivision of a State may not enforce any law, rule, 
     regulation, standard, or other provision having the force or 
     effect of law relating to confinement facility communications 
     services that allows for higher rates or other charges to be 
     assessed for such services than is permitted under any 
     Federal law or regulation relating to confinement facility 
     communications services.
       ``(7) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Ancillary service charge.--The term `ancillary 
     service charge' means any charge a consumer may be assessed 
     for the setting up or use of a confinement facility 
     communications service that is not included in the per-minute 
     charges assessed for individual communications.
       ``(B) Automated payment fee.--The term `automated payment 
     fee' means a credit card payment, debit card payment, or bill 
     processing fee, including a fee for a payment made by means 
     of interactive voice response, the internet, or a kiosk.
       ``(C) Collect calling.--The term `collect calling' means an 
     arrangement whereby a credit-qualified party agrees to pay 
     for charges associated with a communication made to such 
     party using confinement facility communications services and 
     originating from within a confinement facility.
       ``(D) Confinement facility.--The term `confinement 
     facility'--
       ``(i) means a jail or a prison; and
       ``(ii) includes any juvenile, detention, work release, or 
     mental health facility that is used primarily to hold 
     individuals who are--

       ``(I) awaiting adjudication of criminal charges or an 
     immigration matter; or
       ``(II) serving a sentence for a criminal conviction.

       ``(E) Confinement facility communications service.--The 
     term `confinement facility communications service' means a 
     service that allows incarcerated persons to make electronic 
     communications (whether intrastate, interstate, or 
     international and whether made using video, audio, or any 
     other communicative method, including advanced communications 
     services) to individuals outside the confinement facility, or 
     to individuals inside the confinement facility, where the 
     incarcerated person is being held, regardless of the 
     technology used to deliver the service.
       ``(F) Consumer.--The term `consumer' means the party paying 
     a provider of confinement facility communications services.
       ``(G) Debit calling.--The term `debit calling' means a 
     presubscription or comparable service which allows an 
     incarcerated person, or someone acting on an incarcerated 
     person's behalf, to fund an account set up through a provider 
     that can be used to pay for confinement facility 
     communications services originated by the incarcerated 
     person.
       ``(H) Fee for single-call and related services.--The term 
     `fee for single-call and related services' means a billing 
     arrangement whereby communications made by an incarcerated 
     person using collect calling are billed through a third party 
     on a per-communication basis, where the recipient does not 
     have an account with the provider of confinement facility 
     communications services.
       ``(I) Incarcerated person.--The term `incarcerated person' 
     means a person detained at a confinement facility, regardless 
     of the duration of the detention.
       ``(J) Jail.--The term `jail'--
       ``(i) means a facility of a law enforcement agency of the 
     Federal Government or of a State or political subdivision of 
     a State that is used primarily to hold individuals who are--

       ``(I) awaiting adjudication of criminal charges;
       ``(II) post-conviction and committed to confinement for 
     sentences of one year or less; or
       ``(III) post-conviction and awaiting transfer to another 
     facility; and

       ``(ii) includes--

       ``(I) city, county, or regional facilities that have 
     contracted with a private company to manage day-to-day 
     operations;
       ``(II) privately-owned and operated facilities primarily 
     engaged in housing city, county, or regional incarcerated 
     persons; and
       ``(III) facilities used to detain individuals pursuant to a 
     contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

       ``(K) Live agent fee.--The term `live agent fee' means a 
     fee associated with the optional use of a live operator to 
     complete a confinement facility communications service 
     transaction.
       ``(L) Paper bill or statement fee.--The term `paper bill or 
     statement fee' means a fee associated with providing a 
     consumer an optional paper billing statement.
       ``(M) Per-communication or per-connection charge.--The term 
     `per-communication or per-connection charge' means a one-time 
     fee charged to a consumer at the initiation of a 
     communication.
       ``(N) Prepaid calling.--The term `prepaid calling' means a 
     calling arrangement that allows a consumer to pay in advance 
     for a specified amount of confinement facility communications 
     services.
       ``(O) Prison.--The term `prison'--
       ``(i) means a facility operated by a State or Federal 
     agency that is used primarily to confine individuals 
     convicted of felonies and sentenced to terms in excess of one 
     year; and
       ``(ii) includes--

       ``(I) public and private facilities that provide outsource 
     housing to State or Federal agencies such as State 
     Departments of Correction and the Federal Bureau of Prisons; 
     and
       ``(II) facilities that would otherwise be jails but in 
     which the majority of incarcerated persons are post-
     conviction or are committed to confinement for sentences of 
     longer than one year.

       ``(P) Provider of confinement facility communications 
     services.--The term `provider of confinement facility 
     communications services' means any communications service 
     provider that

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     provides confinement facility communications services, 
     regardless of the technology used.
       ``(Q) Site commission.--The term `site commission' means 
     any monetary payment, in-kind payment, gift, exchange of 
     services or goods, fee, technology allowance, or product that 
     a provider of confinement facility communications services or 
     an affiliate of a provider of confinement facility 
     communications services may pay, give, donate, or otherwise 
     provide to--
       ``(i) an entity that operates a confinement facility;
       ``(ii) an entity with which the provider of confinement 
     facility communications services enters into an agreement to 
     provide confinement facility communications services;
       ``(iii) a governmental agency that oversees a confinement 
     facility;
       ``(iv) the State or political subdivision of a State where 
     a confinement facility is located; or
       ``(v) an agent or other representative of an entity 
     described in any of clauses (i) through (iv).
       ``(R) Third-party financial transaction fee.--The term 
     `third-party financial transaction fee' means the exact fee, 
     with no markup, that a provider of confinement facility 
     communications services is charged by a third party to 
     transfer money or process a financial transaction to 
     facilitate the ability of a consumer to make an account 
     payment via a third party.
       ``(S) Voice service.--The term `voice service'--
       ``(i) means any service that is interconnected with the 
     public switched telephone network and that furnishes voice 
     communications to an end user using resources from the North 
     American Numbering Plan or any successor to the North 
     American Numbering Plan adopted by the Commission under 
     section 251(e)(1); and
       ``(ii) includes--

       ``(I) transmissions from a telephone facsimile machine, 
     computer, or other device to a telephone facsimile machine; 
     and
       ``(II) without limitation, any service that enables real-
     time, two-way voice communications, including any service 
     that requires internet protocol-compatible customer premises 
     equipment (commonly known as `CPE') and permits out-bound 
     calling, whether or not the service is one-way or two-way 
     voice over internet protocol.''.

       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 276(d) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 276(d)) is amended by 
     striking ``inmate telephone service in correctional 
     institutions'' and inserting ``confinement facility 
     communications services (as defined in subsection (e)(7))''.
       (c) Existing Contracts.--
       (1) In general.--In the case of a contract that was entered 
     into and under which a provider of confinement facility 
     communications services was providing such services at a 
     confinement facility on or before the date of the enactment 
     of this Act--
       (A) paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (e) of section 
     276 of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by subsection 
     (a) of this section, shall apply to the provision of 
     confinement facility communications services by such provider 
     at such facility beginning on the earlier of--
       (i) the date that is 60 days after such date of enactment; 
     or
       (ii) the date of the termination of the contract; and
       (B) the terms of such contract may not be extended after 
     such date of enactment, whether by exercise of an option or 
     otherwise.
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
     ``confinement facility'', ``confinement facility 
     communications service'', and ``provider of confinement 
     facility communications services'' have the meanings given 
     such terms in paragraph (7) of subsection (e) of section 276 
     of the Communications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a) 
     of this section.

     SEC. 130703. AUTHORITY.

       Section 2(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     152(b)) is amended by inserting ``section 276,'' after ``227, 
     inclusive,''.

       TITLE VIII--HEALTHCARE BROADBAND EXPANSION DURING COVID-19

     SEC. 130801. EXPANSION OF RURAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM OF FCC IN 
                   RESPONSE TO COVID-19.

       (a) Promulgation of Regulations Required.--Not later than 7 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Commission shall promulgate regulations modifying the 
     requirements in subpart G of part 54 of title 47, Code of 
     Federal Regulations, in the following manner:
       (1) A health care provider not located in a rural area 
     shall be treated as a rural health care provider for the 
     purposes of the Healthcare Connect Fund Program.
       (2) The discount rate for an eligible expense through the 
     Healthcare Connect Fund Program (as described in section 
     54.611(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
     successor regulation) shall be increased to 85 percent in 
     funding years 2019, 2020, and 2021 for eligible equipment 
     purchased or eligible services rendered in such funding years 
     (including for eligible equipment, upfront payments, and 
     multi-year commitments without limitation).
       (3) A temporary, mobile, or satellite health care delivery 
     site shall be treated as a health care provider or an 
     eligible site of a health care provider for purposes of 
     determining eligibility for the Healthcare Connect Fund 
     Program or the Telecommunications Program.
       (4) The waiver of the application window specified in 
     section 54.621(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations 
     (or any successor regulation), for funding year 2019.
       (5) The adoption and implementation of a rolling 
     application process to allow a health care provider to apply 
     for funding.
       (6) The following changes to certain bidding requirements:
       (A) A waiver of any requirement under section 54.622 of 
     title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
     regulation), for a health care provider upgrading an existing 
     supported service at a particular location, effective as of 
     the date of declaration of the public health emergency 
     pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 247d) as a result of confirmed cases of COVID-19, if 
     the health care provider maintains the same eligible service 
     provider to provide the upgraded service at such location.
       (B) Reduction of the 28-day waiting period described in 
     section 54.622(g) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations 
     (or any successor regulation), to a 14-day waiting period.
       (C) Modification of the requirements in section 54.622 of 
     title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
     regulation), to--
       (i) provide that bid evaluation criteria may give 
     additional consideration to the speed with which an eligible 
     service provider can initiate service; and
       (ii) encourage applicants to consider bids from different 
     providers to provide service to different locations of such 
     applicants, if considering bids in this manner would expedite 
     the overall timeline for initiating or expanding service to 
     individual locations.
       (7) Issuance of a decision on each application for funding 
     not later than 60 days after the date on which the 
     application is filed.
       (8) Release of funding not later than 30 days after the 
     date on which an invoice is submitted with respect to an 
     application that is approved, applicable services have been 
     provided, and required invoices have been submitted as 
     required under program rules.
       (b) Additional Changes to Rural Health Care Program.--
       (1) Release of funding for outstanding funding requests.--
       (A) In general.--The Commission shall ensure the release of 
     funding for all requests (outstanding as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act) under the Rural Health Care Program 
     not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, except that for outstanding funding requests that 
     are subject to a review of the applicable urban and rural 
     rates, the Commission shall ensure the release of interim 
     funding not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, disbursed at 65 percent of the funding 
     request, subject to a true-up following the completion of 
     such review.
       (B) Limitation.--This paragraph shall not apply to any 
     party or successor-in-interest to any party to which the 
     Commission, during the period beginning on the date that is 1 
     year before the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
     on January 31, 2020, has issued a Letter of Inquiry, Notice 
     of Apparent Liability, or Forfeiture Order relating to the 
     party's participation in the Rural Health Care Program, 
     pursuant to section 503(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 
     (47 U.S.C. 503(b)).
       (C) Required repayment.--In the case of an eligible service 
     provider that receives funding through the Rural Health Care 
     Program pursuant to this paragraph to which such provider is 
     not entitled, the Commission shall require such provider to 
     repay such funds.
       (2) Delay of implementation schedule.--The Commission 
     shall--
       (A) delay by one year the implementation of sections 54.604 
     and 54.605 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     successor regulation), as adopted in the Report and Order in 
     the matter of Promoting Telehealth in Rural America (FCC 19-
     78) that was adopted by the Commission on August 1, 2019; and
       (B) delay application of the new definition of ``similar 
     services'' as described in paragraphs 14 to 20 of such Report 
     and Order until the implementation of such sections.
       (c) Effective Date of Regulations.--The regulations 
     required under subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 
     on which such regulations are promulgated.
       (d) Termination of Regulations.--Except to the extent that 
     the Commission determines that some or all of the regulations 
     promulgated under subsection (a) should remain in effect 
     (excluding any regulation promulgated under paragraph (1) of 
     such subsection), such regulations shall terminate on the 
     later of--
       (1) the earlier of--
       (A) the date that is 60 days after the termination of the 
     declaration, or any renewal thereof, of the public health 
     emergency pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of confirmed cases 
     of COVID-19; and
       (B) the date of the expiration of the appropriation in 
     subsection (f)(2); and
       (2) the date that is 9 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (e) Exemptions.--
       (1) Notice and comment rulemaking requirements.--
     Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 553 of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall not apply to a regulation 
     promulgated under subsection (a) or a rulemaking to 
     promulgate such a regulation.
       (2) Paperwork reduction act requirements.--A collection of 
     information conducted or sponsored under the regulations 
     required by subsection (a), or under section 254 of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) in connection with 
     universal service support provided under such regulations, 
     shall not constitute a collection of information for the 
     purposes of subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United 
     States Code (commonly referred to as the Paperwork Reduction 
     Act).
       (f) Emergency Rural Health Care Connectivity Fund.--
       (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the Emergency Rural 
     Health Care Connectivity Fund.
       (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Emergency Rural Health Care 
     Connectivity Fund $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to 
     remain available through fiscal year 2022.

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       (3) Use of funds.--Amounts in the Emergency Rural Health 
     Care Connectivity Fund shall be available to the Commission 
     to carry out the Rural Health Care Program, as modified by 
     the regulations promulgated under subsection (a).
       (4) Relationship to universal service contributions.--
     Support provided under the regulations required by paragraphs 
     (1) through (3) of subsection (a) shall be provided from 
     amounts made available under paragraph (3) of this subsection 
     and not from contributions under section 254(d) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(d)). Such support 
     shall be in addition to, and not in replacement of, funds 
     authorized by the Commission for the Rural Health Care 
     Program as of the date of the enactment of this Act from 
     contributions under section 254(d) of the Communications Act 
     of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(d)).
       (g) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Communications Commission.
       (2) Eligible equipment.--The term ``eligible equipment'' 
     means the equipment described in section 54.613 of title 47, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       (3) Eligible service provider.--The term ``eligible service 
     provider'' means a provider described in section 54.608 of 
     title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 
     regulation).
       (4) Funding year.--The term ``funding year'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 54.600(a) of title 47, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       (5) Health care provider.--The term ``health care 
     provider'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     54.600(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     successor regulation).
       (6) Healthcare connect fund program.--The term ``Healthcare 
     Connect Fund Program'' has the meaning given such term in 
     section 54.602(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations 
     (or any successor regulation).
       (7) Multi-year commitments.--The term ``multi-year 
     commitments'' means the commitments described in section 
     54.620(c) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     successor regulation).
       (8) Rural area.--The term ``rural area'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 54.600(e) of title 47, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       (9) Rural health care program.--The term ``Rural Health 
     Care Program'' means the program described in subpart G of 
     part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     successor regulation).
       (10) Rural health care provider.--The term ``rural health 
     care provider'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     54.600(f) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 
     successor regulation).
       (11) Telecommunications program.--The term 
     ``Telecommunications Program'' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 54.602(a) of title 47, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or any successor regulation).
       (12) Upfront payments.--The term ``upfront payments'' means 
     the payments described in section 54.616 of title 47, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).

          DIVISION N--GIVING RETIREMENT OPTIONS TO WORKERS ACT

     SEC. 140001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Giving Retirement 
     Options to Workers Act of 2020'' or the ``GROW Act''.

     SEC. 140002. COMPOSITE PLANS.

       (a) Amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974.--
       (1) In general.--Title I of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

               ``PART 8--COMPOSITE PLANS AND LEGACY PLANS

     ``SEC. 801. COMPOSITE PLAN DEFINED.

       ``(a) In General.--For purposes of this Act, the term 
     `composite plan' means a pension plan--
       ``(1) which is a multiemployer plan that is neither a 
     defined benefit plan nor a defined contribution plan;
       ``(2) the terms of which provide that the plan is a 
     composite plan for purposes of this title with respect to 
     which not more than one multiemployer defined benefit plan is 
     treated as a legacy plan within the meaning of section 805, 
     unless there is more than one legacy plan following a merger 
     of composite plans under section 806;
       ``(3) which provides systematically for the payment of 
     benefits--
       ``(A) objectively calculated pursuant to a formula 
     enumerated in the plan document with respect to plan 
     participants after retirement, for life; and
       ``(B) in the form of life annuities, except for benefits 
     which under section 203(e) may be immediately distributed 
     without the consent of the participant;
       ``(4) for which the plan contributions for the first plan 
     year are at least 120 percent of the normal cost for the plan 
     year;
       ``(5) which requires--
       ``(A) an annual valuation of the liability of the plan as 
     of a date within the plan year to which the valuation refers 
     or within one month prior to the beginning of such year;
       ``(B) an annual actuarial determination of the plan's 
     current funded ratio and projected funded ratio under section 
     802(a);
       ``(C) corrective action through a realignment program 
     pursuant to section 803 whenever the plan's projected funded 
     ratio is below 120 percent for the plan year; and
       ``(D) an annual notification to each participant describing 
     the participant's benefits under the plan and explaining that 
     such benefits may be subject to reduction under a realignment 
     program pursuant to section 803 based on the plan's funded 
     status in future plan years; and
       ``(6) the board of trustees of which includes at least one 
     retiree or beneficiary in pay status during each plan year 
     following the first plan year in which at least 5 percent of 
     the participants in the plan are retirees or beneficiaries in 
     pay status.
       ``(b) Transition From a Multiemployer Defined Benefit 
     Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--The plan sponsor of a defined benefit 
     plan that is a multiemployer plan may, subject to paragraph 
     (2), amend the plan to incorporate the features of a 
     composite plan as a component of the multiemployer plan 
     separate from the defined benefit plan component, except in 
     the case of a defined benefit plan for which the plan actuary 
     has certified under section 305(b)(3) that the plan is or 
     will be in critical status for the plan year in which such 
     amendment would become effective or for any of the succeeding 
     5 plan years.
       ``(2) Requirements.--Any amendment pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) to incorporate the features of a composite plan as a 
     component of a multiemployer plan shall--
       ``(A) apply with respect to all collective bargaining 
     agreements providing for contributions to the multiemployer 
     plan on or after the effective date of the amendment;
       ``(B) apply with respect to all participants in the 
     multiemployer plan for whom contributions are made to the 
     multiemployer plan on or after the effective date of the 
     amendment;
       ``(C) specify that the effective date of the amendment is--
       ``(i) the first day of a specified plan year following the 
     date of the adoption of the amendment, except that the plan 
     sponsor may alternatively provide for a separate effective 
     date with respect to each collective bargaining agreement 
     under which contributions to the multiemployer plan are 
     required, which shall occur on the first day of the first 
     plan year beginning after the termination, or if earlier, the 
     re-opening, of each such agreement, or such earlier date as 
     the parties to the agreement and the plan sponsor of the 
     multiemployer plan shall agree to; and
       ``(ii) not later than the first day of the fifth plan year 
     beginning on or after the date of the adoption of the 
     amendment;
       ``(D) specify that, as of the amendment's effective date, 
     no further benefits shall accrue under the defined benefit 
     component of the multiemployer plan; and
       ``(E) specify that, as of the amendment's effective date, 
     the plan sponsor of the multiemployer plan shall be the plan 
     sponsor of both the composite plan component and the defined 
     benefit plan component of the plan.
       ``(3) Special rules.--If a multiemployer plan is amended 
     pursuant to paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) the requirements of this title and title IV shall be 
     applied to the composite plan component and the defined 
     benefit plan component of the multiemployer plan as if each 
     such component were maintained as a separate plan; and
       ``(B) the assets of the composite plan component and the 
     defined benefit plan component of the plan shall be held in a 
     single trust forming part of the plan under which the trust 
     instrument expressly provides--
       ``(i) for separate accounts (and appropriate records) to be 
     maintained to reflect the interest which each of the plan 
     components has in the trust, including separate accounting 
     for additions to the trust for the benefit of each plan 
     component, disbursements made from each plan component's 
     account in the trust, investment experience of the trust 
     allocable to that account, and administrative expenses 
     (whether direct expenses or shared expenses allocated 
     proportionally), and permits, but does not require, the 
     pooling of some or all of the assets of the two plan 
     components for investment purposes; and
       ``(ii) that the assets of each of the two plan components 
     shall be held, invested, reinvested, managed, administered 
     and distributed for the exclusive benefit of the participants 
     and beneficiaries of each such plan component, and in no 
     event shall the assets of one of the plan components be 
     available to pay benefits due under the other plan component.
       ``(4) Not a termination event.--Notwithstanding section 
     4041A, an amendment pursuant to paragraph (1) to incorporate 
     the features of a composite plan as a component of a 
     multiemployer plan does not constitute termination of the 
     multiemployer plan.
       ``(5) Notice to the secretary.--
       ``(A) Notice.--The plan sponsor of a composite plan shall 
     provide notice to the Secretary of the intent to establish 
     the composite plan (or, in the case of a composite plan 
     incorporated as a component of a multiemployer plan as 
     described in paragraph (1), the intent to amend the 
     multiemployer plan to incorporate such composite plan) at 
     least 30 days prior to the effective date of such 
     establishment or amendment.
       ``(B) Certification.--In the case of a composite plan 
     incorporated as a component of a multiemployer plan as 
     described in paragraph (1), such notice shall include a 
     certification by the plan actuary under section 305(b)(3) 
     that the effective date of the amendment occurs in a plan 
     year for which the multiemployer plan is not in critical 
     status for that plan year and any of the succeeding 5 plan 
     years.
       ``(6) References to composite plan component.--As used in 
     this part, the term `composite plan' includes a composite 
     plan component added to a defined benefit plan pursuant to 
     paragraph (1).
       ``(7) Rule of construction.--Paragraph (2)(A) shall not be 
     construed as preventing the plan sponsor of a multiemployer 
     plan from adopting an amendment pursuant to paragraph

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     (1) because some collective bargaining agreements are amended 
     to cease any covered employer's obligation to contribute to 
     the multiemployer plan before or after the plan amendment is 
     effective. Paragraph (2)(B) shall not be construed as 
     preventing the plan sponsor of a multiemployer plan from 
     adopting an amendment pursuant to paragraph (1) because some 
     participants cease to have contributions made to the 
     multiemployer plan on their behalf before or after the plan 
     amendment is effective.
       ``(c) Coordination With Funding Rules.--Except as otherwise 
     provided in this title, sections 302, 304, and 305 shall not 
     apply to a composite plan.
       ``(d) Treatment of a Composite Plan.--For purposes of this 
     Act (other than sections 302 and 4245), a composite plan 
     shall be treated as if it were a defined benefit plan unless 
     a different treatment is provided for under applicable law.

     ``SEC. 802. FUNDED RATIOS; ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS.

       ``(a) Certification of Funded Ratios.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than the one-hundred twentieth 
     day of each plan year of a composite plan, the plan actuary 
     of the composite plan shall certify to the Secretary, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, and the plan sponsor the plan's 
     current funded ratio and projected funded ratio for the plan 
     year.
       ``(2) Determination of current funded ratio and projected 
     funded ratio.--For purposes of this section:
       ``(A) Current funded ratio.--The current funded ratio is 
     the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of--
       ``(i) the value of the plan's assets as of the first day of 
     the plan year; to
       ``(ii) the plan actuary's best estimate of the present 
     value of the plan liabilities as of the first day of the plan 
     year.
       ``(B) Projected funded ratio.--The projected funded ratio 
     is the current funded ratio projected to the first day of the 
     fifteenth plan year following the plan year for which the 
     determination is being made.
       ``(3) Consideration of contribution rate increases.--For 
     purposes of projections under this subsection, the plan 
     sponsor may anticipate contribution rate increases beyond the 
     term of the current collective bargaining agreement and any 
     agreed-to supplements, up to a maximum of 2.5 percent per 
     year, compounded annually, unless it would be unreasonable 
     under the circumstances to assume that contributions would 
     increase by that amount.
       ``(b) Actuarial Assumptions and Methods.--For purposes of 
     this part:
       ``(1) In general.--All costs, liabilities, rates of 
     interest and other factors under the plan shall be determined 
     for a plan year on the basis of actuarial assumptions and 
     methods--
       ``(A) each of which is reasonable (taking into account the 
     experience of the plan and reasonable expectations);
       ``(B) which, in combination, offer the actuary's best 
     estimate of anticipated experience under the plan; and
       ``(C) with respect to which any change from the actuarial 
     assumptions and methods used in the previous plan year shall 
     be certified by the plan actuary and the actuarial rationale 
     for such change provided in the annual report required by 
     section 103.
       ``(2) Fair market value of assets.--The value of the plan's 
     assets shall be taken into account on the basis of their fair 
     market value.
       ``(3) Determination of normal cost and plan liabilities.--A 
     plan's normal cost and liabilities shall be based on the most 
     recent actuarial valuation required under section 
     801(a)(5)(A) and the unit credit funding method.
       ``(4) Time when certain contributions deemed made.--Any 
     contributions for a plan year made by an employer after the 
     last day of such plan year, but not later than two and one-
     half months after such day, shall be deemed to have been made 
     on such last day. For purposes of this paragraph, such two 
     and one-half month period may be extended for not more than 
     six months under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
     the Treasury.
       ``(5) Additional actuarial assumptions.--Except where 
     otherwise provided in this part, the provisions of section 
     305(b)(3)(B) shall apply to any determination or projection 
     under this part.

     ``SEC. 803. REALIGNMENT PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Realignment Program.--
       ``(1) Adoption.--In any case in which the plan actuary 
     certifies under section 802(a) that the plan's projected 
     funded ratio is below 120 percent for the plan year, the plan 
     sponsor shall adopt a realignment program under paragraph (2) 
     not later than 210 days after the due date of the 
     certification required under such section 802(a). The plan 
     sponsor shall adopt an updated realignment program for each 
     succeeding plan year for which a certification described in 
     the preceding sentence is made.
       ``(2) Content of realignment program.--
       ``(A) In general.--A realignment program adopted under this 
     paragraph is a written program which consists of all 
     reasonable measures, including options or a range of options 
     to be undertaken by the plan sponsor or proposed to the 
     bargaining parties, formulated, based on reasonably 
     anticipated experience and reasonable actuarial assumptions, 
     to enable the plan to achieve a projected funded ratio of at 
     least 120 percent for the following plan year.
       ``(B) Initial program elements.--Reasonable measures under 
     a realignment program described in subparagraph (A) may 
     include any of the following:
       ``(i) Proposed contribution increases.
       ``(ii) A reduction in the rate of future benefit accruals, 
     so long as the resulting rate is not less than 1 percent of 
     the contributions on which benefits are based as of the start 
     of the plan year (or the equivalent standard accrual rate as 
     described in section 305(e)(6)).
       ``(iii) A modification or elimination of adjustable 
     benefits of participants that are not in pay status before 
     the date of the notice required under subsection (b)(1).
       ``(iv) Any other lawfully available measures not 
     specifically described in this subparagraph or subparagraph 
     (C) or (D) that the plan sponsor determines are reasonable.
       ``(C) Additional program elements.--If the plan sponsor has 
     determined that all reasonable measures available under 
     subparagraph (B) will not enable the plan to achieve a 
     projected funded ratio of at least 120 percent for the 
     following plan year, such reasonable measures may also 
     include--
       ``(i) a reduction of accrued benefits that are not in pay 
     status by the date of the notice required under subsection 
     (b)(1); or
       ``(ii) a reduction of any benefits of participants that are 
     in pay status before the date of the notice required under 
     subsection (b)(1) other than core benefits as defined in 
     paragraph (4).
       ``(D) Additional reductions.--In the case of a composite 
     plan for which the plan sponsor has determined that all 
     reasonable measures available under subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
     will not enable the plan to achieve a projected funded ratio 
     of at least 120 percent for the following plan year, such 
     reasonable measures may also include--
       ``(i) a further reduction in the rate of future benefit 
     accruals without regard to the limitation applicable under 
     subparagraph (B)(ii); or
       ``(ii) a reduction of core benefits;
     provided that such reductions shall be equitably distributed 
     across the participant and beneficiary population, taking 
     into account factors, with respect to participants and 
     beneficiaries and their benefits, that may include one or 
     more of the factors listed in subclauses (I) through (X) of 
     section 305(e)(9)(D)(vi), to the extent necessary to enable 
     the plan to achieve a projected funded ratio of at least 120 
     percent for the following plan year, or at the election of 
     the plan sponsor, a projected funded ratio of at least 100 
     percent for the following plan year and a current funded 
     ratio of at least 90 percent.
       ``(3) Adjustable benefit defined.--For purposes of this 
     part, the term `adjustable benefit' means--
       ``(A) benefits, rights, and features under the plan, 
     including post-retirement death benefits, 60-month 
     guarantees, disability benefits not yet in pay status, and 
     similar benefits;
       ``(B) any early retirement benefit or retirement-type 
     subsidy (within the meaning of section 204(g)(2)(A)) and any 
     benefit payment option (other than the qualified joint and 
     survivor annuity); and
       ``(C) benefit increases that were adopted (or, if later, 
     took effect) less than 60 months before the first day such 
     realignment program took effect.
       ``(4) Core benefit defined.--For purposes of this part, the 
     term `core benefit' means a participant's accrued benefit 
     payable in the normal form of an annuity commencing at normal 
     retirement age, determined without regard to--
       ``(A) any early retirement benefits, retirement-type 
     subsidies, or other benefits, rights, or features that may be 
     associated with that benefit; and
       ``(B) any cost-of-living adjustments or benefit increases 
     effective after the date of retirement.
       ``(5) Coordination with contribution increases.--
       ``(A) In general.--A realignment program may provide that 
     some or all of the benefit modifications described in the 
     program will only take effect if the bargaining parties fail 
     to agree to specified levels of increases in contributions to 
     the plan, effective as of specified dates.
       ``(B) Independent benefit modifications.--If a realignment 
     program adopts any changes to the benefit formula that are 
     independent of potential contribution increases, such changes 
     shall take effect not later than 180 days after the first day 
     of the first plan year that begins following the adoption of 
     the realignment program.
       ``(C) Conditional benefit modifications.--If a realignment 
     program adopts any changes to the benefit formula that take 
     effect only if the bargaining parties fail to agree to 
     contribution increases, such changes shall take effect not 
     later than the first day of the first plan year beginning 
     after the third anniversary of the date of adoption of the 
     realignment program.
       ``(D) Revocation of certain benefit modifications.--Benefit 
     modifications described in subparagraph (C) may be revoked, 
     in whole or in part, and retroactively or prospectively, when 
     contributions to the plan are increased, as specified in the 
     realignment program, including any amendments thereto. The 
     preceding sentence shall not apply unless the contribution 
     increases are to be effective not later than the fifth 
     anniversary of the first day of the first plan year that 
     begins after the adoption of the realignment program.
       ``(b) Notice.--
       ``(1) In general.--In any case in which it is certified 
     under section 802(a) that the projected funded ratio is less 
     than 120 percent, the plan sponsor shall, not later than 30 
     days after the date of the certification, provide 
     notification of the current and projected funded ratios to 
     the participants and beneficiaries, the bargaining parties, 
     and the Secretary. Such notice shall include--
       ``(A) an explanation that contribution rate increases or 
     benefit reductions may be necessary;
       ``(B) a description of the types of benefits that might be 
     reduced; and
       ``(C) an estimate of the contribution increases and benefit 
     reductions that may be necessary to achieve a projected 
     funded ratio of 120 percent.
       ``(2) Notice of benefit modifications.--
       ``(A) In general.--No modifications may be made that reduce 
     the rate of future benefit accrual or that reduce core 
     benefits or adjustable

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     benefits unless notice of such reduction has been given at 
     least 180 days before the general effective date of such 
     reduction for all participants and beneficiaries to--
       ``(i) plan participants and beneficiaries;
       ``(ii) each employer who has an obligation to contribute to 
     the composite plan; and
       ``(iii) each employee organization which, for purposes of 
     collective bargaining, represents plan participants employed 
     by such employers.
       ``(B) Content of notice.--The notice under subparagraph (A) 
     shall contain--
       ``(i) sufficient information to enable participants and 
     beneficiaries to understand the effect of any reduction on 
     their benefits, including an illustration of any affected 
     benefit or subsidy, on an annual or monthly basis that a 
     participant or beneficiary would otherwise have been eligible 
     for as of the general effective date described in 
     subparagraph (A); and
       ``(ii) information as to the rights and remedies of plan 
     participants and beneficiaries as well as how to contact the 
     Department of Labor for further information and assistance, 
     where appropriate.
       ``(C) Form and manner.--Any notice under subparagraph (A)--
       ``(i) shall be provided in a form and manner prescribed in 
     regulations of the Secretary of Labor;
       ``(ii) shall be written in a manner so as to be understood 
     by the average plan participant.
       ``(3) Model notices.--The Secretary shall--
       ``(A) prescribe model notices that the plan sponsor of a 
     composite plan may use to satisfy the notice requirements 
     under this subsection; and
       ``(B) by regulation enumerate any details related to the 
     elements listed in paragraph (1) that any notice under this 
     subsection must include.
       ``(4) Delivery method.--Any notice under this part shall be 
     provided in writing and may also be provided in electronic 
     form to the extent that the form is reasonably accessible to 
     persons to whom the notice is provided.

     ``SEC. 804. LIMITATION ON INCREASING BENEFITS.

       ``(a) Level of Current Funded Ratios.--Except as provided 
     in subsections (c), (d), and (e), no plan amendment 
     increasing benefits or establishing new benefits under a 
     composite plan may be adopted for a plan year unless--
       ``(1) the plan's current funded ratio is at least 110 
     percent (without regard to the benefit increase or new 
     benefits);
       ``(2) taking the benefit increase or new benefits into 
     account, the current funded ratio is at least 100 percent and 
     the projected funded ratio for the current plan year is at 
     least 120 percent;
       ``(3) in any case in which, after taking the benefit 
     increase or new benefits into account, the current funded 
     ratio is less than 140 percent and the projected funded ratio 
     is less than 140 percent, the benefit increase or new 
     benefits are projected by the plan actuary to increase the 
     present value of the plan's liabilities for the plan year by 
     not more than 3 percent; and
       ``(4) expected contributions for the current plan year are 
     at least 120 percent of normal cost for the plan year, 
     determined using the unit credit funding method and treating 
     the benefit increase or new benefits as in effect for the 
     entire plan year.
       ``(b) Additional Requirements Where Core Benefits 
     Reduced.--If a plan has been amended to reduce core benefits 
     pursuant to a realignment program under section 803(a)(2)(D), 
     such plan may not be subsequently amended to increase core 
     benefits unless the amendment--
       ``(1) increases the level of future benefit payments only; 
     and
       ``(2) provides for an equitable distribution of benefit 
     increases across the participant and beneficiary population, 
     taking into account the extent to which the benefits of 
     participants were previously reduced pursuant to such 
     realignment program.
       ``(c) Exception To Comply With Applicable Law.--Subsection 
     (a) shall not apply in connection with a plan amendment if 
     the amendment is required as a condition of qualification 
     under part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 or to comply with other applicable law.
       ``(d) Exception Where Maximum Deductible Limit Applies.--
     Subsection (a) shall not apply in connection with a plan 
     amendment if and to the extent that contributions to the 
     composite plan would not be deductible for the plan year 
     under section 404(a)(1)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 if the plan amendment is not adopted.
       ``(e) Exception for Certain Benefit Modifications.--
     Subsection (a) shall not apply in connection with a plan 
     amendment under section 803(a)(5)(C), regarding conditional 
     benefit modifications.
       ``(f) Treatment of Plan Amendments.--For purposes of this 
     section--
       ``(1) if two or more plan amendments increasing benefits or 
     establishing new benefits are adopted in a plan year, such 
     amendments shall be treated as a single amendment adopted on 
     the last day of the plan year;
       ``(2) all benefit increases and new benefits adopted in a 
     single amendment are treated as a single benefit increase, 
     irrespective of whether the increases and new benefits take 
     effect in more than one plan year; and
       ``(3) increases in contributions or decreases in plan 
     liabilities which are scheduled to take effect in future plan 
     years may be taken into account in connection with a plan 
     amendment if they have been agreed to in writing or otherwise 
     formalized by the date the plan amendment is adopted.

     ``SEC. 805. COMPOSITE PLAN RESTRICTIONS TO PRESERVE LEGACY 
                   PLAN FUNDING.

       ``(a) Treatment as a Legacy Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this part and parts 2 
     and 3, a defined benefit plan shall be treated as a legacy 
     plan with respect to the composite plan under which the 
     employees who were eligible to accrue a benefit under the 
     defined benefit plan become eligible to accrue a benefit 
     under such composite plan.
       ``(2) Component plans.--In any case in which a defined 
     benefit plan is amended to add a composite plan component 
     pursuant to section 801(b), paragraph (1) shall be applied by 
     substituting `defined benefit component' for `defined benefit 
     plan' and `composite plan component' for `composite plan'.
       ``(3) Eligible to accrue a benefit.--For purposes of 
     paragraph (1), an employee is considered eligible to accrue a 
     benefit under a composite plan as of the first day in which 
     the employee completes an hour of service under a collective 
     bargaining agreement that provides for contributions to and 
     accruals under the composite plan in lieu of accruals under 
     the legacy plan.
       ``(4) Collective bargaining agreement.--As used in this 
     part, the term `collective bargaining agreement' includes any 
     agreement under which an employer has an obligation to 
     contribute to a plan.
       ``(5) Other terms.--Any term used in this part which is not 
     defined in this part and which is also used in section 305 
     shall have the same meaning provided such term in such 
     section.
       ``(b) Restrictions on Acceptance by Composite Plan of 
     Agreements and Contributions.--
       ``(1) In general.--The plan sponsor of a composite plan 
     shall not accept or recognize a collective bargaining 
     agreement (or any modification to such agreement), and no 
     contributions may be accepted and no benefits may be accrued 
     or otherwise earned under the agreement--
       ``(A) in any case in which the plan actuary of any defined 
     benefit plan that would be treated as a legacy plan with 
     respect to such composite plan has certified under section 
     305(b)(3) that such defined benefit plan is or will be in 
     critical status for the plan year in which such agreement 
     would take effect or for any of the succeeding 5 plan years; 
     and
       ``(B) unless the agreement requires each employer who is a 
     party to such agreement, including employers whose employees 
     are not participants in the legacy plan, to provide 
     contributions to the legacy plan with respect to such 
     composite plan in a manner that satisfies the transition 
     contribution requirements of subsection (d).
       ``(2) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after a determination 
     by a plan sponsor of a composite plan that an agreement fails 
     to satisfy the requirements described in paragraph (1), the 
     plan sponsor shall provide notification of such failure and 
     the reasons for such determination--
       ``(A) to the parties to the agreement;
       ``(B) to active participants of the composite plan who have 
     ceased to accrue or otherwise earn benefits with respect to 
     service with an employer pursuant to paragraph (1); and
       ``(C) to the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
     the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
       ``(3) Limitation on retroactive effect.--This subsection 
     shall not apply to benefits accrued before the date on which 
     notice is provided under paragraph (2).
       ``(c) Restriction on Accrual of Benefits Under a Composite 
     Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--In any case in which an employer, under 
     a collective bargaining agreement entered into after the date 
     of enactment of the Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act 
     of 2020, ceases to have an obligation to contribute to a 
     multiemployer defined benefit plan, no employees employed by 
     the employer may accrue or otherwise earn benefits under any 
     composite plan, with respect to service with that employer, 
     for a 60-month period beginning on the date on which the 
     employer entered into such collective bargaining agreement.
       ``(2) Notice of cessation of obligation.--Within 30 days of 
     determining that an employer has ceased to have an obligation 
     to contribute to a legacy plan with respect to employees 
     employed by an employer that is or will be contributing to a 
     composite plan with respect to service of such employees, the 
     plan sponsor of the legacy plan shall notify the plan sponsor 
     of the composite plan of that cessation.
       ``(3) Notice of cessation of accruals.--Not later than 30 
     days after determining that an employer has ceased to have an 
     obligation to contribute to a legacy plan, the plan sponsor 
     of the composite plan shall notify the bargaining parties, 
     the active participants affected by the cessation of 
     accruals, the Secretary, the Secretary of the Treasury, and 
     the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation of the cessation of 
     accruals, the period during which such cessation is in 
     effect, and the reasons therefor.
       ``(4) Limitation on retroactive effect.--This subsection 
     shall not apply to benefits accrued before the date on which 
     notice is provided under paragraph (3).
       ``(d) Transition Contribution Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--A collective bargaining agreement 
     satisfies the transition contribution requirements of this 
     subsection if the agreement--
       ``(A) authorizes payment of contributions to a legacy plan 
     at a rate or rates equal to or greater than the transition 
     contribution rate established by the legacy plan under 
     paragraph (2); and
       ``(B) does not provide for--
       ``(i) a suspension of contributions to the legacy plan with 
     respect to any period of service; or
       ``(ii) any new direct or indirect exclusion of younger or 
     newly hired employees of the employer from being taken into 
     account in determining contributions owed to the legacy plan.
       ``(2) Transition contribution rate.--
       ``(A) In general.--The transition contribution rate for a 
     plan year is the contribution rate that, as certified by the 
     actuary of the legacy plan in accordance with the principles 
     in section 305(b)(3)(B), is reasonably expected to be 
     adequate--

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       ``(i) to fund the normal cost for the plan year;
       ``(ii) to amortize the plan's unfunded liabilities in level 
     annual installments over 25 years, beginning with the plan 
     year in which the transition contribution rate is first 
     established; and
       ``(iii) to amortize any subsequent changes in the legacy 
     plan's unfunded liability due to experience gains or losses 
     (including investment gains or losses, gains or losses due to 
     contributions greater or less than the contributions made 
     under the prior transition contribution rate, and other 
     actuarial gains or losses), changes in actuarial assumptions, 
     changes to the legacy plan's benefits, or changes in funding 
     method over a period of 15 plan years beginning with the plan 
     year in which such change in unfunded liability is incurred.
     The transition contribution rate for any plan year may not be 
     less than the transition contribution rate for the plan year 
     in which such rate is first established.
       ``(B) Multiple rates.--If different rates of contribution 
     are payable to the legacy plan by different employers or for 
     different classes of employees, the certification shall 
     specify a transition contribution rate for each such 
     employer.
       ``(C) Rate applicable to employer.--
       ``(i) In general.--Except as provided by clause (ii), the 
     transition contribution rate applicable to an employer for a 
     plan year is the rate in effect for the plan year of the 
     legacy plan that commences on or after 180 days before the 
     earlier of--

       ``(I) the effective date of the collective bargaining 
     agreement pursuant to which the employer contributes to the 
     legacy plan; or
       ``(II) 5 years after the last plan year for which the 
     transition contribution rate applicable to the employer was 
     established or updated.

       ``(ii) Exception.--The transition contribution rate 
     applicable to an employer for the first plan year beginning 
     on or after the commencement of the employer's obligation to 
     contribute to the composite plan is the rate in effect for 
     the plan year of the legacy plan that commences on or after 
     180 days before such first plan year.
       ``(D) Effect of legacy plan financial circumstances.--If 
     the plan actuary of the legacy plan has certified under 
     section 305 that the plan is in endangered or critical status 
     for a plan year, the transition contribution rate for the 
     following plan year is the rate determined with respect to 
     the employer under the legacy plan's funding improvement or 
     rehabilitation plan under section 305, if greater than the 
     rate otherwise determined, but in no event greater than 75 
     percent of the sum of the contribution rates applicable to 
     the legacy plan and the composite plan for the plan year.
       ``(E) Other actuarial assumptions and methods.--Except as 
     provided in subparagraph (A), the determination of the 
     transition contribution rate for a plan year shall be based 
     on actuarial assumptions and methods consistent with the 
     minimum funding determinations made under section 304 (or, if 
     applicable, section 305) with respect to the legacy plan for 
     the plan year.
       ``(F) Adjustments in rate.--The plan sponsor of a legacy 
     plan from time to time may adjust the transition contribution 
     rate or rates applicable to an employer under this paragraph 
     by increasing some rates and decreasing others if the actuary 
     certifies that such adjusted rates in combination will 
     produce projected contribution income for the plan year 
     beginning on or after the date of certification that is not 
     less than would be produced by the transition contribution 
     rates in effect at the time of the certification.
       ``(G) Notice of transition contribution rate.--The plan 
     sponsor of a legacy plan shall provide notice to the parties 
     to collective bargaining agreements pursuant to which 
     contributions are made to the legacy plan of changes to the 
     transition contribution rate requirements at least 30 days 
     before the beginning of the plan year for which the rate is 
     effective.
       ``(H) Notice to composite plan sponsor.--Not later than 30 
     days after a determination by the plan sponsor of a legacy 
     plan that a collective bargaining agreement provides for a 
     rate of contributions that is below the transition 
     contribution rate applicable to one or more employers that 
     are parties to the collective bargaining agreement, the plan 
     sponsor of the legacy plan shall notify the plan sponsor of 
     any composite plan under which employees of such employer 
     would otherwise be eligible to accrue a benefit.
       ``(3) Correction procedures.--Pursuant to standards 
     prescribed by the Secretary, the plan sponsor of a composite 
     plan shall adopt rules and procedures that give the parties 
     to the collective bargaining agreement notice of the failure 
     of such agreement to satisfy the transition contribution 
     requirements of this subsection, and a reasonable opportunity 
     to correct such failure, not to exceed 180 days from the date 
     of notice given under subsection (b)(2).
       ``(4) Supplemental contributions.--A collective bargaining 
     agreement may provide for supplemental contributions to the 
     legacy plan for a plan year in excess of the transition 
     contribution rate determined under paragraph (2), regardless 
     of whether the legacy plan is in endangered or critical 
     status for such plan year.
       ``(e) Nonapplication of Composite Plan Restrictions.--
       ``(1) In general.--The provisions of subsections (a), (b), 
     and (c) shall not apply with respect to a collective 
     bargaining agreement, to the extent the agreement, or a 
     predecessor agreement, provides or provided for contributions 
     to a defined benefit plan that is a legacy plan, as of the 
     first day of the first plan year following a plan year for 
     which the plan actuary certifies that the plan is fully 
     funded, has been fully funded for at least three out of the 
     immediately preceding 5 plan years, and is projected to 
     remain fully funded for at least the following 4 plan years.
       ``(2) Determination of fully funded.--A plan is fully 
     funded for purposes of paragraph (1) if, as of the valuation 
     date of the plan for a plan year, the value of the plan's 
     assets equals or exceeds the present value of the plan's 
     liabilities, determined in accordance with the rules 
     prescribed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under 
     sections 4219(c)(1)(D) and 4281 for multiemployer plans 
     terminating by mass withdrawal, as in effect for the date of 
     the determination, except the plan's reasonable assumption 
     regarding the starting date of benefits may be used.
       ``(3) Other applicable rules.--Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), actuarial determinations and projections under 
     this section shall be based on the rules in section 305(b)(3) 
     and section 802(b).

     ``SEC. 806. MERGERS AND ASSET TRANSFERS OF COMPOSITE PLANS.

       ``(a) In General.--Assets and liabilities of a composite 
     plan may only be merged with, or transferred to, another plan 
     if--
       ``(1) the other plan is a composite plan;
       ``(2) the plan or plans resulting from the merger or 
     transfer is a composite plan;
       ``(3) no participant's accrued benefit or adjustable 
     benefit is lower immediately after the transaction than it 
     was immediately before the transaction; and
       ``(4) the value of the assets transferred in the case of a 
     transfer reasonably reflects the value of the amounts 
     contributed with respect to the participants whose benefits 
     are being transferred, adjusted for allocable distributions, 
     investment gains and losses, and administrative expenses.
       ``(b) Legacy Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--After a merger or transfer involving a 
     composite plan, the legacy plan with respect to an employer 
     that is obligated to contribute to the resulting composite 
     plan is the legacy plan that applied to that employer 
     immediately before the merger or transfer.
       ``(2) Multiple legacy plans.--If an employer is obligated 
     to contribute to more than one legacy plan with respect to 
     employees eligible to accrue benefits under more than one 
     composite plan and there is a merger or transfer of such 
     legacy plans, the transition contribution rate applicable to 
     the legacy plan resulting from the merger or transfer with 
     respect to that employer shall be determined in accordance 
     with the provisions of section 805(d)(2)(B).''.
       (2) Penalties.--
       (A) Civil enforcement of failure to comply with realignment 
     program.--Section 502(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1132(a)) is 
     amended--
       (i) in paragraph (10), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(12) in the case of a composite plan required to adopt a 
     realignment program under section 803, if the plan sponsor--
       ``(A) has not adopted a realignment program under that 
     section by the deadline established in such section; or
       ``(B) fails to update or comply with the terms of the 
     realignment program in accordance with the requirements of 
     such section,
     by the Secretary, by an employer that has an obligation to 
     contribute with respect to the composite plan, or by an 
     employee organization that represents active participants in 
     the composite plan, for an order compelling the plan sponsor 
     to adopt a realignment program, or to update or comply with 
     the terms of the realignment program, in accordance with the 
     requirements of such section and the realignment program.''.
       (B) Civil penalties.--Section 502(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
     1132(c)) is amended--
       (i) by moving paragraphs (8), (10), and (12) each 2 ems to 
     the left;
       (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (12) as 
     paragraphs (12) through (15), respectively; and
       (iii) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
       ``(9) The Secretary may assess against any plan sponsor of 
     a composite plan a civil penalty of not more than $1,100 per 
     day for each violation by such sponsor--
       ``(A) of the requirement under section 802(a) on the plan 
     actuary to certify the plan's current or projected funded 
     ratio by the date specified in such subsection; or
       ``(B) of the requirement under section 803 to adopt a 
     realignment program by the deadline established in that 
     section and to comply with its terms.
       ``(10)(A) The Secretary may assess against any plan sponsor 
     of a composite plan a civil penalty of not more than $100 per 
     day for each violation by such sponsor of the requirement 
     under section 803(b) to provide notice as described in such 
     section, except that no penalty may be assessed in any case 
     in which the plan sponsor exercised reasonable diligence to 
     meet the requirements of such section and--
       ``(i) the plan sponsor did not know that the violation 
     existed; or
       ``(ii) the plan sponsor provided such notice during the 30-
     day period beginning on the first date on which the plan 
     sponsor knew, or in exercising reasonable due diligence 
     should have known, that such violation existed.
       ``(B) In any case in which the plan sponsor exercised 
     reasonable diligence to meet the requirements of section 
     803(b)--
       ``(i) the total penalty assessed under this paragraph 
     against such sponsor for a plan year may not exceed $500,000; 
     and
       ``(ii) the Secretary may waive part or all of such penalty 
     to the extent that the payment of such penalty would be 
     excessive or otherwise inequitable relative to the violation 
     involved.
       ``(11) The Secretary may assess against any plan sponsor of 
     a composite plan a civil penalty of not more than $100 per 
     day for each violation by such sponsor of the notice 
     requirements under sections 801(b)(5) and 805(b)(2).''.

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       (3) Conforming amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     1 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by inserting 
     after the item relating to section 734 the following:

               ``Part 8--Composite Plans and Legacy Plans

``Sec. 801. Composite plan defined.
``Sec. 802. Funded ratios; actuarial assumptions.
``Sec. 803. Realignment program.
``Sec. 804. Limitation on increasing benefits.
``Sec. 805. Composite plan restrictions to preserve legacy plan 
              funding.
``Sec. 806. Mergers and asset transfers of composite plans.''.
       (b) Amendment to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
       (1) In general.--Part III of subchapter D of chapter 1 of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:

             ``Subpart C--Composite Plans and Legacy Plans

``Sec. 437. Composite plan defined.
``Sec. 438. Funded ratios; actuarial assumptions.
``Sec. 439. Realignment program.
``Sec. 440. Limitation on increasing benefits.
``Sec. 440A. Composite plan restrictions to preserve legacy plan 
              funding.
``Sec. 440B. Mergers and asset transfers of composite plans.

     ``SEC. 437. COMPOSITE PLAN DEFINED.

       ``(a) In General.--For purposes of this title, the term 
     `composite plan' means a pension plan--
       ``(1) which is a multiemployer plan that is neither a 
     defined benefit plan nor a defined contribution plan,
       ``(2) the terms of which provide that the plan is a 
     composite plan for purposes of this title with respect to 
     which not more than one multiemployer defined benefit plan is 
     treated as a legacy plan within the meaning of section 440A, 
     unless there is more than one legacy plan following a merger 
     of composite plans under section 440B,
       ``(3) which provides systematically for the payment of 
     benefits--
       ``(A) objectively calculated pursuant to a formula 
     enumerated in the plan document with respect to plan 
     participants after retirement, for life, and
       ``(B) in the form of life annuities, except for benefits 
     which under section 411(a)(11) may be immediately distributed 
     without the consent of the participant,
       ``(4) for which the plan contributions for the first plan 
     year are at least 120 percent of the normal cost for the plan 
     year,
       ``(5) which requires--
       ``(A) an annual valuation of the liability of the plan as 
     of a date within the plan year to which the valuation refers 
     or within one month prior to the beginning of such year,
       ``(B) an annual actuarial determination of the plan's 
     current funded ratio and projected funded ratio under section 
     438(a),
       ``(C) corrective action through a realignment program 
     pursuant to section 439 whenever the plan's projected funded 
     ratio is below 120 percent for the plan year, and
       ``(D) an annual notification to each participant describing 
     the participant's benefits under the plan and explaining that 
     such benefits may be subject to reduction under a realignment 
     program pursuant to section 439 based on the plan's funded 
     status in future plan years, and
       ``(6) the board of trustees of which includes at least one 
     retiree or beneficiary in pay status during each plan year 
     following the first plan year in which at least 5 percent of 
     the participants in the plan are retirees or beneficiaries in 
     pay status.
       ``(b) Transition From a Multiemployer Defined Benefit 
     Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--The plan sponsor of a defined benefit 
     plan that is a multiemployer plan may, subject to paragraph 
     (2), amend the plan to incorporate the features of a 
     composite plan as a component of the multiemployer plan 
     separate from the defined benefit plan component, except in 
     the case of a defined benefit plan for which the plan actuary 
     has certified under section 432(b)(3) that the plan is or 
     will be in critical status for the plan year in which such 
     amendment would become effective or for any of the succeeding 
     5 plan years.
       ``(2) Requirements.--Any amendment pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) to incorporate the features of a composite plan as a 
     component of a multiemployer plan shall--
       ``(A) apply with respect to all collective bargaining 
     agreements providing for contributions to the multiemployer 
     plan on or after the effective date of the amendment,
       ``(B) apply with respect to all participants in the 
     multiemployer plan for whom contributions are made to the 
     multiemployer plan on or after the effective date of the 
     amendment,
       ``(C) specify that the effective date of the amendment is--
       ``(i) the first day of a specified plan year following the 
     date of the adoption of the amendment, except that the plan 
     sponsor may alternatively provide for a separate effective 
     date with respect to each collective bargaining agreement 
     under which contributions to the multiemployer plan are 
     required, which shall occur on the first day of the first 
     plan year beginning after the termination, or if earlier, the 
     re-opening, of each such agreement, or such earlier date as 
     the parties to the agreement and the plan sponsor of the 
     multiemployer plan shall agree to, and
       ``(ii) not later than the first day of the fifth plan year 
     beginning on or after the date of the adoption of the 
     amendment,
       ``(D) specify that, as of the amendment's effective date, 
     no further benefits shall accrue under the defined benefit 
     component of the multiemployer plan, and
       ``(E) specify that, as of the amendment's effective date, 
     the plan sponsor of the multiemployer plan shall be the plan 
     sponsor of both the composite plan component and the defined 
     benefit plan component of the plan.
       ``(3) Special rules.--If a multiemployer plan is amended 
     pursuant to paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) the requirements of this title shall be applied to 
     the composite plan component and the defined benefit plan 
     component of the multiemployer plan as if each such component 
     were maintained as a separate plan, and
       ``(B) the assets of the composite plan component and the 
     defined benefit plan component of the plan shall be held in a 
     single trust forming part of the plan under which the trust 
     instrument expressly provides--
       ``(i) for separate accounts (and appropriate records) to be 
     maintained to reflect the interest which each of the plan 
     components has in the trust, including separate accounting 
     for additions to the trust for the benefit of each plan 
     component, disbursements made from each plan component's 
     account in the trust, investment experience of the trust 
     allocable to that account, and administrative expenses 
     (whether direct expenses or shared expenses allocated 
     proportionally), and permits, but does not require, the 
     pooling of some or all of the assets of the two plan 
     components for investment purposes, and
       ``(ii) that the assets of each of the two plan components 
     shall be held, invested, reinvested, managed, administered 
     and distributed for the exclusive benefit of the participants 
     and beneficiaries of each such plan component, and in no 
     event shall the assets of one of the plan components be 
     available to pay benefits due under the other plan component.
       ``(4) Not a termination event.--Notwithstanding section 
     4041A of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
     an amendment pursuant to paragraph (1) to incorporate the 
     features of a composite plan as a component of a 
     multiemployer plan does not constitute termination of the 
     multiemployer plan.
       ``(5) Notice to the secretary.--
       ``(A) Notice.--The plan sponsor of a composite plan shall 
     provide notice to the Secretary of the intent to establish 
     the composite plan (or, in the case of a composite plan 
     incorporated as a component of a multiemployer plan as 
     described in paragraph (1), the intent to amend the 
     multiemployer plan to incorporate such composite plan) at 
     least 30 days prior to the effective date of such 
     establishment or amendment.
       ``(B) Certification.--In the case of a composite plan 
     incorporated as a component of a multiemployer plan as 
     described in paragraph (1), such notice shall include a 
     certification by the plan actuary under section 432(b)(3) 
     that the effective date of the amendment occurs in a plan 
     year for which the multiemployer plan is not in critical 
     status for that plan year and any of the succeeding 5 plan 
     years.
       ``(6) References to composite plan component.--As used in 
     this subpart, the term `composite plan' includes a composite 
     plan component added to a defined benefit plan pursuant to 
     paragraph (1).
       ``(7) Rule of construction.--Paragraph (2)(A) shall not be 
     construed as preventing the plan sponsor of a multiemployer 
     plan from adopting an amendment pursuant to paragraph (1) 
     because some collective bargaining agreements are amended to 
     cease any covered employer's obligation to contribute to the 
     multiemployer plan before or after the plan amendment is 
     effective. Paragraph (2)(B) shall not be construed as 
     preventing the plan sponsor of a multiemployer plan from 
     adopting an amendment pursuant to paragraph (1) because some 
     participants cease to have contributions made to the 
     multiemployer plan on their behalf before or after the plan 
     amendment is effective.
       ``(c) Coordination With Funding Rules.--Except as otherwise 
     provided in this title, sections 412, 431, and 432 shall not 
     apply to a composite plan.
       ``(d) Treatment of a Composite Plan.--For purposes of this 
     title (other than sections 412 and 418E), a composite plan 
     shall be treated as if it were a defined benefit plan unless 
     a different treatment is provided for under applicable law.

     ``SEC. 438. FUNDED RATIOS; ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS.

       ``(a) Certification of Funded Ratios.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than the one-hundred twentieth 
     day of each plan year of a composite plan, the plan actuary 
     of the composite plan shall certify to the Secretary, the 
     Secretary of Labor, and the plan sponsor the plan's current 
     funded ratio and projected funded ratio for the plan year.
       ``(2) Determination of current funded ratio and projected 
     funded ratio.--For purposes of this section--
       ``(A) Current funded ratio.--The current funded ratio is 
     the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of--
       ``(i) the value of the plan's assets as of the first day of 
     the plan year, to
       ``(ii) the plan actuary's best estimate of the present 
     value of the plan liabilities as of the first day of the plan 
     year.
       ``(B) Projected funded ratio.--The projected funded ratio 
     is the current funded ratio projected to the first day of the 
     fifteenth plan year following the plan year for which the 
     determination is being made.
       ``(3) Consideration of contribution rate increases.--For 
     purposes of projections under this subsection, the plan 
     sponsor may anticipate contribution rate increases beyond the 
     term of the current collective bargaining agreement and any 
     agreed-to supplements, up to a maximum of 2.5 percent per 
     year, compounded annually, unless it would be unreasonable 
     under the circumstances to assume that contributions would 
     increase by that amount.
       ``(b) Actuarial Assumptions and Methods.--For purposes of 
     this part--
       ``(1) In general.--All costs, liabilities, rates of 
     interest, and other factors under the plan shall

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     be determined for a plan year on the basis of actuarial 
     assumptions and methods--
       ``(A) each of which is reasonable (taking into account the 
     experience of the plan and reasonable expectations),
       ``(B) which, in combination, offer the actuary's best 
     estimate of anticipated experience under the plan, and
       ``(C) with respect to which any change from the actuarial 
     assumptions and methods used in the previous plan year shall 
     be certified by the plan actuary and the actuarial rationale 
     for such change provided in the annual report required by 
     section 6058.
       ``(2) Fair market value of assets.--The value of the plan's 
     assets shall be taken into account on the basis of their fair 
     market value.
       ``(3) Determination of normal cost and plan liabilities.--A 
     plan's normal cost and liabilities shall be based on the most 
     recent actuarial valuation required under section 
     437(a)(5)(A) and the unit credit funding method.
       ``(4) Time when certain contributions deemed made.--Any 
     contributions for a plan year made by an employer after the 
     last day of such plan year, but not later than two and one-
     half months after such day, shall be deemed to have been made 
     on such last day. For purposes of this paragraph, such two 
     and one-half month period may be extended for not more than 
     six months under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
       ``(5) Additional actuarial assumptions.--Except where 
     otherwise provided in this subpart, the provisions of section 
     432(b)(3)(B) shall apply to any determination or projection 
     under this subpart.

     ``SEC. 439. REALIGNMENT PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Realignment Program.--
       ``(1) Adoption.--In any case in which the plan actuary 
     certifies under section 438(a) that the plan's projected 
     funded ratio is below 120 percent for the plan year, the plan 
     sponsor shall adopt a realignment program under paragraph (2) 
     not later than 210 days after the due date of the 
     certification required under section 438(a). The plan sponsor 
     shall adopt an updated realignment program for each 
     succeeding plan year for which a certification described in 
     the preceding sentence is made.
       ``(2) Content of realignment program.--
       ``(A) In general.--A realignment program adopted under this 
     paragraph is a written program which consists of all 
     reasonable measures, including options or a range of options 
     to be undertaken by the plan sponsor or proposed to the 
     bargaining parties, formulated, based on reasonably 
     anticipated experience and reasonable actuarial assumptions, 
     to enable the plan to achieve a projected funded ratio of at 
     least 120 percent for the following plan year.
       ``(B) Initial program elements.--Reasonable measures under 
     a realignment program described in subparagraph (A) may 
     include any of the following:
       ``(i) Proposed contribution increases.
       ``(ii) A reduction in the rate of future benefit accruals, 
     so long as the resulting rate shall not be less than 1 
     percent of the contributions on which benefits are based as 
     of the start of the plan year (or the equivalent standard 
     accrual rate as described in section 432(e)(6)).
       ``(iii) A modification or elimination of adjustable 
     benefits of participants that are not in pay status before 
     the date of the notice required under subsection (b)(1).
       ``(iv) Any other legally available measures not 
     specifically described in this subparagraph or subparagraph 
     (C) or (D) that the plan sponsor determines are reasonable.
       ``(C) Additional program elements.--If the plan sponsor has 
     determined that all reasonable measures available under 
     subparagraph (B) will not enable the plan to achieve a 
     projected funded ratio of at least 120 percent the following 
     plan year, such reasonable measures may also include--
       ``(i) a reduction of accrued benefits that are not in pay 
     status by the date of the notice required under subsection 
     (b)(1), or
       ``(ii) a reduction of any benefits of participants that are 
     in pay status before the date of the notice required under 
     subsection (b)(1) other than core benefits as defined in 
     paragraph (4).
       ``(D) Additional reductions.--In the case of a composite 
     plan for which the plan sponsor has determined that all 
     reasonable measures available under subparagraphs (B) and (C) 
     will not enable the plan to achieve a projected funded ratio 
     of at least 120 percent for the following plan year, such 
     reasonable measures may also include--
       ``(i) a further reduction in the rate of future benefit 
     accruals without regard to the limitation applicable under 
     subparagraph (B)(ii), or
       ``(ii) a reduction of core benefits,
     provided that such reductions shall be equitably distributed 
     across the participant and beneficiary population, taking 
     into account factors, with respect to participants and 
     beneficiaries and their benefits, that may include one or 
     more of the factors listed in subclauses (I) through (X) of 
     section 432(e)(9)(D)(vi), to the extent necessary to enable 
     the plan to achieve a projected funded ratio of at least 120 
     percent for the following plan year, or at the election of 
     the plan sponsor, a projected funded ratio of at least 100 
     percent for the following plan year and a current funded 
     ratio of at least 90 percent.
       ``(3) Adjustable benefit defined.--For purposes of this 
     subpart, the term `adjustable benefit' means--
       ``(A) benefits, rights, and features under the plan, 
     including post-retirement death benefits, 60-month 
     guarantees, disability benefits not yet in pay status, and 
     similar benefits,
       ``(B) any early retirement benefit or retirement-type 
     subsidy (within the meaning of section 411(d)(6)(B)(i)) and 
     any benefit payment option (other than the qualified joint 
     and survivor annuity), and
       ``(C) benefit increases that were adopted (or, if later, 
     took effect) less than 60 months before the first day such 
     realignment program took effect.
       ``(4) Core benefit defined.--For purposes of this subpart, 
     the term `core benefit' means a participant's accrued benefit 
     payable in the normal form of an annuity commencing at normal 
     retirement age, determined without regard to--
       ``(A) any early retirement benefits, retirement-type 
     subsidies, or other benefits, rights, or features that may be 
     associated with that benefit, and
       ``(B) any cost-of-living adjustments or benefit increases 
     effective after the date of retirement.
       ``(5) Coordination with contribution increases.--
       ``(A) In general.--A realignment program may provide that 
     some or all of the benefit modifications described in the 
     program will only take effect if the bargaining parties fail 
     to agree to specified levels of increases in contributions to 
     the plan, effective as of specified dates.
       ``(B) Independent benefit modifications.--If a realignment 
     program adopts any changes to the benefit formula that are 
     independent of potential contribution increases, such changes 
     shall take effect not later than 180 days following the first 
     day of the first plan year that begins following the adoption 
     of the realignment program.
       ``(C) Conditional benefit modifications.--If a realignment 
     program adopts any changes to the benefit formula that take 
     effect only if the bargaining parties fail to agree to 
     contribution increases, such changes shall take effect not 
     later than the first day of the first plan year beginning 
     after the third anniversary of the date of adoption of the 
     realignment program.
       ``(D) Revocation of certain benefit modifications.--Benefit 
     modifications described in paragraph (3) may be revoked, in 
     whole or in part, and retroactively or prospectively, when 
     contributions to the plan are increased, as specified in the 
     realignment program, including any amendments thereto. The 
     preceding sentence shall not apply unless the contribution 
     increases are to be effective not later than the fifth 
     anniversary of the first day of the first plan year that 
     begins after the adoption of the realignment program.
       ``(b) Notice.--
       ``(1) In general.--In any case in which it is certified 
     under section 438(a) that the projected funded ratio is less 
     than 120 percent, the plan sponsor shall, not later than 30 
     days after the date of the certification, provide 
     notification of the current and projected funded ratios to 
     the participants and beneficiaries, the bargaining parties, 
     and the Secretary. Such notice shall include--
       ``(A) an explanation that contribution rate increases or 
     benefit reductions may be necessary,
       ``(B) a description of the types of benefits that might be 
     reduced, and
       ``(C) an estimate of the contribution increases and benefit 
     reductions that may be necessary to achieve a projected 
     funded ratio of 120 percent.
       ``(2) Notice of benefit modifications.--
       ``(A) In general.--No modifications may be made that reduce 
     the rate of future benefit accrual or that reduce core 
     benefits or adjustable benefits unless notice of such 
     reduction has been given at least 180 days before the general 
     effective date of such reduction for all participants and 
     beneficiaries to--
       ``(i) plan participants and beneficiaries,
       ``(ii) each employer who has an obligation to contribute to 
     the composite plan, and
       ``(iii) each employee organization which, for purposes of 
     collective bargaining, represents plan participants employed 
     by such employers.
       ``(B) Content of notice.--The notice under subparagraph (A) 
     shall contain--
       ``(i) sufficient information to enable participants and 
     beneficiaries to understand the effect of any reduction on 
     their benefits, including an illustration of any affected 
     benefit or subsidy, on an annual or monthly basis that a 
     participant or beneficiary would otherwise have been eligible 
     for as of the general effective date described in 
     subparagraph (A), and
       ``(ii) information as to the rights and remedies of plan 
     participants and beneficiaries as well as how to contact the 
     Department of Labor for further information and assistance, 
     where appropriate.
       ``(C) Form and manner.--Any notice under subparagraph (A)--
       ``(i) shall be provided in a form and manner prescribed in 
     regulations of the Secretary of Labor,
       ``(ii) shall be written in a manner so as to be understood 
     by the average plan participant.
       ``(3) Model notices.--The Secretary shall--
       ``(A) prescribe model notices that the plan sponsor of a 
     composite plan may use to satisfy the notice requirements 
     under this subsection, and
       ``(B) by regulation enumerate any details related to the 
     elements listed in paragraph (1) that any notice under this 
     subsection must include.
       ``(4) Delivery method.--Any notice under this part shall be 
     provided in writing and may also be provided in electronic 
     form to the extent that the form is reasonably accessible to 
     persons to whom the notice is provided.

     ``SEC. 440. LIMITATION ON INCREASING BENEFITS.

       ``(a) Level of Current Funded Ratios.--Except as provided 
     in subsections (c), (d), and (e), no plan amendment 
     increasing benefits or establishing new benefits under a 
     composite plan may be adopted for a plan year unless--
       ``(1) the plan's current funded ratio is at least 110 
     percent (without regard to the benefit increase or new 
     benefits),
       ``(2) taking the benefit increase or new benefits into 
     account, the current funded ratio is at least 100 percent and 
     the projected funded ratio for the current plan year is at 
     least 120 percent,
       ``(3) in any case in which, after taking the benefit 
     increase or new benefits into account,

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     the current funded ratio is less than 140 percent or the 
     projected funded ratio is less than 140 percent, the benefit 
     increase or new benefits are projected by the plan actuary to 
     increase the present value of the plan's liabilities for the 
     plan year by not more than 3 percent, and
       ``(4) expected contributions for the current plan year are 
     at least 120 percent of normal cost for the plan year, 
     determined using the unit credit funding method and treating 
     the benefit increase or new benefits as in effect for the 
     entire plan year.
       ``(b) Additional Requirements Where Core Benefits 
     Reduced.--If a plan has been amended to reduce core benefits 
     pursuant to a realignment program under section 439(a)(2)(D), 
     such plan may not be subsequently amended to increase core 
     benefits unless the amendment--
       ``(1) increases the level of future benefit payments only, 
     and
       ``(2) provides for an equitable distribution of benefit 
     increases across the participant and beneficiary population, 
     taking into account the extent to which the benefits of 
     participants were previously reduced pursuant to such 
     realignment program.
       ``(c) Exception To Comply With Applicable Law.--Subsection 
     (a) shall not apply in connection with a plan amendment if 
     the amendment is required as a condition of qualification 
     under part I of subchapter D of chapter 1 or to comply with 
     other applicable law.
       ``(d) Exception Where Maximum Deductible Limit Applies.--
     Subsection (a) shall not apply in connection with a plan 
     amendment if and to the extent that contributions to the 
     composite plan would not be deductible for the plan year 
     under section 404(a)(1)(E) if the plan amendment is not 
     adopted. The Secretary of the Treasury shall issue 
     regulations to implement this paragraph.
       ``(e) Exception for Certain Benefit Modifications.--
     Subsection (a) shall not apply in connection with a plan 
     amendment under section 439(a)(5)(C), regarding conditional 
     benefit modifications.
       ``(f) Treatment of Plan Amendments.--For purposes of this 
     section--
       ``(1) if two or more plan amendments increasing benefits or 
     establishing new benefits are adopted in a plan year, such 
     amendments shall be treated as a single amendment adopted on 
     the last day of the plan year,
       ``(2) all benefit increases and new benefits adopted in a 
     single amendment are treated as a single benefit increase, 
     irrespective of whether the increases and new benefits take 
     effect in more than one plan year, and
       ``(3) increases in contributions or decreases in plan 
     liabilities which are scheduled to take effect in future plan 
     years may be taken into account in connection with a plan 
     amendment if they have been agreed to in writing or otherwise 
     formalized by the date the plan amendment is adopted.

     ``SEC. 440A. COMPOSITE PLAN RESTRICTIONS TO PRESERVE LEGACY 
                   PLAN FUNDING.

       ``(a) Treatment as a Legacy Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this subchapter, a 
     defined benefit plan shall be treated as a legacy plan with 
     respect to the composite plan under which the employees who 
     were eligible to accrue a benefit under the defined benefit 
     plan become eligible to accrue a benefit under such composite 
     plan.
       ``(2) Component plans.--In any case in which a defined 
     benefit plan is amended to add a composite plan component 
     pursuant to section 437(b), paragraph (1) shall be applied by 
     substituting `defined benefit component' for `defined benefit 
     plan' and `composite plan component' for `composite plan'.
       ``(3) Eligible to accrue a benefit.--For purposes of 
     paragraph (1), an employee is considered eligible to accrue a 
     benefit under a composite plan as of the first day in which 
     the employee completes an hour of service under a collective 
     bargaining agreement that provides for contributions to and 
     accruals under the composite plan in lieu of accruals under 
     the legacy plan.
       ``(4) Collective bargaining agreement.--As used in this 
     subpart, the term `collective bargaining agreement' includes 
     any agreement under which an employer has an obligation to 
     contribute to a plan.
       ``(5) Other terms.--Any term used in this subpart which is 
     not defined in this part and which is also used in section 
     432 shall have the same meaning provided such term in such 
     section.
       ``(b) Restrictions on Acceptance by Composite Plan of 
     Agreements and Contributions.--
       ``(1) In general.--The plan sponsor of a composite plan 
     shall not accept or recognize a collective bargaining 
     agreement (or any modification to such agreement), and no 
     contributions may be accepted and no benefits may be accrued 
     or otherwise earned under the agreement--
       ``(A) in any case in which the plan actuary of any defined 
     benefit plan that would be treated as a legacy plan with 
     respect to such composite plan has certified under section 
     432(b)(3) that such defined benefit plan is or will be in 
     critical status for the plan year in which such agreement 
     would take effect or for any of the succeeding 5 plan years, 
     and
       ``(B) unless the agreement requires each employer who is a 
     party to such agreement, including employers whose employees 
     are not participants in the legacy plan, to provide 
     contributions to the legacy plan with respect to such 
     composite plan in a manner that satisfies the transition 
     contribution requirements of subsection (d).
       ``(2) Notice.--Not later than 30 days after a determination 
     by a plan sponsor of a composite plan that an agreement fails 
     to satisfy the requirements described in paragraph (1), the 
     plan sponsor shall provide notification of such failure and 
     the reasons for such determination to--
       ``(A) the parties to the agreement,
       ``(B) active participants of the composite plan who have 
     ceased to accrue or otherwise earn benefits with respect to 
     service with an employer pursuant to paragraph (1), and
       ``(C) the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
       ``(3) Limitation on retroactive effect.--This subsection 
     shall not apply to benefits accrued before the date on which 
     notice is provided under paragraph (2).
       ``(c) Restriction on Accrual of Benefits Under a Composite 
     Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--In any case in which an employer, under 
     a collective bargaining agreement entered into after the date 
     of enactment of the Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act 
     of 2020, ceases to have an obligation to contribute to a 
     multiemployer defined benefit plan, no employees employed by 
     the employer may accrue or otherwise earn benefits under any 
     composite plan, with respect to service with that employer, 
     for a 60-month period beginning on the date on which the 
     employer entered into such collective bargaining agreement.
       ``(2) Notice of cessation of obligation.--Within 30 days of 
     determining that an employer has ceased to have an obligation 
     to contribute to a legacy plan with respect to employees 
     employed by an employer that is or will be contributing to a 
     composite plan with respect to service of such employees, the 
     plan sponsor of the legacy plan shall notify the plan sponsor 
     of the composite plan of that cessation.
       ``(3) Notice of cessation of accruals.--Not later than 30 
     days after determining that an employer has ceased to have an 
     obligation to contribute to a legacy plan, the plan sponsor 
     of the composite plan shall notify the bargaining parties, 
     the active participants affected by the cessation of 
     accruals, the Secretary, the Secretary of Labor, and the 
     Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation of the cessation of 
     accruals, the period during which such cessation is in 
     effect, and the reasons therefor.
       ``(4) Limitation on retroactive effect.--This subsection 
     shall not apply to benefits accrued before the date on which 
     notice is provided under paragraph (3).
       ``(d) Transition Contribution Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--A collective bargaining agreement 
     satisfies the transition contribution requirements of this 
     subsection if the agreement--
       ``(A) authorizes for payment of contributions to a legacy 
     plan at a rate or rates equal to or greater than the 
     transition contribution rate established under paragraph (2), 
     and
       ``(B) does not provide for--
       ``(i) a suspension of contributions to the legacy plan with 
     respect to any period of service, or
       ``(ii) any new direct or indirect exclusion of younger or 
     newly hired employees of the employer from being taken into 
     account in determining contributions owed to the legacy plan.
       ``(2) Transition contribution rate.--
       ``(A) In general.--The transition contribution rate for a 
     plan year is the contribution rate that, as certified by the 
     actuary of the legacy plan in accordance with the principles 
     in section 432(b)(3)(B), is reasonably expected to be 
     adequate--
       ``(i) to fund the normal cost for the plan year,
       ``(ii) to amortize the plan's unfunded liabilities in level 
     annual installments over 25 years, beginning with the plan 
     year in which the transition contribution rate is first 
     established, and
       ``(iii) to amortize any subsequent changes in the legacy 
     plan's unfunded liability due to experience gains or losses 
     (including investment gains or losses, gains or losses due to 
     contributions greater or less than the contributions made 
     under the prior transition contribution rate, and other 
     actuarial gains or losses), changes in actuarial assumptions, 
     changes to the legacy plan's benefits, or changes in funding 
     method over a period of 15 plan years beginning with the plan 
     year in which such change in unfunded liability is incurred.
     The transition contribution rate for any plan year may not be 
     less than the transition contribution rate for the plan year 
     in which such rate is first established.
       ``(B) Multiple rates.--If different rates of contribution 
     are payable to the legacy plan by different employers or for 
     different classes of employees, the certification shall 
     specify a transition contribution rate for each such 
     employer.
       ``(C) Rate applicable to employer.--
       ``(i) In general.--Except as provided by clause (ii), the 
     transition contribution rate applicable to an employer for a 
     plan year is the rate in effect for the plan year of the 
     legacy plan that commences on or after 180 days before the 
     earlier of--

       ``(I) the effective date of the collective bargaining 
     agreement pursuant to which the employer contributes to the 
     legacy plan, or
       ``(II) 5 years after the last plan year for which the 
     transition contribution rate applicable to the employer was 
     established or updated.

       ``(ii) Exception.--The transition contribution rate 
     applicable to an employer for the first plan year beginning 
     on or after the commencement of the employer's obligation to 
     contribute to the composite plan is the rate in effect for 
     the plan year of the legacy plan that commences on or after 
     180 days before such first plan year.
       ``(D) Effect of legacy plan financial circumstances.--If 
     the plan actuary of the legacy plan has certified under 
     section 432 that the plan is in endangered or critical status 
     for a plan year, the transition contribution rate for the 
     following plan year is the rate determined with respect to 
     the employer under the legacy plan's funding improvement or 
     rehabilitation plan under section 432, if greater than the 
     rate otherwise determined, but in no event greater than 75 
     percent of the sum of the contribution

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     rates applicable to the legacy plan and the composite plan 
     for the plan year.
       ``(E) Other actuarial assumptions and methods.--Except as 
     provided in subparagraph (A), the determination of the 
     transition contribution rate for a plan year shall be based 
     on actuarial assumptions and methods consistent with the 
     minimum funding determinations made under section 431 (or, if 
     applicable, section 432) with respect to the legacy plan for 
     the plan year.
       ``(F) Adjustments in rate.--The plan sponsor of a legacy 
     plan from time to time may adjust the transition contribution 
     rate or rates applicable to an employer under this paragraph 
     by increasing some rates and decreasing others if the actuary 
     certifies that such adjusted rates in combination will 
     produce projected contribution income for the plan year 
     beginning on or after the date of certification that is not 
     less than would be produced by the transition contribution 
     rates in effect at the time of the certification.
       ``(G) Notice of transition contribution rate.--The plan 
     sponsor of a legacy plan shall provide notice to the parties 
     to collective bargaining agreements pursuant to which 
     contributions are made to the legacy plan of changes to the 
     transition contribution rate requirements at least 30 days 
     before the beginning of the plan year for which the rate is 
     effective.
       ``(H) Notice to composite plan sponsor.--Not later than 30 
     days after a determination by the plan sponsor of a legacy 
     plan that a collective bargaining agreement provides for a 
     rate of contributions that is below the transition 
     contribution rate applicable to one or more employers that 
     are parties to the collective bargaining agreement, the plan 
     sponsor of the legacy plan shall notify the plan sponsor of 
     any composite plan under which employees of such employer 
     would otherwise be eligible to accrue a benefit.
       ``(3) Correction procedures.--Pursuant to standards 
     prescribed by the Secretary of Labor, the plan sponsor of a 
     composite plan shall adopt rules and procedures that give the 
     parties to the collective bargaining agreement notice of the 
     failure of such agreement to satisfy the transition 
     contribution requirements of this subsection, and a 
     reasonable opportunity to correct such failure, not to exceed 
     180 days from the date of notice given under subsection 
     (b)(2).
       ``(4) Supplemental contributions.--A collective bargaining 
     agreement may provide for supplemental contributions to the 
     legacy plan for a plan year in excess of the transition 
     contribution rate determined under paragraph (2), regardless 
     of whether the legacy plan is in endangered or critical 
     status for such plan year.
       ``(e) Nonapplication of Composite Plan Restrictions.--
       ``(1) In general.--The provisions of subsections (a), (b), 
     and (c) shall not apply with respect to a collective 
     bargaining agreement, to the extent the agreement, or a 
     predecessor agreement, provides or provided for contributions 
     to a defined benefit plan that is a legacy plan, as of the 
     first day of the first plan year following a plan year for 
     which the plan actuary certifies that the plan is fully 
     funded, has been fully funded for at least three out of the 
     immediately preceding 5 plan years, and is projected to 
     remain fully funded for at least the following 4 plan years.
       ``(2) Determination of fully funded.--A plan is fully 
     funded for purposes of paragraph (1) if, as of the valuation 
     date of the plan for a plan year, the value of the plan's 
     assets equals or exceeds the present value of the plan's 
     liabilities, determined in accordance with the rules 
     prescribed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under 
     sections 4219(c)(1)(D) and 4281 of Employee Retirement Income 
     and Security Act for multiemployer plans terminating by mass 
     withdrawal, as in effect for the date of the determination, 
     except the plan's reasonable assumption regarding the 
     starting date of benefits may be used.
       ``(3) Other applicable rules.--Except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), actuarial determinations and projections under 
     this section shall be based on the rules in section 432(b)(3) 
     and section 438(b).

     ``SEC. 440B. MERGERS AND ASSET TRANSFERS OF COMPOSITE PLANS.

       ``(a) In General.--Assets and liabilities of a composite 
     plan may only be merged with, or transferred to, another plan 
     if--
       ``(1) the other plan is a composite plan,
       ``(2) the plan or plans resulting from the merger or 
     transfer is a composite plan,
       ``(3) no participant's accrued benefit or adjustable 
     benefit is lower immediately after the transaction than it 
     was immediately before the transaction, and
       ``(4) the value of the assets transferred in the case of a 
     transfer reasonably reflects the value of the amounts 
     contributed with respect to the participants whose benefits 
     are being transferred, adjusted for allocable distributions, 
     investment gains and losses, and administrative expenses.
       ``(b) Legacy Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--After a merger or transfer involving a 
     composite plan, the legacy plan with respect to an employer 
     that is obligated to contribute to the resulting composite 
     plan is the legacy plan that applied to that employer 
     immediately before the merger or transfer.
       ``(2) Multiple legacy plans.--If an employer is obligated 
     to contribute to more than one legacy plan with respect to 
     employees eligible to accrue benefits under more than one 
     composite plan and there is a merger or transfer of such 
     legacy plans, the transition contribution rate applicable to 
     the legacy plan resulting from the merger or transfer with 
     respect to that employer shall be determined in accordance 
     with the provisions of section 440A(d)(2)(B).''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of subparts for part III 
     of subchapter D of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

            ``subpart c. composite plans and legacy plans''.

       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to plan years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 140003. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS TO COMPOSITE 
                   PLANS.

       (a) Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974.--
       (1) Treatment for purposes of funding notices.--Section 
     101(f) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
     (29 U.S.C. 1021(f)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ``title IV applies'' and 
     inserting ``title IV applies or which is a composite plan''; 
     and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Application to composite plans.--The provisions of 
     this subsection shall apply to a composite plan only to the 
     extent prescribed by the Secretary in regulations that take 
     into account the differences between a composite plan and a 
     defined benefit plan that is a multiemployer plan.''.
       (2) Treatment for purposes of annual report.--Section 103 
     of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
     U.S.C. 1023) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (d) by adding at the end the following 
     sentence: ``The provisions of this subsection shall apply to 
     a composite plan only to the extent prescribed by the 
     Secretary in regulations that take into account the 
     differences between a composite plan and a defined benefit 
     plan that is a multiemployer plan.'';
       (B) in subsection (f) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Additional information for composite plans.--With 
     respect to any composite plan--
       ``(A) the provisions of paragraph (1)(A) shall apply by 
     substituting `current funded ratio and projected funded ratio 
     (as such terms are defined in section 802(a)(2))' for `funded 
     percentage' each place it appears; and
       ``(B) the provisions of paragraph (2) shall apply only to 
     the extent prescribed by the Secretary in regulations that 
     take into account the differences between a composite plan 
     and a defined benefit plan that is a multiemployer plan.''; 
     and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Composite Plans.--A multiemployer plan that 
     incorporates the features of a composite plan as provided in 
     section 801(b) shall be treated as a single plan for purposes 
     of the report required by this section, except that separate 
     financial statements and actuarial statements shall be 
     provided under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a) for 
     the defined benefit plan component and for the composite plan 
     component of the multiemployer plan.''.
       (3) Treatment for purposes of pension benefit statements.--
     Section 105(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1025(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(4) Composite plans.--For purposes of this subsection, a 
     composite plan shall be treated as a defined benefit plan to 
     the extent prescribed by the Secretary in regulations that 
     take into account the differences between a composite plan 
     and a defined benefit plan that is a multiemployer plan.''.
       (b) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--
     Section 6058 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
     by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and by 
     inserting after subsection (e) the following:
       ``(f) Composite Plans.--A multiemployer plan that 
     incorporates the features of a composite plan as provided in 
     section 437(b) shall be treated as a single plan for purposes 
     of the return required by this section, except that separate 
     financial statements shall be provided for the defined 
     benefit plan component and for the composite plan component 
     of the multiemployer plan.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to plan years beginning after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 140004. TREATMENT OF COMPOSITE PLANS UNDER TITLE IV.

       (a) Definition.--Section 4001(a) of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1301(a)) is amended by 
     striking the period at the end of paragraph (21) and 
     inserting a semicolon and by adding at the end the following:
       ``(22) Composite plan.--The term `composite plan' has the 
     meaning set forth in section 801.''.
       (b) Composite Plans Disregarded for Calculating Premiums.--
     Section 4006(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) The composite plan component of a multiemployer plan 
     shall be disregarded in determining the premiums due under 
     this section from the multiemployer plan.''.
       (c) Composite Plans Not Covered.--Section 4021(b)(1) of 
     such Act (29 U.S.C. 1321(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
     ``Act'' and inserting ``Act, or a composite plan, as defined 
     in paragraph (43) of section 3 of this Act''.
       (d) No Withdrawal Liability.--Section 4201 of such Act (29 
     U.S.C. 1381) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(c) Contributions by an employer to the composite plan 
     component of a multiemployer plan shall not be taken into 
     account for any purpose under this title.''.
       (e) No Withdrawal Liability for Certain Plans.--Section 
     4201 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1381) is further amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Contributions by an employer to a multiemployer plan 
     described in the except clause of section 3(35) of this Act 
     pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that 
     specifically designates that such contributions shall be 
     allocated to the separate defined contribution accounts of 
     participants under the plan shall not

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     be taken into account with respect to the defined benefit 
     portion of the plan for any purpose under this title 
     (including the determination of the employer's highest 
     contribution rate under section 4219), even if, under the 
     terms of the plan, participants have the option to transfer 
     assets in their separate defined contribution accounts to the 
     defined benefit portion of the plan in return for service 
     credit under the defined benefit portion, at rates 
     established by the plan sponsor.
       ``(e) A legacy plan created under section 805 shall be 
     deemed to have no unfunded vested benefits for purposes of 
     this part, for each plan year following a period of 5 
     consecutive plan years for which--
       ``(1) the plan was fully funded within the meaning of 
     section 805 for at least 3 of the plan years during that 
     period, ending with a plan year for which the plan is fully 
     funded;
       ``(2) the plan had no unfunded vested benefits for at least 
     3 of the plan years during that period, ending with a plan 
     year for which the plan is fully funded; and
       ``(3) the plan is projected to be fully funded and to have 
     no unfunded vested benefits for the following four plan 
     years.''.
       (f) No Withdrawal Liability for Employers Contributing to 
     Certain Fully Funded Legacy Plans.--Section 4211 of such Act 
     (29 U.S.C. 1382) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(g) No amount of unfunded vested benefits shall be 
     allocated to an employer that has an obligation to contribute 
     to a legacy plan described in subsection (e) of section 4201 
     for each plan year for which such subsection applies.''.
       (g) No Obligation To Contribute.--Section 4212 of such Act 
     (29 U.S.C. 1392) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(d) No Obligation To Contribute.--An employer shall not 
     be treated as having an obligation to contribute to a 
     multiemployer defined benefit plan within the meaning of 
     subsection (a) solely because--
       ``(1) in the case of a multiemployer plan that includes a 
     composite plan component, the employer has an obligation to 
     contribute to the composite plan component of the plan;
       ``(2) the employer has an obligation to contribute to a 
     composite plan that is maintained pursuant to one or more 
     collective bargaining agreements under which the 
     multiemployer defined benefit plan is or previously was 
     maintained; or
       ``(3) the employer contributes or has contributed under 
     section 805(d) to a legacy plan associated with a composite 
     plan pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement but 
     employees of that employer were not eligible to accrue 
     benefits under the legacy plan with respect to service with 
     that employer.''.
       (h) No Inference.--Nothing in the amendment made by 
     subsection (e) shall be construed to create an inference with 
     respect to the treatment under title IV of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect before 
     such amendment, of contributions by an employer to a 
     multiemployer plan described in the except clause of section 
     3(35) of such Act that are made before the effective date of 
     subsection (e) specified in subsection (h)(2).
       (i) Effective Date.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (2), 
     the amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years 
     beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (2) Special rule for section 414(k) multiemployer plans.--
     The amendment made by subsection (e) shall apply only to 
     required contributions payable for plan years beginning after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 140005. CONFORMING CHANGES.

       (a) Definitions.--Section 3 of the Employee Retirement 
     Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1002) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (35), by inserting ``or a composite plan'' 
     after ``other than an individual account plan''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(43) The term `composite plan' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 801(a).''.
       (b) Special Funding Rule for Certain Legacy Plans.--
       (1) Amendment to employee retirement income security act of 
     1974.--Section 304(b) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1084(b)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following:
       ``(9) Special funding rule for certain legacy plans.--In 
     the case of a multiemployer defined benefit plan that has 
     adopted an amendment under section 801(b), in accordance with 
     which no further benefits shall accrue under the 
     multiemployer defined benefit plan, the plan sponsor may 
     combine the outstanding balance of all charge and credit 
     bases and amortize that combined base in level annual 
     installments (until fully amortized) over a period of 25 plan 
     years beginning with the plan year following the date all 
     benefit accruals ceased.''.
       (2) Amendment to internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 
     431(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(9) Special funding rule for certain legacy plans.--In 
     the case of a multiemployer defined benefit plan that has 
     adopted an amendment under section 437(b), in accordance with 
     which no further benefits shall accrue under the 
     multiemployer defined benefit plan, the plan sponsor may 
     combine the outstanding balance of all charge and credit 
     bases and amortize that combined base in level annual 
     installments (until fully amortized) over a period of 25 plan 
     years beginning with the plan year following the date on 
     which all benefit accruals ceased.''.
       (c) Benefits After Merger, Consolidation, or Transfer of 
     Assets.--
       (1) Amendment to employee retirement income security act of 
     1974.--Section 208 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1058) is amended--
       (A) by striking so much of the first sentence as precedes 
     ``may not merge'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a 
     pension plan may not merge, and''; and
       (B) by striking the second sentence and adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(2) Special requirements for multiemployer plans.--
     Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any transaction to the 
     extent that participants either before or after the 
     transaction are covered under a multiemployer plan to which 
     title IV of this Act applies or a composite plan.''.
       (2) Amendments to internal revenue code of 1986.--
       (A) Qualification requirement.--Section 401(a)(12) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (i) by striking ``(12) A trust'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(12) Benefits after merger, consolidation, or transfer of 
     assets.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     a trust'';
       (ii) by striking the second sentence; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Special requirements for multiemployer plans.--
     Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any multiemployer plan 
     with respect to any transaction to the extent that 
     participants either before or after the transaction are 
     covered under a multiemployer plan to which title IV of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 applies or a 
     composite plan.''.
       (B) Additional qualification requirement.--Paragraph (1) of 
     section 414(l) of such Code is amended--
       (i) by striking ``(1) In general'' and all that follows 
     through ``shall not constitute'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Benefit protections: merger, consolidation, 
     transfer.--
       ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     a trust which forms a part of a plan shall not constitute''; 
     and
       (ii) by striking the second sentence; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Special requirements for multiemployer plans.--
     Subparagraph (A) does not apply to any multiemployer plan 
     with respect to any transaction to the extent that 
     participants either before or after the transaction are 
     covered under a multiemployer plan to which title IV of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 applies or a 
     composite plan.''.
       (d) Requirements for Status as a Qualified Plan.--
       (1) Requirement that actuarial assumptions be specified.--
     Section 401(a)(25) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended by inserting ``(in the case of a composite plan, 
     benefits objectively calculated pursuant to a formula)'' 
     after ``definitely determinable benefits''.
       (2) Missing participants in terminating composite plan.--
     Section 401(a)(34) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended by striking ``, a trust'' and inserting ``or a 
     composite plan, a trust''.
       (e) Deduction for Contributions to a Qualified Plan.--
     Section 404(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F) 
     and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) Composite plans.--
       ``(i) In general.--In the case of a composite plan, 
     subparagraph (D) shall not apply and the maximum amount 
     deductible for a plan year shall be the excess (if any) of--

       ``(I) 160 percent of the greater of--

       ``(aa) the current liability of the plan determined in 
     accordance with the principles of section 431(c)(6)(D), or
       ``(bb) the present value of plan liabilities as determined 
     under section 438, over

       ``(II) the fair market value of the plan's assets, 
     projected to the end of the plan year.

       ``(ii) Special rules for predecessor multiemployer plan to 
     composite plan.--

       ``(I) In general.--Except as provided in subclause (II), if 
     an employer contributes to a composite plan with respect to 
     its employees, contributions by that employer to a 
     multiemployer defined benefit plan with respect to some or 
     all of the same group of employees shall be deductible under 
     sections 162 and this section, subject to the limits in 
     subparagraph (D).
       ``(II) Transition contribution.--The full amount of a 
     contribution to satisfy the transition contribution 
     requirement (as defined in section 440A(d)) and allocated to 
     the legacy defined benefit plan for the plan year shall be 
     deductible for the employer's taxable year ending with or 
     within the plan year.''.

       (f) Minimum Vesting Standards.--
       (1) Years of service under composite plans.--
       (A) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--
     Section 203 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
     1974 (29 U.S.C. 1053) is amended by inserting after 
     subsection (f) the following:
       ``(g) Special Rules for Computing Years of Service Under 
     Composite Plans.--
       ``(1) In general.--In determining a qualified employee's 
     years of service under a composite plan for purposes of this 
     section, the employee's years of service under a legacy plan 
     shall be treated as years of service earned under the 
     composite plan. For purposes of such determination, a 
     composite plan shall not be treated as a defined benefit plan 
     pursuant to section 801(d).
       ``(2) Qualified employee.--For purposes of this subsection, 
     an employee is a qualified employee if the employee first 
     completes an hour of service under the composite plan 
     (determined without regard to the provisions of this 
     subsection) within the 12-month period immediately preceding 
     or the 24-month period immediately following the date the 
     employee ceased to accrue benefits under the legacy plan.

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       ``(3) Certification of years of service.--For purposes of 
     paragraph (1), the plan sponsor of the composite plan shall 
     rely on a written certification by the plan sponsor of the 
     legacy plan of the years of service the qualified employee 
     completed under the defined benefit plan as of the date the 
     employee satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2), 
     disregarding any years of service that had been forfeited 
     under the rules of the defined benefit plan before that date.
       ``(h) Special Rules for Computing Years of Service Under 
     Legacy Plans.--
       ``(1) In general.--In determining a qualified employee's 
     years of service under a legacy plan for purposes of this 
     section, and in addition to any service under applicable 
     regulations, the employee's years of service under a 
     composite plan shall be treated as years of service earned 
     under the legacy plan. For purposes of such determination, a 
     composite plan shall not be treated as a defined benefit plan 
     pursuant to section 801(d).
       ``(2) Qualified employee.--For purposes of this subsection, 
     an employee is a qualified employee if the employee first 
     completes an hour of service under the composite plan 
     (determined without regard to the provisions of this 
     subsection) within the 12-month period immediately preceding 
     or the 24-month period immediately following the date the 
     employee ceased to accrue benefits under the legacy plan.
       ``(3) Certification of years of service.--For purposes of 
     paragraph (1), the plan sponsor of the legacy plan shall rely 
     on a written certification by the plan sponsor of the 
     composite plan of the years of service the qualified employee 
     completed under the composite plan after the employee 
     satisfies the requirements of paragraph (2), disregarding any 
     years of service that has been forfeited under the rules of 
     the composite plan.''.
       (B) Internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 411(a) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(14) Special rules for determining years of service under 
     composite plans.--
       ``(A) In general.--In determining a qualified employee's 
     years of service under a composite plan for purposes of this 
     subsection, the employee's years of service under a legacy 
     plan shall be treated as years of service earned under the 
     composite plan. For purposes of such determination, a 
     composite plan shall not be treated as a defined benefit plan 
     pursuant to section 437(d).
       ``(B) Qualified employee.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
     an employee is a qualified employee if the employee first 
     completes an hour of service under the composite plan 
     (determined without regard to the provisions of this 
     paragraph) within the 12-month period immediately preceding 
     or the 24-month period immediately following the date the 
     employee ceased to accrue benefits under the legacy plan.
       ``(C) Certification of years of service.--For purposes of 
     subparagraph (A), the plan sponsor of the composite plan 
     shall rely on a written certification by the plan sponsor of 
     the legacy plan of the years of service the qualified 
     employee completed under the legacy plan as of the date the 
     employee satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (B), 
     disregarding any years of service that had been forfeited 
     under the rules of the defined benefit plan before that date.
       ``(15) Special rules for computing years of service under 
     legacy plans.--
       ``(A) In general.--In determining a qualified employee's 
     years of service under a legacy plan for purposes of this 
     section, and in addition to any service under applicable 
     regulations, the employee's years of service under a 
     composite plan shall be treated as years of service earned 
     under the legacy plan. For purposes of such determination, a 
     composite plan shall not be treated as a defined benefit plan 
     pursuant to section 437(d).
       ``(B) Qualified employee.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
     an employee is a qualified employee if the employee first 
     completes an hour of service under the composite plan 
     (determined without regard to the provisions of this 
     paragraph) within the 12-month period immediately preceding 
     or the 24-month period immediately following the date the 
     employee ceased to accrue benefits under the legacy plan.
       ``(C) Certification of years of service.--For purposes of 
     subparagraph (A), the plan sponsor of the legacy plan shall 
     rely on a written certification by the plan sponsor of the 
     composite plan of the years of service the qualified employee 
     completed under the composite plan after the employee 
     satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (B), disregarding 
     any years of service that has been forfeited under the rules 
     of the composite plan.''.
       (2) Reduction of benefits.--
       (A) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--
     Section 203(a)(3)(E)(ii) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1053(a)(3)(E)(ii)) is 
     amended--
       (i) in subclause (I) by striking ``4244A'' and inserting 
     ``305(e), 803,''; and
       (ii) in subclause (II) by striking ``4245'' and inserting 
     ``305(e), 4245,''.
       (B) Internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 411(a)(3)(F) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
       (i) in clause (i) by striking ``section 418D or under 
     section 4281 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974'' and inserting ``section 432(e) or 439 or under 
     section 4281 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
     of 1974''; and
       (ii) in clause (ii) by inserting ``or 432(e)'' after 
     ``section 418E''.
       (3) Accrued benefit requirements.--
       (A) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--
     Section 204(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1054(b)(1)(B)(i)) is amended 
     by inserting ``, including an amendment reducing or 
     suspending benefits under section 305(e), 803, 4245 or 
     4281,'' after ``any amendment to the plan''.
       (B) Internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 411(b)(1)(B)(i) 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 
     ``, including an amendment reducing or suspending benefits 
     under section 418E, 432(e) or 439, or under section 4281 of 
     the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,'' after 
     ``any amendment to the plan''.
       (4) Additional accrued benefit requirements.--
       (A) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--
     Section 204(b)(1)(H)(v) of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1053(b)(1)(H)(v)) is amended 
     by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``, 
     or benefits are reduced or suspended under section 305(e), 
     803, 4245, or 4281''.
       (B) Internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 
     411(b)(1)(H)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
     amended--
       (i) in the heading by striking ``benefit'' and inserting 
     ``benefit and the suspension and reduction of certain 
     benefits''; and
       (ii) in the text by inserting before the period at the end 
     the following: ``, or benefits are reduced or suspended under 
     section 418E, 432(e), or 439, or under section 4281 of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974''.
       (5) Accrued benefit not to be decreased by amendment.--
       (A) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--
     Section 204(g)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
     Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1053(g)(1)) is amended by inserting 
     after ``302(d)(2)'' the following: ``, 305(e), 803, 4245,''.
       (B) Internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 411(d)(6)(A) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 
     after ``412(d)(2),'' the following: ``418E, 432(e), or 
     439,''.
       (g) Certain Funding Rules Not Applicable.--
       (1) Employee retirement income security act of 1974.--
     Section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
     1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(k) Legacy Plans.--Sections 302, 304, and 305 shall not 
     apply to an employer that has an obligation to contribute to 
     a plan that is a legacy plan within the meaning of section 
     805(a) solely because the employer has an obligation to 
     contribute to a composite plan described in section 801 that 
     is associated with that legacy plan.''.
       (2) Internal revenue code of 1986.--Section 432 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
     the following:
       ``(k) Legacy Plans.--Sections 412, 431, and 432 shall not 
     apply to an employer that has an obligation to contribute to 
     a plan that is a legacy plan within the meaning of section 
     440A(a) solely because the employer has an obligation to 
     contribute to a composite plan described in section 437 that 
     is associated with that legacy plan.''.
       (h) Termination of Composite Plan.--Section 403(d) of the 
     Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 
     1103(d) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``regulations of the 
     Secretary.'' and inserting ``regulations of the Secretary, or 
     as provided in paragraph (3).''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Section 4044(a) of this Act shall be applied in the 
     case of the termination of a composite plan by--
       ``(A) limiting the benefits subject to paragraph (3) 
     thereof to benefits as defined in section 802(b)(3)(B); and
       ``(B) including in the benefits subject to paragraph (4) 
     all other benefits (if any) of individuals under the plan 
     that would be guaranteed under section 4022A if the plan were 
     subject to title IV.''.
       (i) Good Faith Compliance Prior to Guidance.--Where the 
     implementation of any provision of law added or amended by 
     this division is subject to issuance of regulations by the 
     Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of the Treasury, or the 
     Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a multiemployer plan 
     shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of 
     any such provision prior to the issuance of final regulations 
     or other guidance to carry out such provision if such plan is 
     operated in accordance with a reasonable, good faith 
     interpretation of such provision.

     SEC. 140006. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       Unless otherwise specified, the amendments made by this 
     division shall apply to plan years beginning after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.

          DIVISION O--EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER PROGRAMS

                  TITLE I--HIGHER EDUCATION PROVISIONS

     SEC. 150101. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Award year.--The term ``award year'' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 481(a) of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(a)).
       (2) Authorizing committees.--The term ``authorizing 
     committees'' has the meaning given the term in section 103 of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
       (3) FAFSA.--The term ``FAFSA'' means an application under 
     section 483 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1090) for Federal student financial aid.
       (4) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1002).
       (5) Qualifying emergency.--The term ``qualifying 
     emergency'' has the meaning given the term in section 3502 of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended by this Act.
       (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Education.

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                    Subtitle A--CARES Act Amendments

     SEC. 150102. APPLICATION OF WAIVER TO PARTICIPATING NONPROFIT 
                   EMPLOYERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 3503 of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Waiver of Non-federal Share Requirement for Nonprofit 
     Employers.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with 
     respect to funds made available for award years 2019-2020 and 
     2020-2021, the Secretary shall waive any requirement that a 
     nonprofit employer provide a non-Federal share to match 
     Federal funds provided to such nonprofit employer under an 
     agreement under section 443 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-53).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 150103. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL WORK-STUDY DURING A 
                   QUALIFYING EMERGENCY.

       (a) In General.--Section 3505 of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``(not to exceed one academic year)''; and
       (B) by striking ``such academic year'' and inserting ``such 
     period''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``first'' before 
     ``occurred''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``for all or part of such 
     academic year''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 150104. CONTINUING EDUCATION AT AFFECTED FOREIGN 
                   INSTITUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 3510 of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``national emergency 
     declared'' and inserting ``national emergency related to the 
     coronavirus declared'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``qualifying emergency'' 
     and inserting ``emergency or disaster affecting the 
     institution as described in subsection (a)'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by striking ``qualifying emergency'' 
     and inserting ``applicable emergency or disaster as described 
     in subsection (a)''; and
       (4) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``for the duration of a qualifying 
     emergency and the following payment period,'' and inserting 
     ``with respect to a foreign institution, in the case of a 
     public health emergency, major disaster or emergency, or 
     national emergency related to the coronavirus declared by the 
     applicable government authorities in the country in which the 
     foreign institution is located, or in the case of a 
     qualifying emergency,''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``, for the duration of the applicable 
     emergency or disaster and the following payment period,'' 
     after ``1087a et seq.)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (4)--
       (i) by striking ``qualifying emergency'' and inserting 
     ``applicable emergency or disaster''; and
       (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, 
     the name of the institution of higher education located in 
     the United States that has entered into a written arrangement 
     with such foreign institution, and information regarding the 
     nature of such written arrangement, including which 
     coursework or program requirements are accomplished at each 
     respective institution.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 150105. FUNDING FOR HBCU CAPITAL FINANCING.

       (a) In General.--Section 3512(d) of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) is amended by striking ``$62,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``such sums as may be necessary''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 150106. WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INSTITUTIONAL AID.

       (a) In General.--Section 3517(a)(1)(D) of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking ``(b), (c), and 
     (g)'' and inserting ``(b) and (c)''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 150107. SCOPE OF MODIFICATIONS TO REQUIRED AND ALLOWABLE 
                   USES.

       (a) Amendment to Include Minority Science and Engineering 
     Improvement Program.--Subsection (a) of section 3518 of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``part A or B of title III,'' and inserting 
     ``part A, part B, or subpart 1 of part E of title III,''; and
       (2) by inserting ``1067 et seq.;'' after ``1060 et seq.;''.
       (b) Amendment to Clarify Scope of Authority.--Section 3518 
     of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Scope of Authority.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
     the Secretary may not modify the required or allowable uses 
     of funds for grants awarded under a statutory provision cited 
     in subsection (a) in a manner that deviates from the overall 
     purpose of the grant program, as provided in the general 
     authorization, findings, or purpose of the grant program 
     under the applicable statutory provision cited in such 
     subsection.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).

                    Subtitle B--Financial Aid Access

     SEC. 150108. EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS EXCLUDED FROM 
                   NEED ANALYSIS.

       (a) Treatment of Emergency Financial Aid Grants for Need 
     Analysis.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), emergency 
     financial aid grants--
       (1) shall not be included as income or assets (including 
     untaxed income and benefits under section 480(b) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1807vv(b))) in the 
     computation of expected family contribution for any program 
     funded in whole or in part under the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); and
       (2) shall not be treated as estimated financial assistance 
     for the purposes of section 471 or section 480(j) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk; 1087vv(j)).
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``emergency 
     financial aid grant'' means--
       (1) an emergency financial aid grant awarded by an 
     institution of higher education under section 3504 of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
       (2) an emergency financial aid grant from an institution of 
     higher education made with funds made available under section 
     18004 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136); and
       (3) any other emergency financial aid grant to a student 
     from a Federal agency, a State, an Indian tribe, an 
     institution of higher education, or a scholarship-granting 
     organization (including a tribal organization, as defined in 
     section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
     Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) for the purpose of providing 
     financial relief to students enrolled at institutions of 
     higher education in response to a qualifying emergency.

     SEC. 150109. FACILITATING ACCESS TO FINANCIAL AID FOR 
                   RECENTLY UNEMPLOYED STUDENTS.

       (a) Treatment as Dislocated Worker.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 479(d)(1) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ss(d)(1)), any 
     individual who has applied for, or who is receiving, 
     unemployment benefits at the time of the submission of a 
     FAFSA for a covered award year shall be treated as a 
     dislocated worker for purposes of the need analysis under 
     part F of title IV such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087kk et seq.) 
     applicable to such award year.
       (2) Information to applicants and institutions.--The 
     Secretary--
       (A) in consultation with institutions of higher education, 
     shall carry out activities to inform applicants for Federal 
     student financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.)--
       (i) of the treatment of individuals who have applied for, 
     or who are receiving, unemployment benefits as dislocated 
     workers under paragraph (1); and
       (ii) of the availability of means-tested Federal benefits 
     for which such applicants may be eligible;
       (B) shall carry out activities to inform institutions of 
     higher education of the authority of such institutions, with 
     explicit written consent of an applicant for Federal student 
     financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), to provide information collected from 
     such applicant's FAFSA to an organization assisting the 
     applicant in applying for and receiving Federal, State, 
     local, or tribal assistance in accordance with section 312 of 
     the Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human 
     Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 and 
     Continuing Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 115-245); and
       (C) in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 
     carry out activities to inform applicants for, and recipients 
     of, unemployment benefits of the availability of Federal 
     student financial aid under the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) and the treatment of such applicants 
     and recipients as dislocated workers under paragraph (1).
       (3) Implementation.--The Secretary shall implement this 
     subsection not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act.
       (4) Applicability.--Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect 
     to a FAFSA submitted on or after the earlier of--
       (A) the date on which the Secretary implements this 
     subsection under paragraph (3); or
       (B) the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.
       (b) Professional Judgment of Financial Aid 
     Administrators.--The guidance of the Secretary titled 
     ``Update on the use of `Professional Judgment' by Financial 
     Aid Administrators'' (DCL ID: GEN-09-05), as in effect on May 
     8, 2009, shall apply--
       (1) to the exercise of professional judgement by financial 
     aid administrators pursuant to section 479A of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087tt) with respect to any 
     FAFSA for a covered award year; and
       (2) to the selection of institutions for program reviews 
     pursuant to section 498A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1099c-1) for a covered award year.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered award year.--The term ``covered award year'' 
     means--
       (A) an award year during which there is a qualifying 
     emergency; and
       (B) the first award year beginning after the end of such 
     qualifying emergency.
       (2) Means-tested federal benefit.--The term ``means-tested 
     Federal benefit'' includes the following:

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       (A) The supplemental security income program under title 
     XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).
       (B) The supplemental nutrition assistance program under the 
     Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
       (C) The free and reduced price school lunch program 
     established under the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
       (D) The program of block grants for States for temporary 
     assistance for needy families established under part A of 
     title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).
       (E) The special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
     infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
       (F) The Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).
       (G) The tax credits provided under the following sections 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (title 26, United States 
     Code):
       (i) Section 25A (relating to American Opportunity and 
     Lifetime Learning credits).
       (ii) Section 32 (relating to earned income).
       (iii) Section 36B (relating to refundable credit for 
     coverage under a qualified health plan).
       (iv) Section 6428 (relating to 2020 recovery rebates for 
     individuals).
       (H) Federal housing assistance programs, including tenant-
     based assistance under section 8(o) of the United States 
     Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), and public housing, 
     as defined in section 3(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1437a(b)(1)).
       (I) Such other Federal means-tested benefits as may be 
     identified by the Secretary.

     SEC. 150110. STUDENT ELIGIBILITY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 
                   EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND AND OTHER HIGHER 
                   EDUCATION FUNDS.

       (a) In General.--With respect to student eligibility for 
     receipt of funds provided under section 18004 of the CARES 
     Act (Public Law 116-136) and under title VI of division A of 
     this Act--
       (1) the Secretary is prohibited from imposing any 
     restriction on, or defining, the populations of students who 
     may receive such funds other than a restriction based solely 
     on the student's enrollment at the institution of higher 
     education; and
       (2) section 401(a) the Personal Responsibility and Work 
     Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(a)) 
     shall not apply.
       (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall take effect as if 
     included in the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136), and an institution of higher education that provided 
     funds to a student before the date of enactment of this Act 
     shall not be penalized if such provision is consistent with 
     such subsection and section 18004 of the CARES Act (Public 
     Law 116-136).

     SEC. 150111. DEFINITION OF DISTANCE EDUCATION.

       (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in title IV 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), 
     for purposes of such title, the term ``distance education'' 
     means education that uses technology--
       (1) to deliver instruction to students enrolled at an 
     institution of higher education who are separated from the 
     instructor or instructors; and
       (2) to support regular and substantive interaction between 
     the students and the instructor or instructors, either 
     synchronously or asynchronously.
       (b) Technology.--For purposes of subsection (a), the 
     technologies that may be used to offer distance education 
     include--
       (1) the internet;
       (2) one-way and two-way transmissions through open 
     broadcast, closed circuit, cable, microwave, broadband lines, 
     fiber optics, satellite, or wireless communications devices;
       (3) audio conferencing; and
       (4) other media used in a course in conjunction with any of 
     the technologies listed in paragraphs (1) through (3).
       (c) Instructor.--For purposes of subsection (a), an 
     instructor is an individual responsible for delivering course 
     content and who meets the qualifications for instruction 
     established by the institution of higher education's 
     accrediting agency.
       (d) Substantive Interaction.--For purposes of subsection 
     (a), substantive interaction is engaging students in 
     teaching, learning, and assessment, consistent with the 
     content under discussion, and also includes at least two of 
     the following:
       (1) Providing direct instruction.
       (2) Assessing or providing feedback on a student's 
     coursework.
       (3) Providing information or responding to questions about 
     the content of a course or competency.
       (4) Facilitating a group discussion regarding the content 
     of a course or competency.
       (5) Other instructional activities approved by the 
     institution of higher education's or program's accrediting 
     agency.
       (e) Regular Interaction.--For purposes of subsection (a), 
     an institution ensures regular interaction between a student 
     and an instructor or instructors by, prior to the student's 
     completion of a course or competency--
       (1) providing the opportunity for substantive interactions 
     with the student on a predictable and regular basis 
     commensurate with the length of time and the amount of 
     content in the course or competency; and
       (2) monitoring the student's academic engagement and 
     success and ensuring that an instructor is responsible for 
     promptly and proactively engaging in substantive interaction 
     with the student when needed, on the basis of such 
     monitoring, or upon request by the student.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section shall be effective for 
     any semester (or the equivalent) that begins on or after 
     August 15, 2020, and shall cease to be effective at the end 
     of the 2020-2021 award year.

     SEC. 150112. INSTITUTIONAL STABILIZATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Authority to Participate.--Notwithstanding paragraph 
     (1) or (2) of section 498(c) of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099c(c)), an eligible institution described 
     in subsection (b) may, in lieu of submitting a letter of 
     credit in accordance with section 498(c)(3)(A) of such Act, 
     submit an application under subsection (c)(1) to enter into a 
     COVID-19 provisional program participation agreement in 
     accordance with subsection (d) to provide the Secretary with 
     satisfactory evidence of its financial responsibility.
       (b) Eligible Institution Described.--An eligible 
     institution described in this subsection is a private 
     nonprofit institution of higher education that--
       (1) either--
       (A) has a composite score of less than 1.0 for the 
     institutional fiscal year ending in 2019, as determined under 
     section 668.171(b)(1) of title 34, Code of Federal 
     Regulations; or
       (B) on the date of an application under subsection (c)(1), 
     has (or anticipates having) a composite score of less than 
     1.0 for the institutional fiscal year ending in 2020, as 
     determined under section 668.171(b)(1) of title 34, Code of 
     Federal Regulations;
       (2) during award year 2018-2019--
       (A) offered on-campus classes; and
       (B) qualified for participation in a program under title IV 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.); 
     and
       (3) on the date of the application under subsection (c)(1), 
     has a liquidity level of less than or equal to 180 days.
       (c) Application.--
       (1) In general.--An eligible institution desiring to enter 
     into a COVID-19 provisional program participation agreement 
     under subsection (d), shall, not later than December 31, 
     2020, submit to the Secretary an application that includes--
       (A) the estimated liquidity level of the eligible 
     institution on the date of the application and an assurance 
     that such liquidity level will be attested to in accordance 
     with paragraph (2);
       (B) an assurance that such eligible institution will submit 
     a record-management plan in accordance with paragraph (3); 
     and
       (C) an assurance that such eligible institution will submit 
     a teach-out plan in accordance with paragraph (4); and
       (D) an assurance that such eligible institution will submit 
     reports on teach-out agreements and sufficient progress made 
     on such agreements in accordance with subsection (d)(3), as 
     applicable.
       (2) Auditor attestation.--Not later than 60 days after 
     submitting an application under paragraph (1), an eligible 
     institution shall submit to the Secretary an auditor 
     attestation of the liquidity level of such eligible 
     institution on the date such institution submitted such 
     application pursuant to an audit conducted by a qualified 
     independent organization or person in accordance with 
     standards established by the American Institute of Certified 
     Public Accountants.
       (3) Record-management plan.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after submitting an 
     application under paragraph (1), an eligible institution 
     shall submit to the Secretary a record-management plan 
     approved by the accrediting agency of such eligible 
     institution that includes--
       (i) a plan for the custody, including by the State 
     authorizing agency, if applicable, and the disposition of--

       (I) a teach-out plan and teach-out agreement records, as 
     applicable; and
       (II) student records, including student transcripts, 
     billing, and financial aid records;

       (ii) an estimate of the costs necessary to carry out such 
     record-management plan; and
       (iii) a financial plan to provide funding for such costs.
       (B) Assurance.--An eligible institution that submits a 
     record-management plan under subparagraph (A) shall include 
     an assurance to the Secretary that, in the case of the 
     closure of such eligible institution, such eligible 
     institution--
       (i) will release all financial holds placed on student 
     records; and
       (ii) for the 3-year period beginning on the date of the 
     closure of such eligible institution, will not require a 
     student enrolled in such eligible institution on the date of 
     such closure (and students withdrawn from such eligible 
     institution in the 120 days prior to such date) who requests 
     the student records of such student to purchase such records 
     or otherwise charge such student a fee with respect to such 
     records.
       (C) Report.--Not later than 60 days after submitting an 
     application under paragraph (1), an eligible institution 
     shall submit the record-management plan required under 
     subparagraph (A) and the assurance under subparagraph (B) to 
     the accrediting agency and, if applicable, the State 
     authorizing agency, of such eligible institution.
       (4) Teach-out plan.--Not later than 60 days after 
     submitting an application under paragraph (1), an eligible 
     institution shall submit a teach-out plan approved by the 
     accrediting agency of such eligible institution to the 
     Secretary and, if applicable, the State authorizing agency of 
     such eligible institution.
       (5) Letter of credit during pending application.--
     Notwithstanding section 498(c)(3)(A) of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099c(c)(3)(A)), the Secretary may not 
     use the composite score of an eligible institution (as 
     determined under section 668.171(b)(1) of title 34, Code of 
     Federal Regulations) to require the eligible institution to 
     submit a new letter of credit or increase the value of an 
     existing letter of credit while the institution has an 
     application pending under paragraph (1).
       (6) Notification of application and status.--The eligible 
     institution shall notify the accrediting agency and, if 
     applicable, the State authorizing agency of such 
     institution--

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       (A) that the institution has submitted an application under 
     paragraph (1) to the Secretary not later than 10 days after 
     submitting such application; and
       (B) of the final acceptance or denial of such application 
     not later than 5 days after receiving a final decision from 
     the Secretary.
       (7) Application decision.--The Secretary shall accept or 
     deny an application under paragraph (1) not later than 10 
     days after the date on which an eligible institution 
     completes all of the submission requirements under paragraphs 
     (2), (3), and (4).
       (d) COVID-19 Provisional Program Participation Agreement.--
       (1) Authority to enter agreement.--The Secretary may enter 
     into a COVID-19 provisional program participation agreement 
     under this subsection with an eligible institution that 
     submits an application under subsection (c)(1) on or before 
     December 31, 2020, only if the Secretary has received--
       (A) an auditor attestation under subsection (c)(2) that 
     such eligible institution has a liquidity level of less than 
     or equal to 180 days on the date of the application of such 
     eligible institution under subsection (c)(1);
       (B) a record-management plan with respect to such eligible 
     institution in accordance with subsection (c)(3); and
       (C) a teach-out plan with respect to such eligible 
     institution in accordance with subsection (c)(4).
       (2) Participation requirements.--In entering into a COVID-
     19 provisional program participation agreement with an 
     eligible institution under this subsection, the Secretary 
     shall require such eligible institution--
       (A) if such eligible institution has a liquidity level of 
     less than or equal to 90 days on the date of the application 
     of such eligible institution under subsection (c)(1), to 
     submit a teach-out agreement (or teach-out agreements, as 
     applicable) to the Secretary, to the accrediting agency of 
     the institution, and, if applicable, the State authorizing 
     agency of the institution, in accordance with paragraph 
     (3);''.
       (B) to report to the Secretary in accordance with paragraph 
     (4);
       (C) to meet the administrative capacity requirements under 
     section 498(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1099c(d)); and
       (D) to meet the cash reserves requirements under section 
     498(c)(6)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1099c(c)(6)(A)).
       (3) Teach-out agreements.--
       (A) Sufficient progress.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     date on which an eligible institution described in paragraph 
     (2)(A) enters into a COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this subsection, such eligible 
     institution shall submit to the Secretary an interim teach-
     out agreement that provides for the equitable treatment of at 
     least 75 percent of enrolled students and a reasonable 
     opportunity for such students to complete their program of 
     study.
       (B) Addendum reports.--Not later than 15 days after the 
     date on which an eligible institution submits an interim 
     teach-out agreement in accordance with subparagraph (A), and 
     every 15 days thereafter, such eligible institution shall 
     submit to the Secretary a report that includes--
       (i) the percentage of students enrolled in such eligible 
     institution that are covered by a teach-out agreement;
       (ii) the increase in the percentage of students covered by 
     such an agreement, as compared to the most recently submitted 
     report; and
       (iii) such other information as the Secretary or 
     accrediting agency of the eligible institution may require, 
     including the progress of such eligible institution in 
     meeting any benchmarks set by such accrediting agency related 
     to the percentage of students that should be covered by such 
     an agreement.
       (C) Teach-out agreement required.--On the date agreed to by 
     the eligible institution, the accrediting agency of such 
     eligible institution, and the Secretary under a COVID-19 
     provisional program participation agreement under this 
     subsection, such eligible institution shall submit to the 
     Secretary, to the accrediting agency of the institution, and, 
     if applicable, the State authorizing agency of the 
     institution, a teach-out agreement (or agreements, as 
     applicable) that--
       (i) provides for the equitable treatment of all enrolled 
     students and a reasonable opportunity for such students to 
     complete their program of study;
       (ii) includes--

       (I) a list of all students enrolled in such eligible 
     institution on the date such eligible institution submitted 
     an application under subsection (c)(1) (and students 
     withdrawn from such eligible institution in the 120 days 
     prior to such date), including the name, contact information, 
     program of study, program requirements completed, and 
     estimated date of program completion of each such student;
       (II) the amount of any unearned tuition, account balances, 
     student fees, and refunds due to each such student;
       (III) a plan to notify each such student, in the case of 
     the closure of such eligible institution, of--

       (aa) the process for obtaining a closed school discharge 
     under section 437(c)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1087(c)(1)), using standard language developed by 
     the Secretary under subsection (f), and the benefits and 
     consequences of such discharge;
       (bb) if applicable, information on institutional and State 
     refund policies;
       (cc) the teach-out institution or institutions available to 
     enroll such student;
       (dd) the tuition and fees of the educational program 
     offered by each such teach-out institution and the number and 
     types of credit each such teach-out institution will accept 
     prior to the enrollment of such student; and
       (ee) the record-management plan submitted in accordance 
     with subsection (c)(3).
       (D) Decrease in liquidity.--In the case of an eligible 
     institution that enters into a COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this subsection and has a 
     liquidity level of greater than 90 days on the date of the 
     application of such eligible institution under subsection 
     (c)(1), if the Secretary determines such eligible institution 
     has declined such that the liquidity level of such eligible 
     institution is consistently less than or equal to 90 days, 
     the Secretary may require such eligible institution to submit 
     a teach-out agreement (or agreements, as applicable) to the 
     Secretary in accordance with subparagraph (C).
       (4) Reporting requirements.--
       (A) Eligible institutions with a liquidity level of less 
     than or equal to 90 days.--In the case of an eligible 
     institution described in paragraph (2)(A), the Secretary 
     shall require such eligible institution to report to the 
     Secretary the liquidity level and total student enrollment of 
     such eligible institution not less than once every 15 days, 
     until such eligible institution closes or no longer 
     participates in a COVID-19 provisional program participation 
     agreement under this subsection.
       (B) Eligible institutions with a liquidity level of greater 
     than 90 days.--In the case of an eligible institution that 
     enters into a COVID-19 provisional program participation 
     agreement under this subsection and has a liquidity level of 
     greater than 90 days on the date of the application of such 
     eligible institution under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary 
     shall require such eligible institution to report to the 
     Secretary the liquidity level and total student enrollment of 
     such eligible institution not less than once every 30 days, 
     until such eligible institution closes or no longer 
     participates in a COVID-19 provisional program participation 
     agreement under this subsection.
       (C) All eligible institutions.--All eligible institutions 
     that enter into a COVID-19 provisional program participation 
     agreement under this subsection shall comply with the 
     reporting requirements under paragraph (2) of section 
     668.175(d) of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations (as such 
     paragraph is in effect on the date of enactment of this 
     section).
       (5) Letter of credit during agreement.--The Secretary may 
     not require an eligible institution that enters into a COVID-
     19 provisional program participation agreement under this 
     subsection to submit a new letter of credit or increase the 
     value of an existing letter of credit for the duration of the 
     agreement.
       (6) Duration of agreement.--A COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this subsection may only be 
     entered into for a period less than or equal to the period--
       (A) beginning on the first date of the agreement; and
       (B) ending on the last day of the first full award year 
     that begins after the date described in subparagraph (A).
       (7) Renewal.--
       (A) In general.--A COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this subsection may be renewed 
     for 1 award year subsequent to the award year described in 
     paragraph (6)(B), and shall expire no later than June 30, 
     2022.
       (B) Authority to extend renewal period.--Notwithstanding 
     subparagraph (A), if the Secretary determines that an 
     extension of renewal authority is in the best interest of the 
     eligible institutions with a COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this subsection, the Secretary 
     may permit COVID-19 provisional program participation 
     agreement under this subsection to be renewed, on an annual 
     basis, for not more than 3 total consecutive award years 
     subsequent to the award year described in paragraph (6)(B), 
     provided that no agreement under this subsection shall expire 
     later than June 30, 2024.
       (C) Recalculation of liquidity.--An eligible institution 
     desiring to renew a COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement shall--
       (i) submit to the Secretary the liquidity level of the 
     institution on the last day of the most recent fiscal year of 
     the eligible institution, to be used for purposes of such an 
     agreement; and
       (ii) not later than 60 days after submitting such liquidity 
     level under clause (i), have such liquidity level attested to 
     in accordance with subsection (c)(2).
       (8) Discontinuation of agreement.--The participation of an 
     eligible institution in a COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this subsection--
       (A) may be discontinued at any time at the request of the 
     eligible institution;
       (B) shall be discontinued by the Secretary if such eligible 
     institution receives a composite score of 1.0 or greater for 
     the most recent institutional fiscal year, as determined 
     under section 668.171(b)(1) of title 34, Code of Federal 
     Regulations; and
       (C) shall have no affect on the eligibility of the 
     institution to participate in a program participation 
     agreement under section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094) after the COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this subsection has expired or 
     been discontinued.
       (9) Grants to participating institutions.--From the amounts 
     authorized to be available, subject to appropriation, under 
     subsection (j), the Secretary may award a grant to an 
     eligible institution that enters into a COVID-19 provisional 
     program participation agreement under this subsection to 
     carry out the requirements of such agreement and provide for 
     the increased economic stability of such eligible 
     institution.
       (10) Regulatory authority.--Except as otherwise provided in 
     this subsection, the Secretary shall have the same authority 
     with respect to a COVID-19 provisional program participation

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     agreement under this subsection as the Secretary has with 
     respect to a program participation agreement under 
     subparagraphs (B), (F), and (G) of section 487(c)(1) (20 
     U.S.C. 1099(c)(1)).
       (e) Participation in Title IV Program.--An eligible 
     institution that enters into a COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under subsection (d) may participate 
     in programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) only if such eligible 
     institution submits to the Secretary (and the accrediting 
     agency of such eligible institution, as applicable) the 
     agreements and reports applicable to such eligible 
     institution under paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (d).
       (f) Standard Language.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
     publish standard language relating to closed school 
     discharges for purposes of subsection (d)(3)(C)(ii)(III)(aa).
       (g) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this section and every 90 days 
     thereafter until the date on which every COVID-19 provisional 
     program participation agreement under this subsection has 
     expired or been terminated, or until June 30, 2024, whichever 
     is earlier, the Secretary shall submit to the authorizing 
     committees a report that includes a summary of each COVID-19 
     provisional program participation agreement entered into or 
     renewed in the preceding 90 days by the Secretary under this 
     section, including the name, total student enrollment, and 
     liquidity level of the institution.
       (h) Automatic Closed School Discharge.--
       (1) Automatic discharge required.--With respect to a 
     borrower described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, 
     without any further action by the borrower, discharge the 
     liability of the borrower with respect to each of the 
     borrower's loans (including the interest and collection fees) 
     described in paragraph (2)(A) in accordance with this 
     subsection.
       (2) Borrower requirements.--A borrower described in this 
     subparagraph is a borrower who--
       (A) was enrolled for a period of enrollment at an eligible 
     institution that was participating in a COVID-19 provisional 
     program participation agreement under subsection (d), and--
       (i) was unable to complete such period of enrollment due to 
     the closure of the institution; or
       (ii) withdrew from the eligible institution--

       (I) not more than 120 days before the closure of the 
     eligible institution; or
       (II) if the Secretary determines an extension of the 120-
     day period described in subclause (I) is necessary due to 
     exceptional circumstances related to the closure of the 
     institution, during the extended period determined by the 
     Secretary;

       (B) has one or more loans--
       (i) made under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) for a program of study at the 
     eligible institution described in subparagraph (A); and
       (ii) that have not been discharged by the Secretary 
     pursuant to section 437(c)(1) or section 464(g)(1) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087(c)(1); 
     1087dd(g)(1)); and
       (C) during the 3-year period beginning on the date of the 
     closure of the eligible institution described in subparagraph 
     (A), has not enrolled in any institution of higher education 
     that participates in a program under title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
       (3) Report.--Beginning on the date that is 3 years after 
     the date of enactment of this Act and every 180 days 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the authorizing 
     committees the number of loans discharged in accordance with 
     this subsection, and any amounts recovered by the Secretary 
     in accordance with the authority of the Secretary to pursue 
     claims under section 437(c)(1) or section 464(g)(1) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087(c)(1); 
     1087dd(g)(1)).
       (i) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Liquidity level.--The term ``liquidity level'' means, 
     with respect to an eligible institution, the number of days 
     such eligible institution can operate based on available 
     resources, as determined in accordance with the Financial 
     Accounting Standards Board update entitled ``No. 2016-14 Not-
     for-Profit Entities (Topic 958)'' and dated August, 2016.
       (2) Teach-out agreement.--The term ``teach-out agreement'' 
     means a written agreement between an eligible institution and 
     one or more teach-out institutions that is in accordance with 
     the requirements in section 496(c)(6) of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)(6)) and that provides for the 
     equitable treatment of students and a reasonable opportunity 
     for students to complete their program of study if such 
     eligible institution, or an institutional location that 
     provides 100 percent of at least one program offered by such 
     eligible institution, ceases to operate or plans to cease 
     operations before all such enrolled students have completed 
     their program of study.
       (3) Teach-out institution.--The term ``teach-out 
     institution'' means an institution of higher education that--
       (A) is not subject to a COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreement under this section;
       (B) shows no evidence of significant problems (including 
     financial responsibility or administrative capability) that 
     affect, as determined by the Secretary, the institution's 
     ability to administer a program under title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.);
       (C) is not required to pay any material debt, as determined 
     by the Secretary, or incur any material liability, as 
     determined by the Secretary, arising from a judgment in a 
     judicial proceeding, an administrative proceeding or 
     determination, or settlement;
       (D) is not involved in a lawsuit by a Federal or State 
     authority for financial relief on claims related to the 
     making of loans under part D of title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.);
       (E) has the necessary experience, resources, and capacity, 
     including support services, to enroll students and provide an 
     educational program of acceptable quality that is reasonably 
     similar in content and delivery, and to the extent 
     practicable, scheduling, to that provided by the eligible 
     institution that enters into an agreement with such teach-out 
     institution; and
       (F) during the five most recent award years, has not been 
     subject to a denial, withdrawal, suspension, or termination 
     of accreditation by an accrediting agency or association 
     recognized by the Secretary.
       (4) Teach-out plan.--The term ``teach-out plan'' means a 
     written plan developed by an eligible institution that 
     provides for the equitable treatment of students if such 
     eligible institution, or an institutional location that 
     provides 100 percent of at least one program offered by the 
     eligible institution, ceases to operate or plans to cease 
     operations before all enrolled students have completed their 
     program of study.
       (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $300,000,000 to carry out subsection 
     (d)(9).

                Subtitle C--Federal Student Loan Relief

PART A--TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR FEDERAL STUDENT BORROWERS UNDER THE CARES 
                                  ACT

     SEC. 150113. EXPANDING LOAN RELIEF TO ALL FEDERAL STUDENT 
                   LOAN BORROWERS.

       Section 3502(a) of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, 
     Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
     paragraphs (3) through (6), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
       ``(2) Federal student loan.--The term `Federal student 
     loan' means a loan--
       ``(A) made under part D, part B, or part E of title IV of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), 
     and held by the Department of Education;
       ``(B) made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of such 
     title, or made under part E of such title, and not held by 
     the Department of Education; or
       ``(C) made under--
       ``(i) subpart II of part A of title VII of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292q et seq.); or
       ``(ii) part E of title VIII of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.).''.

     SEC. 150114. EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF BORROWER RELIEF DUE TO 
                   THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY.

       Section 3513 of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended--
       (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
       ``(a) Suspension of Payments.--
       ``(1) In general.--During the period beginning on March 13, 
     2020, and ending on September 30, 2021, the Secretary or, as 
     applicable, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall 
     suspend all payments due on Federal student loans.
       ``(2) Transition period.--For one additional 30-day period 
     beginning on the day after the last day of the suspension 
     period described in subsection (a), the Secretary or, as 
     applicable, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall 
     ensure that any missed payments on a Federal student loan by 
     a borrower during such additional 30-day period--
       ``(A) do not result in collection fees or penalties 
     associated with late payments; and
       ``(B) are not reported to any consumer reporting agency or 
     otherwise impact the borrower's credit history.
       ``(3) Determination of compensation..--The Secretary or, as 
     applicable, the Secretary o Health and Human Services shall--
       ``(A) with respect to a holder of a Federal student loan 
     defined in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 3502(a)(2)--
       ``(i) determine any losses for such holder due to the 
     suspension of payments on such loan under paragraph (1); and
       ``(ii) establish reasonable compensation for such losses; 
     and
       ``(B) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     The Heroes Act, with respect to a borrower who made a payment 
     on a Federal student loan defined in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
     of section 3502(a)(2) during the period beginning on March 
     13, 2020, and ending on such date of enactment, the Secretary 
     shall pay to the borrower, an amount equal to the lower of--
       ``(i) the amount paid by the borrower on such loan during 
     such period; or
       ``(ii) the amount that was due on such loan during such 
     period.''.
       ``(4) Recertification.--A borrower who is repaying a 
     Federal student loan pursuant to an income-contingent 
     repayment plan under section 455(d)(1)(D) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(d)(1)(D)) or an 
     income-based repayment plan under section 493C of such Act 
     (20 U.S.C. 1098e) shall not be required to recertify the 
     income or family size of the borrower under such plan prior 
     to December 31, 2021.'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``part D or B of title 
     IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et 
     seq.; 1071 et seq.)'' and inserting ``part B, D, or E of 
     title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a 
     et seq.; 1071 et seq.; 1087aa et seq.)'';
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``During the period in 
     which the Secretary suspends payments on a loan under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary'' and inserting ``During the 
     period in which payments on a Federal student loan are

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     suspended under subsection (a), the Secretary or, as 
     applicable, the Secretary of Health and Human Services'';
       (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``During the period in 
     which the Secretary suspends payments on a loan under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary'' and inserting ``During the 
     period in which payments on a Federal student loan are 
     suspended under subsection (a), the Secretary or, as 
     applicable, the Secretary of Health and Human Services''; and
       (5) in subsection (f), by striking ``the Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``the Secretary or, as applicable, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services,''.''

     SEC. 150115. NO INTEREST ACCRUAL.

       Section 3513(b) of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, 
     Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Providing Interest Relief.--
       ``(1) No accrual of interest.--
       ``(A) In general.--During the period described in 
     subparagraph (D), interest on a Federal student loan shall 
     not accrue or shall be paid by the Secretary (or the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services) during--
       ``(i) the repayment period of such loan;
       ``(ii) any period excluded from the repayment period of 
     such loan (including any period of deferment or forbearance);
       ``(iii) any period in which the borrower of such loan is in 
     a grace period; or
       ``(iv) any period in which the borrower of such loan is in 
     default on such loan.
       ``(B) Direct loans and department of education held ffel 
     and perkins loans.--For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
     interest shall not accrue on a Federal student loan defined 
     in section 3502(a)(2)(A).
       ``(C) FFEL and perkins loans not held by the department of 
     education and hhs loans.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)--
       ``(i) in the case of a Federal student loan defined in 
     section 3502(a)(2)(B), the Secretary shall pay, on a monthly 
     basis, the amount of interest due on the unpaid principal of 
     such loan to the holder of such loan, except that any 
     payments made under this clause shall not affect payment 
     calculations under section 438 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087-1); and
       ``(ii) in the case of a Federal student loan defined in 
     section 3502(a)(2)(C), the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall pay, on a monthly basis, the amount of 
     interest due on the unpaid principal of such loan to the 
     holder of such loan.
       ``(D) Period described.--
       ``(i) In general.--The period described in this clause is 
     the period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on the 
     later of--

       ``(I) September 30, 2021; or
       ``(II) the day following the date of enactment of The 
     Heroes Act that is 2 months after the national U-5 measure of 
     labor underutilization shows initial signs of recovery.

       ``(ii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:

       ``(I) National u-5 measure of labor underutilization.--The 
     term `national U-5 measure of labor underutilization' means 
     the seasonally-adjusted, monthly U-5 measure of labor 
     underutilization published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
       ``(II) Initial signs of recovery.--The term `initial signs 
     of recovery' means that the average national U-5 measure of 
     labor underutilization for months in the most recent 3-
     consecutive-month period for which data are available--

       ``(aa) is lower than the highest value of the average 
     national U-5 measure of labor underutilization for a 3-
     consecutive-month period during the period beginning in March 
     2020 and the most recent month for which data from the Bureau 
     of Labor Statistics are available by an amount that is equal 
     to or greater than one-third of the difference between--
       ``(AA) the highest value of the average national U-5 
     measure of labor underutilization for a 3-consecutive-month 
     period during such period; and
       ``(BB) the value of the average national U-5 measure of 
     labor underutilization for the 3-consecutive-month period 
     ending in February 2020; and
       ``(bb) has decreased for each month during the most recent 
     2 consecutive months for which data from the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics are available.
       ``(E) Other definitions.--In this paragraph:
       ``(i) Default.--The term `default'--

       ``(I) in the case of a Federal student loan made, insured, 
     or guaranteed under part B or D of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965, has the meaning given such term in section 435(l) of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085);
       ``(II) in the case of a Federal student loan made under 
     part E of the Higher Education Act of 1965, has the meaning 
     given such term in section 674.2 of title 34, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or successor regulations); or
       ``(III) in the case of a Federal student loan defined in 
     section 3502(a)(2)(C), has the meaning given such term in 
     section 721 or 835 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 292q, 297a), as applicable.

       ``(ii) Grace period.--The term `grace period' means--

       ``(I) in the case of a Federal student loan made, insured, 
     or guaranteed under part B or D of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965, the 6-month period after the date the student ceases 
     to carry at least one-half the normal full-time academic 
     workload, as described in section 428(b)(7) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(7));
       ``(II) in the case of a Federal student loan made under 
     part E of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the 9-month 
     period after the date on which a student ceases to carry at 
     least one-half the normal full-time academic workload, as 
     described in section 464(c)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087dd(c)(1)(A)); and
       ``(III) in the case of a Federal student loan defined in 
     section 3502(a)(2)(C), the 1-year period described in section 
     722(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292r(c)) 
     or the 9-month period described in section 836(b)(2) of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 297b(b)(2)), as applicable.

       ``(iii) Repayment period.--The term `repayment period' 
     means--

       ``(I) in the case of a Federal student loan made, insured, 
     or guaranteed under part B or D of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965, the repayment period described in section 428(b)(7) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(7));
       ``(II) in the case of a Federal student loan made under 
     part E of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the repayment 
     period described in section 464(c)(4) of the Higher Education 
     Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087dd(c)(4)); or
       ``(III) in the case of a Federal student loan defined in 
     section 3502(a)(2)(C), the repayment period described in 
     section 722(c) or 836(b)(2) of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 292r(c), 297b(b)(2)), as applicable.

       ``(2) Interest refund in lieu of retroactive 
     applicability.--By not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of The Heroes Act, the Secretary or, as applicable, 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall, for each 
     Federal student loan defined in subparagraph (B) or (C) of 
     section 3502(a)(2) for which interest was not paid by such 
     Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1) during the period 
     beginning on March 13, 2020 and ending on such date of 
     enactment--
       ``(A) determine the amount of interest due (or that would 
     have been due in the absence of being voluntarily paid by the 
     holder of such loan) on such loan during the period beginning 
     March 13, 2020, and ending on such date of enactment; and
       ``(B) refund the amount of interest calculated under 
     subparagraph (A), by--
       ``(i) paying the holder of the loan the amount of the 
     interest calculated under subparagraph (A), to be applied to 
     the loan balance for the borrower of such loan; or
       ``(ii) if there is no outstanding balance or payment due on 
     the loan as of the date on which the refund is to be 
     provided, providing a payment in the amount of the interest 
     calculated under subparagraph (A) directly to the borrower.
       ``(3) Suspension of interest capitalization.--
       ``(A) In general.--With respect to any Federal student 
     loan, interest that accrued but had not been paid prior to 
     March 13, 2020, and had not been capitalized as of such date, 
     shall not be capitalized.
       ``(B) Transition.--The Secretary or, as applicable, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall ensure that any 
     interest on a Federal student loan that had been capitalized 
     in violation of subparagraph (A) is corrected and the balance 
     of principal and interest due for the Federal student loan is 
     adjusted accordingly.''.

     SEC. 150116. NOTICE TO BORROWERS.

       Section 3513(g) of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, 
     Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``the Secretary'' and inserting ``the Secretary or, as 
     applicable, the Secretary of Health and Human Services,'';
       (2) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking the period and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (3) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``August 1, 2020'' and inserting ``August 1, 2021''; and
       (B) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
       ``(B) that--
       ``(i) a borrower of a Federal student loan made, insured, 
     or guaranteed under part B or D of title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 may be eligible to enroll in an income-
     contingent repayment plan under section 455(d)(1)(D) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(d)(1)(D)) or an 
     income-based repayment plan under section 493C of such Act 
     (20 U.S.C. 1098e), including a brief description of such 
     repayment plans; and
       ``(ii) in the case of a borrower of a Federal student loan 
     defined in section 3502(a)(2)(C) or made under part E of 
     title IV of the Higher Education of 1965, the borrower may be 
     eligible to enroll in such a repayment plan if the borrower 
     consolidates such loan with a loan described in clause (i) of 
     this subparagraph, and receives a Federal Direct 
     Consolidation Loan under part D of the Higher Education of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) in a case in which the accrual of interest on Federal 
     student loans is suspended under subsection (b)(1) beyond 
     September 30, 2021, during the 2-month period beginning on 
     the date on which the national U-5 measure of labor 
     underutilization shows initial signs of recovery (as such 
     terms are defined in subsection (b)(1)(D)) carry out a 
     program to provide not less than 6 notices by postal mail, 
     telephone, or electronic communication to borrowers--
       ``(A) indicating when the interest on Federal student loans 
     of the borrower will resume accrual and capitalization; and
       ``(B) the information described in paragraph (2)(B).''.

     SEC. 150117. WRITING DOWN BALANCES FOR FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN 
                   BORROWERS.

       Section 3513 of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended by 
     this part, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(h) Writing Down Balances for Federal Student Loan 
     Borrowers.--

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       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of The Heroes Act, the Secretary shall cancel or 
     repay an amount on the outstanding balance due (including the 
     unpaid principal amount, any accrued interest, and any fees 
     or charges) on the Federal student loans defined in 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 3502(a)(2) of an 
     economically distressed borrower that is equal to the lesser 
     of--
       ``(A) $10,000; or
       ``(B) the total outstanding balance due on such loans of 
     the borrower.
       ``(2) Economically Distressed borrower defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term `economically distressed borrower' means 
     a borrower of a Federal student loan defined in subparagraph 
     (A) or (B) of section 3502(a)(2) who, as of March 12, 2020--
       ``(A) had a monthly payment due on such loan of $0 pursuant 
     to an income-contingent repayment plan under section 
     455(d)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1087e(d)(1)(D) or an income-based repayment plan under 
     section 493C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1098e);
       ``(B) was in default on such loan;
       ``(C) had a payment due on such loan that was at least 90 
     days past due; or
       ``(D) was, with respect to such loan, in--
       ``(i) a deferment due to an economic hardship described in 
     section 27(a)(2)(C)(iii), 428(b)(1)(M)(iv), 455(f)(2)(D), or 
     464(c)(2)(A)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
       ``(ii) a deferement due to unemployment described in 
     section 27(a)(2)(C)(ii), 4428(b)(1)(M)(ii), 455(f)(2)(B), or 
     464(c)(2)(A)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965;
       ``(iii) a deferment due to cancer treatment described in 
     section 427(a)(2)(C)(iv), 428(b)(1)(M)(v), 455(f)(3), or 
     464(c)(2)(A)(vi) of the Higher Education Act of 1965; or
       ``(iv) a forbearance described in subparagraph (A)(i)(II) 
     or (B) of section 428(c)(3) or 464(e)(1) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965.''.
       ``(3) Application.--Unless otherwise requested by the 
     borrower in writing, a cancellation or repayment under 
     paragraph (1) shall be applied --
       ``(A) in the case of a borrower whose loans, as of March 
     12, 2020, had different applicable rates of interest, first 
     toward the outstanding balance due on the loan with the 
     highest applicable rate of interest among such loans; and
       ``(B) in the case of a borrower of loans that have the same 
     applicable rates of interest, first toward the outstanding 
     balance of principal due on the loan with the highest 
     principal balance among such loans.
       ``(4) Data to implement.--Contractors of the Secretary, and 
     holders of Federal student loans, shall report, to the 
     satisfaction of the Secretary the information necessary to 
     carry out this subsection.
       ``(5) Taxation.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, in the case of any cancellation or repayment of 
     indebtedness under this subsection with respect to any 
     borrower:
       ``(A) Exclusion from gross income.--No amount shall be 
     included in the gross income of such borrower by reason of 
     such cancellation or repayment.
       ``(B) Waiver of information reporting requirements.--
     Amounts excluded from gross income under subparagraph (A) 
     shall not be required to be reported (and shall not be taken 
     into account in determining whether any reporting requirement 
     applies) under chapter 61 of such Code.''.

     SEC. 150118. IMPLEMENTATION.

       Section 3513 of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended by 
     this part, is further amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(i) Implementation.--
       ``(1) Information verification.--
       ``(A) In general.--To facilitate implementation of this 
     section, information for the purposes described in 
     subparagraph (B), shall be reported--
       ``(i) by the holders of Federal student loans defined in 
     section 3502(a)(2)(B) to the satisfaction of the Secretary; 
     and
       ``(ii) by the holders of Federal student loans defined in 
     section 3502(a)(2)(C) to the satisfaction of the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services.
       ``(B) Purposes.--The purposes of the information reported 
     under subparagraph (A) are to--
       ``(i) verify, at the borrower level, the payments that are 
     provided or suspended under this section; and
       ``(ii) calculate the amount of any interest due to the 
     holder for reimbursement of interest under subsection (b).
       ``(2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate with 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out the 
     provisions of this section with respect to Federal student 
     loans defined in section 3502(a)(2)(C).''.

     SEC. 150119. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       Except as otherwise provided, this part, and the amendments 
     made by this part, shall take effect as if enacted as part of 
     the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
     (Public Law 116-136).

    PART B--CONSOLIDATION LOANS AND PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS

     SEC. 150120. SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO FEDERAL DIRECT 
                   CONSOLIDATION LOANS.

       (a) Special Rules Relating to Federal Direct Consolidation 
     Loans and PSLF.--
       (1) Public service loan forgiveness option on consolidation 
     application.--
       (A) In general.--During the period described in subsection 
     (e), the Secretary shall--
       (i) include, in any application for a Federal Direct 
     Consolidation Loan under part D of title IV of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq,), an option 
     for the borrower to indicate that the borrower intends to 
     participate in the public service loan forgiveness program 
     under section 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)); and
       (ii) for each borrower who submits an application for a 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, without regard to whether 
     the borrower indicates the intention described in clause 
     (i)--

       (I) request that the borrower submit a certification of 
     employment; and
       (II) after receiving a complete certification of 
     employment--

       (aa) carry out the requirements of paragraph (2); and
       (bb) inform the borrower of the number of qualifying 
     monthly payments made on the component loans before 
     consolidation that shall be deemed, in accordance with 
     paragraph (2)(D), to be qualifying monthly payments made on 
     the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan.
       (B) Hold harmless.--The Secretary may not change or 
     otherwise rescind a calculation made under paragraph (2)(D) 
     after informing the borrower of the results of such 
     calculation under subparagraph (A)(ii)(II)(bb).
       (2) Process to determine qualifying payments for purposes 
     of pslf.--Upon receipt of a complete certification of 
     employment under paragraph (1)(A)(ii)(II) of a borrower who 
     receives a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan described in 
     paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary shall--
       (A) review the borrower's payment history to identify each 
     component loan of such Federal Direct Consolidation Loan;
       (B) for each such component loan--
       (i) calculate the weighted factor of the component loan, 
     which shall be the factor that represents the portion of such 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that is attributable to 
     such component loan; and
       (ii) determine the number of qualifying monthly payments 
     made on such component loan before consolidation;
       (C) calculate the number of qualifying monthly payments 
     determined under subparagraph (B)(ii) with respect to a 
     component loan that shall be deemed as qualifying monthly 
     payments made on the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan by 
     multiplying--
       (i) the weighted factor of such component loan as 
     determined under subparagraph (B)(i), by
       (ii) the number of qualifying monthly payments made on such 
     component loan as determined under subparagraph (B)(ii); and
       (D) calculate the total number of qualifying monthly 
     payments with respect to the component loans of the Federal 
     Direct Consolidation Loan that shall be deemed as qualifying 
     monthly payments made on such Federal Direct Consolidation 
     Loan by--
       (i) adding together the result of each calculation made 
     under subparagraph (C) with respect to each such component 
     loan; and
       (ii) rounding the number determined under clause (i) to the 
     nearest whole number.
       (3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
       (A) Certification of employment.--The term ``certification 
     of employment'', used with respect to a borrower, means a 
     certification of the employment of the borrower in a public 
     service job (as defined in section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965) on or after October 1, 2007.
       (B) Component loan.--The term ``component loan'', used with 
     respect to a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, means each 
     loan for which the liability has been discharged by the 
     proceeds of the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, which--
       (i) may include a loan that is not an eligible Federal 
     Direct Loan (as defined in section 455(m)(3)(A) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965); and
       (ii) in the case of a subsequent consolidation loan, only 
     includes loans for which the liability has been directly 
     discharged by such subsequent consolidation loan.
       (C) Federal direct consolidation loan.--The term ``Federal 
     Direct Consolidation Loan'' means a Federal Direct 
     Consolidation Loan made under part D of title IV of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.).
       (D) Qualifying monthly payment.--
       (i) Component loan.--The term ``qualifying monthly 
     payment'', used with respect to a component loan, means a 
     monthly payment on such loan made by a borrower, during a 
     period of employment in a public service job (as defined in 
     section 455(m)(3)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)) on or after October 1, 2007, pursuant 
     to--

       (I) a repayment plan under part B, D, or E of title IV of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.; 
     1087a et seq.; 1087aa et seq.); or
       (II) in the case of a loan made under subpart II of part A 
     of title VII of the Public Health Service Act or under part E 
     of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act, a repayment 
     plan under title VII or VIII of such Act.

       (ii) Federal direct consolidation loan.--The term 
     ``qualifying monthly payment'', used with respect to a 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, means a monthly payment on 
     such loan that counts as 1 of the 120 monthly payments 
     described in section 455(m)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act 
     of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)).
       (b) Special Rules Relating to Federal Direct Consolidation 
     Loans and ICR and IBR.--
       (1) In general.--During the period described in subsection 
     (e), with respect to a borrower who receives a Federal Direct 
     Consolidation Loan and who intends to repay such loan under 
     an income-contingent repayment plan under section 
     455(d)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1087e(d)(1)(D)) or an income-based repayment plan under 
     section 493C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1098e), the Secretary 
     shall--

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       (A) review the borrower's payment history to identify each 
     component loan of such Federal Direct Consolidation Loan;
       (B) for each such component loan--
       (i) calculate the weighted factor of the component loan, 
     which shall be the factor that represents the portion of such 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that is attributable to 
     such component loan; and
       (ii) determine the number of qualifying monthly payments 
     made on such component loan before consolidation;
       (C) calculate the number of qualifying monthly payments 
     determined under subparagraph (B)(ii) with respect to a 
     component loan that shall be deemed as qualifying monthly 
     payments made on the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan by 
     multiplying--
       (i) the weighted factor of such component loan as 
     determined under subparagraph (B)(i), by
       (ii) the number of qualifying monthly payments made on such 
     component loan as determined under subparagraph (B)(ii); and
       (D) calculate and inform the borrower of the total number 
     of qualifying monthly payments with respect to the component 
     loans of the Federal Direct Consolidation Loan that shall be 
     deemed as qualifying monthly payments made on such Federal 
     Direct Consolidation Loan by--
       (i) adding together the result of each calculation made 
     under subparagraph (C) with respect to each such component 
     loan; and
       (ii) rounding the number determined under clause (i) to the 
     nearest whole number.
       (2) Hold harmless.--The Secretary may not change or 
     otherwise rescind a calculation made under paragraph (1)(D) 
     after informing the borrower of the results of such 
     calculation under such paragraph.
       (3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Component loan; federal direct consolidation loan.--The 
     terms ``component loan'' and ``Federal Direct Consolidation 
     Loan'' have the meanings given the terms in subsection (a).
       (B) Qualifying payment.--
       (i) Component loans.--Subject to clause (ii), the term 
     ``qualifying monthly payment'', used with respect to a 
     component loan, means a monthly payment on such loan made by 
     a borrower pursuant to--

       (I) a repayment plan under part B, D, or E of title IV of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq., 
     1087a et seq., 1087aa et seq.); or
       (II) in the case of a loan made under subpart II of part A 
     of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292q 
     et seq.) or under part E of title VIII of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.), a repayment plan under 
     title VII or VIII of such Act.

       (ii) Clarification.--

       (I) ICR.--For purposes of determining the number of 
     qualifying monthly payments made on a component loan pursuant 
     to an income-contingent repayment plan under section 
     455(d)(1)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1087e(d)(1)(D)), each month a borrower is determined to meet 
     the requirements of section 455(e)(7)(B)(i) of such Act with 
     respect to such loan shall be treated as such a qualifying 
     monthly payment.
       (II) IBR.--For purposes of determining the number of 
     qualifying monthly payments made on a component loan pursuant 
     to an income-based repayment plan under section 493C of such 
     Act (20 U.S.C. 1098e), each month a borrower was determined 
     to meet the requirements of subsection (b)(7)(B) of such 
     section 493C with respect to such loan shall be treated as 
     such a qualifying monthly payment.

       (iii) Federal direct consolidation loans.--The term 
     ``qualifying monthly payment'', used with respect to a 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, means a monthly payment on 
     such loan that counts as a monthly payment under an income-
     contingent repayment plan under section 455(d)(1)(D) of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(d)(1)(D)), or 
     an income-based repayment plan under section 493C of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098e).
       (c) Notification to Borrowers.--
       (1) In general.--During the period described in subsection 
     (e), the Secretary and the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall undertake a campaign to alert borrowers of a 
     loan described in paragraph (2)--
       (A) on the benefits of consolidating such loans into a 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, including the benefits of 
     the special rules under subsections (a) and (b) of this 
     section; and
       (B) under which servicers and holders of Federal student 
     loans shall provide to borrowers such consumer information, 
     and in such manner, as determined appropriate by the 
     Secretaries, based on conducting consumer testing to 
     determine how to make the information as meaningful to 
     borrowers as possible.
       (2) Federal student loans.--A loan described in this 
     paragraph is--
       (A) a loan made under subpart II of part A of title VII of 
     the Public Health Service Act or under part E of title VIII 
     of such Act; or
       (B) a loan made under part E of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965.
       (d) Special Rule for Interest on Federal Direct 
     Consolidation Loans.--Any Federal Direct Consolidation Loan 
     for which the application is received during the period 
     described in subsection (e), shall bear interest at an annual 
     rate as calculated under section 455(b)(8)(D) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(b)(8)(D)), without 
     regard to the requirement to round the weighted average of 
     the interest rate to the nearest higher one-eighth of one 
     percent.
       (e) Period.--The period described in this clause is the 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, and 
     ending on the later of--
       (1) September 30, 2021; or
       (2) the day following the date of enactment of this Act 
     that is 2 months after the national U-5 measure of labor 
     underutilization shows initial signs of recovery (as such 
     terms are defined in section 3513(b) of the Coronavirus Aid, 
     Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), as 
     amended by this Act)).
       (f) GAO Study on Implementation of Special Rules on 
     Consolidation.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit a report to the authorizing committees 
     (defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 1003) on the implementation of this section, which 
     shall include--
       (1) information on borrowers who apply for or receive a 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loan under part D of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 during the period described in 
     subsection (e), disaggregated--
       (A) by borrowers who intend to participate in the public 
     service loan forgiveness program under section 455(m) of such 
     Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)); and
       (B) by borrowers who intend to repay such loans on an 
     income-contingent repayment plan under section 455(d)(1)(D) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1087e(d)(1)(D)) or an income-based repayment plan under 
     section 493C of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1098e);
       (2) the extent to which the Secretary has established 
     procedures for carrying out subsections (a) and (b);
       (3) the extent to which the Secretary and the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services have carried out the notification 
     to borrowers required under subsection (c); and
       (4) recommendations on improving the implementation of this 
     section to ensure increased borrower participation.

     SEC. 150121. TREATMENT OF PSLF.

       (a) Exception for Purposes of PSLF Loan Forgiveness.--
     Section 455(m)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1087e(m)(1)(B)) shall apply as if clause (i) were 
     struck.
       (b) Health Care Practitioner.--In section 455(m)(3)(B)(i) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1087e(m)(3)(B)(i)), the term ``full-time professionals 
     engaged in health care practitioner occupations'' includes an 
     individual who--
       (1) has a full-time job as a health care practitioner;
       (2) provides medical services in such full-time job at a 
     nonprofit hospital or public hospital or other nonprofit or 
     public health care facility; and
       (3) is prohibited by State law from being employed directly 
     by such hospital or other health care facility.

            PART C--EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR DEFRAUDED BORROWERS

     SEC. 150122. EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR DEFRAUDED BORROWERS.

       (a) Emergency Relief.--An eligible borrower shall be 
     entitled to relief on an eligible loan pursuant to this 
     section.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible borrower.--The term ``eligible borrower'' 
     means an individual--
       (A) who--
       (i) borrowed an eligible loan to finance the cost of 
     enrollment at an institution of higher education that, 
     according to findings by the Department of Education made on 
     or before the date of enactment of this Act, made a false or 
     misleading representation with the respect to the job 
     placement rates of such institution of higher education; and
       (ii) has not received the relief described in subsection 
     (c)(1) on such eligible loan; or
       (B) who--
       (i) borrowed an eligible loan to finance the cost of 
     enrollment at an institution of higher education that, 
     according to findings by the Department of Education made on 
     or before the date of enactment of this Act, made a false or 
     misleading representation with respect to guaranteed 
     employment or transferability of credits of such institution 
     of higher education;
       (ii) in an application to the Secretary for a defense to 
     repayment of such eligible loan, has asserted that the 
     borrower (or the dependent student on whose behalf the 
     eligible borrowed such eligible loan) relied on such false or 
     misleading representation in deciding to enroll in such 
     institution of higher education; and
       (iii) has not received the relief described in subsection 
     (c)(1) on such eligible loan.
       (2) Eligible loan.--The term ``eligible loan'' means a loan 
     made, insured, or guaranteed under part B or D of title IV of 
     the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.; 
     1087a et seq.).
       (c) Relief.--With respect to each eligible borrower, the 
     Secretary shall--
       (1) not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, with respect to each eligible loan of the borrower 
     described in subsection (b)(1)--
       (A) cancel or repay the full balance of interest and 
     principal (including fees and charges) due on such loan; and
       (B) return to the borrower an amount equal to the total 
     amount of payments (including voluntary and involuntary 
     payments) made on the loan by the borrower;
       (2) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this section, report the cancellation or repayment under 
     paragraph (1)(A) of each eligible loan to each consumer 
     reporting agency to which the Secretary previously reported 
     the status of the loan, so as to delete all adverse credit 
     history assigned to the loan; and
       (3) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, no longer consider a borrower who has defaulted on 
     a loan cancelled or repaid under this subsection to be in 
     default on such loan.
       (d) Notification.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the

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     Secretary shall notify (in writing) each eligible borrower 
     of--
       (1) the relief to which the borrower is entitled pursuant 
     to subsection (c), and when the borrower will receive such 
     relief;
       (2) the borrower's eligibility to receive assistance under 
     title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 
     et seq.) after receiving relief pursuant to subsection (c); 
     and
       (3) any further relief to such borrower as the Secretary 
     determines is appropriate.
       (e) Expedient Adjudication of State Attorney General Claims 
     Relating to Defense to Repayment of a Loan.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out the existing 
     requirement to adjudicate claims from State attorneys 
     general, and the requirements of paragraph (2) with respect 
     to each claim submitted to the Secretary on or before the 
     date of enactment of this Act by a State attorney general on 
     behalf of one or more individuals who--
       (A) allege that the individual borrowed an eligible loan to 
     finance the cost of enrollment at an institution of higher 
     education whose act or omission is a defense to repayment on 
     such loan under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1001 et seq.) or under applicable State law; and
       (B) has not received the relief described in paragraph 
     (2)(B) on such eligible loan.
       (2) Requirements.--The Secretary shall carry out the 
     following with respect to each claim described in paragraph 
     (1):
       (A) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, adjudicate each such claim.
       (B) For each claim for which the Secretary finds that an 
     act or omission of the institution of higher education is a 
     defense to repayment of an eligible loan of the individuals 
     on whose behalf the claim was submitted, with respect to each 
     such individual, provide the following:
       (i) Not later than 45 days after the date on which such 
     claim is adjudicated, with respect to each eligible loan 
     described in paragraph (1) of the individual--

       (I) cancel or repay the full balance of interest and 
     principal (including fees and charges) due on such loan; and
       (II) return to the borrower an amount equal to the total 
     amount of payments (including voluntary and involuntary 
     payments) made on the loan by the borrower.

       (ii) Not later than 60 days after the date on which such 
     claim is adjudicated, report the cancellation or repayment 
     under clause (i) of each eligible loan to each consumer 
     reporting agency to which the Secretary previously reported 
     the status of the loan, so as to delete all adverse credit 
     history assigned to the loan.
       (iii) Not later than 60 days after the date on which such 
     claim is adjudicated, no longer consider a borrower who has 
     defaulted on a loan cancelled or repaid under this 
     subparagraph to be in default on such loan.
       (C) Not later than 10 days after the date of adjudication 
     under subparagraph (A), with respect to each claim submitted 
     on behalf of not less than 20 individuals, provide detailed 
     reports to the authorizing committees, which shall include--
       (i) any evidence submitted by the State attorney general, 
     which the Secretary relied upon in adjudicating the claim;
       (ii) any evidence submitted by the State attorney general, 
     which the Secretary did not rely upon in adjudicating the 
     claim;
       (iii) any other evidence the Secretary relied upon in 
     adjudicating the claim;
       (iv) a summary of all efforts to coordinate with the State 
     attorney general to ensure a fair adjudication; and
       (v) a detailed legal rationale for the Secretary's 
     adjudication.
       (D) For the duration of the adjudication of each claim, the 
     Secretary shall fulfill the Secretary's obligation to--
       (i) suspend any payments owed on any eligible loan that is 
     the subject of such claim, including a suspension of any 
     capitalization of interest;
       (ii) suspend any involuntary collections on such loan, 
     including collections under--

       (I) a wage garnishment authorized under section 488A of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1095a) or section 
     3720D of title 31, United States Code;
       (II) a reduction of tax refund by amount of debt authorized 
     under section 3720A of title 31, United States Code, or 
     section 6402(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
       (III) a reduction of any other Federal benefit payment by 
     administrative offset authorized under section 3716 of title 
     31, United States Code (including a benefit payment due to an 
     individual under the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et 
     seq.) or any other provision described in subsection 
     (c)(3)(A)(i) of such section); or
       (IV) any other involuntary collection activity by the 
     Secretary; and

       (iii) suspend any interest accrual on such loan.
       (E) Not later than 10 days after the date of adjudication 
     for which relief is provided under subparagraph (B), notify 
     (in writing) each individual with respect to whom relief is 
     provided of--
       (i) the relief to which the individual is entitled pursuant 
     to subparagraph (B), and when the individual will receive 
     such relief;
       (ii) the individual's eligibility to receive assistance 
     under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1070 et seq.) after receiving relief pursuant to subparagraph 
     (B); and
       (iii) any further relief to such borrower as the Secretary 
     determines is appropriate.
       (f) Institutional Accountability.--With respect to each 
     loan cancelled or repaid under this section, the Secretary 
     shall initiate an appropriate proceeding to require the 
     institution of higher education whose act or omission 
     resulted in such cancellation or repayment to repay to the 
     Secretary the amount so cancelled or repaid.
       (g) Taxation.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986, in the case of any relief provided under subsection 
     (c)(1) or (e)(2)(B) with respect to a borrower:
       (1) Exclusion from gross income; no recapture of tax 
     benefits.--No amount shall be included in the gross income of 
     such borrower by reason of such relief and section 111(b) 
     such Code shall not apply with respect to such relief.
       (2) Waiver of information reporting requirements.--Amounts 
     excluded from gross income under paragraph (1) shall not be 
     required to be reported (and shall not be taken into account 
     in determining whether any reporting requirement applies) 
     under chapter 61 of such Code.

                Subtitle D--Notifications and Reporting

     SEC. 150123. NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTING RELATING TO HIGHER 
                   EDUCATION.

       (a) Notification of Non-CARES Act Flexibilities.--
       (1) Notice to congress.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than two days before the date on 
     which the Secretary grants a flexibility described in 
     paragraph (4), the Secretary shall--
       (i) submit to the authorizing committees a written 
     notification of the Secretary's intent to grant such 
     flexibility; and
       (ii) publish the notification on a publicly accessible 
     website of the Department of Education.
       (B) Elements.--Each notification under subparagraph (A) 
     shall--
       (i) identify the provision of law, regulation, or 
     subregulatory guidance to which the flexibility will apply;
       (ii) identify any limitations on the flexibility, including 
     any time limits;
       (iii) identify the statutory authority under which the 
     flexibility is provided;
       (iv) identify the class of covered entities to which the 
     flexibility will apply;
       (v) identify whether a covered entity will need to request 
     the flexibility or whether the flexibility will be applied 
     without request;
       (vi) in the case of a flexibility that requires a covered 
     entity to request the flexibility, identify the factors the 
     Secretary will consider in approving or denying the 
     flexibility;
       (vii) explain how the flexibility is expected to benefit 
     the covered entity or class of covered entities to which it 
     applies; and
       (viii) explain the reasons the flexibility is necessary and 
     appropriate due to COVID-19.
       (2) Quarterly reports.--Not later than 10 days after the 
     end of each fiscal quarter for the duration of the qualifying 
     emergency through the end of the first fiscal year beginning 
     after the conclusion of such qualifying emergency, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the authorizing committees a report 
     that includes, with respect to flexibilities described in 
     paragraph (4) that have been issued by the Secretary in the 
     most recently ended fiscal quarter, the following:
       (A) In the case of a flexibility that was issued by the 
     Secretary without request from a covered entity, an 
     explanation of all requirements, including reporting 
     requirements, that the Secretary imposed on the covered 
     entity as a condition of the flexibility.
       (B) In the case of a flexibility for which a covered entity 
     requested and received specific approval from the Secretary--
       (i) identification of the covered entity that received the 
     flexibility;
       (ii) an explanation of the specific reasons for approval of 
     the request;
       (iii) a detailed description of the terms of the 
     flexibility, including--

       (I) a description of any limitations on the flexibility; 
     and
       (II) identification of each provision of law (including 
     regulation and subregulatory guidance) that is waived or 
     modified and, for each such provision, the statutory 
     authority under which the flexibility was provided; and

       (iv) a copy of the final document granting the flexibility.
       (C) In the case of any request for a flexibility that was 
     denied by the Secretary--
       (i) identification of the covered entity or entities that 
     were denied a flexibility;
       (ii) a detailed description of the terms of the request for 
     the flexibility; and
       (iii) an explanation of the specific reasons for denial of 
     the request.
       (3) Report on flexibilities granted before enactment.--Not 
     later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the authorizing committees a 
     report that--
       (A) identifies each flexibility described in paragraph (4) 
     that was granted by the Secretary between March 13, 2020, and 
     the date of enactment of this Act; and
       (B) with respect to each such flexibility, provides the 
     information specified in paragraph (1)(B).
       (4) Flexibility described.--A flexibility described in this 
     paragraph is modification or waiver of any provision of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 
     (including any regulation or subregulatory guidance issued 
     under such a provision) that the Secretary determines to be 
     necessary and appropriate to modify or waive due to COVID-19, 
     other than a provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
     that the Secretary is specifically authorized to modify or 
     waive pursuant to the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
       (5) Privacy.--The Secretary shall ensure that any report or 
     notification submitted under this subsection does not reveal 
     personally identifiable information about an individual 
     student.
       (6) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection shall 
     be construed to authorize the Secretary to waive or modify 
     any provision of law.
       (b) Reports on Exercise of CARES Act Waivers by 
     Institutions of Higher Education.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date

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     of enactment of this Act, each institution of higher 
     education that exercises an authority provided under section 
     3503(c) (as redesignated by section 150102 of this Act), 
     section 3504, section 3505, section 3508(d), section 3509, or 
     section 3517(b) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) shall 
     submit to the Secretary a report that describes the nature 
     and extent of the institution's exercise of such authorities, 
     including the number of students and amounts of aid provided 
     under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1070 et seq.) affected by the exercise of such authorities, 
     as applicable.
       (c) Reports on Changes to Contracts and Agreements.--Not 
     later than 10 days after the end of each fiscal quarter for 
     the duration of the qualifying emergency through the end of 
     the first fiscal year beginning after the conclusion of such 
     qualifying emergency, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     authorizing committees a report that includes, for the most 
     recently ended fiscal quarter--
       (1) a summary of all modifications to any contracts with 
     Department of Education contractors relating to Federal 
     student loans, including--
       (A) the contractual provisions that were modified;
       (B) the names of all contractors affected by the 
     modifications; and
       (C) estimates of any costs or savings resulting from the 
     modifications;
       (2) a summary of all amendments, addendums, or other 
     modifications to program participation agreements with 
     institutions of higher education under section 487 of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094), any 
     provisional program participation agreements entered into 
     under such section, and any COVID-19 provisional program 
     participation agreements entered into under section 150112 of 
     this Act, including--
       (A) any provisions of such agreements that were modified by 
     the Department of Education; and
       (B) the number of institutions of higher education that 
     received such modifications or entered into such provisional 
     agreements, disaggregated by--
       (i) status as a four-year, two-year, or less-than-two-year 
     public institution, private nonprofit institution, or 
     proprietary institution; and
       (ii) each category of minority-serving institution 
     described in section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act (20 
     U.S.C. 1067q); and
       (3) sample copies of program participation agreements 
     (including provisional agreements), selected at random from 
     among the agreements described in paragraph (2), including at 
     least one agreement from each type of institution (whether a 
     public institution, private nonprofit institution, or 
     proprietary institution) that received a modified or 
     provisional agreement.
       (d) Report to Congress.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     authorizing committees a report that includes the following:
       (A) A summary of the reports received by the Secretary 
     under subsection (b).
       (B) A description of--
       (i) the Secretary's use of the authority under section 3506 
     of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) to adjust subsidized 
     loan usage limits, including the total number of students and 
     the total amount of subsidized loans under title IV of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) 
     affected by the Secretary's use of such authority;
       (ii) the Secretary's use of the authority under section 
     3507 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) to exclude certain 
     periods from the Federal Pell Grant duration limit, including 
     the total number of students and the total amount of Federal 
     Pell Grants under section 401 of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a) affected by the Secretary's use of 
     such authority;
       (iii) the Secretary's use of the authority under section 
     3508 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) to waive certain 
     requirements for the return of Federal funds, including--

       (I) in the case of waivers issued to students under such 
     section, the total number of students and the total amount of 
     aid under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) affected by the Secretary's use of such 
     authority; and
       (II) in the case of waivers issued to institutions of 
     higher education under such section, the total number of 
     students and the total amount of aid under title IV of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) 
     affected by the Secretary's use of such authority.

       (C) A summary of the information required to be reported to 
     the authorizing committees under sections 3510 and 3512 of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended by this Act, 
     regardless of whether such information has previously been 
     reported to such committees as of the date of the report 
     under this subsection.
       (D) Information relating to the temporary relief for 
     Federal student loan borrowers provided under section 3513 of 
     the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), including--
       (i) with respect to the notifications required under 
     subsection (g)(1) of such section--

       (I) the total number of individual notifications sent to 
     borrowers in accordance with such subsection, disaggregated 
     by electronic, postal, and telephonic notifications;
       (II) the total number of notifications described in clause 
     (i) that were sent within the 15-day period specified in such 
     subsection; and
       (III) the actual costs to the Department of Education of 
     making the notifications under such subsection;

       (ii) the projected costs to the Department of Education of 
     making the notifications required under subsection (g)(2) of 
     such section;
       (iii) the number of Federal student loan borrowers who have 
     affirmatively opted-out of payment suspension under 
     subsection (a) of such section;
       (iv) the number of individual notifications sent to 
     employers directing the employers to halt wage garnishment 
     pursuant to subsection (e) of such section, disaggregated by 
     electronic, postal, and telephonic notifications;
       (v) the number of Federal student loan borrowers who have 
     had their wages garnished pursuant to section 488A of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1095a) or section 
     3720D of title 31, United States Code, between March 13, 
     2020, and the date of the date of enactment of this Act;
       (vi) the number of Federal student loan borrowers subject 
     to interest capitalization as a result of consolidating 
     Federal student loans since March 13, 2020, and the total 
     amount of such interest capitalization;
       (vii) the average daily call wait times and call drop 
     rates, disaggregated by student loan servicer, for the period 
     between March 13, 2020, and the date of enactment of this 
     Act; and
       (viii) the estimated or projected savings to the Department 
     of Education for student loan servicing activities for the 
     period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on September 
     30, 2020, due to lower reimbursement or contract costs per 
     account for student loan servicers and private collection 
     agencies resulting from the suspension of Federal student 
     loan payments and halt to collection activities under the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
       (E) Information relating to the special rules relating to 
     Federal Direct Consolidation Loans under section 150120 of 
     this Act, including--
       (i) the number of borrowers who submitted an application 
     for a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan;
       (ii) the number of borrowers who received a Federal Direct 
     Consolidation Loan; and
       (iii) the wait time between submitting an application and 
     receiving a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan.
       (F) A summary of the information required to be reported to 
     the authorizing committees under section 3517(c) and section 
     3518(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended by 
     this Act, regardless of whether such information has 
     previously been reported to such committees as of the date of 
     the report under this subsection.
       (G) A copy of any communication from the Department of 
     Education to grantees and Federal student loan borrowers 
     eligible for rights and benefits under section 3519 of the 
     CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) to inform such grantees and 
     borrowers of their eligibility for such rights and benefits.
       (2) Duty of hhs.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall provide to the Secretary of Education the 
     information necessary for the Secretary of Education to 
     comply with paragraph (1)(D).
       (e) Amendments to CARES Act Reporting Requirements.--
       (1) Reporting requirement for hbcu capital financing loan 
     deferment.--Section 3512(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``, the terms of the loans deferred, and the 
     schedule for repayment of the deferred loan amount.''
       (2)  Reporting requirement for institutional aid 
     modifications.--Section 3517(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``, identifies the statutory provision waived or 
     modified, and describes the terms of the waiver or 
     modification received by the institution.''
       (3) Reporting requirement for grant modifications.--Section 
     3518(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by 
     striking the period at the end and inserting ``and describes 
     the terms of the modification received by the institution or 
     other grant recipient.''
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``covered entity'' means an institution of 
     higher education, a Federal contractor, a student, or any 
     other entity that is subject to the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
       (2) The term ``Federal student loan'' means a loan 
     described in section 3502(a)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 
     116-136), as amended by this Act.

                        TITLE II--OTHER PROGRAMS

Subtitle A--Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
 and Adult Education and Literacy COVID-19 National Emergency Response

     SEC. 150201. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Apprenticeship; apprenticeship program.--The terms 
     ``apprenticeship'' and ``apprenticeship program'' mean an 
     apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 
     1937 (commonly known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act'') 
     (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including 
     any requirement, standard, or rule promulgated under such 
     Act, as such requirement, standard, or rule was in effect on 
     December 30, 2019.
       (2) Coronavirus.--The term ``coronavirus'' means 
     coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus 
     Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2020 (Public Law 116-123).
       (3) COVID-19 national emergency.--The term ``COVID-19 
     national emergency'' means the national emergency declared by 
     the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to the 
     coronavirus.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Education.

     SEC. 150202. COVID-19 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION RESPONSE 
                   FLEXIBILITY.

       (a) Retention of Funds.--Notwithstanding section 133(b)(1) 
     of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
     2006 (29 U.S.C. 2353(b)(1)), with respect to an eligible 
     recipient

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     that, due to the COVID-19 national emergency, does not expend 
     all of the amounts that the eligible recipient is allocated 
     for academic year 2019-2020 under section 131 or 132 of the 
     Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
     (20 U.S.C. 2351; 2352), the eligible agency that allocated 
     such funds to the eligible recipient--
       (1) may authorize the eligible recipient to retain such 
     amounts to carry out, during academic year 2020-2021, any 
     activities described in the application of eligible recipient 
     submitted under section 134(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
     2354(b)) that such eligible recipient had intended to carry 
     out during academic year 2019-2020; and
       (2) shall ensure that a retention of amounts by an eligible 
     recipient under paragraph (1) has no impact on the allocation 
     of amounts to such eligible recipient under section 131 or 
     132 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
     of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2351; 2352) for academic year 2020-2021.
       (b) Pooling of Funds.--An eligible recipient may, in 
     accordance with section 135(c) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
     and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355(c)), pool 
     a portion of funds received under such Act with a portion of 
     funds received under such Act available to one or more 
     eligible recipients to support the transition from secondary 
     education to postsecondary education or employment for CTE 
     participants whose academic year was interrupted by the 
     COVID-19 national emergency.
       (c) Professional Development.--During the COVID-19 national 
     emergency, section 3(40)(B) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
     Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(40)(B)) shall 
     apply as if ``sustained (not stand-alone, 1-day, or short-
     term workshops), intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, 
     data-driven, and classroom-focused,'' were struck.
       (d) Definitions.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms 
     in this section have the meanings given the terms in section 
     3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
     of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).

     SEC. 150203. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY RESPONSE 
                   ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Online Service Delivery of Adult Education and Literacy 
     Activities.--During the COVID-19 national emergency, an 
     eligible agency may use funds available to such agency under 
     paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 222(a) of the Workforce 
     Innovation and Opportunity Act (20 U.S.C. 3302(a)) for the 
     administrative expenses of the eligible agency related to 
     transitions to online service delivery of adult education and 
     literacy activities.
       (b) Secretarial Responsibilities.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, 
     in carrying out section 242(c)(2)(G) of the Workforce 
     Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3332(c)(2)(G)), 
     identify and disseminate to States strategies and virtual 
     proctoring tools to--
       (1) assess the progress of learners in adult education 
     programs based upon valid research, as appropriate, and;
       (2) measure the progress of such programs in meeting the 
     State adjusted levels of performance described in section 
     116(b)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
     U.S.C. 3141(b)(3)).
       (c) Definitions.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms 
     in this section have the meanings given the terms in section 
     203 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 
     U.S.C. 3272).

     SEC. 150204. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if determined 
     necessary and appropriate due to the COVID-19 national 
     emergency by the Secretary, the Secretary may waive, for a 
     period not to exceed academic year 2019-2020--
       (1) upon the request of a State or Indian Tribe receiving 
     funds under title I of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
     Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.), the 
     requirements under section 421(b) of the General Education 
     Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1225(b)) for the State or Indian 
     Tribe with respect to such funds; and
       (2) upon the request of an eligible agency receiving funds 
     under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 
     3271 et seq.), the requirements under section 421(b) of the 
     General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1225(b)) for that 
     eligible agency with respect to such funds.

  Subtitle B--Corporation for National and Community Service COVID-19 
                          Response Activities

     SEC. 150205. CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
                   PROVISIONS.

       Section 3514(a)(2)(B) of the CARES Act is amended by 
     inserting ``, or the full value of the stipend under section 
     105(a) of title I of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 
     1973 (42 U.S.C. 4955), as amended,'' after ``such subtitle''.

     SEC. 150206. NATIONAL SERVICE EXPANSION FEASIBILITY STUDY.

       (a) Study Required.--The Corporation for National and 
     Community Service shall conduct a study on the feasibility of 
     increasing the capacity of national service programs across 
     the country to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency, 
     the corresponding public health crisis, and the economic and 
     social impact to communities across the country.
       (b) Scope of Study.--The Corporation for National and 
     Community Service shall examine new and existing programs, 
     partnerships, organizations and grantees that could be 
     utilized to respond to the COVID-19 national emergency as 
     described in subsection (a), including--
       (1) service opportunities related to food security, 
     education, economic opportunity, and disaster or emergency 
     response;
       (2) partnerships with the Department of Health and Human 
     Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 
     public health departments in all 50 states and territories to 
     respond to public health needs related to COVID-19 such as 
     testing, contact tracing, or related activities; and
       (3) the capacity and ability of the State Commissions on 
     National and Community Service to respond to the needs of 
     state and local governments in each state or territory in 
     which such State Commission is in operation.
       (c) Required Aspects of the Study.--In performing the study 
     described in this section, the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service shall examine the following aspects for 
     each of the new or existing programs, partnerships, 
     organizations and grantees as described in subsection (b), 
     including--
       (1) the cost and resources necessary related to expansion 
     as described in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of subsection 
     (b);
       (2) the timeline for implementation of any expanded 
     partnerships or expanded capacity as described in paragraphs 
     (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (b);
       (3) options to use existing corps programs overseen by the 
     Corporation for National and Community Service for expanding 
     such capacity, and the role of programs, such as AmeriCorps, 
     AmeriCorps VISTA, AmeriCorps National Civilian Community 
     Corps, or Senior Corps, for expanding capacity as described 
     in paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of subsection (b);
       (4) the ability to increase diversity, including economic, 
     racial, ethnic, and gender diversity, amongst national 
     service volunteers and programs as part of any expansion 
     activities;
       (5) the geographic distribution of demand by state due to 
     the economic or health related impacts of COVID-19 for 
     national service volunteer opportunities across the country 
     and the additional volunteer capacity needed to meet this 
     demand, comparing existing demand for volunteer opportunities 
     to expected or realized increases as a result of COVID-19; 
     and
       (6) whether any additional administrative capacity is 
     needed to respond to increases in demand as described in 
     paragraph (5), including through grantee organizational 
     capacity or at the Corporation for National and Community 
     Service.
       (d) Reports to Congressional Committees.--Not later than 30 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief 
     Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service shall prepare and submit a report to the 
     Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, with 
     recommendations on the role for the Corporation for National 
     and Community Service in responding to the COVID-19 national 
     emergency, including any recommendations for legislative, 
     regulatory, and administrative changes based on findings 
     related to the topics identified under subsection (b).

     SEC. 150207. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle, the following definitions apply:
       (1) DVSA terms.--The terms ``Director'' and ``poverty line 
     for a single individual'' have the meaning given such terms 
     in section 421 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 
     (42 U.S.C. 5061).
       (2) COVID-19 national emergency.--The term ``COVID-19 
     national emergency'' means the national emergency declared by 
     the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
     1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to COVID-19.
       (3) Grantee.--The term ``grantee'' means a recipient of a 
     grant under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 
     U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) or the National and Community Service 
     Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.) to run a program.
       (4) Program.--The term ``program'' means a program funded 
     under the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
     4950 et seq.) or the National and Community Service Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.).
       (5) State commission on national and community service.--
     The term ``State Commission on National and Community 
     Service'' has the meaning given such term in section 101 of 
     the National and Community Service Act (42 U.S.C. 12511).

                         DIVISION P--ACCESS ACT

     SEC. 160001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       This Act may be cited as the ``American Coronavirus/COVID-
     19 Election Safety and Security Act'' or the ``ACCESS Act''.

     SEC. 160002. REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL ELECTION CONTINGENCY 
                   PLANS IN RESPONSE TO NATURAL DISASTERS AND 
                   EMERGENCIES.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Establishment.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, each State and each 
     jurisdiction in a State which is responsible for 
     administering elections for Federal office shall establish 
     and make publicly available a contingency plan to enable 
     individuals to vote in elections for Federal office during a 
     state of emergency, public health emergency, or national 
     emergency which has been declared for reasons including--
       (A) a natural disaster; or
       (B) an infectious disease.
       (2) Updating.--Each State and jurisdiction shall update the 
     contingency plan established under this subsection not less 
     frequently than every 5 years.
       (b) Requirements Relating to Safety.--The contingency plan 
     established under subsection (a) shall include initiatives to 
     provide equipment and resources needed to protect the health 
     and safety of poll workers and voters when voting in person.
       (c) Requirements Relating to Recruitment of Poll Workers.--
     The contingency plan established under subsection (a) shall 
     include initiatives by the chief State election official and

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     local election officials to recruit poll workers from 
     resilient or unaffected populations, which may include--
       (1) employees of other State and local government offices; 
     and
       (2) in the case in which an infectious disease poses 
     significant increased health risks to elderly individuals, 
     students of secondary schools and institutions of higher 
     education in the State.
       (d) Enforcement.--
       (1) Attorney general.--The Attorney General may bring a 
     civil action against any State or jurisdiction in an 
     appropriate United States District Court for such declaratory 
     and injunctive relief (including a temporary restraining 
     order, a permanent or temporary injunction, or other order) 
     as may be necessary to carry out the requirements of this 
     section.
       (2) Private right of action.--
       (A) In general.--In the case of a violation of this 
     section, any person who is aggrieved by such violation may 
     provide written notice of the violation to the chief election 
     official of the State involved.
       (B) Relief.--If the violation is not corrected within 20 
     days after receipt of a notice under subparagraph (A), or 
     within 5 days after receipt of the notice if the violation 
     occurred within 120 days before the date of an election for 
     Federal office, the aggrieved person may, in a civil action, 
     obtain declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the 
     violation.
       (C) Special rule.--If the violation occurred within 5 days 
     before the date of an election for Federal office, the 
     aggrieved person need not provide notice to the chief 
     election official of the State involved under subparagraph 
     (A) before bringing a civil action under subparagraph (B).
       (e) Definitions.--
       (1) Election for federal office.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``election for Federal office'' means a 
     general, special, primary, or runoff election for the office 
     of President or Vice President, or of Senator or 
     Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
     the Congress.
       (2) State.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``State'' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
     of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
     Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands.
       (f) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal 
     office held in November 2020 and each succeeding election for 
     Federal office.

     SEC. 160003. EARLY VOTING AND VOTING BY MAIL.

       (a) Requirements.--Title III of the Help America Vote Act 
     of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new subtitle:

                    ``Subtitle C--Other Requirements

     ``SEC. 321. EARLY VOTING.

       ``(a) Requiring Allowing Voting Prior to Date of 
     Election.--
       ``(1) In general.--Each State shall allow individuals to 
     vote in an election for Federal office during an early voting 
     period which occurs prior to the date of the election, in the 
     same manner as voting is allowed on such date.
       ``(2) Length of period.--The early voting period required 
     under this subsection with respect to an election shall 
     consist of a period of consecutive days (including weekends) 
     which begins on the 15th day before the date of the election 
     (or, at the option of the State, on a day prior to the 15th 
     day before the date of the election) and ends on the date of 
     the election.
       ``(b) Minimum Early Voting Requirements.--Each polling 
     place which allows voting during an early voting period under 
     subsection (a) shall--
       ``(1) allow such voting for no less than 10 hours on each 
     day;
       ``(2) have uniform hours each day for which such voting 
     occurs; and
       ``(3) allow such voting to be held for some period of time 
     prior to 9:00 a.m (local time) and some period of time after 
     5:00 p.m. (local time).
       ``(c) Location of Polling Places.--
       ``(1) Proximity to public transportation.--To the greatest 
     extent practicable, a State shall ensure that each polling 
     place which allows voting during an early voting period under 
     subsection (a) is located within walking distance of a stop 
     on a public transportation route.
       ``(2) Availability in rural areas.--The State shall ensure 
     that polling places which allow voting during an early voting 
     period under subsection (a) will be located in rural areas of 
     the State, and shall ensure that such polling places are 
     located in communities which will provide the greatest 
     opportunity for residents of rural areas to vote during the 
     early voting period.
       ``(d) Standards.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Commission shall issue standards for 
     the administration of voting prior to the day scheduled for a 
     Federal election. Such standards shall include the 
     nondiscriminatory geographic placement of polling places at 
     which such voting occurs.
       ``(2) Deviation.--The standards described in paragraph (1) 
     shall permit States, upon providing adequate public notice, 
     to deviate from any requirement in the case of unforeseen 
     circumstances such as a natural disaster, terrorist attack, 
     or a change in voter turnout.
       ``(e) Ballot Processing and Scanning Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--The State shall begin processing and 
     scanning ballots cast during early voting for tabulation at 
     least 14 days prior to the date of the election involved.
       ``(2) Limitation.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed to permit a State to tabulate ballots in an 
     election before the closing of the polls on the date of the 
     election.
       ``(f) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with 
     respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
     Federal office held in November 2020 and each succeeding 
     election for Federal office.

     ``SEC. 322. PROMOTING ABILITY OF VOTERS TO VOTE BY MAIL.

       ``(a) Uniform Availability of Absentee Voting to All 
     Voters.--
       ``(1) In general.--If an individual in a State is eligible 
     to cast a vote in an election for Federal office, the State 
     may not impose any additional conditions or requirements on 
     the eligibility of the individual to cast the vote in such 
     election by absentee ballot by mail.
       ``(2) Administration of voting by mail.--
       ``(A) Prohibiting identification requirement as condition 
     of obtaining ballot.--A State may not require an individual 
     to provide any form of identification as a condition of 
     obtaining an absentee ballot, except that nothing in this 
     paragraph may be construed to prevent a State from requiring 
     a signature of the individual or similar affirmation as a 
     condition of obtaining an absentee ballot.
       ``(B) Prohibiting requirement to provide notarization or 
     witness signature as condition of obtaining or casting 
     ballot.--A State may not require notarization or witness 
     signature or other formal authentication (other than voter 
     attestation) as a condition of obtaining or casting an 
     absentee ballot.
       ``(C) Deadline for returning ballot.--A State may impose a 
     deadline for requesting the absentee ballot and related 
     voting materials from the appropriate State or local election 
     official and for returning the ballot to the appropriate 
     State or local election official.
       ``(3) Application for all future elections.--At the option 
     of an individual, a State shall treat the individual's 
     application to vote by absentee ballot by mail in an election 
     for Federal office as an application to vote by absentee 
     ballot by mail in all subsequent Federal elections held in 
     the State.
       ``(b) Due Process Requirements for States Requiring 
     Signature Verification.--
       ``(1) Requirement.--
       ``(A) In general.--A State may not impose a signature 
     verification requirement as a condition of accepting and 
     counting an absentee ballot submitted by any individual with 
     respect to an election for Federal office unless the State 
     meets the due process requirements described in paragraph 
     (2).
       ``(B) Signature verification requirement described.--In 
     this subsection, a `signature verification requirement' is a 
     requirement that an election official verify the 
     identification of an individual by comparing the individual's 
     signature on the absentee ballot with the individual's 
     signature on the official list of registered voters in the 
     State or another official record or other document used by 
     the State to verify the signatures of voters.
       ``(2) Due process requirements.--
       ``(A) Notice and opportunity to cure discrepancy.--If an 
     individual submits an absentee ballot and the appropriate 
     State or local election official determines that a 
     discrepancy exists between the signature on such ballot and 
     the signature of such individual on the official list of 
     registered voters in the State or other official record or 
     document used by the State to verify the signatures of 
     voters, such election official, prior to making a final 
     determination as to the validity of such ballot, shall--
       ``(i) make a good faith effort to immediately notify the 
     individual by mail, telephone, and (if available) electronic 
     mail that--

       ``(I) a discrepancy exists between the signature on such 
     ballot and the signature of the individual on the official 
     list of registered voters in the State, and
       ``(II) if such discrepancy is not cured prior to the 
     expiration of the 10-day period which begins on the date the 
     official notifies the individual of the discrepancy, such 
     ballot will not be counted; and

       ``(ii) cure such discrepancy and count the ballot if, prior 
     to the expiration of the 10-day period described in clause 
     (i)(II), the individual provides the official with 
     information to cure such discrepancy, either in person, by 
     telephone, or by electronic methods.
       ``(B) Notice and opportunity to provide missing 
     signature.--If an individual submits an absentee ballot 
     without a signature, the appropriate State or local election 
     official, prior to making a final determination as to the 
     validity of the ballot, shall--
       ``(i) make a good faith effort to immediately notify the 
     individual by mail, telephone, and (if available) electronic 
     mail that--

       ``(I) the ballot did not include a signature, and
       ``(II) if the individual does not provide the missing 
     signature prior to the expiration of the 10-day period which 
     begins on the date the official notifies the individual that 
     the ballot did not include a signature, such ballot will not 
     be counted; and

       ``(ii) count the ballot if, prior to the expiration of the 
     10-day period described in clause (i)(II), the individual 
     provides the official with the missing signature on a form 
     proscribed by the State.
       ``(C) Other requirements.--An election official may not 
     make a determination that a discrepancy exists between the 
     signature on an absentee ballot and the signature of the 
     individual who submits the ballot on the official list of 
     registered voters in the State or other official record or 
     other document used by the State to verify the signatures of 
     voters unless--
       ``(i) at least 2 election officials make the determination; 
     and
       ``(ii) each official who makes the determination has 
     received training in procedures used to verify signatures.
       ``(3) Report.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the end of 
     a Federal election cycle, each

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     chief State election official shall submit to Congress a 
     report containing the following information for the 
     applicable Federal election cycle in the State:
       ``(i) The number of ballots invalidated due to a 
     discrepancy under this subsection.
       ``(ii) Description of attempts to contact voters to provide 
     notice as required by this subsection.
       ``(iii) Description of the cure process developed by such 
     State pursuant to this subsection, including the number of 
     ballots determined valid as a result of such process.
       ``(B) Federal election cycle defined.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term `Federal election cycle' means the 
     period beginning on January 1 of any odd numbered year and 
     ending on December 31 of the following year.
       ``(c) Methods and Timing for Transmission of Ballots and 
     Balloting Materials to Voters.--
       ``(1) Method for requesting ballot.--In addition to such 
     other methods as the State may establish for an individual to 
     request an absentee ballot, the State shall permit an 
     individual to submit a request for an absentee ballot online. 
     The State shall be considered to meet the requirements of 
     this paragraph if the website of the appropriate State or 
     local election official allows an absentee ballot request 
     application to be completed and submitted online and if the 
     website permits the individual--
       ``(A) to print the application so that the individual may 
     complete the application and return it to the official; or
       ``(B) request that a paper copy of the application be 
     transmitted to the individual by mail or electronic mail so 
     that the individual may complete the application and return 
     it to the official.
       ``(2) Ensuring delivery prior to election.--If an 
     individual requests to vote by absentee ballot in an election 
     for Federal office, the appropriate State or local election 
     official shall ensure that the ballot and relating voting 
     materials are received by the individual prior to the date of 
     the election so long as the individual's request is received 
     by the official not later than 5 days (excluding Saturdays, 
     Sundays, and legal public holidays) before the date of the 
     election, except that nothing in this paragraph shall 
     preclude a State or local jurisdiction from allowing for the 
     acceptance and processing of ballot requests submitted or 
     received after such required period.
       ``(3) Special rules in case of emergency periods.--
       ``(A) Automatic mailing of absentee ballots to all 
     voters.--If the area in which an election is held is in an 
     area in which an emergency or disaster which is described in 
     subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 1135(g)(1) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)) is declared during the 
     period described in subparagraph (C)--
       ``(i) paragraphs (1) and (2) shall not apply with respect 
     to the election; and
       ``(ii) not later than 2 weeks before the date of the 
     election, the appropriate State or local election official 
     shall transmit by mail absentee ballots and balloting 
     materials for the election to all individuals who are 
     registered to vote in such election or, in the case of any 
     State that does not register voters, all individuals who are 
     in the State's central voter file (or if the State does not 
     keep a central voter file, to all individuals who are 
     eligible to vote in such election).
       ``(B) Affirmation.--If an individual receives an absentee 
     ballot from a State or local election official pursuant to 
     subparagraph (A) and returns the voted ballot to the 
     official, the ballot shall not be counted in the election 
     unless the individual includes with the ballot a signed 
     affirmation that--
       ``(i) the individual has not and will not cast another 
     ballot with respect to the election; and
       ``(ii) acknowledges that a material misstatement of fact in 
     completing the ballot may constitute grounds for conviction 
     of perjury.
       ``(C) Period described.--The period described in this 
     subparagraph with respect to an election is the period which 
     begins 120 days before the date of the election and ends 30 
     days before the date of the election.
       ``(D) Application to november 2020 general election.--
     Because of the public health emergency declared pursuant to 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
     resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the special rules set 
     forth in this paragraph shall apply with respect to the 
     regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held 
     in November 2020 in each State.
       ``(d) Accessibility for Individuals With Disabilities.--The 
     State shall ensure that all absentee ballots and related 
     voting materials in elections for Federal office are 
     accessible to individuals with disabilities in a manner that 
     provides the same opportunity for access and participation 
     (including with privacy and independence) as for other 
     voters.
       ``(e) Uniform Deadline for Acceptance of Mailed Ballots.--A 
     State may not refuse to accept or process a ballot submitted 
     by an individual by mail with respect to an election for 
     Federal office in the State on the grounds that the 
     individual did not meet a deadline for returning the ballot 
     to the appropriate State or local election official if--
       ``(1) the ballot is postmarked, signed, or otherwise 
     indicated by the United States Postal Service to have been 
     mailed on or before the date of the election; and
       ``(2) the ballot is received by the appropriate election 
     official prior to the expiration of the 10-day period which 
     begins on the date of the election.
       ``(f) Alternative Methods of Returning Ballots.--
       ``(1) In general.--In addition to permitting an individual 
     to whom a ballot in an election was provided under this 
     section to return the ballot to an election official by mail, 
     the State shall permit the individual to cast the ballot by 
     delivering the ballot at such times and to such locations as 
     the State may establish, including--
       ``(A) permitting the individual to deliver the ballot to a 
     polling place on any date on which voting in the election is 
     held at the polling place; and
       ``(B) permitting the individual to deliver the ballot to a 
     designated ballot drop-off location.
       ``(2) Permitting voters to designate other person to return 
     ballot.--The State--
       ``(A) shall permit a voter to designate any person to 
     return a voted and sealed absentee ballot to the post office, 
     a ballot drop-off location, tribally designated building, or 
     election office so long as the person designated to return 
     the ballot does not receive any form of compensation based on 
     the number of ballots that the person has returned and no 
     individual, group, or organization provides compensation on 
     this basis; and
       ``(B) may not put any limit on how many voted and sealed 
     absentee ballots any designated person can return to the post 
     office, a ballot drop off location, tribally designated 
     building, or election office.
       ``(g) Ballot Processing and Scanning Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--The State shall begin processing and 
     scanning ballots cast by mail for tabulation at least 14 days 
     prior to the date of the election involved.
       ``(2) Limitation.--Nothing in this subsection shall be 
     construed to permit a State to tabulate ballots in an 
     election before the closing of the polls on the date of the 
     election.
       ``(h) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to affect the authority of States to conduct 
     elections for Federal office through the use of polling 
     places at which individuals cast ballots.
       ``(i) No Effect on Ballots Submitted by Absent Military and 
     Overseas Voters.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
     affect the treatment of any ballot submitted by an individual 
     who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the 
     Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 
     U.S.C. 20301 et seq.).
       ``(j) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with 
     respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
     Federal office held in November 2020 and each succeeding 
     election for Federal office.

     ``SEC. 323. ABSENTEE BALLOT TRACKING PROGRAM.

       ``(a) Requirement.--Each State shall carry out a program to 
     track and confirm the receipt of absentee ballots in an 
     election for Federal office under which the State or local 
     election official responsible for the receipt of voted 
     absentee ballots in the election carries out procedures to 
     track and confirm the receipt of such ballots, and makes 
     information on the receipt of such ballots available to the 
     individual who cast the ballot, by means of online access 
     using the Internet site of the official's office.
       ``(b) Information on Whether Vote Was Counted.--The 
     information referred to under subsection (a) with respect to 
     the receipt of an absentee ballot shall include information 
     regarding whether the vote cast on the ballot was counted, 
     and, in the case of a vote which was not counted, the reasons 
     therefor.
       ``(c) Use of Toll-Free Telephone Number by Officials 
     Without Internet Site.--A program established by a State or 
     local election official whose office does not have an 
     Internet site may meet the requirements of subsection (a) if 
     the official has established a toll-free telephone number 
     that may be used by an individual who cast an absentee ballot 
     to obtain the information on the receipt of the voted 
     absentee ballot as provided under such subsection.
       ``(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with 
     respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
     Federal office held in November 2020 and each succeeding 
     election for Federal office.

     ``SEC. 324. RULES FOR COUNTING PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.

       ``(a) Statewide Counting of Provisional Ballots.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of section 302(a)(4), 
     notwithstanding the precinct or polling place at which a 
     provisional ballot is cast within the State, the appropriate 
     election official shall count each vote on such ballot for 
     each election in which the individual who cast such ballot is 
     eligible to vote.
       ``(2) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with 
     respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
     Federal office held in November 2020 and each succeeding 
     election for Federal office.
       ``(b) Uniform and Nondiscriminatory Standards.--
       ``(1) In general.--Consistent with the requirements of 
     section 302, each State shall establish uniform and 
     nondiscriminatory standards for the issuance, handling, and 
     counting of provisional ballots.
       ``(2) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with 
     respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
     Federal office held in November 2020 and each succeeding 
     election for Federal office.

     ``SEC. 325. COVERAGE OF COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN MARIANA 
                   ISLANDS.

       ``In this subtitle, the term `State' includes the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

     ``SEC. 326. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPANDING ABILITY OF 
                   INDIVIDUALS TO VOTE.

       ``The requirements of this subtitle are minimum 
     requirements, and nothing in this subtitle may be construed 
     to prevent a State from establishing standards which promote 
     the ability of individuals to vote in elections for Federal 
     office, so long as such standards are not inconsistent with 
     the requirements of this subtitle or other Federal laws.''.

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       (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Issuance of Voluntary 
     Guidance by Election Assistance Commission.--Section 311(b) 
     of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21101(b)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) in the case of the recommendations with respect to 
     subtitle C, June 30, 2020.''.
       (c) Enforcement.--
       (1) Coverage under existing enforcement provisions.--
     Section 401 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21111) is amended by 
     striking ``and 303'' and inserting ``303, and subtitle C of 
     title III''.
       (2) Availability of private right of action.--Title IV of 
     such (52 U.S.C. 21111 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 403. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF CERTAIN 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       ``(a) In General.--In the case of a violation of subtitle C 
     of title III, section 402 shall not apply and any person who 
     is aggrieved by such violation may provide written notice of 
     the violation to the chief election official of the State 
     involved.
       ``(b) Relief.--If the violation is not corrected within 20 
     days after receipt of a notice under subsection (a), or 
     within 5 days after receipt of the notice if the violation 
     occurred within 120 days before the date of an election for 
     Federal office, the aggrieved person may, in a civil action, 
     obtain declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the 
     violation.
       ``(c) Special Rule.--If the violation occurred within 5 
     days before the date of an election for Federal office, the 
     aggrieved person need not provide notice to the chief 
     election official of the State involved under subsection (a) 
     before bringing a civil action under subsection (b).''.
       (d) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act 
     is amended--
       (1) by adding at the end of the items relating to title III 
     the following:

                    ``Subtitle C--Other Requirements

``Sec. 321. Early voting.
``Sec. 322. Promoting ability of voters to vote by mail.
``Sec. 323. Absentee ballot tracking program.
``Sec. 324. Rules for counting provisional ballots.
``Sec. 325. Coverage of Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
``Sec. 326. Minimum requirements for expanding ability of individuals 
              to vote.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end of the items relating to title IV 
     the following new item:

``Sec. 403. Private right of action for violations of certain 
              requirements.''.

     SEC. 160004. PERMITTING USE OF SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT TO 
                   MEET IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTING.

       (a) Permitting Use of Statement.--Subtitle C of title III 
     of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 
     160003(a), is amended--
       (1) by redesignating sections 325 and 326 as sections 326 
     and 327; and
       (2) by inserting after section 324 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 325. PERMITTING USE OF SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT TO MEET 
                   IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

       ``(a) Use of Statement.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (c), if 
     a State has in effect a requirement that an individual 
     present identification as a condition of casting a ballot in 
     an election for Federal office, the State shall permit the 
     individual to meet the requirement--
       ``(A) in the case of an individual who desires to vote in 
     person, by presenting the appropriate State or local election 
     official with a sworn written statement, signed by the 
     individual under penalty of perjury, attesting to the 
     individual's identity and attesting that the individual is 
     eligible to vote in the election; or
       ``(B) in the case of an individual who desires to vote by 
     mail, by submitting with the ballot the statement described 
     in subparagraph (A).
       ``(2) Development of pre-printed version of statement by 
     commission.--The Commission shall develop a pre-printed 
     version of the statement described in paragraph (1)(A) which 
     includes a blank space for an individual to provide a name 
     and signature for use by election officials in States which 
     are subject to paragraph (1).
       ``(3) Providing pre-printed copy of statement.--A State 
     which is subject to paragraph (1) shall--
       ``(A) make copies of the pre-printed version of the 
     statement described in paragraph (1)(A) which is prepared by 
     the Commission available at polling places for election 
     officials to distribute to individuals who desire to vote in 
     person; and
       ``(B) include a copy of such pre-printed version of the 
     statement with each blank absentee or other ballot 
     transmitted to an individual who desires to vote by mail.
       ``(b) Requiring Use of Ballot in Same Manner as Individuals 
     Presenting Identification.--An individual who presents or 
     submits a sworn written statement in accordance with 
     subsection (a)(1) shall be permitted to cast a ballot in the 
     election in the same manner as an individual who presents 
     identification.
       ``(c) Exception for First-time Voters Registering by 
     Mail.--Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply with respect to 
     any individual described in paragraph (1) of section 303(b) 
     who is required to meet the requirements of paragraph (2) of 
     such section.''.
       (b) Requiring States to Include Information on Use of Sworn 
     Written Statement in Voting Information Material Posted at 
     Polling Places.--Section 302(b)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
     21082(b)(2)), is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) in the case of a State that has in effect a 
     requirement that an individual present identification as a 
     condition of casting a ballot in an election for Federal 
     office, information on how an individual may meet such 
     requirement by presenting a sworn written statement in 
     accordance with section 303A.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act, 
     as amended by section 160003, is amended--
       (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 325 and 
     326 as relating to sections 326 and 327; and
       (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 324 the 
     following new item:

``Sec. 325. Permitting use of sworn written statement to meet 
              identification requirements.''.
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to elections occurring on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 160005. VOTING MATERIALS POSTAGE.

       (a) Prepayment of Postage on Return Envelopes.--
       (1) In general.--Subtitle C of title III of the Help 
     America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 160003(a) and 
     as amended by section 160004(a), is further amended--
       (A) by redesignating sections 326 and 327 as sections 327 
     and 328; and
       (B) by inserting after section 325 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 326. PREPAYMENT OF POSTAGE ON RETURN ENVELOPES FOR 
                   VOTING MATERIALS.

       ``(a) Provision of Return Envelopes.--The appropriate State 
     or local election official shall provide a self-sealing 
     return envelope with--
       ``(1) any voter registration application form transmitted 
     to a registrant by mail;
       ``(2) any application for an absentee ballot transmitted to 
     an applicant by mail; and
       ``(3) any blank absentee ballot transmitted to a voter by 
     mail.
       ``(b) Prepayment of Postage.--Consistent with regulations 
     of the United States Postal Service, the State or the unit of 
     local government responsible for the administration of the 
     election involved shall prepay the postage on any envelope 
     provided under subsection (a).
       ``(c) No Effect on Ballots or Balloting Materials 
     Transmitted to Absent Military and Overseas Voters.--Nothing 
     in this section may be construed to affect the treatment of 
     any ballot or balloting materials transmitted to an 
     individual who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot under 
     the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 
     U.S.C. 20301 et seq.).''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents of such Act, 
     as amended by section 160004(c), is amended--
       (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 326 and 
     327 as relating to sections 327 and 328; and
       (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 325 the 
     following new item:

``Sec. 326. Prepayment of postage on return envelopes for voting 
              materials''.
       (b) Role of United States Postal Service.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 34 of title 39, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding after section 3406 the following:

     ``Sec. 3407. Voting materials

       ``(a) Any voter registration application, absentee ballot 
     application, or absentee ballot with respect to any election 
     for Federal office shall be carried expeditiously, with 
     postage on the return envelope prepaid by the State or unit 
     of local government responsible for the administration of the 
     election.
       ``(b) As used in this section--
       ``(1) the term `absentee ballot' means any ballot 
     transmitted by a voter by mail in an election for Federal 
     office, but does not include any ballot covered by section 
     3406; and
       ``(2) the term `election for Federal office' means a 
     general, special, primary, or runoff election for the office 
     of President or Vice President, or of Senator or 
     Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
     the Congress.
       ``(c) Nothing in this section may be construed to affect 
     the treatment of any ballot or balloting materials 
     transmitted to an individual who is entitled to vote by 
     absentee ballot under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
     Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.).''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     34 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
     relating to section 3406 the following:

``3407. Voting materials.''.

     SEC. 160006. REQUIRING TRANSMISSION OF BLANK ABSENTEE BALLOTS 
                   UNDER UOCAVA TO CERTAIN VOTERS.

       (a) In General.--The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
     Absentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20301 et seq.) is amended by 
     inserting after section 103B the following new section:

     ``SEC. 103C. TRANSMISSION OF BLANK ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO 
                   CERTAIN OTHER VOTERS.

       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) State responsibilities.--Subject to the provisions of 
     this section, each State shall transmit blank absentee 
     ballots electronically to qualified individuals who request 
     such ballots in

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     the same manner and under the same terms and conditions under 
     which the State transmits such ballots electronically to 
     absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters under 
     the provisions of section 102(f), except that no such marked 
     ballots shall be returned electronically.
       ``(2) Requirements.--Any blank absentee ballot transmitted 
     to a qualified individual under this section--
       ``(A) must comply with the language requirements under 
     section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 
     10503); and
       ``(B) must comply with the disability requirements under 
     section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
     794d).
       ``(3) Affirmation.--The State may not transmit a ballot to 
     a qualified individual under this section unless the 
     individual provides the State with a signed affirmation in 
     electronic form that--
       ``(A) the individual is a qualified individual (as defined 
     in subsection (b));
       ``(B) the individual has not and will not cast another 
     ballot with respect to the election; and
       ``(C) acknowledges that a material misstatement of fact in 
     completing the ballot may constitute grounds for conviction 
     of perjury.
       ``(4) Clarification regarding free postage.--An absentee 
     ballot obtained by a qualified individual under this section 
     shall be considered balloting materials as defined in section 
     107 for purposes of section 3406 of title 39, United States 
     Code.
       ``(5) Prohibiting refusal to accept ballot for failure to 
     meet certain requirements.--A State shall not refuse to 
     accept and process any otherwise valid blank absentee ballot 
     which was transmitted to a qualified individual under this 
     section and used by the individual to vote in the election 
     solely on the basis of the following:
       ``(A) Notarization or witness signature requirements.
       ``(B) Restrictions on paper type, including weight and 
     size.
       ``(C) Restrictions on envelope type, including weight and 
     size.
       ``(b) Qualified Individual.--
       ``(1) In general.--In this section, except as provided in 
     paragraph (2), the term `qualified individual' means any 
     individual who is otherwise qualified to vote in an election 
     for Federal office and who meets any of the following 
     requirements:
       ``(A) The individual--
       ``(i) has previously requested an absentee ballot from the 
     State or jurisdiction in which such individual is registered 
     to vote; and
       ``(ii) has not received such absentee ballot at least 2 
     days before the date of the election.
       ``(B) The individual--
       ``(i) resides in an area of a State with respect to which 
     an emergency or public health emergency has been declared by 
     the chief executive of the State or of the area involved 
     within 5 days of the date of the election under the laws of 
     the State due to reasons including a natural disaster, 
     including severe weather, or an infectious disease; and
       ``(ii) has not previously requested an absentee ballot.
       ``(C) The individual expects to be absent from such 
     individual's jurisdiction on the date of the election due to 
     professional or volunteer service in response to a natural 
     disaster or emergency as described in subparagraph (B).
       ``(D) The individual is hospitalized or expects to be 
     hospitalized on the date of the election.
       ``(E) The individual is an individual with a disability (as 
     defined in section 3 of the Americans with Disabilities Act 
     of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102)) and resides in a State which does 
     not offer voters the ability to use secure and accessible 
     remote ballot marking. For purposes of this subparagraph, a 
     State shall permit an individual to self-certify that the 
     individual is an individual with a disability.
       ``(2) Exclusion of absent uniformed services and overseas 
     voters.--The term `qualified individual' shall not include an 
     absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter.
       ``(c) State.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     `State' includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
     of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
     Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands.
       ``(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with 
     respect to the regularly scheduled general election for 
     Federal office held in November 2020 and each succeeding 
     election for Federal office.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 102(a) of such Act (52 
     U.S.C. 20302(a)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (10);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (11) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(12) meet the requirements of section 103C with respect 
     to the provision of blank absentee ballots for the use of 
     qualified individuals described in such section.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents of such Act 
     is amended by inserting the following after section 103:

``Sec. 103A. Procedures for collection and delivery of marked absentee 
              ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters.
``Sec. 103B. Federal voting assistance program improvements.
``Sec. 103C. Transmission of blank absentee ballots to certain other 
              voters.''.

     SEC. 160007. VOTER REGISTRATION.

       (a) Requiring Availability of Internet for Voter 
     Registration.--
       (1) Requiring availability of internet for registration.--
     The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20501 
     et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 6 the 
     following new section:

     ``SEC. 6A. INTERNET REGISTRATION.

       ``(a) Requiring Availability of Internet for Online 
     Registration.--
       ``(1) Availability of online registration and correction of 
     existing registration information.--Each State, acting 
     through the chief State election official, shall ensure that 
     the following services are available to the public at any 
     time on the official public websites of the appropriate State 
     and local election officials in the State, in the same manner 
     and subject to the same terms and conditions as the services 
     provided by voter registration agencies under section 7(a):
       ``(A) Online application for voter registration.
       ``(B) Online assistance to applicants in applying to 
     register to vote.
       ``(C) Online completion and submission by applicants of the 
     mail voter registration application form prescribed by the 
     Election Assistance Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2), 
     including assistance with providing a signature as required 
     under subsection (c).
       ``(D) Online receipt of completed voter registration 
     applications.
       ``(b) Acceptance of Completed Applications.--A State shall 
     accept an online voter registration application provided by 
     an individual under this section, and ensure that the 
     individual is registered to vote in the State, if--
       ``(1) the individual meets the same voter registration 
     requirements applicable to individuals who register to vote 
     by mail in accordance with section 6(a)(1) using the mail 
     voter registration application form prescribed by the 
     Election Assistance Commission pursuant to section 9(a)(2); 
     and
       ``(2) the individual meets the requirements of subsection 
     (c) to provide a signature in electronic form (but only in 
     the case of applications submitted during or after the second 
     year in which this section is in effect in the State).
       ``(c) Signature Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of this section, an 
     individual meets the requirements of this subsection as 
     follows:
       ``(A) In the case of an individual who has a signature on 
     file with a State agency, including the State motor vehicle 
     authority, that is required to provide voter registration 
     services under this Act or any other law, the individual 
     consents to the transfer of that electronic signature.
       ``(B) If subparagraph (A) does not apply, the individual 
     submits with the application an electronic copy of the 
     individual's handwritten signature through electronic means.
       ``(C) If subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B) do not 
     apply, the individual executes a computerized mark in the 
     signature field on an online voter registration application, 
     in accordance with reasonable security measures established 
     by the State, but only if the State accepts such mark from 
     the individual.
       ``(2) Treatment of individuals unable to meet 
     requirement.--If an individual is unable to meet the 
     requirements of paragraph (1), the State shall--
       ``(A) permit the individual to complete all other elements 
     of the online voter registration application;
       ``(B) permit the individual to provide a signature at the 
     time the individual requests a ballot in an election (whether 
     the individual requests the ballot at a polling place or 
     requests the ballot by mail); and
       ``(C) if the individual carries out the steps described in 
     subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B), ensure that the 
     individual is registered to vote in the State.
       ``(3) Notice.--The State shall ensure that individuals 
     applying to register to vote online are notified of the 
     requirements of paragraph (1) and of the treatment of 
     individuals unable to meet such requirements, as described in 
     paragraph (2).
       ``(d) Confirmation and Disposition.--
       ``(1) Confirmation of receipt.--Upon the online submission 
     of a completed voter registration application by an 
     individual under this section, the appropriate State or local 
     election official shall send the individual a notice 
     confirming the State's receipt of the application and 
     providing instructions on how the individual may check the 
     status of the application.
       ``(2) Notice of disposition.--Not later than 7 days after 
     the appropriate State or local election official has approved 
     or rejected an application submitted by an individual under 
     this section, the official shall send the individual a notice 
     of the disposition of the application.
       ``(3) Method of notification.--The appropriate State or 
     local election official shall send the notices required under 
     this subsection by regular mail and--
       ``(A) in the case of an individual who has provided the 
     official with an electronic mail address, by electronic mail; 
     and
       ``(B) at the option of an individual, by text message.
       ``(e) Provision of Services in Nonpartisan Manner.--The 
     services made available under subsection (a) shall be 
     provided in a manner that ensures that, consistent with 
     section 7(a)(5)--
       ``(1) the online application does not seek to influence an 
     applicant's political preference or party registration; and
       ``(2) there is no display on the website promoting any 
     political preference or party allegiance, except that nothing 
     in this paragraph may be construed to prohibit an applicant 
     from registering to vote as a member of a political party.
       ``(f) Protection of Security of Information.--In meeting 
     the requirements of this section, the State shall establish 
     appropriate technological security measures to prevent to the 
     greatest extent practicable any unauthorized access to 
     information provided by individuals

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     using the services made available under subsection (a).
       ``(g) Accessibility of Services.--A state shall ensure that 
     the services made available under this section are made 
     available to individuals with disabilities to the same extent 
     as services are made available to all other individuals.
       ``(h) Use of Additional Telephone-Based System.--A State 
     shall make the services made available online under 
     subsection (a) available through the use of an automated 
     telephone-based system, subject to the same terms and 
     conditions applicable under this section to the services made 
     available online, in addition to making the services 
     available online in accordance with the requirements of this 
     section.
       ``(i) Nondiscrimination Among Registered Voters Using Mail 
     and Online Registration.--In carrying out this Act, the Help 
     America Vote Act of 2002, or any other Federal, State, or 
     local law governing the treatment of registered voters in the 
     State or the administration of elections for public office in 
     the State, a State shall treat a registered voter who 
     registered to vote online in accordance with this section in 
     the same manner as the State treats a registered voter who 
     registered to vote by mail.''.
       (2) Special requirements for individuals using online 
     registration.--
       (A) Treatment as individuals registering to vote by mail 
     for purposes of first-time voter identification 
     requirements.--Section 303(b)(1)(A) of the Help America Vote 
     Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
     ``by mail'' and inserting ``by mail or online under section 
     6A of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993''.
       (B) Requiring signature for first-time voters in 
     jurisdiction.--Section 303(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
     21083(b)) is amended--
       (i) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and
       (ii) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(5) Signature requirements for first-time voters using 
     online registration.--
       ``(A) In general.--A State shall, in a uniform and 
     nondiscriminatory manner, require an individual to meet the 
     requirements of subparagraph (B) if--
       ``(i) the individual registered to vote in the State online 
     under section 6A of the National Voter Registration Act of 
     1993; and
       ``(ii) the individual has not previously voted in an 
     election for Federal office in the State.
       ``(B) Requirements.--An individual meets the requirements 
     of this subparagraph if--
       ``(i) in the case of an individual who votes in person, the 
     individual provides the appropriate State or local election 
     official with a handwritten signature; or
       ``(ii) in the case of an individual who votes by mail, the 
     individual submits with the ballot a handwritten signature.
       ``(C) Inapplicability.--Subparagraph (A) does not apply in 
     the case of an individual who is--
       ``(i) entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the 
     Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 
     U.S.C. 20302 et seq.);
       ``(ii) provided the right to vote otherwise than in person 
     under section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Voting Accessibility for 
     the Elderly and Handicapped Act (52 U.S.C. 
     20102(b)(2)(B)(ii)); or
       ``(iii) entitled to vote otherwise than in person under any 
     other Federal law.''.
       (C) Conforming amendment relating to effective date.--
     Section 303(d)(2)(A) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21083(d)(2)(A)) 
     is amended by striking ``Each State'' and inserting ``Except 
     as provided in subsection (b)(5), each State''.
       (3) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) Timing of registration.--Section 8(a)(1) of the 
     National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 
     20507(a)(1)) is amended--
       (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
       (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
     and
       (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(D) in the case of online registration through the 
     official public website of an election official under section 
     6A, if the valid voter registration application is submitted 
     online not later than the lesser of 28 days, or the period 
     provided by State law, before the date of the election (as 
     determined by treating the date on which the application is 
     sent electronically as the date on which it is submitted); 
     and''.
       (B) Informing applicants of eligibility requirements and 
     penalties.--Section 8(a)(5) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
     20507(a)(5)) is amended by striking ``and 7'' and inserting 
     ``6A, and 7''.
       (b) Use of Internet to Update Registration Information.--
       (1) Updates to information contained on computerized 
     statewide voter registration list.--
       (A) In general.--Section 303(a) of the Help America Vote 
     Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083(a)) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) Use of internet by registered voters to update 
     information.--
       ``(A) In general.--The appropriate State or local election 
     official shall ensure that any registered voter on the 
     computerized list may at any time update the voter's 
     registration information, including the voter's address and 
     electronic mail address, online through the official public 
     website of the election official responsible for the 
     maintenance of the list, so long as the voter attests to the 
     contents of the update by providing a signature in electronic 
     form in the same manner required under section 6A(c) of the 
     National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
       ``(B) Processing of updated information by election 
     officials.--If a registered voter updates registration 
     information under subparagraph (A), the appropriate State or 
     local election official shall--
       ``(i) revise any information on the computerized list to 
     reflect the update made by the voter; and
       ``(ii) if the updated registration information affects the 
     voter's eligibility to vote in an election for Federal 
     office, ensure that the information is processed with respect 
     to the election if the voter updates the information not 
     later than the lesser of 7 days, or the period provided by 
     State law, before the date of the election.
       ``(C) Confirmation and disposition.--
       ``(i) Confirmation of receipt.--Upon the online submission 
     of updated registration information by an individual under 
     this paragraph, the appropriate State or local election 
     official shall send the individual a notice confirming the 
     State's receipt of the updated information and providing 
     instructions on how the individual may check the status of 
     the update.
       ``(ii) Notice of disposition.--Not later than 7 days after 
     the appropriate State or local election official has accepted 
     or rejected updated information submitted by an individual 
     under this paragraph, the official shall send the individual 
     a notice of the disposition of the update.
       ``(iii) Method of notification.--The appropriate State or 
     local election official shall send the notices required under 
     this subparagraph by regular mail and--

       ``(I) in the case of an individual who has requested that 
     the State provide voter registration and voting information 
     through electronic mail, by electronic mail; and
       ``(II) at the option of an individual, by text message.''.

       (B) Conforming amendment relating to effective date.--
     Section 303(d)(1)(A) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21083(d)(1)(A)) 
     is amended by striking ``subparagraph (B),'' and inserting 
     ``subparagraph (B) and subsection (a)(6),''.
       (2) Ability of registrant to use online update to provide 
     information on residence.--Section 8(d)(2)(A) of the National 
     Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20507(d)(2)(A)) is 
     amended--
       (A) in the first sentence, by inserting after ``return the 
     card'' the following: ``or update the registrant's 
     information on the computerized Statewide voter registration 
     list using the online method provided under section 303(a)(6) 
     of the Help America Vote Act of 2002''; and
       (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``returned,'' and 
     inserting the following: ``returned or if the registrant does 
     not update the registrant's information on the computerized 
     Statewide voter registration list using such online 
     method,''.
       (c) Same Day Registration.--
       (1) In general.--Subtitle C of title III of the Help 
     America Vote Act of 2002, as added by section 160003(a) and 
     as amended by sections 160004(a) and 160005(a), is further 
     amended--
       (A) by redesignating sections 327 and 328 as sections 328 
     and 329; and
       (B) by inserting after section 326 the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 327. SAME DAY REGISTRATION.

       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Registration.--Each State shall permit any eligible 
     individual on the day of a Federal election and on any day 
     when voting, including early voting, is permitted for a 
     Federal election--
       ``(A) to register to vote in such election at the polling 
     place using a form that meets the requirements under section 
     9(b) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (or, if 
     the individual is already registered to vote, to revise any 
     of the individual's voter registration information); and
       ``(B) to cast a vote in such election.
       ``(2) Exception.--The requirements under paragraph (1) 
     shall not apply to a State in which, under a State law in 
     effect continuously on and after the date of the enactment of 
     this section, there is no voter registration requirement for 
     individuals in the State with respect to elections for 
     Federal office.
       ``(b) Eligible Individual.--For purposes of this section, 
     the term `eligible individual' means, with respect to any 
     election for Federal office, an individual who is otherwise 
     qualified to vote in that election.
       ``(c) Effective Date.--Each State shall be required to 
     comply with the requirements of subsection (a) for the 
     regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
     occurring in November 2020 and for any subsequent election 
     for Federal office.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents of such Act, 
     as added by section 160003 and as amended by sections 160004 
     and 160005, is further amended--
       (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 327 and 
     328 as relating to sections 328 and 329; and
       (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 326 the 
     following new item:

``Sec. 327. Same day registration.''.
       (d) Prohibiting State From Requiring Applicants to Provide 
     More Than Last 4 Digits of Social Security Number.--
       (1) Form included with application for motor vehicle 
     driver's license.--Section 5(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the National 
     Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. 20504(c)(2)(B)(ii)) 
     is amended by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting 
     the following: ``, and to the extent that the application 
     requires the applicant to provide a Social Security number, 
     may not require the applicant to provide more than the last 4 
     digits of such number;''.
       (2) National mail voter registration form.--Section 9(b)(1) 
     of such Act (52 U.S.C. 20508(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
     the semicolon at the end and inserting the following: ``, and 
     to the extent that the form requires the applicant to provide 
     a Social Security number, the form may not require the 
     applicant to provide more than the last 4 digits of such 
     number;''.
       (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall apply with respect to

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     the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office 
     held in November 2020 and each succeeding election for 
     Federal office.

     SEC. 160008. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR VOTERS RESIDING IN INDIAN 
                   LANDS.

       (a) Accommodations Described.--
       (1) Designation of ballot pickup and collection 
     locations.--Given the widespread lack of residential mail 
     delivery in Indian Country, an Indian Tribe may designate 
     buildings as ballot pickup and collection locations with 
     respect to an election for Federal office at no cost to the 
     Indian Tribe. An Indian Tribe may designate one building per 
     precinct located within Indian lands. The applicable State or 
     political subdivision shall collect ballots from those 
     locations. The applicable State or political subdivision 
     shall provide the Indian Tribe with accurate precinct maps 
     for all precincts located within Indian lands 60 days before 
     the election.
       (2) Provision of mail-in and absentee ballots.--The State 
     or political subdivision shall provide mail-in and absentee 
     ballots with respect to an election for Federal office to 
     each individual who is registered to vote in the election who 
     resides on Indian lands in the State or political subdivision 
     involved without requiring a residential address or a mail-in 
     or absentee ballot request.
       (3) Use of designated building as residential and mailing 
     address.--The address of a designated building that is a 
     ballot pickup and collection location with respect to an 
     election for Federal office may serve as the residential 
     address and mailing address for voters living on Indian lands 
     if the tribally designated building is in the same precinct 
     as that voter. If there is no tribally designated building 
     within a voter's precinct, the voter may use another tribally 
     designated building within the Indian lands where the voter 
     is located. Voters using a tribally designated building 
     outside of the voter's precinct may use the tribally 
     designated building as a mailing address and may separately 
     designate the voter's appropriate precinct through a 
     description of the voter's address, as specified in section 
     9428.4(a)(2) of title 11, Code of Federal Regulations.
       (4) Language accessibility.--In the case of a State or 
     political subdivision that is a covered State or political 
     subdivision under section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 
     1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503), that State or political subdivision 
     shall provide absentee or mail-in voting materials with 
     respect to an election for Federal office in the language of 
     the applicable minority group as well as in the English 
     language, bilingual election voting assistance, and written 
     translations of all voting materials in the language of the 
     applicable minority group, as required by section 203 of the 
     Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503), as amended by 
     subsection (b).
       (5) Clarification.--Nothing in this section alters the 
     ability of an individual voter residing on Indian lands to 
     request a ballot in a manner available to all other voters in 
     the State.
       (6) Definitions.--In this section:
       (A) Election for federal office.--The term ``election for 
     Federal office'' means a general, special, primary or runoff 
     election for the office of President or Vice President, or of 
     Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to, the Congress.
       (B) Indian.--The term ``Indian'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
     Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304).
       (C) Indian lands.--The term ``Indian lands'' includes--
       (i) any Indian country of an Indian Tribe, as defined under 
     section 1151 of title 18, United States Code;
       (ii) any land in Alaska owned, pursuant to the Alaska 
     Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), by an 
     Indian Tribe that is a Native village (as defined in section 
     3 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1602)) or by a Village Corporation 
     that is associated with an Indian Tribe (as defined in 
     section 3 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1602));
       (iii) any land on which the seat of the Tribal Government 
     is located; and
       (iv) any land that is part or all of a Tribal designated 
     statistical area associated with an Indian Tribe, or is part 
     or all of an Alaska Native village statistical area 
     associated with an Indian Tribe, as defined by the Census 
     Bureau for the purposes of the most recent decennial census.
       (D) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term ``Indian tribe'' in section 4 of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 5304).
       (E) Tribal government.--The term ``Tribal Government'' 
     means the recognized governing body of an Indian Tribe.
       (7) Enforcement.--
       (A) Attorney general.--The Attorney General may bring a 
     civil action in an appropriate district court for such 
     declaratory or injunctive relief as is necessary to carry out 
     this subsection.
       (B) Private right of action.--
       (i) A person or Tribal Government who is aggrieved by a 
     violation of this subsection may provide written notice of 
     the violation to the chief election official of the State 
     involved.
       (ii) An aggrieved person or Tribal Government may bring a 
     civil action in an appropriate district court for declaratory 
     or injunctive relief with respect to a violation of this 
     subsection, if--

       (I) that person or Tribal Government provides the notice 
     described in clause (i); and
       (II)(aa) in the case of a violation that occurs more than 
     120 days before the date of an election for Federal office, 
     the violation remains and 90 days or more have passed since 
     the date on which the chief election official of the State 
     receives the notice under clause (i); or
       (bb) in the case of a violation that occurs 120 days or 
     less before the date of an election for Federal office, the 
     violation remains and 20 days or more have passed since the 
     date on which the chief election official of the State 
     receives the notice under clause (i).

       (iii) In the case of a violation of this section that 
     occurs 30 days or less before the date of an election for 
     Federal office, an aggrieved person or Tribal Government may 
     bring a civil action in an appropriate district court for 
     declaratory or injunctive relief with respect to the 
     violation without providing notice to the chief election 
     official of the State under clause (i).
       (b) Bilingual Election Requirements.--Section 203 of the 
     Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(3)(C), by striking ``1990'' and 
     inserting ``2010''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Provision of Voting Materials in the Language of a 
     Minority Group.--
       ``(1) In general.--Whenever any State or political 
     subdivision subject to the prohibition of subsection (b) of 
     this section provides any registration or voting notices, 
     forms, instructions, assistance, or other materials or 
     information relating to the electoral process, including 
     ballots, it shall provide them in the language of the 
     applicable minority group as well as in the English language.
       ``(2) Exceptions.--
       ``(A) In the case of a minority group that is not American 
     Indian or Alaska Native and the language of that minority 
     group is oral or unwritten, the State or political 
     subdivision shall only be required to furnish, in the covered 
     language, oral instructions, assistance, translation of 
     voting materials, or other information relating to 
     registration and voting.
       ``(B) In the case of a minority group that is American 
     Indian or Alaska Native, the State or political subdivision 
     shall only be required to furnish in the covered language 
     oral instructions, assistance, or other information relating 
     to registration and voting, including all voting materials, 
     if the Tribal Government of that minority group has certified 
     that the language of the applicable American Indian or Alaska 
     Native language is presently unwritten or the Tribal 
     Government does not want written translations in the minority 
     language.
       ``(3) Written translations for election workers.--
     Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the State or political 
     division may be required to provide written translations of 
     voting materials, with the consent of any applicable Indian 
     Tribe, to election workers to ensure that the translations 
     from English to the language of a minority group are 
     complete, accurate, and uniform.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall apply with respect to the regularly 
     scheduled general election for Federal office held in 
     November 2020 and each succeeding election for Federal 
     office.

     SEC. 160009. PAYMENTS BY ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION TO 
                   STATES TO ASSIST WITH COSTS OF COMPLIANCE.

       (a) Availability of Grants.--Subtitle D of title II of the 
     Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new part:

 ``PART 7--PAYMENTS TO ASSIST WITH COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH ACCESS ACT

     ``SEC. 297. PAYMENTS TO ASSIST WITH COSTS OF COMPLIANCE WITH 
                   ACCESS ACT.

       ``(a) Availability and Use of Payments.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Commission shall make a payment to 
     each eligible State to assist the State with the costs of 
     complying with the American Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election 
     Safety and Security Act and the amendments made by such Act, 
     including the provisions of such Act and such amendments 
     which require States to pre-pay the postage on absentee 
     ballots and balloting materials.
       ``(2) Public education campaigns.--For purposes of this 
     part, the costs incurred by a State in carrying out a 
     campaign to educate the public about the requirements of the 
     American Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election Safety and Security 
     Act and the amendments made by such Act shall be included as 
     the costs of complying with such Act and such amendments.
       ``(b) Primary Elections.--
       ``(1) Payments to states.--In addition to any payments 
     under subsection (a), the Commission shall make a payment to 
     each eligible State to assist the State with the costs 
     incurred in voluntarily electing to comply with the American 
     Coronavirus/COVID-19 Election Safety and Security Act and the 
     amendments made by such Act with respect to primary elections 
     for Federal office held in the State in 2020.
       ``(2) State party-run primaries.--In addition to any 
     payments under paragraph (1), the Commission shall make 
     payments to each eligible political party of the State for 
     costs incurred by such parties to send absentee ballots and 
     return envelopes with prepaid postage to eligible voters 
     participating in such primaries during 2020.
       ``(c) Pass-through of Funds to Local Jurisdictions.--
       ``(1) In general.--If a State receives a payment under this 
     part for costs that include costs incurred by a local 
     jurisdiction or Tribal government within the State, the State 
     shall pass through to such local jurisdiction or Tribal 
     government a portion of such payment that is equal to the 
     amount of the costs incurred by such local jurisdiction or 
     Tribal government.
       ``(2) Tribal government defined.--In this subsection, the 
     term `Tribal Government' means the recognized governing body 
     of an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     5304).
       ``(d) Schedule of Payments.--As soon as practicable after 
     the date of the enactment of this part and not less 
     frequently than once each calendar year thereafter, the 
     Commission shall make payments under this part.

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       ``(e) Coverage of Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 
     Islands.--In this part, the term `State' includes the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
       ``(f) Limitation.--No funds may be provided to a State 
     under this part for costs attributable to the electronic 
     return of marked ballots by any voter.

     ``SEC. 297A. AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.

       ``(a) In General.--Except as provided in section 297C, the 
     amount of a payment made to an eligible State for a year 
     under this part shall be determined by the Commission.
       ``(b) Continuing Availability of Funds After 
     Appropriation.--A payment made to an eligible State or 
     eligible unit of local government under this part shall be 
     available without fiscal year limitation.

     ``SEC. 297B. REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY.

       ``(a) Application.--Except as provided in section 297C, 
     each State that desires to receive a payment under this part 
     for a fiscal year, and each political party of a State that 
     desires to receive a payment under section 297(b)(2), shall 
     submit an application for the payment to the Commission at 
     such time and in such manner and containing such information 
     as the Commission shall require.
       ``(b) Contents of Application.--Each application submitted 
     under subsection (a) shall--
       ``(1) describe the activities for which assistance under 
     this part is sought; and
       ``(2) provide such additional information and 
     certifications as the Commission determines to be essential 
     to ensure compliance with the requirements of this part.

     ``SEC. 297C. SPECIAL RULES FOR PAYMENTS FOR ELECTIONS SUBJECT 
                   TO EMERGENCY RULES.

       ``(a) Submission of Estimated Costs.--If the special rules 
     in the case of an emergency period under section 322(c)(3) 
     apply to an election, not later than the applicable deadline 
     under subsection (c), the State shall submit to the 
     Commission a request for a payment under this part, and shall 
     include in the request the State's estimate of the costs the 
     State expects to incur in the administration of the election 
     which are attributable to the application of such special 
     rules to the election.
       ``(b) Payment.--Not later than 7 days after receiving a 
     request from the State under subsection (a), the Commission 
     shall make a payment to the State in an amount equal to the 
     estimate provided by the State in the request.
       ``(c) Applicable Deadline.--The applicable deadline under 
     this paragraph with respect to an election is--
       ``(1) with respect to the regularly scheduled general 
     election for Federal office held in November 2020, 15 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this part; and
       ``(2) with respect to any other election, 15 days after the 
     emergency or disaster described in section 322(c)(3) is 
     declared.

     ``SEC. 297D. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``There are authorized to be appropriated for payments 
     under this part--
       ``(1) in the case of payments made under section 297C, such 
     sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each 
     succeeding fiscal year; and
       ``(2) in the case of any other payments, such sums as may 
     be necessary for fiscal year 2020.

     ``SEC. 297E. REPORTS.

       ``(a) Reports by Recipients.--Not later than 6 months after 
     the end of each fiscal year for which an eligible State 
     received a payment under this part, the State shall submit a 
     report to the Commission on the activities conducted with the 
     funds provided during the year.
       ``(b) Reports by Commission to Committees.--With respect to 
     each fiscal year for which the Commission makes payments 
     under this part, the Commission shall submit a report on the 
     activities carried out under this part to the Committee on 
     House Administration of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act 
     is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
     subtitle D of title II the following:

 ``Part 7--Payments to Assist With Costs of Compliance With Access Act

``Sec. 297. Payments to assist with costs of compliance with Access 
              Act.
``Sec. 297A. Amount of payment.
``Sec. 297B. Requirements for eligibility.
``Sec. 297C. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 297D. Reports.''.

     SEC. 160010. GRANTS TO STATES FOR CONDUCTING RISK-LIMITING 
                   AUDITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS.

       (a) Availability of Grants.--Subtitle D of title II of the 
     Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21001 et seq.), as 
     amended by section 160009(a), is further amended by adding at 
     the end the following new part:

  ``PART 8--GRANTS FOR CONDUCTING RISK-LIMITING AUDITS OF RESULTS OF 
                               ELECTIONS

     ``SEC. 298. GRANTS FOR CONDUCTING RISK-LIMITING AUDITS OF 
                   RESULTS OF ELECTIONS.

       ``(a) Availability of Grants.--The Commission shall make a 
     grant to each eligible State to conduct risk-limiting audits 
     as described in subsection (b) with respect to the regularly 
     scheduled general elections for Federal office held in 
     November 2020 and each succeeding election for Federal 
     office.
       ``(b) Risk-limiting Audits Described.--In this part, a 
     `risk-limiting audit' is a post-election process--
       ``(1) which is conducted in accordance with rules and 
     procedures established by the chief State election official 
     of the State which meet the requirements of subsection (c); 
     and
       ``(2) under which, if the reported outcome of the election 
     is incorrect, there is at least a predetermined percentage 
     chance that the audit will replace the incorrect outcome with 
     the correct outcome as determined by a full, hand-to-eye 
     tabulation of all votes validly cast in that election that 
     ascertains voter intent manually and directly from voter-
     verifiable paper records.
       ``(c) Requirements for Rules and Procedures.--The rules and 
     procedures established for conducting a risk-limiting audit 
     shall include the following elements:
       ``(1) Rules for ensuring the security of ballots and 
     documenting that prescribed procedures were followed.
       ``(2) Rules and procedures for ensuring the accuracy of 
     ballot manifests produced by election agencies.
       ``(3) Rules and procedures for governing the format of 
     ballot manifests, cast vote records, and other data involved 
     in the audit.
       ``(4) Methods to ensure that any cast vote records used in 
     the audit are those used by the voting system to tally the 
     election results sent to the chief State election official 
     and made public.
       ``(5) Procedures for the random selection of ballots to be 
     inspected manually during each audit.
       ``(6) Rules for the calculations and other methods to be 
     used in the audit and to determine whether and when the audit 
     of an election is complete.
       ``(7) Procedures and requirements for testing any software 
     used to conduct risk-limiting audits.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this part, the following definitions 
     apply:
       ``(1) The term `ballot manifest' means a record maintained 
     by each election agency that meets each of the following 
     requirements:
       ``(A) The record is created without reliance on any part of 
     the voting system used to tabulate votes.
       ``(B) The record functions as a sampling frame for 
     conducting a risk-limiting audit.
       ``(C) The record contains the following information with 
     respect to the ballots cast and counted in the election:
       ``(i) The total number of ballots cast and counted by the 
     agency (including undervotes, overvotes, and other invalid 
     votes).
       ``(ii) The total number of ballots cast in each election 
     administered by the agency (including undervotes, overvotes, 
     and other invalid votes).
       ``(iii) A precise description of the manner in which the 
     ballots are physically stored, including the total number of 
     physical groups of ballots, the numbering system for each 
     group, a unique label for each group, and the number of 
     ballots in each such group.
       ``(2) The term `incorrect outcome' means an outcome that 
     differs from the outcome that would be determined by a full 
     tabulation of all votes validly cast in the election, 
     determining voter intent manually, directly from voter-
     verifiable paper records.
       ``(3) The term `outcome' means the winner of an election, 
     whether a candidate or a position.
       ``(4) The term `reported outcome' means the outcome of an 
     election which is determined according to the canvass and 
     which will become the official, certified outcome unless it 
     is revised by an audit, recount, or other legal process.

     ``SEC. 298A. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES.

       ``A State is eligible to receive a grant under this part if 
     the State submits to the Commission, at such time and in such 
     form as the Commission may require, an application 
     containing--
       ``(1) a certification that, not later than 5 years after 
     receiving the grant, the State will conduct risk-limiting 
     audits of the results of elections for Federal office held in 
     the State as described in section 298;
       ``(2) a certification that, not later than one year after 
     the date of the enactment of this section, the chief State 
     election official of the State has established or will 
     establish the rules and procedures for conducting the audits 
     which meet the requirements of section 298(c);
       ``(3) a certification that the audit shall be completed not 
     later than the date on which the State certifies the results 
     of the election;
       ``(4) a certification that, after completing the audit, the 
     State shall publish a report on the results of the audit, 
     together with such information as necessary to confirm that 
     the audit was conducted properly;
       ``(5) a certification that, if a risk-limiting audit 
     conducted under this part leads to a full manual tally of an 
     election, State law requires that the State or election 
     agency shall use the results of the full manual tally as the 
     official results of the election; and
       ``(6) such other information and assurances as the 
     Commission may require.

     ``SEC. 298B. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``There are authorized to be appropriated for grants under 
     this part $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain 
     available until expended.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act, 
     as amended by section 160009(b), is further amended by adding 
     at the end of the items relating to subtitle D of title II 
     the following:

  ``Part 8--Grants for Conducting Risk-Limiting Audits of Results of 
                               Elections

``Sec. 298. Grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of results of 
              elections.
``Sec. 298A. Eligibility of States.
``Sec. 298B. Authorization of appropriations.
       (c) GAO Analysis of Effects of Audits.--
       (1) Analysis.--Not later than 6 months after the first 
     election for Federal office is held after grants are first 
     awarded to States for conducting risk-limiting audits under 
     part 8 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act 
     of 2002 (as added by subsection (a)) for conducting risk-
     limiting audits of elections for Federal office, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
     analysis of the

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     extent to which such audits have improved the administration 
     of such elections and the security of election infrastructure 
     in the States receiving such grants.
       (2) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall submit a report on the analysis conducted under 
     subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional committees.

     SEC. 160011. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE ELECTION 
                   ASSISTANCE COMMISSION.

       (a) In General.--In addition to any funds otherwise 
     appropriated to the Election Assistance Commission for fiscal 
     year 2020, there is authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 
     for fiscal year 2020 in order for the Commission to provide 
     additional assistance and resources to States for improving 
     the administration of elections.
       (b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to the authorization under this subsection shall remain 
     available without fiscal year limitation.

     SEC. 160012. DEFINITION.

       (a) Definition of Election for Federal Office .--Title IX 
     of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141 et 
     seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``SEC. 907. ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE DEFINED.

       ``For purposes of titles I through III, the term `election 
     for Federal office' means a general, special, primary, or 
     runoff election for the office of President or Vice 
     President, or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or 
     Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents of such Act 
     is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
     title IX the following new item:

``Sec. 907. Election for Federal office defined.''.

                    DIVISION Q--COVID-19 HEROES FUND

     SEC. 170001. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Heroes Fund Act of 
     2020''.

   TITLE I--PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIBAL, AND PRIVATE 
                             SECTOR WORKERS

     SEC. 170101. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) COVID-19 public health emergency.--The term ``COVID-19 
     Public Health Emergency'' means the public health emergency 
     first declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID-19.
       (2) Employee.--Except as provided in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), 
     the term ``employee'' means an individual (not employed by an 
     entity excluded from the definition of the term ``employer'' 
     for purposes of this title under paragraph (3)(B)) who is--
       (A) an employee, as defined in section 3(e) of the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)), except that a 
     reference in such section 3(e) to an employer shall be 
     considered to be a reference to an employer described in 
     clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of paragraph (3)(A);
       (B) a State employee described in section 304(a) of the 
     Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
     16c(a)); or
       (C) an employee of a Tribal employer.
       (3) Employer.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``employer'' means, except as 
     provided in subparagraph (B), a person who is--
       (i)(I) a covered employer, as defined in subparagraph (C);
       (II) an entity employing a State employee described in 
     section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991; 
     or
       (III) a Tribal employer; and
       (ii) engaged in commerce (including government), or an 
     industry or activity affecting commerce (including 
     government).
       (B) Exclusion of executive, legislative, and judicial 
     entities covered under title ii.--The term ``employer'' does 
     not include--
       (i) any agency, as defined in section 170201(1), except, 
     only as provided in section 170102(g)(2), the VA Office of 
     Geriatrics & Extended Care of the Veterans Health 
     Administration; or
       (ii) the Postal Regulatory Commission.
       (C) Covered employer.--
       (i) In general.--In subparagraph (A)(i)(I), the term 
     ``covered employer''--

       (I) means any person engaged in commerce (including 
     government), or in any industry or activity affecting 
     commerce (including government), who employs 1 or more 
     employees;
       (II) includes--

       (aa) any person who acts directly or indirectly in the 
     interest of (within the meaning of section 3(d) of the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(d)) an employer in 
     relation to any of the employees of such employer; and
       (bb) any successor in interest of an employer;

       (III) except as provided in subparagraph (B), includes any 
     public agency, as defined in section 3(x) of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(x));
       (IV) includes any person described in subclause (I) who 
     conducts business as a not-for-profit organization;
       (V) includes--

       (aa) an entity or person that contracts directly with a 
     State, locality, Tribal government, or the Federal 
     Government, to provide care (which may include items and 
     services) through employees of such entity or person to 
     individuals under the Medicare program under title XVIII of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), under a 
     State Medicaid plan under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396 et seq.) or under a waiver of such plan, or under any 
     other program established or administered by a State, 
     locality, Tribal government, or the Federal Government;
       (bb) a subcontractor of an entity or person described in 
     item (aa);
       (cc) an individual client (or a representative on behalf of 
     an individual client), an entity, or a person, that employs 
     an individual to provide care (which may include items and 
     services) to the individual client under a self-directed 
     service delivery model through a program established or 
     administered by a State, locality, Tribal government, or the 
     Federal Government; or
       (dd) an individual client (or a representative on behalf of 
     an individual client) that, on their own accord, employs an 
     individual to provide care (which may include items and 
     services) to the individual client using the individual 
     client's own finances;

       (VI) includes the United States Postal Service;
       (VII) includes a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under 
     the jurisdiction of the Armed Forces; and
       (VIII) includes, only with respect to section 170102(g)(2), 
     the VA Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care of the Veterans 
     Health Administration.

       (ii) Public agency.--For purposes of this title, a public 
     agency shall be considered to be a person engaged in commerce 
     or in an industry or activity affecting commerce.
       (iii) Definition of employee.--For purposes of clause (i), 
     the term ``employee'' has the meaning given such term in 
     section 3(e), except such term does not include any 
     individual employed by entity excluded from the definition of 
     the term ``employer'' for purposes of this title under 
     subparagraph (B).
       (D) Predecessors.--Any reference in this paragraph to an 
     employer shall include a reference to any predecessor of such 
     employer.
       (E) Definition of commerce.--For purposes of this 
     paragraph, the terms ``commerce'' and ``industry or activity 
     affecting commerce''--
       (i) mean any activity, business, or industry in commerce or 
     in which a labor dispute would hinder or obstruct commerce or 
     the free flow of commerce;
       (ii) include commerce and any industry affecting commerce, 
     as such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of 
     section 501 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 
     U.S.C. 142(1) and (3)); and
       (iii) include commerce, as defined in section 3(b) of the 
     Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(b)) and as 
     described in section 2(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 202(a)).
       (4) Employer payroll taxes.--The term ``employer payroll 
     taxes'' means--
       (A) taxes imposed under sections 3111(b), 3221(a) (but only 
     to the extent attributable to the portion of such tax 
     attributable to the tax imposed by section 3111(b)), 3221(b), 
     and 3301 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
       (B) taxes imposed by a State or local government on an 
     employer with respect to amounts paid by such employer for 
     work by employees.
       (5) Essential work.--The term ``essential work'' means any 
     work that--
       (A) is performed during the period that begins on January 
     27, 2020 and ends 60 days after the last day of the COVID-19 
     Public Health Emergency;
       (B) is not performed while teleworking from a residence;
       (C) involves--
       (i) regular in-person interactions with--

       (I) patients;
       (II) the public; or
       (III) coworkers of the individual performing the work; or

       (ii) regular physical handling of items that were handled 
     by, or are to be handled by--

       (I) patients;
       (II) the public; or
       (III) coworkers of the individual performing the work; and

       (D) is in any of the following areas:
       (i) First responder work, in the public sector or private 
     sector, including services in response to emergencies that 
     have the potential to cause death or serious bodily injury, 
     such as police, fire, emergency medical, protective, child 
     maltreatment, domestic violence, and correctional services 
     (including activities carried out by employees in fire 
     protection activities, as defined in section 3(y) of the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(y)) and activities 
     of law enforcement officers, as defined in section 1204(6) of 
     the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
     U.S.C. 10284(6)).
       (ii) Health care work physically provided in inpatient 
     settings (including hospitals and other inpatient post-acute 
     care settings such as nursing homes, inpatient rehabilitation 
     facilities, and other related settings) and other work 
     physically performed in such inpatient settings that supports 
     or is in furtherance of such health care work physically 
     provided in inpatient settings.
       (iii) Health care work physically provided in outpatient 
     settings (including at physician offices, community health 
     centers, rural health clinics and other clinics, hospital 
     outpatient departments, freestanding emergency departments, 
     ambulatory surgical centers, and other related settings), and 
     other work physically performed in such inpatient settings 
     that supports or is in furtherance of such health care work 
     physically provided in outpatient settings.
       (iv) Pharmacy work, physically performed in pharmacies, 
     drug stores, or other retail facilities specializing in 
     medical goods and supplies.
       (v) Any work physically performed in a facility that 
     performs medical testing and diagnostic services, including 
     laboratory processing, medical testing services, or related 
     activities.
       (vi) Home and community-based work, including home health 
     care, residential care, assistance with activities of daily 
     living, and any services provided by direct care workers (as 
     defined in section 799B of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 295p)), personal care aides, job coaches, or supported 
     employment providers, and any other provision of care to 
     individuals in their homes by direct service providers, 
     personal care attendants, and home health aides.

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       (vii) Biomedical research regarding SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 
     that involves the handling of hazardous materials such as 
     COVID-19 samples.
       (viii) Behavioral health work requiring physical 
     interaction with individuals, including mental health 
     services and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, 
     and recovery services.
       (ix) Nursing care and residential care work physically 
     provided in a facility.
       (x) Family care, including child care services, in-home 
     child care services such as nanny services, and care services 
     provided by family members to other family members.
       (xi) Social services work, including social work, case 
     management, social and human services, child welfare, family 
     services, shelter and services for people who have 
     experienced intimate partner violence or sexual assault, 
     services for individuals who are homeless, child services, 
     community food and housing services, and other emergency 
     social services.
       (xii) Public health work conducted at State, local, 
     territorial, and Tribal government public health agencies, 
     including epidemiological activities, surveillance, contact 
     tracing, data analysis, statistical research, health 
     education, and other disease detection, prevention, and 
     response methods.
       (xiii) Tribal vital services, as defined by the 
     Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans in 
     consultation with Tribal governments and after conferring 
     with urban Indian organizations.
       (xiv) Grocery work physically performed at grocery stores, 
     supermarkets, convenience stores, corner stores, drug stores, 
     retail facilities specializing in medical goods and supplies, 
     bodegas, and other locations where individuals purchase non-
     prepared food items.
       (xv) Restaurant work, including carry-out, drive-thru, or 
     food delivery work, requiring physical interaction with 
     individuals or food products.
       (xvi) Food production work involving the physical 
     interaction with food products, including all agricultural 
     work, farming, fishing, forestry, ranching, processing, 
     canning, slaughtering, packaging, baking, butchering, and 
     other food production work, such as any service or activity 
     included within the provisions of section 3(f) of the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(f)), or section 
     3121(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the 
     handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, 
     freezing, or grading prior to delivery for storage of any 
     agricultural or horticultural commodity in its unmanufactured 
     state.
       (xvii) Transportation work, including--

       (I) any services in public transportation, as defined in 
     section 5302(14) of title 49, United States Code;
       (II) any private transportation of people, such as 
     transportation provided by air, rail, bus, taxicab, personal 
     car or truck, non-motorized vehicle, or otherwise, including 
     all services performed by individuals working in or on such 
     vehicles, vehicle depots, or transit facilities;
       (III) any private transportation of goods in bulk, 
     including transportation via heavy or light truck, rail, air, 
     or otherwise;
       (IV) any public or private transportation of mail or 
     packages;
       (V) any private transportation of food or other goods to 
     individuals, including in a personal car or truck, non-
     motorized vehicle, or otherwise;
       (VI) any services in passenger rail transportation, 
     including commuter rail, intercity passenger rail, or Amtrak, 
     including services performed by employees of contractors of 
     such entities;
       (VII) any services in the transportation of persons, 
     property, or mail by an aircraft of an air carrier conducting 
     operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or successor regulations), or a foreign air 
     carrier within, to, or from the United States, either on 
     board an aircraft or on the ground at an airport, including 
     services performed by employees of contractors of air 
     carriers, or foreign air carriers, as described in section 
     4111(3) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136);
       (VIII) any services as an aircraft mechanic or technician 
     who performs maintenance, repair, or overhaul work on an 
     aircraft of an air carrier conducting operations under such 
     part 121 or foreign air carrier within the United States;
       (IX) services as maritime workers who qualify as seamen 
     under section 10101(3) of title 46, United States Code, and 
     other maritime employees including--

       (aa) longshoremen, harbor workers and shipbuilders covered 
     under section 2(3) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' 
     Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 902(3)) involved in the 
     transportation of merchandise or passengers by water; and
       (bb) shipbuilders and ship repairers who are working for an 
     employer performing shipbuilding or ship repair work under 
     contract or subcontract to the Departments of Defense, Energy 
     or Homeland Security for military or other national security 
     purposes; and

       (X) services as maritime transportation workers supporting 
     or enabling transportation functions, including such services 
     as--

       (aa) barge workers, tug operators, and port and facility 
     security personnel;
       (bb) marine dispatchers; and
       (cc) workers who repair and maintain marine vessels 
     (including the equipment and infrastructure that enables 
     operations that encompass movement of cargo and passengers).
       (xviii) Work physically performed in a warehouse or other 
     facility in warehousing (including all services performed by 
     individuals picking, sorting, packing, and shipping in 
     warehouses), storage, distribution, or call center support 
     facilities, and other essential operational support functions 
     that are necessary to accept, store, and process goods, and 
     that facilitate the goods' transportation and delivery.
       (xix) Cleaning work and building maintenance work 
     physically performed on the grounds of a facility, including 
     all custodial or janitorial services, security services, and 
     repair and maintenance services.
       (xx) Work in the collection, removal, transport, storage, 
     or disposal of residential, industrial, or commercial solid 
     waste and recycling, including services provided by 
     individuals who drive waste or recycling trucks, who pick up 
     waste or recycling from residential or commercial locations, 
     or who work at waste or recycling centers or landfills.
       (xxi) Work in the gathering, processing, disseminating, and 
     delivery of news and information that serves the public 
     interest to the public through mass media, including 
     television, radio, and newspapers.
       (xxii) Any work performed by an employee of a State, 
     locality, or Tribal government, that is determined to be 
     essential work by the highest authority of such State, 
     locality, or Tribal government.
       (xxiii) Educational work, school nutrition work, and other 
     work required to operate a school facility, including early 
     childhood programs, preschool programs, elementary and 
     secondary education, and higher education.
       (xxiv) Laundry work, including work in laundromats, laundry 
     service companies, and dry cleaners.
       (xxv) Elections work physically performed at polling places 
     or otherwise amongst the public, including public-sector 
     elections personnel and private-sector elections personnel.
       (xxvi) Hazardous materials management, response, and 
     cleanup work associated with any other essential work covered 
     under this paragraph, including health care waste (including 
     medical, pharmaceuticals, and medical material production), 
     and testing operations (including laboratories processing 
     test kits).
       (xxvii) Disinfection work for all facilities and modes of 
     transportation involved in other essential work covered under 
     this paragraph.
       (xxviii) Work in critical clinical research, development, 
     and testing necessary for COVID-19 response that involves 
     physical interaction with hazardous materials, such as 
     samples of COVID-19.
       (xxix) Work in mortuary, funeral, cremation, burial, 
     cemetery, and related services.
       (xxx) Work requiring physical interactions with patients in 
     physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech-language 
     pathology, and respiratory therapy and other therapy 
     services.
       (xxxi) Dental care work requiring physical interaction with 
     patients.
       (xxxii) Work performed by employees of the U.S. Postal 
     Service.
       (xxxiii) Work at hotel and commercial lodging facilities 
     that are used for COVID-19 mitigation and containment 
     measures.
       (xxxiv) Work installing or repairing a telecommunications 
     line or equipment.
       (6) Essential worker.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``essential worker'' means an 
     individual, whose work and duties include essential work, and 
     who is--
       (i) an employee of an employer; or
       (ii) an individual performing any services or labor for 
     remuneration for an employer, regardless of whether the 
     individual is classified as an independent contractor by the 
     employer.
       (B) Immigration status.--Such term includes an individual 
     regardless of the individual's immigration status.
       (7) Essential work employer.--The term ``essential work 
     employer'' means an employer who employs, or provides 
     remuneration for services or labor to, an essential worker.
       (8) FLSA terms.--The terms ``employ'', ``person'', 
     ``regular rate'', and ``State'' have the meanings given the 
     terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
     (29 U.S.C. 203).
       (9) Highly-compensated essential worker.--The term 
     ``highly-compensated essential worker'' means an essential 
     worker who is paid the equivalent of $200,000 or more per 
     year by an essential work employer.
       (10) Large essential work employer.--The term ``large 
     essential work employer'' means an essential work employer 
     who has more than 500 individuals who are employed by the 
     employer or are otherwise providing services or labor for 
     remuneration for the employer.
       (11) Self-directed care worker.--The term ``self-directed 
     care worker'' means an individual employed to provide care 
     (which may include items and services) to an individual 
     client--
       (A) under a self-directed service delivery model through a 
     program established or administered by a State, locality, 
     Tribal government, or the Federal Government; or
       (B) on the individual client's own accord and using the 
     individual client's own finances.
       (12) Tribal employer.--The term ``Tribal employer'' means--
       (A) any Tribal government, a subdivision of a Tribal 
     government (determined in accordance with section 7871(d) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code), or an agency or instrumentality 
     of a Tribal government or subdivision thereof;
       (B) any Tribal organization (as the term ``tribal 
     organization'' is defined in section 4(l) of the Indian Self-
     Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     5304(l));
       (C) any corporation if more than 50 percent (determined by 
     vote and value) of the outstanding stock of such corporation 
     is owned, directly or indirectly, by any entity described in 
     subparagraph (A) or (B); or
       (D) any partnership if more than 50 percent of the value of 
     the capital and profits interests of such partnership is 
     owned, directly or indirectly, by any entity described in 
     subparagraph (A) or (B).
       (13) Tribal government.--The term ``Tribal government'' 
     means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska 
     Native tribe,

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     band, nation, pueblo, village, community, component band, or 
     component reservation individually identified (including 
     parenthetically) in the list published most recently as of 
     the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to section 104 of 
     the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 
     U.S.C. 5131).
       (14) Work.--The term ``work'' means employment by, or 
     engagement in providing labor or services for, an employer.

     SEC. 170102. PANDEMIC PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

       (a) In General.-- Beginning 3 days after an essential work 
     employer receives a grant under section 170104 from the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, the essential work employer 
     shall--
       (1) be required to comply with subsections (b) through (h); 
     and
       (2) be subject to the enforcement requirements of section 
     170105.
       (b) Pandemic Premium Pay.--
       (1) In general.--An essential work employer receiving a 
     grant under section 170104 shall, in accordance with this 
     subsection, provide each essential worker of the essential 
     work employer with premium pay at a rate equal to $13 for 
     each hour of work performed by the essential worker for the 
     employer from January 27, 2020, until the date that is 60 
     days after the last day of the COVID-19 Public Health 
     Emergency.
       (2) Maximum amounts.--The total amount of all premium pay 
     under this subsection that an essential work employer is 
     required to provide to an essential worker, including through 
     any retroactive payment under paragraph (3), shall not 
     exceed--
       (A) for an essential worker who is not a highly-compensated 
     essential worker, $10,000 reduced by employer payroll taxes 
     with respect to such premium pay; or
       (B) for a highly-compensated essential worker, $5,000 
     reduced by employer payroll taxes with respect to such 
     premium pay.
       (3) Retroactive payment.--For all work performed by an 
     essential worker during the period from January 27, 2020, 
     through the date on which the essential work employer of the 
     worker receives a grant under this title, the essential work 
     employer shall use a portion of the amount of such grant to 
     provide such worker with premium pay under this subsection 
     for such work at the rate provided under paragraph (1). Such 
     amount shall be provided to the essential worker as a lump 
     sum in the next paycheck (or other payment form) that 
     immediately follows the receipt of the grant by the essential 
     work employer. In any case where it is impossible for the 
     employer to arrange for payment of the amount due in such 
     paycheck (or other payment form), such amounts shall be paid 
     as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the second 
     paycheck (or other payment form) following the receipt of the 
     grant by the essential work employer.
       (4) No employer discretion.--An essential work employer 
     receiving a grant under section 170104 shall not have any 
     discretion to determine which portions of work performed by 
     an essential worker qualify for premium pay under this 
     subsection, but shall pay such premium pay for any increment 
     of time worked by the essential worker for the essential work 
     employer up to the maximum amount applicable to the essential 
     worker under paragraph (2).
       (c) Prohibition on Reducing Compensation and 
     Displacement.--
       (1) In general.--Any payments made to an essential worker 
     as premium pay under subsection (b) shall be in addition to 
     all other compensation, including all wages, remuneration, or 
     other pay and benefits, that the essential worker otherwise 
     receives from the essential work employer.
       (2) Reduction of compensation.--An essential work employer 
     receiving a grant under section 170104 shall not, during the 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and 
     ending on the date that is 60 days after the last day of the 
     COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, reduce or in any other way 
     diminish, any other compensation, including the wages, 
     remuneration, or other pay or benefits, that the essential 
     work employer provided to the essential worker on the day 
     before the date of enactment of this Act.
       (3) Displacement.--An essential work employer shall not 
     take any action to displace an essential worker (including 
     partial displacement such as a reduction in hours, wages, or 
     employment benefits) for purposes of hiring an individual for 
     an equivalent position at a rate of compensation that is less 
     than is required to be provided to an essential worker under 
     paragraph (2).
       (d) Demarcation From Other Compensation.--The amount of any 
     premium pay paid under subsection (b) shall be clearly 
     demarcated as a separate line item in each paystub or other 
     document provided to an essential worker that details the 
     remuneration the essential worker received from the essential 
     work employer for a particular period of time. If any 
     essential worker does not otherwise regularly receive any 
     such paystub or other document from the employer, the 
     essential work employer shall provide such paystub or other 
     document to the essential worker for the duration of the 
     period in which the essential work employer provides premium 
     pay under subsection (b).
       (e) Exclusion From Wage-based Calculations.--Any premium 
     pay under subsection (b) paid to an essential worker under 
     this section by an essential work employer receiving a grant 
     under section 170104 shall be excluded from the amount of 
     remuneration for work paid to the essential worker for 
     purposes of--
       (1) calculating the essential worker's eligibility for any 
     wage-based benefits offered by the essential work employer;
       (2) computing the regular rate at which such essential 
     worker is employed under section 7 of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207); and
       (3) determining whether such essential worker is exempt 
     from application of such section 7 under section 13(a)(1) of 
     such Act (29 U.S.C. 213(a)(1)).
       (f) Essential Worker Death.--
       (1) In general.--In any case in which an essential worker 
     of an essential work employer receiving a grant under section 
     170104 exhibits symptoms of COVID-19 and dies, the essential 
     work employer shall pay as a lump sum to the next of kin of 
     the essential worker for premium pay under subsection (b)--
       (A) for an essential worker who is not a highly-compensated 
     essential worker, the amount determined under subsection 
     (b)(2)(A) minus the total amount of any premium pay the 
     worker received under subsection (b) prior to the death; or
       (B) for a highly-compensated essential worker, the amount 
     determined under subsection (b)(2)(B) minus the amount of any 
     premium pay the worker received under subsection (b) prior to 
     the death.
       (2) Treatment of lump sum payments.--
       (A) Treatment as premium pay.--For purposes of this title, 
     any payment made under this subsection shall be treated as a 
     premium pay under subsection (b).
       (B) Treatment for purposes of internal revenue code of 
     1986.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any 
     payment made under this subsection shall be treated as a 
     payment for work performed by the essential worker.
       (g) Application to Self-directed Care Workers Funded 
     Through Medicaid or the Veteran-Directed Care Program.--
       (1) Medicaid.--In the case of an essential work employer 
     receiving a grant under section 170104 that is a covered 
     employer described in section 170101(3)(C)(i)(V) who, under a 
     State Medicaid plan under title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or under a waiver of such plan, 
     has opted to receive items or services using a self-directed 
     service delivery model, the preceding requirements of this 
     section, including the requirements to provide premium pay 
     under subsection (b) (including a lump sum payment in the 
     event of an essential worker death under subsection (f)) and 
     the requirements of sections 170104 and 170105, shall apply 
     to the State Medicaid agency responsible for the 
     administration of such plan or waiver with respect to self-
     directed care workers employed by that employer. In 
     administering payments made under this title to such self-
     directed care workers on behalf of such employers, a State 
     Medicaid agency shall--
       (A) exclude and disregard any payments made under this 
     title to such self-directed workers from the individualized 
     budget that applies to the items or services furnished to the 
     individual client employer under the State Medicaid plan or 
     waiver;
       (B) to the extent practicable, administer and provide 
     payments under this title directly to such self-directed 
     workers through arrangements with entities that provide 
     financial management services in connection with the self-
     directed service delivery models used under the State 
     Medicaid plan or waiver; and
       (C) ensure that individual client employers of such self-
     directed workers are provided notice of, and comply with, the 
     prohibition under section 170105(b)(1)(B).
       (2) Veteran-directed care program.--In the case of an 
     essential work employer that is a covered employer described 
     in section 170101(3)(C)(i)(V) who is a veteran participating 
     in the Veteran Directed Care program administered by the VA 
     Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care of the Veterans Health 
     Administration, the preceding requirements of this section 
     and sections 170104 and 170105, shall apply to such VA Office 
     of Geriatrics & Extended Care with respect to self-directed 
     care workers employed by that employer. Paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection shall apply to the administration by the VA Office 
     of Geriatrics & Extended Care of payments made under this 
     title to such self-directed care workers on behalf of such 
     employers in the same manner as such requirements apply to 
     State Medicaid agencies.
       (3) Penalty enforcement.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
     consult with the Secretary of Health and Human Services and 
     the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding the enforcement 
     of penalties imposed under section 170105(b)(2) with respect 
     to violations of subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 
     170105(b)(1) that involve self-directed workers for which the 
     requirements of this section and sections 170104 and 170105 
     are applied to a State Medicaid agency under paragraph (1) or 
     the VA Office of Geriatrics & Extended Care under paragraph 
     (2).
       (h) Interaction With Stafford Act.--Nothing in this section 
     shall nullify, supersede, or otherwise change a State's 
     ability to seek reimbursement under section 403 of the Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5170b) for the costs of premium pay based on pre-
     disaster labor policies for eligible employees.
       (i) Calculation of Paid Leave Under FFCRA and FMLA.--
       (1) Families first coronavirus response act.--Section 
     5110(5)(B) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (29 
     U.S.C. 2601 note) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(iii) Pandemic premium pay.--Compensation received by an 
     employee under section 170102(b) of the COVID-19 Heroes Fund 
     Act of 2020 shall be included as remuneration for employment 
     paid to the employee for purposes of computing the regular 
     rate at which such employee is employed.''.
       (2) Family and medical leave act of 1993.--Section 
     110(b)(2)(B) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
     U.S.C. 2620(b)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(iii) Pandemic premium pay.--Compensation received by an 
     employee under section 170102(b)

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     of the COVID-19 Heroes Fund Act of 2020 shall be included as 
     remuneration for employment paid to the employee for purposes 
     of computing the regular rate at which such employee is 
     employed.''.

     SEC. 170103. COVID-19 HEROES FUND.

       (a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of 
     the United States a fund to be known as the ``COVID-19 Heroes 
     Fund'' (referred to in this section as the ``Fund''), 
     consisting of amounts appropriated to the fund under section 
     170107.
       (b) Fund Administration.--The Fund shall be administered by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury.
       (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available 
     to the Secretary of the Treasury for carrying out section 
     170104.

     SEC. 170104. COVID-19 HEROES FUND GRANTS.

       (a) Grants.--
       (1) For pandemic premium pay.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall, subject to the availability of amounts 
     provided in this title award a grant to each essential work 
     employer that applies for a grant, in accordance with this 
     section, for the purpose of providing premium pay to 
     essential workers under section 170102(b), including amounts 
     paid under section 170102(f).
       (2) Eligibility.--
       (A) Eligible employers generally.--Any essential work 
     employer shall be eligible for a grant under paragraph (1).
       (B) Self-directed care workers.--A self-directed care 
     worker employed by an essential work employer other than an 
     essential work employer described in section 170102(g), shall 
     be eligible to apply for a grant under paragraph (1) in the 
     same manner as an essential work employer. Such a worker 
     shall provide premium pay to himself or herself in accordance 
     with this section, including the recordkeeping and refund 
     requirements of this section.
       (b) Amount of Grants.--
       (1) In general.--The maximum amount available for making a 
     grant under subsection (a)(1) to an essential work employer 
     shall be equal to the sum of--
       (A) the amount obtained by multiplying $10,000 by the 
     number of essential workers the employer certifies, in the 
     application submitted under subsection (c)(1), as employing, 
     or providing remuneration to for services or labor, who are 
     paid wages or remuneration by the employer at a rate that is 
     less than the equivalent of $200,000 per year; and
       (B) the amount obtained by multiplying $5,000 by the number 
     of highly-compensated essential workers the employer 
     certifies, in the application submitted under subsection 
     (c)(1), as employing, or providing remuneration to for 
     services or labor, who are paid wages or remuneration by the 
     employer at a rate that is equal to or greater than the 
     equivalent of $200,000 per year.
       (2) No partial grants.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     not award a grant under this section in an amount less than 
     the maximum described in paragraph (1).
       (c) Grant Application and Disbursal.--
       (1) Application.--Any essential work employer seeking a 
     grant under subsection (a)(1) shall submit an application to 
     the Secretary of the Treasury at such time, in such manner, 
     and complete with such information as the Secretary may 
     require.
       (2) Notice and certification.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall, 
     within 15 days after receiving a complete application from an 
     essential work employer eligible for a grant under this 
     section--
       (i) notify the employer of the Secretary's findings with 
     respect to the requirements for the grant; and
       (ii)(I) if the Secretary finds that the essential work 
     employer meets the requirements under this section for a 
     grant under subsection (a), provide a certification to the 
     employer--

       (aa) that the employer has met such requirements;
       (bb) of the amount of the grant payment that the Secretary 
     has determined the employer shall receive based on the 
     requirements under this section; or

       (II) if the Secretary finds that the essential work 
     employer does not meet the requirements under this section 
     for a grant under subsection (a), provide a notice of denial 
     stating the reasons for the denial and provide an opportunity 
     for administrative review by not later than 10 days after the 
     denial.
       (B) Transfer.--Not later than 7 days after making a 
     certification under subparagraph (A)(ii) with respect to an 
     essential work employer, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     make the appropriate transfer to the employer of the amount 
     of the grant.
       (d) Use of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--An essential work employer receiving a 
     grant under this section shall use the amount of the grant 
     solely for the following purposes:
       (A) Providing premium pay under section 170102(b) to 
     essential workers in accordance with the requirements for 
     such payments under such section, including providing 
     payments described in section 170102(f) to the next of kin of 
     essential workers in accordance with the requirements for 
     such payments under such section.
       (B) Paying employer payroll taxes with respect to premium 
     pay amounts described in subparagraph (A), including such 
     payments described in section 170102(f).
     Each dollar of a grant received by an essential work employer 
     under this title shall be used as provided in subparagraph 
     (A) or (B) or returned to the Secretary of the Treasury.
       (2) No other uses authorized.--An essential work employer 
     who uses any amount of a grant for a purpose not required 
     under paragraph (1) shall be--
       (A) considered to have misused funds in violation of 
     section 170102; and
       (B) subject to the enforcement and remedies provided under 
     section 170105.
       (3) Refund.--
       (A) In general.--If an essential work employer receives a 
     grant under this section and, for any reason, does not 
     provide every dollar of such grant to essential workers in 
     accordance with the requirements of this title, then the 
     employer shall refund any such dollars to the Secretary of 
     the Treasury not later than June 30, 2021. Any amounts 
     returned to the Secretary shall be deposited into the Fund 
     and be available for any additional grants under this 
     section.
       (B) Requirement for not reducing compensation.--An 
     essential work employer who is required to refund any amount 
     under this paragraph shall not reduce or otherwise diminish 
     an eligible worker's compensation or benefits in response to 
     or otherwise due to such refund. 
       (e) Recordkeeping.--An essential work employer that 
     receives a grant under this section shall--
       (1) maintain records, including payroll records, 
     demonstrating how each dollar of funds received through the 
     grant were provided to essential workers; and
       (2) provide such records to the Secretary of the Treasury 
     or the Secretary of Labor upon the request of either such 
     Secretary.
       (f) Recoupment.--In addition to all other enforcement and 
     remedies available under this title or any other law, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a process under 
     which the Secretary shall recoup the amount of any grant 
     awarded under subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary determines 
     that the essential work employer receiving the grant--
       (1) did not provide all of the dollars of such grant to the 
     essential workers of the employer;
       (2) did not, in fact, have the number of essential workers 
     certified by the employer in accordance with subparagraphs 
     (A) and (B) of subsection (b)(1);
       (3) did not pay the essential workers for the number of 
     hours the employer claimed to have paid; or
       (4) otherwise misused funds or violated this title.
       (g) Special Rule for Certain Employees of Tribal 
     Employers.--Essential workers of Tribal employers who receive 
     funds under title II shall not be eligible to receive funds 
     from grants under this section.
       (h) Tax Treatment.--
       (1) Exclusion from income.--For purposes of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986, any grant received by an essential work 
     employer under this section shall not be included in the 
     gross income of such essential work employer.
       (2) Denial of double benefit.--
       (A) In general.--In the case of an essential work employer 
     that receives a grant under this section--
       (i) amounts paid under subsections (b) or (f) of section 
     170102 shall not be taken into account as wages for purposes 
     of sections 41, 45A, 51, or 1396 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 or section 2301 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136); and
       (ii) any deduction otherwise allowable under such Code for 
     applicable payments during any taxable year shall be reduced 
     (but not below zero) by the excess (if any) of--

       (I) the aggregate amounts of grants received under this 
     section; over
       (II) the sum of any amount refunded under subsection (d) 
     plus the aggregate amount of applicable payments made for all 
     preceding taxable years.

       (B) Applicable payments.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
     the term ``applicable payments'' means amounts paid as 
     premium pay under subsections (b) or (f) of section 170102 
     and amounts paid for employer payroll taxes with respect to 
     such amounts.
       (C) Aggregation rule.--Rules similar to the rules of 
     subsections (a) and (b) of section 52 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 shall apply for purposes of this section.
       (3) Information reporting.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
     shall submit to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 
     statements containing--
       (A) the name and tax identification number of each 
     essential work employer receiving a grant under this section;
       (B) the amount of such grant; and
       (C) any amounts refunded under section (d)(3).
       (i) Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after obligating 
     the last dollar of the funds appropriated under this title, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report, to the 
     Committees of Congress described in paragraph (2), that--
       (A) certifies that all funds appropriated under this title 
     have been obligated; and
       (B) indicates the number of pending applications for grants 
     under this section that will be rejected due to the lack of 
     funds.
       (2) Committees of congress.--The Committees of Congress 
     described in this paragraph are--
       (A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (B) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (C) the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and
       (D) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 
     of the Senate.

     SEC. 170105. ENFORCEMENT AND OUTREACH.

       (a) Duties of Secretary of Labor.--The Secretary of Labor 
     shall--
       (1) have authority to enforce the requirements of section 
     170102, in accordance with subsections (b) through (e);

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       (2) conduct outreach as described in subsection (f); and
       (3) coordinate with the Secretary of the Treasury as needed 
     to carry out the Secretary of Labor's responsibilities under 
     this section.
       (b) Prohibited Acts, Penalties, and Enforcement.--
       (1) Prohibited acts.--It shall be unlawful for a person 
     to--
       (A) violate any provision of section 170102 applicable to 
     such person; or
       (B) discharge or in any other manner discriminate against 
     any essential worker because such essential worker has filed 
     any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any 
     proceeding under or related to this title, or has testified 
     or is about to testify in any such proceeding.
       (2) Enforcement and penalties.--
       (A) Premium pay violations.--A violation described in 
     paragraph (1)(A) shall be deemed a violation of section 7 of 
     the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) and 
     unpaid amounts required under this section shall be treated 
     as unpaid overtime compensation under such section 7 for the 
     purposes of sections 15 and 16 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 215 and 
     216).
       (B) Discharge or discrimination.--A violation of paragraph 
     (1)(B) shall be deemed a violation of section 15(a)(3) of the 
     Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 215(a)(3)).
       (c) Investigation.--
       (1) In general.--To ensure compliance with the provisions 
     of section 170102, including any regulation or order issued 
     under that section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the 
     investigative authority provided under section 11(a) of the 
     Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(a)). For the 
     purposes of any investigation provided for in this 
     subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the subpoena 
     authority provided for under section 9 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
     209).
       (2) State agencies.--The Secretary of Labor may, for the 
     purpose of carrying out the functions and duties under this 
     section, utilize the services of State and local agencies in 
     accordance with section 11(b) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(b)).
       (d) Essential Worker Enforcement.--
       (1) Right of action.--An action alleging a violation of 
     paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) may be maintained 
     against an essential work employer receiving a grant under 
     section 170104 in any Federal or State court of competent 
     jurisdiction by one or more essential workers or their 
     representative for and on behalf of the essential workers, or 
     the essential workers and others similarly situated, in the 
     same manner, and subject to the same remedies (including 
     attorney's fees and costs of the action), as an action 
     brought by an employee alleging a violation of section 7 or 
     15(a)(3), respectively, of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 (29 U.S.C. 207, 215(a)(3)).
       (2) No waiver.--In an action alleging a violation of 
     paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (b) brought by one or more 
     essential workers or their representative for and on behalf 
     of the persons as described in paragraph (1), to enforce the 
     rights in section 170102, no court of competent jurisdiction 
     may grant the motion of an essential work employer receiving 
     a grant under section 170104 to compel arbitration, under 
     chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, or any analogous 
     State arbitration statute, of the claims involved. An 
     essential worker's right to bring an action described in 
     paragraph (1) or subsection (b)(2)(A) on behalf of similarly 
     situated essential workers to enforce such rights may not be 
     subject to any private agreement that purports to require the 
     essential workers to pursue claims on an individual basis.
       (e) Recordkeeping.--An essential work employer receiving a 
     grant under section 170104 shall make, keep, and preserve 
     records pertaining to compliance with section 170102 in 
     accordance with section 11(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
     of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 211(c)) and in accordance with regulations 
     prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.
       (f) Outreach and Education.--Out of amounts appropriated to 
     the Secretary of the Treasury under section 170107 for a 
     fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to 
     the Secretary of Labor, $3,000,000, of which the Secretary of 
     Labor shall use--
       (1) $2,500,000 for outreach to essential work employers and 
     essential workers regarding the premium pay under section 
     170102; and
       (2) $500,000 to implement an advertising campaign 
     encouraging large essential work employers to provide the 
     same premium pay provided for by section 170102 using the 
     large essential work employers' own funds and without 
     utilizing grants under this title.
       (g) Clarification of Enforcing Official.--Nothing in the 
     Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16a 
     et seq.) or section 3(e)(2)(C) of the Fair Labor Standards 
     Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)(2)(C)) shall be construed to 
     prevent the Secretary of Labor from carrying out the 
     authority of the Secretary under this section in the case of 
     State employees described in section 304(a) of the Government 
     Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-16c(a)).

     SEC. 170106. FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
                   OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.

       There is appropriated, out of money in the Treasury not 
     otherwise appropriated, to the Office of the Inspector 
     General of the Department of the Treasury, $1,000,000 to 
     carry out audits, investigations, and other oversight 
     activities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     (5 U.S.C. App.) that are related to the provisions of, and 
     amendments made by, this title, to remain available until 
     December 31, 2022.

     SEC. 170107. AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is hereby 
     appropriated, $180,000,000,000 to carry out this title, to 
     remain available until expended.

    TITLE II--PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND COVID-19

     SEC. 170201. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title--
       (1) the term ``agency''--
       (A) means--
       (i) each agency, office, or other establishment in the 
     executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the Federal 
     Government, including--

       (I) an Executive agency, as that term is defined in section 
     105 of title 5, United States Code;
       (II) a military department, as that term is defined in 
     section 102 of title 5, United States Code;
       (III) the Federal Aviation Administration;
       (IV) the Transportation Security Administration;
       (V) the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
       (VI) the Government Accountability Office;

       (ii) the District of Columbia courts and the District of 
     Columbia Public Defender Service; and
       (iii)(I) an Indian tribe or tribal organization carrying 
     out a contract or compact under the Indian Self-Determination 
     and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.);
       (II) an Indian tribe or tribal organization that receives a 
     grant under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 
     U.S.C. 2501 et seq.); and
       (III) an urban Indian organization that receives a grant or 
     carries out a contract under title V of the Indian Health 
     Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.); and
       (B) does not include--
       (i) the United States Postal Service or the Postal 
     Regulatory Commission; or
       (ii) a nonappropriated fund instrumentality under the 
     jurisdiction of the Armed Forces;
       (2) the term ``covered duty''--
       (A) means duty that requires--
       (i) an employee to have regular or routine contact with the 
     public; or
       (ii) the reporting of an employee to a worksite at which--

       (I) social distancing is not possible, consistent with the 
     regularly assigned duties of the position of the employee; 
     and
       (II) other preventative measures with respect to COVID-19 
     are not available; and

       (B) does not include duty that an employee performs while 
     teleworking from a residence;
       (3) the term ``covered period'' means the period beginning 
     on the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services declared a public health emergency under section 319 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with 
     respect to COVID-19 and ending on the date that is 60 days 
     after the date on which that public health emergency 
     terminates; and
       (4) the term ``employee''--
       (A) means an employee of an agency;
       (B) includes--
       (i) any employee of an agency who occupies a position 
     within the General Schedule under subchapter III of chapter 
     53 of title 5, United States Code;
       (ii) any employee of an agency whose pay is fixed and 
     adjusted from time to time in accordance with prevailing 
     rates under subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
     States Code, or by a wage board or similar administrative 
     authority serving the same purpose;
       (iii) an official or employee of an Indian tribe, tribal 
     organization, or urban Indian organization described in 
     paragraph (1)(A)(iii);
       (iv) each employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
     including an employee appointed under chapter 74 of title 38, 
     United States Code, without regard to whether section 7421(a) 
     of that title, section 7425(b) of that title, or any other 
     provision of chapter 74 of that title is inconsistent with 
     that inclusion; and
       (v) any other individual occupying a position in the civil 
     service, as that term is defined in section 2101 of title 5, 
     United States Code; and
       (C) does not include--
       (i) a member of the uniformed services, as that term is 
     defined in section 2101 of title 5, United States Code;
       (ii) an employee of an agency who occupies a position 
     within the Executive Schedule under any of sections 5312 
     through 5316 of title 5, United States Code;
       (iii) an individual in a Senior Executive Service position, 
     unless the individual is a career appointee, as those terms 
     are defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States 
     Code;
       (iv) an individual serving in a position of a confidential 
     or policy-determining character under Schedule C of subpart C 
     of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
     successor regulations;
       (v) a member of the Senate or House of Representatives, a 
     Delegate to the House of Representatives, or the Resident 
     Commissioner from Puerto Rico; or
       (vi) an employee of the personal office of an individual 
     described in clause (v), of a leadership office of the Senate 
     or the House of Representatives, of a committee of the Senate 
     or the House of Representatives, or of a joint committee of 
     Congress.

     SEC. 170202. PANDEMIC DUTY DIFFERENTIAL.

       (a) In General.--There is established a schedule of pay 
     differentials for covered duty as follows:
       (1) Subject to the availability of amounts provided in this 
     title, and the conditions of subsection (b)(3), an employee 
     is entitled to pay for that covered duty at the rate of basic 
     pay, which includes any differential or other premium pay 
     paid for regularly scheduled work of the employee other than 
     the differential established under this section, of the 
     employee plus premium pay of $13 per hour.
       (2) The total amount of premium pay paid to an employee 
     under paragraph (1) shall be--

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       (A) with respect to an employee whose annual rate of basic 
     pay is less than $200,000, not more than $10,000 reduced by 
     employer payroll taxes (as defined in section 170101(4)) with 
     respect to such premium pay; and
       (B) with respect to an employee whose annual rate of basic 
     pay is not less than $200,000, not more than $5,000 reduced 
     by employer payroll taxes (as so defined) with respect to 
     such premium pay.
       (b) Pay.--
       (1) In general.--With respect to the covered period, an 
     employee is entitled to be paid the applicable differential 
     established under subsection (a) for any period, including 
     any period during the covered period that precedes the date 
     of enactment of this Act, in which the employee is carrying 
     out covered duty, subject to the applicable limitations under 
     that subsection.
       (2) Retroactive payment.--With respect to a payment earned 
     by an employee under this section for a period during the 
     covered period that precedes the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the employee shall be paid that payment in a lump sum 
     payment as soon as is practicable after that date of 
     enactment.
       (3) Limitation on entitlement.--An employee shall be 
     entitled to be paid the applicable differential established 
     under subsection (a) only to the extent that amounts provided 
     in this title will be made available to such employees agency 
     pursuant to section 170204(c)(1) in an amount sufficient to 
     provide such applicable differential to all such eligible 
     employees.
       (c) Guidance and Regulations.--
       (1) Executive branch.--
       (A) In general.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
     develop criteria for agencies in the executive branch of the 
     Federal Government regarding the means by which to determine 
     the eligibility of an employee in such an agency for the pay 
     differential established under this section, which shall--
       (i) be based on--

       (I) the duties performed by the employee;
       (II) the setting in which the employee performs the duties 
     described in subclause (I); and
       (III) the interactions with the public required in order 
     for the employee to perform the duties described in subclause 
     (I); and

       (ii) apply equally to all such agencies.
       (B) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management may 
     prescribe regulations implementing the pay differential under 
     this section with respect to employees in the executive 
     branch of the Federal Government.
       (2) Other branches, certain dc employees, and certain 
     tribal officials.--
       (A) In general.--The employing authority for each agency 
     that is not in the executive branch of the Federal 
     Government--
       (i) shall develop criteria regarding the means by which to 
     determine the eligibility of an employee in such an agency 
     for the pay differential established under this section; and
       (ii) may prescribe regulations implementing the pay 
     differential under this section with respect to employees in 
     the applicable agency.
       (B) Consistency with opm guidance and regulations.--Any 
     criteria developed, and regulations prescribed, by an agency 
     under subparagraph (A) shall, to the extent practicable, be 
     comparable to any criteria developed and regulations 
     prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management under 
     paragraph (1).

     SEC. 170203. LIMITATION ON PREMIUM PAY.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of 
     section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, or a provision 
     of any other Federal, State, or Tribal law that imposes a 
     limitation on the amount of premium pay (including any 
     premium pay paid under section 202 and any overtime pay paid 
     for covered duty) that may be payable to an employee, an 
     employee may be paid such premium pay to the extent that the 
     payment does not cause the aggregate of basic pay and such 
     premium pay for service performed in that calendar year by 
     that employee to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable 
     for level II of the Executive Schedule, as of the end of the 
     calendar year.
       (b) Applicability of Aggregate Limitation on Pay.--In 
     determining whether a payment to an employee is subject to 
     the limitation under section 5307(a) of title 5, United 
     States Code, a payment described in subsection (a) shall not 
     apply.
       (c) Applicability of CARES Act.--The authority provided 
     under this section shall be considered to be in addition to, 
     and not a replacement for, the authority provided under 
     section 18110 of title VIII of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136).
       (d) Retroactive Effect.--This section shall take effect as 
     if enacted on the date on which the covered period began.

     SEC. 170204. AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION.

       (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated, 
     and there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for the offices and agencies 
     described in subsection (b) of this section to carry out 
     section 170202 and section 170203 of this title and to make 
     transfers authorized under subsection (c) of this section.
        (b) Offices and Agencies.--The offices and agencies 
     described in this subsection are--
       (1) the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
     the Senate;
       (2) the Office of the Clerk of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (3) the Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (4) the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (5) the Office of the Attending Physician;
       (6) the Capitol Police;
       (7) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol;
       (8) the Library of Congress;
       (9) the Government Publishing Office;
       (10) the Government Accountability Office;
       (11) the Office of Personnel Management;
       (12) the Administrative Office of the United States Courts;
       (13) the District of Columbia Courts; and
       (14) the District of Columbia Public Defender Service.
       (c) Transfer Authority.--
       (1) OPM.--The Office of Personnel Management may transfer 
     funds made available under this section to other Federal 
     agencies within the executive branch to reimburse such 
     agencies for costs incurred to implement this title.
       (2) AOUSC.--The Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts may transfer funds made available under this section 
     to other entities within the judicial branch to reimburse the 
     entities for costs incurred to implement this title.

    TITLE III--COORDINATION OF BENEFITS WITH OTHER PROGRAMS AND LAWS

     SEC. 170301. COORDINATION WITH OTHER BENEFITS.

       (a) Disregard for Purposes of Federal and State Programs.--
     Any payment provided under this Act shall not be regarded as 
     income and shall not be regarded as a resource for the month 
     of receipt and the following 12 months, for purposes of 
     determining the eligibility of the recipient (or the 
     recipient's spouse or family) for benefits or assistance, or 
     the amount or extent of benefits or assistance, under any 
     Federal program or under any State or local program financed 
     in whole or in part with Federal funds.
       (b) Amounts Not Taken Into Account for Purposes of Premium 
     Tax Credit.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of determining modified 
     adjusted gross income under section 36B(d)(2)(B) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, adjusted gross income shall be 
     reduced by any amounts received under subsection (b), 
     including pursuant to subsection (f), of section 170102 or by 
     reason of section 170202.
       (2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the extent 
     such reduction results in an amount of household income (as 
     defined in section 36B(d)(2)(A) of such Code) of a taxpayer 
     that is less than 100 percent of the poverty line (as defined 
     in section 36B(d)(3) of such Code) for a family of the size 
     involved (as determined under the rules of section 36B(d)(1) 
     of such Code).
       (3) Reporting.--
       (A) In general.--Any employer that makes an applicable 
     payment during a calendar year shall include as a separately 
     stated item on any written statement required under section 
     6051 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any return or 
     statement required by the Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
     Secretary's delegate) with respect to nonemployee 
     compensation the aggregate amount of each type of applicable 
     payments so made.
       (B) Applicable payments.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
     the term ``applicable payments'' means--
       (i) amounts paid as premium pay under section 170102(b), 
     including amounts paid pursuant to section 170102(f); and
       (ii) amounts paid by reason of section 170202.
       (c) Employment Tax Treatment for Amounts Paid Through 
     Grants.--
       (1) In general.--For purposes of section 3111(a) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any amounts required to be 
     paid by reason of this Act shall not be considered wages.
       (2) Railroad retirement taxes.--For purposes of section 
     3221(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the amount of 
     tax imposed under such section for any calendar year in which 
     an employer is required to pay amounts under this Act shall 
     be equal to the sum of--
       (A) the product of the rate in effect under section 3111(a) 
     of such Code and the compensation (reduced by any amounts 
     required to be paid by reason of this Act) paid during any 
     calendar year by such employer for services rendered to such 
     employer; and
       (B) the product of the rate in effect under section 3111(b) 
     of such Code and the compensation paid during any calendar 
     year by such employer for services rendered to such employer.
       (3) Self-employed individuals.--
       (A) In general.--In the case of the tax imposed by section 
     1401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the self-
     employment income for any taxable year in which the 
     individual received a payment required to be made under this 
     Act shall be reduced by 50 percent of the amount of payments 
     so made.
       (B) Regulatory authority.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
     (or the Secretary's delegate) shall prescribe regulations or 
     other guidance for the application of sections 164(f) and 
     1402(a)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect 
     to amounts to which subparagraph (A) applies.
       (4) Transfers to trust funds.--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) and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit 
     Account established under section 15A(a) of the Railroad 
     Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n-1(a)) amounts equal to 
     the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by reason of this 
     subsection (without regard to this paragraph). 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 or Account had this section 
     not been enacted.

     SEC. 170302. CLARIFICATION OF COORDINATION WITH OTHER LAWS.

       (a) Essential Workers Rights and Benefits.--Nothing in this 
     Act shall be construed to allow noncompliance with or in any 
     way to diminish, and shall instead be construed to be in 
     addition to, the rights or benefits that an essential worker 
     is entitled to under any--

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       (1) Federal, State, or local law, including regulation;
       (2) collective bargaining agreement; or
       (3) employer policy.
       (b) Title 5.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to 
     affect the application of the provisions of sections 5343 or 
     5545 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to pay 
     differentials for duty involving unusual physical hardship or 
     hazard, or environmental differentials.

     SEC. 170303. APPLICABILITY OF FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 
                   1938 TO SOVEREIGN TRIBAL EMPLOYERS.

       The receipt of any funds through a grant under section 
     170104, or any funds under title II, by a sovereign Tribal 
     employer, as defined in section 170101(12), shall not expand, 
     constrict, or alter the application of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) to such 
     sovereign Tribal employer.

            DIVISION R--CHILD NUTRITION AND RELATED PROGRAMS

     SEC. 180001. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Child Nutrition and 
     Related Programs Recovery Act''.

     SEC. 180002. EMERGENCY COSTS FOR CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
                   DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

       (a) Use of Certain Appropriations to Cover Emergency 
     Operational Costs Under School Meal Programs.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Required allotments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary shall allocate to each State 
     that participates in the reimbursement program under 
     paragraph (3) such amounts as may be necessary to carry out 
     reimbursements under such paragraph for each reimbursement 
     month, including, subject to paragraph (4)(B), administrative 
     expenses necessary to make such reimbursements.
       (B) Guidance with respect to program.--Not later than 10 
     days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
     Secretary shall issue guidance with respect to the 
     reimbursement program under paragraph (3).
       (2) Reimbursement program application.--To participate in 
     the reimbursement program under paragraph (3), not later than 
     30 days after the date described in paragraph (1), a State 
     shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes a 
     plan to calculate and disburse reimbursements under the 
     reimbursement program under paragraph (3).
       (3) Reimbursement program.--Using the amounts allocated 
     under paragraph (1)(A), a State participating in the 
     reimbursement program under this paragraph shall make 
     reimbursements for emergency operational costs for each 
     reimbursement month as follows:
       (A) For each new school food authority in the State for the 
     reimbursement month, an amount equal to 55 percent of the 
     amount equal to--
       (i) the average monthly amount such new school food 
     authority was reimbursed under the reimbursement sections for 
     meals and supplements served by such new school food 
     authority during the alternate period; minus
       (ii) the amount such new school food authority was 
     reimbursed under the reimbursement sections for meals and 
     supplements served by such new school food authority during 
     such reimbursement month.
       (B) For each school food authority not described in 
     subparagraph (A) in the State for the reimbursement month, an 
     amount equal to 55 percent of--
       (i) the amount such school food authority was reimbursed 
     under the reimbursement sections for meals and supplements 
     served by such school food authority for the month beginning 
     one year before such reimbursement month; minus
       (ii) the amount such school food authority was reimbursed 
     under the reimbursement sections for meals and supplements 
     served by such school food authority during such 
     reimbursement month.
       (4) Treatment of funds.--
       (A) Availability.--Funds allocated to a State under 
     paragraph (1)(A) shall remain available until March 30, 2021.
       (B) Administrative expenses.--A State may reserve not more 
     than 1 percent of the funds allocated under paragraph (1)(A) 
     for administrative expenses to carry out this subsection.
       (C) Unexpended balance.--On September 30, 2021, any amounts 
     allocated to a State under paragraph (1)(A) or reimbursed to 
     a school food authority or new school food authority under 
     paragraph (3) that are unexpended by such State, school food 
     authority, or new school food authority shall revert to the 
     Secretary.
       (5) Reports.--Each State that carries out a reimbursement 
     program under paragraph (3) shall, not later than September 
     30, 2021, submit a report to the Secretary that includes a 
     summary of the use of such funds by the State and each school 
     food authority and new school food authority in such State.
       (b) Use of Certain Appropriations to Cover Child and Adult 
     Care Food Program Child Care Operational Emergency Costs 
     During COVID-19 Pandemic.--
       (1) In general.--
       (A) Required allotments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary shall allocate to each State 
     that participates in the reimbursement program under 
     paragraph (3) such amounts as may be necessary to carry out 
     reimbursements under such paragraph for each reimbursement 
     month, including, subject to paragraph (4)(C), administrative 
     expenses necessary to make such reimbursements.
       (B) Guidance with respect to program.--Not later than 10 
     days after the date of the enactment of this section, the 
     Secretary shall issue guidance with respect to the 
     reimbursement program under paragraph (3).
       (2) Reimbursement program application.--To participate in 
     the reimbursement program under paragraph (3), not later than 
     30 days after the date described in paragraph (1), a State 
     shall submit an application to the Secretary that includes a 
     plan to calculate and disburse reimbursements under the 
     reimbursement program under paragraph (3).
       (3) Reimbursement amount.--Using the amounts allocated 
     under paragraph (1)(A), a State participating in the 
     reimbursement program under this paragraph shall make 
     reimbursements for child care operational emergency costs for 
     each reimbursement month as follows:
       (A) For each new covered institution in the State for the 
     reimbursement month, an amount equal to 55 percent of--
       (i) the average monthly amount such covered institution was 
     reimbursed under subsection (c) and subsection (f) of section 
     17 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1766) for meals and supplements served by such new 
     covered institution during the alternate period; minus
       (ii) the amount such covered institution was reimbursed 
     under such section for meals and supplements served by such 
     new covered institution during such reimbursement month.
       (B) For each covered institution not described in 
     subparagraph (A) in the State for the reimbursement month, an 
     amount equal to 55 percent of--
       (i) the amount such covered institution was reimbursed 
     under subsection (c) and subsection (f) of section 17 of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) 
     for meals and supplements served by such covered institution 
     during the month beginning one year before such reimbursement 
     month; minus
       (ii) the amount such covered institution was reimbursed 
     under such section for meals and supplements served by such 
     covered institution during such reimbursement month.
       (C) For each new sponsoring organization of a family or 
     group day care home in the State for the reimbursement month, 
     an amount equal to 55 percent of--
       (i) the average monthly amount such new sponsoring 
     organization of a family or group day care home was 
     reimbursed under section 17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(B)) 
     for administrative funds for the alternate period; minus
       (ii) the amount such new sponsoring organization of a 
     family or group day care home was reimbursed under such 
     section for administrative funds for the reimbursement month.
       (D) For each sponsoring organization of a family or group 
     day care home not described in subparagraph (C) in the State 
     for the reimbursement month, an amount equal to 55 percent 
     of--
       (i) the amount such sponsoring organization of a family or 
     group day care home was reimbursed under section 17(f)(3)(B) 
     of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(B)) for administrative funds for the month 
     beginning one year before such reimbursement month; minus
       (ii) the amount such sponsoring organization of a family or 
     group day care home was reimbursed under such section for 
     administrative funds for such reimbursement month.
       (4) Treatment of funds.--
       (A) Availability.--Funds allocated to a State under 
     paragraph (1)(A) shall remain available until March 30, 2021.
       (B) Unaffiliated center.--In the case of a covered 
     institution or a new covered institution that is an 
     unaffiliated center that is sponsored by a sponsoring 
     organization and receives funds for a reimbursement month 
     under subparagraph (A) or (B), such unaffiliated center shall 
     provide to such sponsoring organization an amount of such 
     funds as agreed to by the sponsoring organization and the 
     unaffiliated center, except such amount may not be greater be 
     than 15 percent of such funds.
       (C) Administrative expenses.--A State may reserve not more 
     than 1 percent of the funds allocated under paragraph (1)(A) 
     for administrative expenses to carry out this subsection.
       (D) Unexpended balance.--On September 30, 2021, any amounts 
     allocated to a State under paragraph (1)(A) or reimbursed to 
     a new covered institution, covered institution, new 
     sponsoring organization of a family or group day care home, 
     or sponsoring organization of a family or group day care home 
     that are unexpended by such State, new covered institution, 
     covered institution, new sponsoring organization of a family 
     or group day care home, or sponsoring organization of a 
     family or group day care home, shall revert to the Secretary.
       (5) Reports.--Each State that carries out a reimbursement 
     program under paragraph (3) shall, not later than September 
     30, 2021, submit a report to the Secretary that includes a 
     summary of the use of such funds by the State and each new 
     covered institution, covered institution, new sponsoring 
     organization of a family or group day care home, or 
     sponsoring organization of a family or group day care home.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may 
     be necessary.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Alternate period.--The term ``alternate period'' means 
     the period beginning January 1, 2020 and ending February 29, 
     2020.
       (2) Emergency operational costs.--The term ``emergency 
     operational costs'' means the costs incurred by a school food 
     authority or new school food authority--
       (A) during a public health emergency;
       (B) that are related to the ongoing operation, modified 
     operation, or temporary suspension of operation (including 
     administrative costs) of such school food authority or new 
     school food authority; and
       (C) except as provided under subsection (a), that are not 
     reimbursed under a Federal grant.
       (3) Child care operational emergency costs.--The term 
     ``child care operational emergency costs'' means the costs 
     under the child

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     and adult care food program under section 17 of the Richard 
     B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) 
     incurred by a new covered institution, covered institution, 
     new sponsoring organization of a family or group day care 
     home, or sponsoring organization of a family or group day 
     care home--
       (A) during a public health emergency;
       (B) that are related to the ongoing operation, modified 
     operation, or temporary suspension of operation (including 
     administrative costs) of such new covered institution, 
     covered institution, new sponsoring organization of a family 
     or group day care home, sponsoring organization of a family 
     or group day care home, or sponsoring organization of an 
     unaffiliated center; and
       (C) except as provided under subsection (b), that are not 
     reimbursed under a Federal grant.
       (4) Covered institution.--The term ``covered institution'' 
     means--
       (A) an institution (as defined in section 17(a)(2) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1766(a)(2))); and
       (B) a family or group day care home.
       (5) New covered institution.--The term ``new covered 
     institution'' means a covered institution for which no 
     reimbursements were made for meals and supplements under 
     section 17(c) or (f) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) with respect to the 
     previous reimbursement period.
       (6) New school food authority.--The term ``new school food 
     authority'' means a school food authority for which no 
     reimbursements were made under the reimbursement sections 
     with respect to the previous reimbursement period.
       (7) New sponsoring organization of a family or group day 
     care.--The term ``new sponsoring organization of a family or 
     group day care'' means a sponsoring organization of a family 
     or group day care home for which no reimbursements for 
     administrative funds were made under section 17(f)(3)(B) of 
     the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1766(f)(3)(B)) for the previous reimbursement period.
       (8) Previous reimbursement period.--The term ``previous 
     reimbursement period'' means the period beginning March 1, 
     2019 and ending June 30, 2019.
       (9) Public health emergency.--The term ``public health 
     emergency'' means a public health emergency declared pursuant 
     to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
       (10) Reimbursement month.--The term ``reimbursement month'' 
     means March 2020, April 2020, May 2020, and June 2020.
       (11) Reimbursement sections.--The term ``reimbursement 
     sections'' means--
       (A) section 4(b), section 11(a)(2), section 13, and section 
     17A(c) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1753(b); 42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(2); 42 U.S.C. 1761; 42 
     U.S.C. 1766a(c)); and
       (B) section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act (42 U.S.C. 1773).
       (12) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (13) 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. 180003. AMENDMENTS TO THE PANDEMIC EBT ACT.

       Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 
     (Public Law 116-127) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``fiscal year 2020'' and inserting ``fiscal 
     years 2020 and 2021'';
       (B) by striking ``during which the school would otherwise 
     be in session''; and
       (C) by inserting ``until the school reopens'' after 
     ``assistance'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by inserting ``and State agency plans for child care 
     covered children in accordance with subsection (i)'' after 
     ``with eligible children'';
       (B) by inserting ``, a plan to enroll children who become 
     eligible children during a public health emergency 
     designation'' before ``, and issuances'';
       (C) by striking ``in an amount not less than the value of 
     meals at the free rate over the course of 5 school days'' and 
     inserting ``in accordance with subsection (h)(1)''; and
       (D) by inserting ``and for each child care covered child in 
     the household'' before the period at the end;
       (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or child care 
     center'' after ``school'';
       (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
       ``(e) Release of Information.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
     authorize--
       ``(1) 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 
     with respect to eligible children; and
       ``(2) State agencies administering a child and adult care 
     food program under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) to release to 
     appropriate officials administering the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program such information as may be 
     necessary to carry out this section with respect to child 
     care covered children.'';
       (5) by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:
       ``(g) Availability of Commodities.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), 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.
       ``(2) Purchases.--Funds made available to carry out this 
     subsection on or after the date of the enactment of the Child 
     Nutrition and Related Programs Recovery Act may only be used 
     to purchase commodities for emergency distribution--
       ``(A) under commodity distribution programs and child 
     nutrition programs that were established and administered by 
     the Food and Nutrition Service on or before the day before 
     the date of the enactment of the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act (Public Law 116-127);
       ``(B) to Tribal organizations (as defined in section 3 of 
     the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)), that are 
     not administering the food distribution program established 
     under section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
     U.S.C. 2013(b)); or
       ``(C) to emergency feeding organizations that are eligible 
     recipient agencies (as such terms are defined in section 201A 
     of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
     7501)).''.
       (6) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections 
     (l) and (m);
       (7) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
       ``(h) Amount of Benefits.--
       ``(1) In general.--A household shall receive benefits under 
     this section in an amount equal to 1 breakfast and 1 lunch at 
     the free rate for each eligible child or child care covered 
     child in such household for each day.
       ``(2) Treatment of newly eligible children.--In the case of 
     a child who becomes an eligible child during a public health 
     emergency designation, the Secretary and State agency shall--
       ``(A) if such child becomes an eligible child during school 
     year 2019-2020, treat such child as if such child was an 
     eligible child as of the date the school in which the child 
     is enrolled closed; and
       ``(B) if such child becomes an eligible child after school 
     year 2019-2020, treat such child as an eligible child as of 
     the first day of the month in which such child becomes so 
     eligible.
       ``(i) Child Care Covered Child Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--During fiscal years 2020 and 2021, in 
     any case in which a child care center is closed for at least 
     5 consecutive days during a public health emergency 
     designation, each household containing at least 1 member who 
     is a child care covered child attending the child care center 
     shall be eligible until the schools in the State in which 
     such child care center is located reopen, as determined by 
     the Secretary, to receive assistance pursuant to--
       ``(A) a State agency plan approved under subsection (b) 
     that includes--
       ``(i) an application by the State agency seeking to 
     participate in the program under this subsection; and
       ``(ii) a State agency plan 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 child care covered children; or
       ``(B) an addendum application described in paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Addendum application.--In the case of a State agency 
     that submits a plan to the Secretary of Agriculture under 
     subsection (b) that does not include an application or plan 
     described in clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), such 
     State agency may apply to participate in the program under 
     this subsection by submitting to the Secretary of Agriculture 
     an addendum application for approval that includes a State 
     agency plan described in such clause (ii).
       ``(3) Requirements for participation.--A State agency may 
     not participate in the program under this subsection if--
       ``(A) the State agency plan submitted by such State agency 
     under subsection (b) with respect to eligible children is not 
     approved by the Secretary under such subsection; or
       ``(B) the State agency plan submitted by such State agency 
     under subsection (b) or this subsection with respect to child 
     care covered children is not approved by the Secretary under 
     either such subsection.
       ``(4) Automatic enrollment.--
       ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
     Secretary shall deem a child who is less than 6 years of age 
     to be a child care covered child eligible to receive 
     assistance under this subsection if--
       ``(i) the household with such child attests that such child 
     is a child care covered child;
       ``(ii) such child resides in a household that includes an 
     eligible child;
       ``(iii) such child receives cash assistance benefits under 
     the temporary assistance for needy families program under 
     part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
     et seq.);
       ``(iv) such child receives assistance under the Child Care 
     and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et 
     seq.);
       ``(v) such child is--

       ``(I) enrolled as a participant in a Head Start program 
     authorized under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);
       ``(II) a foster child whose care and placement is the 
     responsibility of an agency that administers a State plan 
     under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 621 et seq.);
       ``(III) a foster child who a court has placed with a 
     caretaker household; or
       ``(IV) a homeless child or youth (as defined in section 
     725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 11434a(2)));

       ``(vi) such child participates in the special supplemental 
     nutrition program for women, infants, and children under 
     section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
     1786);
       ``(vii) through the use of information obtained by the 
     State agency for the purpose of participating in the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the State 
     agency elects to treat as a child care covered child each 
     child less than 6 years of age who is a member

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     of a household that receives supplemental nutrition 
     assistance program benefits under such Act; or
       ``(viii) the State in which such child resides determines 
     that such child is a child care covered child, using State 
     data approved by the Secretary.
       ``(B) Acceptance of any form of automatic enrollment.--
       ``(i) One category.--For purposes of deeming a child to be 
     a child care covered child under subparagraph (A), a State 
     agency may not be required to show that a child meets more 
     than one requirement specified in clauses (i) through (viii) 
     of such subparagraph.
       ``(ii) Deeming requirement.--If a State agency submits to 
     the Secretary information that a child meets any one of the 
     requirements specified in clauses (i) through (viii) of 
     subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall deem such child a child 
     care covered child under such subparagraph.
       ``(j) Exclusions.--The provisions of section 16 of the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) relating to quality 
     control shall not apply with respect to assistance provided 
     under this section.
       ``(k) Feasibility Analysis.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of the Child Nutrition and Related Programs 
     Recovery Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Education and 
     Labor Committee and the Agriculture Committee of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate a report on--
       ``(A) the feasibility of implementing the program for 
     eligible children under this section using an EBT system in 
     Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, and American Samoa similar to the manner in which 
     the supplemental nutrition assistance program under the Food 
     and Nutrition Act of 2008 is operated in the States, 
     including an analysis of---
       ``(i) the current nutrition assistance program issuance 
     infrastructure;
       ``(ii) the availability of--

       ``(I) an EBT system, including the ability for authorized 
     retailers to accept EBT cards; and
       ``(II) EBT cards;

       ``(iii) the ability to limit purchases using nutrition 
     assistance program benefits to food for home consumption; and
       ``(iv) the availability of reliable data necessary for the 
     implementation of such program under this section for 
     eligible children and child care covered children, including 
     the names of such children and the mailing addresses of their 
     households; and
       ``(B) the feasibility of implementing the program for child 
     care covered children under subsection (i) in Puerto Rico, 
     the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
     American Samoa, including with respect to such program each 
     analysis specified in clauses (i) through (iv) of 
     subparagraph (A).
       ``(2) Contingent availability of participation.--Beginning 
     30 days after the date of the enactment of the Child 
     Nutrition and Related Programs Recovery Act, Puerto Rico, the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
     Samoa may each--
       ``(A) submit a plan under subsection (b), unless the 
     Secretary makes a finding, based on the analysis provided 
     under paragraph (1)(A), that the implementation of the 
     program for eligible children under this section is not 
     feasible in such territories; and
       ``(B) submit a plan under subsection (i), unless the 
     Secretary makes a finding, based on the analysis provided 
     under paragraph (1)(B), that the implementation of the 
     program for child care covered children under subsection (i) 
     is not feasible in such territories.'';
       ``(3) Treatment of plans submitted by territories.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect to a 
     plan submitted pursuant to this subsection by Puerto Rico, 
     the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or American 
     Samoa under subsection (b) or subsection (i), the Secretary 
     shall treat such plan in the same manner as a plan submitted 
     by a State agency under such subsection, including with 
     respect to the terms of funding provided under subsection 
     (m).''.
       (8) in subsection (l), as redesigned by paragraph (7)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (1) as paragraph (3);
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
     (5) and (6), respectively;
       (C) by inserting before paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(1) The term `child care center' means an organization 
     described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 17(a)(2) of 
     the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1766(a)(2)) and a family or group day care home.
       ``(2) The term `child care covered child' means a child 
     served under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) who, if not for the closure 
     of the child care center attended by the child during a 
     public health emergency designation and due to concerns about 
     a COVID-19 outbreak, would receive meals under such section 
     at the child care center.''; and
       (D) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so redesignated) 
     the following:
       ``(4) The term `free rate' means--
       ``(A) with respect to a breakfast, the rate of a free 
     breakfast under the school breakfast program under section 4 
     of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and
       ``(B) with respect to a lunch, the rate of a free lunch 
     under the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).''; and
       (9) in subsection (m), as redesignated by paragraph (7), by 
     inserting ``(including all administrative expenses)'' after 
     ``this section''.

     SEC. 180004. FRESH PRODUCE FOR KIDS IN NEED.

       Section 2202(f)(1) of the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act (Public Law 116-127) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(E) The fresh fruit and vegetable program under section 
     19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1769a).''.

     SEC. 180005. WIC BENEFIT FLEXIBILITY DURING COVID-19 ACT.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Authority to increase amount of cash-value voucher.--
     During the COVID-19 public health emergency declared under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
     and in response to challenges related to such public health 
     emergency, the Secretary may increase the amount of a cash-
     value voucher under a qualified food package to an amount 
     less than or equal to $35.
       (2) Application of increased amount of cash-value voucher 
     to state agencies.--
       (A) Notification.--An increase to the amount of a cash-
     value voucher under paragraph (1) shall apply to any State 
     agency that notifies the Secretary of the intent to use such 
     an increased amount, without further application.
       (B) Use of increased amount.--A State agency that notifies 
     the Secretary under subparagraph (A) may use or not use the 
     increased amount described in such subparagraph during the 
     period beginning on the date of the notification by the State 
     agency under such subparagraph and ending September 30, 2020.
       (3) Application period.--An increase to the amount of a 
     cash-value voucher under paragraph (1) may only apply during 
     the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     section and ending on September 30, 2020.
       (4) Sunset.--The authority to make an increase to the 
     amount of a cash-value voucher under paragraph (1) or to use 
     such an increased amount under paragraph (2)(B) shall 
     terminate on September 30, 2020.
       (b) Definitions.--
       (1) Cash-value voucher.--The term ``cash-value voucher'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 246.2 of title 7, 
     Code of Federal Regulations.
       (2) Qualified food package.--The term ``qualified food 
     package'' means the following food packages under section 
     246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations:
       (A) Food Package IV-Children 1 through 4 years.
       (B) Food Package V-Pregnant and partially (mostly) 
     breastfeeding women.
       (C) Food Package VI-Postpartum women.
       (D) Food Package VII-Fully breastfeeding.
       (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. 180006. CALCULATION OF PAYMENTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS FOR 
                   CERTAIN CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS.

       (a) Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.--
       (1) Nutrition promotion.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for purposes of making a payment to a State 
     under section 5 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1754), the Secretary shall deem the 
     number of lunches served by school food authorities in such 
     State during the 2020 period to be equal to the greater of 
     the following:
       (A) The number of lunches served by such school food 
     authorities in such State during the 2019 period.
       (B) The number of lunches served by such school food 
     authorities in such State during the 2020 period.
       (2) Commodity assistance.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for purposes of providing commodity 
     assistance to a State under section 6(c)(1)(C) of the Richard 
     B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1755(c)(1)(C)) or cash assistance in lieu of such commodity 
     assistance under section 16 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1765) the 
     Secretary shall deem the number of lunches served by school 
     food authorities in such State during the 2020 period to be 
     equal to the greater of the following:
       (A) The number of lunches served by such school food 
     authorities in such State during the 2019 period.
       (B) The number of lunches served by such school food 
     authorities in such State during the 2020 period.
       (3) Special assistance payments.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, in determining the number of meals served 
     by a school for purposes of making special assistance 
     payments to a State with respect to a school under 
     subparagraph (B), clause (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (C), 
     or subparagraph (E)(i)(II) of section 11(a)(1) of the Richard 
     B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)), 
     the Secretary shall deem the number of meals served by such 
     school during the 2020 period to be equal to the greater of 
     the following:
       (A) The number of meals served by such school during the 
     2019 period.
       (B) The number of meals served by such school during the 
     2020 period.
       (b) Child Nutrition Act of 1966.--
       (1) State administrative expenses.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, for purposes of making payments to a 
     State under section 7(a) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 1776(a)), the Secretary shall deem the number of 
     meals and supplements served by such school food authorities 
     in such State during the 2020 period to be equal to the 
     greater of the following:
       (A) The number of meals and supplements served by such 
     school food authorities in such State during the 2019 period.
       (B) The number of meals and supplements served by such 
     school food authorities in such State during the 2020 period.

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       (2) Team nutrition network.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for purposes of making allocations to a 
     State under section 19(d) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
     (42 U.S.C. 1788(d)), the Secretary shall deem the number of 
     lunches served by school food authorities in such State 
     during the 2020 period to be equal to the greater of the 
     following:
       (A) The number of lunches served by such school food 
     authorities in such State during the 2019 period.
       (B) The number of lunches served by such school food 
     authorities in such State during the 2020 period.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (2) 2019 period.--The term ``2019 period'' means the period 
     beginning March 1, 2019 and ending June 30, 2019.
       (3) 2020 period.--The term ``2020 period'' means the period 
     beginning March 1, 2020 and ending June 30, 2020.

     SEC. 180007. REPORTING ON WAIVER AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 10 days after the date of 
     the receipt or issuance of each document listed in paragraph 
     (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall make publicly available on the website of 
     the Department of Agriculture the following documents:
       (1) Any request submitted by State agencies for a qualified 
     waiver.
       (2) The Secretary's approval or denial of each such 
     request.
       (3) Any guidance issued by the Secretary with respect to a 
     qualified waiver.
       (b) Inclusion of Date With Guidance.--With respect to the 
     guidance described in subsection (a)(3), the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall include the date on which such guidance was 
     issued on the publicly available website of the Department of 
     Agriculture on such guidance.
       (c) Qualified Waiver Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``qualified waiver'' means a waiver under section 2102, 2202, 
     2203, or 2204 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 
     (Public Law 116-127).

                       DIVISION S--OTHER MATTERS

       TITLE I--HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR URBAN NATIVE VETERANS ACT

     SEC. 190101. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Health Care Access for 
     Urban Native Veterans Act''.

     SEC. 190102. SHARING ARRANGEMENTS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES.

       Section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
     U.S.C. 1645) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``urban Indian 
     organizations,'' before ``and tribal organizations''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by inserting ``urban Indian organization,'' before ``or 
     tribal organization''; and
       (B) by inserting ``an urban Indian organization,'' before 
     ``or a tribal organization''.

            TITLE II--TRIBAL SCHOOL FEDERAL INSURANCE PARITY

     SEC. 190201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Tribal School Federal 
     Insurance Parity Act''.

     SEC. 190202. AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT 
                   ACT.

       Section 409 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 
     U.S.C. 1647b) is amended by inserting ``or the Tribally 
     Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.)'' 
     after ``(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)''.

                 TITLE III--PRC FOR NATIVE VETERANS ACT

     SEC. 190301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Proper and Reimbursed Care 
     for Native Veterans Act'' or the ``PRC for Native Veterans 
     Act''.

     SEC. 190302. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO 
                   REIMBURSE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE FOR CERTAIN 
                   HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

       Section 405(c) of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``, regardless of whether such 
     services are provided directly by the Service, an Indian 
     tribe, or tribal organization, through contract health 
     services, or through a contract for travel described in 
     section 213(b)''.

              TITLE IV--WILDLIFE-BORNE DISEASE PREVENTION

     SEC. 190401. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Wildlife-Borne Disease 
     Prevention Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 190402. MEASURES TO ADDRESS SPECIES THAT POSE A RISK TO 
                   HUMAN HEALTH.

       (a) Species That Pose a Risk to Human Health.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretaries shall, in consultation 
     with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, the 
     United States Geological Survey, and other relevant Federal 
     agencies, identify wildlife species (or larger taxonomic 
     groups, if appropriate) that could pose a biohazard risk to 
     human health, and perform a risk analysis with respect to 
     each such species for the purposes of determining whether 
     such species is injurious within the meaning of section 42 of 
     title 18, United States Code.
       (2) Draft list.--The Secretaries shall, not later than 90 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, publish a draft 
     of the list required by paragraph (1).
       (3) Final list.--The Secretaries shall, not later than 1 
     year after the date of enactment of this Act, publish a final 
     list required by paragraph (1).
       (b) International Assistance.--The Secretaries shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, provide assistance 
     to foreign countries to end the trade of wildlife that poses 
     a risk to humans because of transmission of pathogens that 
     cause disease.
       (c) Inspections and Interdiction.--The Secretary of the 
     Interior shall complete development on the electronic 
     permitting system of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service and provide for law enforcement inspection and 
     interdiction of any injurious wildlife species.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriation.--There is authorized to 
     be appropriated $21,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended for fiscal year 2020 to carry out this section.
       (e) Secretaries.--In this section the term ``Secretaries'' 
     means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant 
     Administrator for Fisheries, and the Secretary of the 
     Interior, acting through the Director of the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service.

     SEC. 190403. TRADE OF INJURIOUS SPECIES AND SPECIES THAT POSE 
                   A RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH.

       Section 42 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by inserting ``or any interstate transport between 
     States within the continental United States,'' after 
     ``shipment between the continental United States, the 
     District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
     Rico, or any possession of the United States,''; and
       (ii) by striking ``to be injurious to human beings, to the 
     interests of agriculture'' and inserting ``to be injurious to 
     or to transmit a pathogen that can cause disease in humans, 
     to be injurious to the interests of agriculture''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) In the case of an emergency posing a significant risk 
     to the health of humans, the Secretary of the Interior may 
     designate a species by interim final rule. At the time of 
     publication of the regulation in the Federal Register, the 
     Secretary shall publish therein detailed reasons why such 
     regulation is necessary, and in the case that such regulation 
     applies to a native species, the Secretary shall give actual 
     notice of such regulation to the State agency in each State 
     in which such species is believed to occur. Any regulation 
     promulgated under the authority of this paragraph shall cease 
     to have force and effect at the close of the 365-day period 
     following the date of publication unless, during such 365-day 
     period, the rulemaking procedures which would apply to such 
     regulation without regard to this paragraph are complied 
     with. If at any time after issuing an emergency regulation 
     the Secretary determines, on the basis of the best 
     appropriate data available to the Secretary, that substantial 
     evidence does not exist to warrant such regulation, the 
     Secretary shall withdraw it.
       ``(7) Not more than 90 days after receiving a petition of 
     an interested person under section 553(e) of title 5, United 
     States Code, to determine that a species is injurious under 
     this section, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine 
     whether such petition has scientific merit. If the Secretary 
     determines a petition has scientific merit, such Secretary 
     shall make a determination regarding such petition not more 
     than 12 months after the date such Secretary received such 
     petition.''; and
       (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
       ``(b) Any person who knowingly imports, ships, or 
     transports any species in violation of subsection (a) of this 
     section and who reasonably should have known that the species 
     at issue in such violation is a species listed in subsection 
     (a) of this section, or in any regulation issued pursuant 
     thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
     more than six months, or both.''.

     SEC. 190404. NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER.

       (a) Wildlife Disease Surveillance.--The Director shall 
     establish and maintain a national database of wildlife 
     disease, including diseases that cause a human health risk, 
     at the National Wildlife Health Center. The Director, acting 
     through such Center, shall, with respect to wildlife 
     disease--
       (1) develop, validate, and deploy diagnostic tests;
       (2) provide diagnostic services to Federal, State, and 
     Tribal natural resource management agencies; and
       (3) provide confirmatory testing of diagnostic results.
       (b) Strategies for Mitigation.--The Director shall--
       (1) develop a framework for wildlife disease experts in the 
     United States to conduct risk assessments of wildlife 
     diseases;
       (2) communicate risk factors associated with wildlife 
     diseases to the public;
       (3) develop strategies to mitigate the threat posed by 
     wildlife disease; and
       (4) in coordination with the Director of the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service--
       (A) monitor wildlife disease threats to evaluate the risk 
     posed by and impact of such diseases on the United States, 
     conduct research and development to create statistically 
     supported sampling frameworks for broad-scale surveillance of 
     wildlife disease threats;
       (B) conduct research on human dimensions of wildlife 
     disease transmission and on effective outreach to 
     stakeholders to help manage wildlife disease;
       (C) conduct statistical modeling to understand and predict 
     wildlife disease movement; and
       (D) make recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior 
     on wildlife species to be listed as injurious under section 
     42 of title 18, United States Code.
       (c) International Surveillance.--The Director, in 
     coordination with the Administrator for the United States 
     Agency for International

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     Development, may strengthen global capacity for wildlife 
     health monitoring to enhance early detection of diseases that 
     have the capacity to jump the species barrier and pose a risk 
     to the United States, including by providing funding for--
       (1) academic, governmental, and nongovernmental partner 
     entities working to prevent wildlife disease outbreaks, 
     emerging pathogens of wildlife origin, and epidemics or 
     pandemics;
       (2) building wildlife disease diagnostic capacity and 
     monitoring systems in countries with areas that pose a high 
     risk for animal-to-human transmission of disease; and
       (3) providing technical assistance through training, data 
     sharing, and performing testing in countries with areas that 
     pose a high risk for animal-to-human transmission of disease.
       (d) Director.--In this section, the term ``Director'' means 
     the Director of the United States Geological Survey.
       (e) Wildlife Disease.--In this section, the term ``wildlife 
     disease'' means a disease-causing agent in wildlife that 
     potentially poses a threat to human health.

     SEC. 190405. SURVEILLANCE BY STATES, TRIBES, TERRITORIES, AND 
                   INSULAR AREAS.

       (a) The Director or the United States Fish and Wildlife 
     Service, under provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 
     1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.) and the Fish and Wildlife 
     Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), shall distribute 
     funding to the States, insular territories, the District of 
     Columbia, and Indian Tribes through a onetime grant program 
     to conduct epidemiological surveillance, research, 
     management, and education relating to emerging wildlife 
     disease. Funding shall be determined by the Director of the 
     United States Fish and Wildlife Service based upon the 
     existing and potential threats to human health posed by 
     wildlife-borne disease. Not less than 5 percent shall be 
     provided to Indian Tribes and no State shall receive more 
     than 5 percent of the available funding. There is no non-
     Federal matching requirement for this onetime grant program. 
     The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
     in coordination with the Director of the United States 
     Geological Survey, acting through the National Wildlife 
     Health Center, shall coordinate such surveillance among the 
     States, insular territories, the District of Columbia, and 
     Indian Tribes.

      TITLE V--PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR AVIATION WORKERS AND PASSENGERS

     SEC. 190501. PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR AVIATION WORKERS.

       (a) Applicability of Assurance Regarding Furloughs.--
     Section 4114(a)(1) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
     Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by 
     striking ``September 30, 2020'' and ``September 30, 2020, or 
     the date on which such financial assistance is fully 
     exhausted by the air carrier or contractor, whichever date 
     occurs later.''.
       (b) Protection of Collective Bargaining Agreement.--Section 
     4115 of such Act is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a) In General.--''; 
     and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).

     SEC. 190502. TRANSPARENCY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Disclosure of Financial Assistance.--Not later than 72 
     hours after issuance of financial assistance by the Secretary 
     of the Treasury pursuant to section 4112(a) of the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136), the Secretary shall publish on the website of 
     the Department of the Treasury and shall submit to the 
     congressional committees of jurisdiction--
       (1) a plain-language description of the financial 
     assistance, including the date of application, date of 
     application approval, and identity of the recipient of 
     financial assistance;
       (2) the amount of the financial assistance; and
       (3) a copy of any contract or assurances, if applicable, 
     and other relevant documentation regarding the financial 
     assistance.
       (b) Trade Secrets.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary may redact, from a disclosure under 
     subsection (a), any trade secret other than the amount of or 
     conditions attached to the issuance of financial assistance.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Congressional committees of jurisdiction.--The term 
     ``congressional committees of jurisdiction'' means the 
     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
     Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs of the Senate.
       (2) Trade secret defined.--The term ``trade secret'' means 
     any financial or business information provided by the 
     recipient of financial assistance under section 4112(a) of 
     the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
     (Public Law 116-136), if--
       (A) such recipient has taken reasonable measures to keep 
     such information secret; and
       (B) the information derives independent economic value, 
     actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and 
     not being readily ascertainable through proper means by, 
     another person who can obtain economic value from the 
     disclosure or use of the information.
       (d) Savings Provision.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed as eliminating or abridging any reporting 
     requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
     Security Act (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 190503. AIR CARRIER MAINTENANCE OUTSOURCING.

       (a) In General.--A passenger air carrier receiving a loan, 
     loan guarantee, or other investment under section 4003 of the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) may not apply the proceeds of such assistance 
     toward a contract for heavy maintenance work at a facility 
     located outside of the United States if such contract would 
     increase the ratio of maintenance work performed outside of 
     the United States to all maintenance work performed by or on 
     behalf of such air carrier at all locations.
       (b) Definition of Heavy Maintenance Work.--In this section, 
     the term ``heavy maintenance work'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 44733(g) of title 49, United States Code.

     SEC. 190504. NATIONAL AVIATION PREPAREDNESS PLAN.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Transportation, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of such 
     other Federal departments or agencies as the Secretary 
     considers appropriate, shall develop a national aviation 
     preparedness plan for communicable disease outbreaks.
       (b) Contents of Plan.--A plan developed under subsection 
     (a) shall, at a minimum--
       (1) provide airports and air carriers with an adaptable and 
     scalable framework with which to align the individual plans 
     of such airports and air carriers and provide appropriate 
     guidance as to each individual plan;
       (2) improve coordination among airports, air carriers, U.S. 
     Customs and Border Protection, the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention, other appropriate Federal entities, 
     and State and local governments or health agencies on 
     developing policies that increase the effectiveness of 
     screening, quarantining, and contact-tracing with respect to 
     inbound international passengers;
       (3) ensure that at-risk employees are equipped with 
     appropriate personal protective equipment to reduce the 
     likelihood of exposure to pathogens in the event of a 
     pandemic;
       (4) ensure aircraft and enclosed facilities owned, 
     operated, or used by an air carrier or airport are cleaned, 
     disinfected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance; and
       (5) incorporate all elements referenced in the 
     recommendation of the Comptroller General of the United 
     States to the Secretary of Transportation contained in the 
     report titled ``Air Travel and Communicable Diseases: 
     Comprehensive Federal Plan Needed for U.S. Aviation System's 
     Preparedness'' issued in December 2015 (GAO-16-127).
       (c) Consultation.--When developing a plan under subsection 
     (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with 
     aviation industry and labor stakeholders, including 
     representatives of--
       (1) air carriers;
       (2) small, medium, and large hub airports;
       (3) labor organizations that represent airline pilots, 
     flight attendants, air carrier airport customer service 
     representatives, and air carrier maintenance, repair, and 
     overhaul workers;
       (4) the labor organization certified under section 7111 of 
     title 5, United States Code, as the exclusive bargaining 
     representative of air traffic controllers of the Federal 
     Aviation Administration;
       (5) the labor organization certified under such section as 
     the exclusive bargaining representative of airway 
     transportation systems specialists and aviation safety 
     inspectors of the Federal Aviation Administration; and
       (6) such other stakeholders as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (d) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the plan is 
     developed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress such plan.
       (e) Definition of At-risk Employees.--In this section, the 
     term ``at-risk employees'' means--
       (1) individuals whose job duties require interaction with 
     air carrier passengers on a regular and continuing basis that 
     are employees of--
       (A) air carriers;
       (B) air carrier contractors;
       (C) airports; and
       (D) Federal departments or agencies; and
       (2) air traffic controllers and systems safety specialists 
     of the Federal Aviation Administration.

     SEC. 190505. WORKING AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

       For the duration of the national emergency declared by the 
     President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 
     et seq.) related to the pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 or coronavirus 
     disease 2019 (COVID-19), an air carrier operating under part 
     121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, shall--
       (1) require each passenger and cabin crewmember to wear a 
     mask or protective face covering while on board an aircraft 
     of the air carrier;
       (2) require each flight crewmember to wear a mask or 
     protective face covering while on board an aircraft but 
     outside the flight deck;
       (3) submit to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration a proposal to permit flight crew members of 
     the air carrier to wear a mask or protective face covering 
     while at their stations in the flight deck, including a 
     safety risk assessment with respect to such proposal;
       (4) provide flight and cabin crewmembers, airport customer 
     service agents, and other employees whose job 
     responsibilities involve interaction with passengers with 
     masks or protective face coverings, gloves, and hand 
     sanitizer and wipes with sufficient alcohol content;
       (5) ensure aircraft, including the cockpit and cabin, 
     operated by such carrier are cleaned, disinfected, and 
     sanitized after each use in accordance with Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention guidance;
       (6) ensure enclosed facilities owned, operated, or used by 
     such air carrier, including facilities

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     used for flight or cabin crewmember training or performance 
     of indoor maintenance, repair, or overhaul work, are cleaned, 
     disinfected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance;
       (7) provide air carrier employees whose job 
     responsibilities involve cleaning, disinfecting, and 
     sanitizing aircraft or enclosed facilities described in 
     paragraphs (5) and (6) with masks or protective face 
     coverings and gloves, and ensure that each contractor of the 
     air carrier provides employees of such contractor with such 
     materials; and
       (8) establish guidelines, or adhere to applicable 
     guidelines, for notifying employees of a confirmed COVID-19 
     diagnosis of an employee of such air carrier and for 
     identifying other air carrier employees whom such employee 
     contacted in the 48-hour period before the employee developed 
     symptoms.

     SEC. 190506. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AVIATION 
                   ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES.

       (a) In General.--For the duration of the national emergency 
     declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act 
     (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related to the pandemic of SARS-CoV-
     2 or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in order to 
     maintain the safe and efficient operation of the air traffic 
     control system, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
     Administration shall--
       (1) provide air traffic controllers and airway 
     transportation systems specialists of the Administration with 
     masks or protective face coverings, gloves, and hand 
     sanitizer and wipes with sufficient alcohol content;
       (2) ensure air traffic control facilities are cleaned, 
     disinfected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance; and
       (3) provide employees of the Administration whose job 
     responsibilities involve cleaning, disinfecting, and 
     sanitizing facilities described in paragraph (2) with masks 
     or protective face coverings and gloves, and ensure that each 
     contractor of the Administration provides employees of such 
     contractor with such materials.
       (b) Source of Equipment.--The items described in subsection 
     (a)(1) may be procured or provided under such subsection 
     through any sources available to the Administrator.

                   TITLE VI--AMTRAK AND RAIL WORKERS

     SEC. 190601. AMTRAK COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--For the duration of the national emergency 
     declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act 
     (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related to the pandemic of SARS-CoV-
     2 or coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Amtrak shall--
       (1) require each passenger and employee of Amtrak, 
     including engineers, conductors, and onboard service workers, 
     to wear a mask or other protective face covering while 
     onboard an Amtrak train;
       (2) take such actions as are reasonable to ensure passenger 
     compliance with the requirement under paragraph (1);
       (3) provide masks or protective face coverings, gloves, and 
     hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes with sufficient alcohol 
     content to--
       (A) conductors, engineers, and onboard service workers;
       (B) ticket agents, station agents, and red cap agents; and
       (C) any other employees whose job responsibilities include 
     interaction with passengers;
       (4) ensure Amtrak trains, including the locomotive cab and 
     passenger cars, are cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized 
     frequently in accordance with guidance issued by the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention and ensure that employees 
     whose job responsibilities include such cleaning, 
     disinfecting, or sanitizing are provided masks or protective 
     face coverings and gloves;
       (5) ensure stations and enclosed facilities that Amtrak 
     owns and operates including facilities used for training or 
     the performance of indoor maintenance, repair, or overhaul 
     work, are cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized frequently in 
     accordance with guidance issued by the Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention and ensure that employees whose job 
     responsibilities include such cleaning, disinfecting, or 
     sanitizing are provided masks or protective face coverings 
     and gloves;
       (6) take such actions as are reasonable to ensure that 
     stations or facilities served or used by Amtrak that Amtrak 
     does not own are cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized 
     frequently in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention guidance;
       (7) ensure that each contractor of Amtrak provides masks or 
     protective face coverings and gloves to employees of such 
     contractor whose job responsibilities include those described 
     in paragraphs (4) and (5); and
       (8) establish guidelines, or adhere to existing applicable 
     guidelines, for notifying employees of a confirmed diagnosis 
     of COVID-19 of an employee of Amtrak.
       (b) Availability.--If Amtrak is unable to acquire any of 
     the items necessary to comply with paragraphs (3), (4), and 
     (5) of subsection (a) due to market unavailability, Amtrak 
     shall--
       (1) prepare and make public documentation demonstrating 
     what actions have been taken to acquire such items; and
       (2) continue efforts to acquire such items until such items 
     become available.

     SEC. 190602. ADDITIONAL ENHANCED BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD 
                   UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT.

       (a) In General.--Section 2(a)(5)(A) of the Railroad 
     Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)(A) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``July 31, 2020'' and inserting ``January 
     31, 2021, and for any registration periods during a period of 
     continuing unemployment which began on or before January 31, 
     2021''; and
       (2) by adding at the end ``No recovery benefit under this 
     section shall be payable for any registration period 
     beginning on or after April 1, 2021. For registration periods 
     beginning on or after August 1, 2020, but before February 1, 
     2021, a recovery benefit under this section shall only be 
     payable to a qualified employee with respect to any 
     registration period in which the employee received normal 
     unemployment benefits as defined in paragraph (c)(1) or up to 
     the 65th day of extended benefits as defined in paragraph 
     (c)(2), but shall not be payable to a qualified employee who 
     did not receive unemployment benefits wor who received 
     benefits for the 66th or greater day of extended benefits for 
     such registration period. For registration periods beginning 
     on or after February 1, 2021, a recovery benefit under this 
     section shall only be payable to a qualified employee with 
     resepect to any registration period in which the employee 
     received normal unemployment benefits as defined in paragaph 
     (c)(1), but shall not be payable to a qualified employee who 
     did not receive unemployment benefits or who received 
     extended benefits as defined in paragraph (c)(2) for such 
     registration period.''.
       (b) Additional Appropriations.--Section 2(a)(5)(B) of the 
     Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)(B) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``In addition to the amount appropriated by the preceding 
     sentence, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, there are appropriated $750,000,000 to cover 
     the cost of recovery benefits provided under subparagraph 
     (A), to remain available until expended.''.
       (c) Disregard of Recovery Benefits for Purposes of All 
     Federal and Federally Assisted Programs.--Section 2(a)(5) of 
     the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) A recovery benefit payable under subparagraph (A) 
     shall not be regarded as income and shall not be regarded as 
     a resource for the month of receipt and the following 9 
     months, for purposes of determining the eligibility of the 
     recipient (or the recipient's spouse or family) for benefits 
     or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or 
     assistance, under any Federal program or under any State or 
     local program financed in whole or in part with Federal 
     funds.''.
       (d) Clarification on Authority to Use Funds.--Funds 
     appropriated under either the first or second sentence of 
     subparagraph (B) of section 2(a)(5) of the Railroad 
     Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the 
     cost of recovery benefits provided under such section 2(a)(5) 
     by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as 
     to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such 
     section 2(a)(5) as in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 190603. TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS FROM THE RAILROAD 
                   UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT.

       (a) In General.--Section 256(i)(1) of the Balanced Budget 
     and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
     906(i)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``and'' at the end; 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(D) any payment made from the Railroad Unemployment 
     Insurance Account (established by section 10 of the Railroad 
     Unemployment Insurance Act) for the purpose of carrying out 
     the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and funds 
     appropriated or transferred to or otherwise deposited in such 
     Account,''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The treatment of payments made from 
     the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account pursuant to the 
     amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 7 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act and shall apply only 
     to obligations incurred on or after such effective date for 
     such payments.

     SEC. 190604. TECHNICAL CORRECTION FOR EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   INSURANCE ACT.

       Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Railroad Unemployment 
     Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended by 
     striking ``July 1, 2019'' and inserting ``July 15, 2019''.

     SEC. 190605. TECHNICAL CORRECTION.

       Section 22002 of Public Law 116-136 is amended by striking 
     ``Railway Retirement Act of 1974'' and inserting ``Railroad 
     Retirement Act of 1974''.

     SEC. 190606. CLARIFICATION OF OVERSIGHT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF 
                   RELIEF FOR WORKERS AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS ACT.

       (a) Audits, Investigations, and Oversight.--Notwithstanding 
     section 2115 of the Relief for Workers Affected by 
     Coronavirus Act (subtitle A of title II of division A of 
     Public Law 116-136), the authority of the Inspector General 
     of the Department of Labor to carry out audits, 
     investigations, and other oversight activities that are 
     related to the provisions of such Act shall not extend to any 
     activities related to sections 2112, 2113, or 2114 of such 
     Act. Such authority with respect to such sections shall 
     belong to the Inspector General of the Railroad Retirement 
     Board.
       (b) Operating Instructions or Other Guidance.--
     Notwithstanding section 2116(b) of the Relief for Workers 
     Affected by Coronavirus Act (subtitle A of title II of 
     division A of Public Law 116-136), the authority of the 
     Secretary of Labor to issue any operating instructions or 
     other guidance necessary to carry out the provisions of such 
     Act shall not extend to any activities related to sections 
     2112, 2113, or 2114 of such Act. Such authority with respect 
     to such sections shall belong to the Railroad Retirement 
     Board.

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     SEC. 190607. EXTENSION OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
                   UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANC ACT.

       (a)In General.--Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Railroad 
     Unemploment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)(iii) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``June 30, 2020'' and inserting ``June 30, 
     2021''; and
       (2) by striking ``no extended benefit period under this 
     paragraph shall begin after December 31, 2020'' and inserting 
     ``the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to 
     any employee whose extended benefit period under subparagraph 
     (B) begins on or after February 1, 2021, and shall not apply 
     to any employee with respect to any registration period 
     beginning on or after April 1, 2021''.
       (b)Clarification on Authority to Use Funds.--Funds 
     appropriated under either the first or second sentence of 
     clause (iv) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad 
     Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the 
     cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided 
     under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amendments 
     made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such 
     benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) as in effect 
     on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 190608. EXTENSION OF WAIVER OF THE 7-DAY WAITING PERIOD 
                   FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   INSURANCE ACT.

       (a) In General.--Section 2112(a) of the Relief for Workers 
     Affected by Coronavirus Act (subtitle A of title II of 
     division A of Public Law 116-136), is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``January 31, 2021''.
       (b) Operating Instructions and Regulations.--The Railroad 
     Retirement Board may prescribe any operating instructions or 
     regulations necessary to carry out this section.

              TITLE VII--ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT PROVISIONS

     SEC. 190701. HOME ENERGY AND WATER SERVICE CONTINUITY.

       Any entity receiving financial assistance pursuant to any 
     division of this Act shall, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, establish or maintain in effect policies to 
     ensure that no home energy service or public water system 
     service to a residential customer, which is provided or 
     regulated by such entity, is or remains disconnected or 
     interrupted during the emergency period described in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act because of 
     nonpayment, and all reconnections of such public water system 
     service are conducted in a manner that minimizes risk to the 
     health of individuals receiving such service. For purposes of 
     this section, the term ``home energy service'' means a 
     service to provide home energy, as such term is defined in 
     section 2603 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 
     1981, or service provided by an electric utility, as such 
     term is defined in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory 
     Policies Act of 1978, and the term ``public water system'' 
     has the meaning given that term in section 1401 of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act. Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to require forgiveness of any debt incurred or owed 
     to an entity or to absolve an individual of any obligation to 
     an entity for service, nor to preempt any State or local law 
     or regulation governing entities that provide such services 
     to residential customers.

     SEC. 190702. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAMS.

       (a) Environmental Justice Grants.--The Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall continue to carry out--
       (1) the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program and the 
     Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving 
     Cooperative Agreement Program, as those programs are in 
     existence on the date of enactment of this Act; and
       (2) the Community Action for a Renewed Environment grant 
     programs I and II, as in existence on January 1, 2012.
       (b) Use of Funds for Grants in Response to COVID-19 
     Pandemic.--With respect to amounts appropriated by division A 
     of this Act that are available to carry out the programs 
     described in subsection (a), the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency may only award grants under 
     such programs for projects that will investigate or address 
     the disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in 
     environmental justice communities.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out the programs described in 
     subsection (a) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, and such 
     sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.
       (d) Distribution.--Not later than 30 days after amounts are 
     made available pursuant to subsection (c), the Administrator 
     of the Environmental Protection Agency shall make awards of 
     grants under each of the programs described in subsection 
     (a).

     SEC. 190703. LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD DRINKING WATER AND 
                   WASTEWATER ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $1,500,000,000 to the Secretary to carry 
     out this section.
       (b) Low-income Household Drinking Water and Wastewater 
     Assistance.--The Secretary shall make grants to States and 
     Indian Tribes to assist low-income households, particularly 
     those with the lowest incomes, that pay a high proportion of 
     household income for drinking water and wastewater services, 
     by providing funds to owners or operators of public water 
     systems or treatment works to reduce rates charged to such 
     households for such services.
       (c) Nonduplication of Effort.--In carrying out this 
     section, the Secretary, States, and Indian Tribes, as 
     applicable, shall, as appropriate and to the extent 
     practicable, use existing processes, procedures, policies, 
     and systems in place to provide assistance to low-income 
     households, including by using existing application and 
     approval processes.
       (d) Allotment.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
     Secretary shall allot amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
     section to a State or Indian Tribe based on the following:
       (A) The percentage of households in the State, or under the 
     jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, with income equal to or 
     less than 150 percent of the Federal poverty line.
       (B) The percentage of such households in the State, or 
     under the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, that spend more 
     than 30 percent of monthly income on housing.
       (C) The extent to which the State or Indian Tribe has been 
     affected by the public health emergency, including the rate 
     of transmission of COVID-19 in the State or area over which 
     the Indian Tribe has jurisdiction, the number of COVID-19 
     cases compared to the national average, and economic 
     disruptions resulting from the public health emergency.
       (2) Reserved funds.--The Secretary shall reserve not more 
     than 10 percent of the amounts appropriated pursuant to this 
     section for allotment to States and Indian Tribes based on 
     the economic disruptions to the States and Indian Tribes 
     resulting from the emergency described in the emergency 
     declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, 
     pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), 
     during the period covered by such emergency declaration and 
     any subsequent major disaster declaration under section 401 
     of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that supersedes such emergency 
     declaration.
       (e) Determination of Low-income Households.--
       (1) Minimum definition of low-income.--In determining 
     whether a household is considered low-income for the purposes 
     of this section, a State or Indian Tribe--
       (A) shall ensure that, at a minimum--
       (i) all households with income equal to or less than 150 
     percent of the Federal poverty line are included as low-
     income households; and
       (ii) all households with income equal to or less than 60 
     percent of the State median income are included as low-income 
     households;
       (B) may include households that have been adversely 
     economically affected by job loss or severe income loss 
     related to the public health emergency; and
       (C) may include other households, including households in 
     which 1 or more individuals are receiving--
       (i) assistance under the State program funded under part A 
     of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
     seq.);
       (ii) supplemental security income payments under title XVI 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.);
       (iii) supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits 
     under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
     seq.); or
       (iv) payments under section 1315, 1521, 1541, or 1542 of 
     title 38, United States Code, or under section 306 of the 
     Veterans' and Survivors' Pension Improvement Act of 1978.
       (2) Household documentation requirements.--States and 
     Indian Tribes shall--
       (A) to the maximum extent practicable, seek to limit the 
     income history documentation requirements for determining 
     whether a household is considered low-income for the purposes 
     of this section; and
       (B) for the purposes of income eligibility, accept proof of 
     job loss or severe income loss dated after February 29, 2020, 
     such as a layoff or furlough notice or verification of 
     application of unemployment benefits, as sufficient to 
     demonstrate lack of income for an individual or household.
       (f) Applications.--Each State or Indian Tribe desiring to 
     receive a grant under this section shall submit an 
     application to the Secretary, in such form as the Secretary 
     shall require.
       (g) Utility Responsibilities.--Owners or operators of 
     public water systems or treatment works receiving funds 
     pursuant to this section for the purposes of reducing rates 
     charged to low-income households for service shall--
       (1) conduct outreach activities designed to ensure that 
     such households are made aware of the rate assistance 
     available pursuant to this section;
       (2) charge such households, in the normal billing process, 
     not more than the difference between the actual cost of the 
     service provided and the amount of the payment made by the 
     State or Indian Tribe pursuant to this section; and
       (3) within 45 days of providing assistance to a household 
     pursuant to this section, notify in writing such household of 
     the amount of such assistance.
       (h) State Agreements With Drinking Water and Wastewater 
     Providers.--To the maximum extent practicable, a State that 
     receives a grant under this section shall enter into 
     agreements with owners and operators of public water systems, 
     owners and operators of treatment works, municipalities, 
     nonprofit organizations associated with providing drinking 
     water, wastewater, and other social services to rural and 
     small communities, and Indian Tribes, to assist in 
     identifying low-income households and to carry out this 
     section.
       (i) Administrative Costs.--A State or Indian Tribe that 
     receives a grant under this section may use up to 8 percent 
     of the granted amounts for administrative costs.
       (j) Federal Agency Coordination.--In carrying out this 
     section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
     consult with other Federal agencies with authority over the 
     provision of drinking water and wastewater services.
       (k) Audits.--The Secretary shall require each State and 
     Indian Tribe receiving a grant under

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     this section to undertake periodic audits and evaluations of 
     expenditures made by such State or Indian Tribe pursuant to 
     this section.
       (l) Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall submit to 
     Congress a report on the results of activities carried out 
     pursuant to this section--
       (1) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     this section; and
       (2) upon disbursement of all funds appropriated pursuant to 
     this section.
       (m) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' means any 
     Indian Tribe, band, group, or community recognized by the 
     Secretary of the Interior and exercising governmental 
     authority over a Federal Indian reservation.
       (2) Municipality.--The term ``municipality'' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 502 of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362).
       (3) Public health emergency.--The term ``public health 
     emergency'' means the public health emergency described in 
     section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320b-5).
       (4) Public water system.--The term ``public water system'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 1401 of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f).
       (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services.
       (6) State.--The term ``State'' means a State, the District 
     of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 
     Islands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, and the 
     Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
       (7) Treatment works.--The term ``treatment works'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 212 of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292).

     SEC. 190704. HOME WATER SERVICE CONTINUITY.

       (a) Continuity of Service.--Any entity receiving financial 
     assistance under division A of this Act shall, to the maximum 
     extent practicable, establish or maintain in effect policies 
     to ensure that, with respect to any service provided by a 
     public water system or treatment works to an occupied 
     residence, which service is provided or regulated by such 
     entity--
       (1) no such service is or remains disconnected or 
     interrupted during the emergency period because of 
     nonpayment;
       (2) all reconnections of such service are conducted in a 
     manner that minimizes risk to the health of individuals 
     receiving such service; and
       (3) no fees for late payment of bills for such service are 
     charged or accrue during the emergency period.
       (b) Effect.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
     require forgiveness of outstanding debt owed to an entity or 
     to absolve an individual of any obligation to an entity for 
     service.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Emergency period.--The term ``emergency period'' means 
     the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5).
       (2) Public water system.--The term ``public water system'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 1401 of the Safe 
     Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300f).
       (3) Treatment works.--The term ``treatment works'' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 212 of the Federal Water 
     Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1292).

 TITLE VIII--DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS 
                          IMPACTED BY COVID-19

     SEC. 190801. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Public Safety Officer 
     Pandemic Response Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 190802. DEATH AND DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 
                   OFFICERS IMPACTED BY COVID-19.

       Section 1201 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
     Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10281) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new subsection:
       ``(o) For purposes of this part:
       ``(1) COVID-19 shall be presumed to constitute a personal 
     injury within the meaning of subsection (a), sustained in the 
     line of duty by a public safety officer and directly and 
     proximately resulting in death, unless such officer is shown 
     to have performed no line of duty activity or action within 
     the 45 days immediately preceding a diagnosis of, or positive 
     test for COVID-19.
       ``(2) The Attorney General shall accept claims, including 
     supplemental claims, under this section from an individual 
     who--
       ``(A) was serving as a public safety officer and was 
     injured or disabled in the line of duty as a result of the 
     terrorist attacks on the United States that occurred on 
     September 11, 2001, or in the aftermath of such attacks 
     developed a condition described in section 3312(a) of the 
     Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300mm-22(a)); and
       ``(B) was diagnosed with COVID-19 during the period 
     described in paragraph (3), which, in combination with the 
     injury or disability described in subparagraph (A), 
     permanently and totally disabled or directly and proximately 
     resulted in the death of the individual.
     In assessing a claim under this paragraph, the presumption of 
     causation described in paragraph (1) shall apply.
       ``(3) The presumption described in paragraph (1) shall 
     apply with respect to a diagnosis of COVID-19 beginning on 
     January 20, 2020, and ending on the date that is one year 
     after the emergency period (as such term is defined in 
     section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g))) based on the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.
       ``(4) The term `COVID-19' means a disease caused by severe 
     acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
       ``(p) In determining whether the personal injury resulting 
     from COVID-19 was a catastrophic injury, the Attorney 
     General's inquiry shall be limited to whether the individual 
     is permanently prevented from performing any gainful work as 
     a public safety officer.''.

               TITLE IX--VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 190901. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Victims of Crime Act Fix 
     Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 190902. DEPOSITS OF FUNDING INTO THE CRIME VICTIMS FUND.

       Section 1402(b) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 
     U.S.C. 20101(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) any funds that would otherwise be deposited in the 
     general fund of the Treasury collected as pursuant to--
       ``(A) a deferred prosecution agreement; or
       ``(B) a non-prosecution agreement.''.

     SEC. 190903. WAIVER OF MATCHING REQUIREMENT.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     VOCA, during the COVID-19 emergency period and for the period 
     ending one year after the date on which such period expires 
     or is terminated, the Attorney General, acting through the 
     Director of the Office for Victims of Crime, may not impose 
     any matching requirement as a condition of receipt of funds 
     under any program to provide assistance to victims of crimes 
     authorized under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 
     20101 et seq.).
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``COVID-19 
     emergency period'' means the period beginning on the date on 
     which the President declared a national emergency under the 
     National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 
     respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and ending 
     on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 
     national emergency declaration is terminated.
       (c) Application.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to--
       (1) applications submitted during the period described 
     under subsection (a), including applications for which funds 
     will be distributed after such period; and
       (2) distributions of funds made during the period described 
     under subsection (a), including distributions made pursuant 
     to applications submitted before such period.

                   TITLE X--JABARA-HEYER NO HATE ACT

     SEC. 191001. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Jabara-Heyer National 
     Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act of 
     2020'' or the ``Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act''.

     SEC. 191002. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) The incidence of violence known as hate crimes or 
     crimes motivated by bias poses a serious national problem.
       (2) According to data obtained by the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation, the incidence of such violence increased in 
     2017, the most recent year for which data is available.
       (3) In 1990, Congress enacted the Hate Crime Statistics Act 
     (Public Law 101-275; 28 U.S.C. 534 note) to provide the 
     Federal Government, law enforcement agencies, and the public 
     with data regarding the incidence of hate crime. The Hate 
     Crimes Statistics Act and the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, 
     Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (division E of Public Law 111-
     84; 123 Stat. 2835) have enabled Federal authorities to 
     understand and, where appropriate, investigate and prosecute 
     hate crimes.
       (4) A more complete understanding of the national problem 
     posed by hate crime is in the public interest and supports 
     the Federal interest in eradicating bias-motivated violence 
     referenced in section 249(b)(1)(C) of title 18, United States 
     Code.
       (5) However, a complete understanding of the national 
     problem posed by hate crimes is hindered by incomplete data 
     from Federal, State, and local jurisdictions through the 
     Uniform Crime Reports program authorized under section 534 of 
     title 28, United States Code, and administered by the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation.
       (6) Multiple factors contribute to the provision of 
     inaccurate and incomplete data regarding the incidence of 
     hate crime through the Uniform Crime Reports program. A 
     significant contributing factor is the quality and quantity 
     of training that State and local law enforcement agencies 
     receive on the identification and reporting of suspected 
     bias-motivated crimes.
       (7) The problem of crimes motivated by bias is sufficiently 
     serious, widespread, and interstate in nature as to warrant 
     Federal financial assistance to States and local 
     jurisdictions.
       (8) Federal financial assistance with regard to certain 
     violent crimes motivated by bias enables Federal, State, and 
     local authorities to work together as partners in the 
     investigation and prosecution of such crimes.

     SEC. 191003. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Hate crime.--The term ``hate crime'' means an act 
     described in section 245, 247, or 249 of title 18, United 
     States Code, or in section 901 of the Civil Rights Act of 
     1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631).
       (2) Priority agency.--The term ``priority agency'' means--
       (A) a law enforcement agency of a unit of local government 
     that serves a population of not less than 100,000, as 
     computed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; or
       (B) a law enforcement agency of a unit of local government 
     that--
       (i) serves a population of not less than 50,000 and less 
     than 100,000, as computed by the Federal Bureau of 
     Investigation; and
       (ii) has reported no hate crimes through the Uniform Crime 
     Reports program in each of the

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     3 most recent calendar years for which such data is 
     available.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 901 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 
     and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251).
       (4) Uniform crime reports.--The term ``Uniform Crime 
     Reports'' means the reports authorized under section 534 of 
     title 28, United States Code, and administered by the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation that compile nationwide criminal 
     statistics for use--
       (A) in law enforcement administration, operation, and 
     management; and
       (B) to assess the nature and type of crime in the United 
     States.
       (5) Unit of local government.--The term ``unit of local 
     government'' has the meaning given the term in section 901 of 
     title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
     1968 (34 U.S.C. 10251).

     SEC. 191004. REPORTING OF HATE CRIMES.

       (a) Implementation Grants.--
       (1) In general.--The Attorney General may make grants to 
     States and units of local government to assist the State or 
     unit of local government in implementing the National 
     Incident-Based Reporting System, including to train employees 
     in identifying and classifying hate crimes in the National 
     Incident-Based Reporting System.
       (2) Priority.--In making grants under paragraph (1), the 
     Attorney General shall give priority to States and units of 
     local government with larger populations.
       (b) Reporting.--
       (1) Compliance.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), in 
     each fiscal year beginning after the date that is 3 years 
     after the date on which a State or unit of local government 
     first receives a grant under subsection (a), the State or 
     unit of local government shall provide to the Attorney 
     General, through the Uniform Crime Reporting system, 
     information pertaining to hate crimes committed in that 
     jurisdiction during the preceding fiscal year.
       (B) Extensions; waiver.--The Attorney General--
       (i) may provide a 120-day extension to a State or unit of 
     local government that is making good faith efforts to comply 
     with subparagraph (A); and
       (ii) shall waive the requirements of subparagraph (A) if 
     compliance with that subparagraph by a State or unit of local 
     government would be unconstitutional under the constitution 
     of the State or of the State in which the unit of local 
     government is located, respectively.
       (2) Failure to comply.--If a State or unit of local 
     government that receives a grant under subsection (a) fails 
     to substantially comply with paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection, the State or unit of local government shall repay 
     the grant in full, plus reasonable interest and penalty 
     charges allowable by law or established by the Attorney 
     General.

     SEC. 191005. GRANTS FOR STATE-RUN HATE CRIME HOTLINES.

       (a) Grants Authorized.--
       (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall make grants to 
     States to create State-run hate crime reporting hotlines.
       (2) Grant period.--A grant made under paragraph (1) shall 
     be for a period of not more than 5 years.
       (b) Hotline Requirements.--A State shall ensure, with 
     respect to a hotline funded by a grant under subsection (a), 
     that--
       (1) the hotline directs individuals to--
       (A) law enforcement if appropriate; and
       (B) local support services;
       (2) any personally identifiable information that an 
     individual provides to an agency of the State through the 
     hotline is not directly or indirectly disclosed, without the 
     consent of the individual, to--
       (A) any other agency of that State;
       (B) any other State;
       (C) the Federal Government; or
       (D) any other person or entity;
       (3) the staff members who operate the hotline are trained 
     to be knowledgeable about--
       (A) applicable Federal, State, and local hate crime laws; 
     and
       (B) local law enforcement resources and applicable local 
     support services; and
       (4) the hotline is accessible to--
       (A) individuals with limited English proficiency, where 
     appropriate; and
       (B) individuals with disabilities.
       (c) Best Practices.--The Attorney General shall issue 
     guidance to States on best practices for implementing the 
     requirements of subsection (b).

     SEC. 191006. INFORMATION COLLECTION BY STATES AND UNITS OF 
                   LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Applicable agency.--The term ``applicable agency'', 
     with respect to an eligible entity that is--
       (A) a State, means--
       (i) a law enforcement agency of the State; and
       (ii) a law enforcement agency of a unit of local government 
     within the State that--

       (I) is a priority agency; and
       (II) receives a subgrant from the State under this section; 
     and

       (B) a unit of local government, means a law enforcement 
     agency of the unit of local government that is a priority 
     agency.
       (2) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means--
       (A) a State law enforcement agency; or
       (B) a priority agency.
       (3) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (A) a State; or
       (B) a unit of local government that has a priority agency.
       (b) Grants.--
       (1) In general.--The Attorney General may make grants to 
     eligible entities to assist covered agencies within the 
     jurisdiction of the eligible entity in conducting law 
     enforcement activities or crime reduction programs to 
     prevent, address, or otherwise respond to hate crime, 
     particularly as those activities or programs relate to 
     reporting hate crimes through the Uniform Crime Reports 
     program, including--
       (A) adopting a policy on identifying, investigating, and 
     reporting hate crimes;
       (B) developing a standardized system of collecting, 
     analyzing, and reporting the incidence of hate crime;
       (C) establishing a unit specialized in identifying, 
     investigating, and reporting hate crimes;
       (D) engaging in community relations functions related to 
     hate crime prevention and education such as--
       (i) establishing a liaison with formal community-based 
     organizations or leaders; and
       (ii) conducting public meetings or educational forums on 
     the impact of hate crimes, services available to hate crime 
     victims, and the relevant Federal, State, and local laws 
     pertaining to hate crimes; and
       (E) providing hate crime trainings for agency personnel.
       (2) Subgrants.--A State that receives a grant under 
     paragraph (1) may award a subgrant to a priority agency of a 
     unit of local government within the State for the purposes 
     under that paragraph.
       (c) Information Required of States and Units of Local 
     Government.--
       (1) In general.--For each fiscal year in which an eligible 
     entity receives a grant under subsection (b), the eligible 
     entity shall--
       (A) collect information from each applicable agency 
     summarizing the law enforcement activities or crime reduction 
     programs conducted by the agency to prevent, address, or 
     otherwise respond to hate crime, particularly as those 
     activities or programs relate to reporting hate crimes 
     through the Uniform Crime Reports program; and
       (B) submit to the Attorney General a report containing the 
     information collected under subparagraph (A).
       (2) Semiannual law enforcement agency report.--
       (A) In general.--In collecting the information required 
     under paragraph (1)(A), an eligible entity shall require each 
     applicable agency to submit a semiannual report to the 
     eligible entity that includes a summary of the law 
     enforcement activities or crime reduction programs conducted 
     by the agency during the reporting period to prevent, 
     address, or otherwise respond to hate crime, particularly as 
     those activities or programs relate to reporting hate crimes 
     through the Uniform Crime Reports program.
       (B) Contents.--In a report submitted under subparagraph 
     (A), a law enforcement agency shall, at a minimum, disclose--
       (i) whether the agency has adopted a policy on identifying, 
     investigating, and reporting hate crimes;
       (ii) whether the agency has developed a standardized system 
     of collecting, analyzing, and reporting the incidence of hate 
     crime;
       (iii) whether the agency has established a unit specialized 
     in identifying, investigating, and reporting hate crimes;
       (iv) whether the agency engages in community relations 
     functions related to hate crime, such as--

       (I) establishing a liaison with formal community-based 
     organizations or leaders; and
       (II) conducting public meetings or educational forums on 
     the impact of hate crime, services available to hate crime 
     victims, and the relevant Federal, State, and local laws 
     pertaining to hate crime; and

       (v) the number of hate crime trainings for agency 
     personnel, including the duration of the trainings, conducted 
     by the agency during the reporting period.
       (d) Compliance and Redirection of Funds.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
     of this title, an eligible entity receiving a grant under 
     subsection (b) shall comply with subsection (c).
       (2) Extensions; waiver.--The Attorney General--
       (A) may provide a 120-day extension to an eligible entity 
     that is making good faith efforts to collect the information 
     required under subsection (c); and
       (B) shall waive the requirements of subsection (c) for a 
     State or unit of local government if compliance with that 
     subsection by the State or unit of local government would be 
     unconstitutional under the constitution of the State or of 
     the State in which the unit of local government is located, 
     respectively.

     SEC. 191007. REQUIREMENTS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

       (a) Information Collection and Analysis; Report.--In order 
     to improve the accuracy of data regarding the incidence of 
     hate crime provided through the Uniform Crime Reports 
     program, and promote a more complete understanding of the 
     national problem posed by hate crime, the Attorney General 
     shall--
       (1) collect and analyze the information provided by States 
     and units of local government under section 191006 for the 
     purpose of developing policies related to the provision of 
     accurate data obtained under the Hate Crime Statistics Act 
     (Public Law 101-275; 28 U.S.C. 534 note) by the Federal 
     Bureau of Investigation; and
       (2) for each calendar year beginning after the date of 
     enactment of this title, publish and submit to Congress a 
     report based on the information collected and analyzed under 
     paragraph (1).
       (b) Contents of Report.--A report submitted under 
     subsection (a) shall include--

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       (1) a qualitative analysis of the relationship between--
       (A) the number of hate crimes reported by State law 
     enforcement agencies or priority agencies through the Uniform 
     Crime Reports program; and
       (B) the nature and extent of law enforcement activities or 
     crime reduction programs conducted by those agencies to 
     prevent, address, or otherwise respond to hate crime; and
       (2) a quantitative analysis of the number of State law 
     enforcement agencies and priority agencies that have--
       (A) adopted a policy on identifying, investigating, and 
     reporting hate crimes;
       (B) developed a standardized system of collecting, 
     analyzing, and reporting the incidence of hate crime;
       (C) established a unit specialized in identifying, 
     investigating, and reporting hate crimes;
       (D) engaged in community relations functions related to 
     hate crime, such as--
       (i) establishing a liaison with formal community-based 
     organizations or leaders; and
       (ii) conducting public meetings or educational forums on 
     the impact of hate crime, services available to hate crime 
     victims, and the relevant Federal, State, and local laws 
     pertaining to hate crime; and
       (E) conducted hate crime trainings for agency personnel 
     during the reporting period, including--
       (i) the total number of trainings conducted by each agency; 
     and
       (ii) the duration of the trainings described in clause (i).

     SEC. 191008. ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING.

       Section 249 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(e) Supervised Release.--If a court includes, as a part 
     of a sentence of imprisonment imposed for a violation of 
     subsection (a), a requirement that the defendant be placed on 
     a term of supervised release after imprisonment under section 
     3583, the court may order, as an explicit condition of 
     supervised release, that the defendant undertake educational 
     classes or community service directly related to the 
     community harmed by the defendant's offense.''.

                      TITLE XI--PRISONS AND JAILS

     SEC. 191101. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Pandemic Justice Response 
     Act''.

     SEC. 191102. EMERGENCY COMMUNITY SUPERVISION ACT.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) As of the date of introduction of this Act, the novel 
     coronavirus has spread to all 50 States, the District of 
     Columbia, and 3 territories.
       (2) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have 
     projected that between 160,000,000 and 214,000,000 people 
     could be infected by the novel coronavirus in the United 
     States over the course of the pandemic.
       (3) Although the United States has less than 5 percent of 
     the world's population, the United States holds approximately 
     21 percent of the world's prisoners and leads the world in 
     the number of individuals incarcerated, with nearly 2,200,000 
     people incarcerated in State and Federal prisons and local 
     jails.
       (4) Studies have shown that individuals age out of crime 
     starting around 25 years of age, and released individuals 
     over the age of 50 have a very low recidivism rate.
       (5) According to public health experts, incarcerated 
     individuals are particularly vulnerable to being gravely 
     impacted by the novel corona virus pandemic because--
       (A) they have higher rates of underlying health issues than 
     members of the general public, including higher rates of 
     respiratory disease, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, HIV/
     AIDS, substance abuse, hepatitis, and other conditions that 
     suppress immune response; and
       (B) the close conditions and lack of access to hygiene 
     products in prisons make these institutions unusually 
     susceptible to viral pandemics.
       (6) The spread of communicable disease in the United States 
     generally constitutes a serious, heightened threat to the 
     safety of incarcerated individuals, and there is a serious 
     threat to the general public that prisons may become 
     incubators of community spread of communicable viral disease.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered health condition.--The term ``covered health 
     condition'' with respect to an individual, means the 
     individual--
       (A) is pregnant;
       (B) has chronic lung disease or asthma;
       (C) has congestive heart failure or coronary artery 
     disease;
       (D) has diabetes;
       (E) has a neurological condition that weakens the ability 
     to cough or breathe;
       (F) has HIV;
       (G) has sickle cell anemia;
       (H) has cancer; or
       (I) has a weakened immune system.
       (2) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual''--
       (A) means an individual who--
       (i) is a juvenile (as defined in section 5031 of title 18, 
     United States Code);
       (ii) is 50 years of age or older;
       (iii) has a covered health condition; or
       (iv) is within 12 months of release from incarceration; and
       (B) includes an individual described in subparagraph (A) 
     who is serving a term of imprisonment for an offense 
     committed before November 1, 1987, or who is serving a term 
     of imprisonment in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a 
     sentence imposed pursuant to a conviction for a criminal 
     offense undert he laws of the District of Columbia.
       (3) National emergency relating to a communicable 
     disease.--The term ``national emergency relating to a 
     communicable disease'' means--
       (A) an emergency involving Federal primary responsibility 
     determined to exist by the President under the section 501(b) 
     of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)) with respect to a 
     communicable disease; or
       (B) a national emergency declared by the President under 
     the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 
     respect to a communicable disease.
       (c) Placement of Certain Individuals in Community 
     Supervision.--
       (1) Authority.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     beginning on the date on which a national emergency relating 
     to a communicable disease is declared and ending on the date 
     that is 60 days after such national emergency expires or is 
     terminated--
       (A) notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall place in community 
     supervision all covered individuals who are in the custody of 
     the Bureau of Prisons; and
       (B) the district court of the United States for each 
     judicial district shall place in community supervision all 
     covered individuals who are in the custody and care of the 
     United States Marshals Service.
       (2) Exceptions.--
       (A) Bureau of prisons.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(A), 
     the Director--
       (i) may not place in community supervision any individual 
     determined, by clear and convincing evidence, to be likely to 
     pose a specific and substantial risk of causing bodily injury 
     to or using violent force against the person of another;
       (ii) shall place in the file of each individual described 
     in clause (i) documentation of such determination, including 
     the evidence used to make the determination; and
       (iii) not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
     national emergency relating to a communicable disease 
     expires, shall provide a report to Congress documenting--

       (I) the demographic data (including race, gender, age, 
     offense of conviction, and criminal history level) of the 
     individuals denied placement in community supervision under 
     clause (i); and
       (II) the justification for the denials described in 
     subclause (I).

       (B) District courts.--In carrying out paragraph (1)(B), 
     each district court of the United States--
       (i) shall conduct an immediate and expedited review of the 
     detention orders of all covered individuals in the custody 
     and care of the United States Marshals Service, which may be 
     conducted sua sponte and ex parte, without--

       (I) appearance by the defendant or any party; or
       (II) requiring a petition, motion, or other similar 
     document to be filed;

       (ii) may not place in community supervision any individual 
     if the court determines, after a hearing and the attorney for 
     the Government shows by clear and convincing evidence based 
     on individualized facts, that detention is necessary because 
     the individual's release will pose a specific and substantial 
     risk that the individual will cause bodily injury or use 
     violent force against the person of another and that no 
     conditions of release will reasonably mitigate that risk;
       (iii) in carrying out clauses (i) and (ii), may--

       (I) rely on evidence presented in prior court proceedings; 
     and
       (II) if the court determines it necessary, request 
     additional information from the parties to make the 
     determination.

       (3) Limitation on community supervision placement.--In 
     placing covered individuals into community supervision under 
     this section, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons and the 
     district court of the United States for each judicial 
     district shall take into account and prioritize placements 
     that enable adequate social distancing, which include home 
     confinement or other forms of low in-person-contact 
     supervised release.
       (d) Limitation on Pre-trial Detention.--
       (1) No bond conditions on release.--Notwithstanding section 
     3142 of title 18, United States Code, beginning on the date 
     on which a national emergency relating to a communicable 
     disease is declared and ending on the date that is 60 days 
     after such national emergency expires or is terminated, in 
     imposing conditions of release, the judicial officer may not 
     require payment of cash bail, proof of ability to pay an 
     unsecured bond, execution of a bail bond, a solvent surety to 
     co-sign a secured or unsecured bond, or posting of real 
     property.
       (2) Limitation.--
       (A) In general.--Beginning on the date on which a national 
     emergency relating to a communicable disease is declared and 
     ending on the date that is 60 days after such national 
     emergency expires or is terminated, at any initial appearance 
     hearing, detention hearing, hearing on a motion for pretrial 
     release, or any other hearing where the attorney for the 
     Government is seeking the detention or continued detention of 
     any individual, the judicial officer shall order the pretrial 
     release of the individual on personal recognizance or on a 
     condition or combination of conditions under section 3142(c) 
     of title 18, United States Code, unless the attorney for the 
     Government shows by clear and convincing evidence based on 
     individualized facts that detention is necessary because the 
     individual's release will pose a specific and substantial 
     risk that the individual will cause bodily injury or use 
     violent force against the person of another and that no 
     conditions of release will reasonably mitigate that risk.
       (B) Required consideration of certain factors.--If the 
     judicial officer finds that the attorney for the Government 
     has made the requisite showing under subparagraph (A), the 
     judicial officer shall take into consideration, in 
     determining whether detention is necessary--

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       (i) whether the individual's age or medical condition 
     renders them especially vulnerable; and
       (ii) whether detention will compromise the individual's 
     access to adequate medical treatment, access to medications, 
     or ability to privately consult with counsel and meaningfully 
     prepare a defense.
       (C) Juveniles.--
       (i) In general.--Beginning on the date on which a national 
     emergency relating to a communicable disease is declared and 
     ending on the date that is 60 days after such national 
     emergency expires or is terminated, notwithstanding sections 
     5031 through 5035 of title 18, United States Code, and except 
     as provided under clause (ii), in the case of a juvenile 
     alleged to have committed an act of juvenile delinquency, the 
     judicial officer shall release the juvenile to their parent, 
     guardian, custodian, or other responsible party (including 
     the director of a shelter-care facility) upon their promise 
     to bring such juvenile before the appropriate court when 
     requested by the judicial officer.
       (ii) Exception.--A juvenile alleged to have committed an 
     act of juvenile delinquency may be detained pending trial 
     only if, at a hearing at which the juvenile is represented by 
     counsel, the attorney for the Government shows by clear and 
     convincing evidence based on individualized facts that 
     detention is necessary because the juvenile's release will 
     pose a specific and substantial risk that the juvenile will 
     use violent force against a reasonably identifiable person 
     and that no conditions of release will reasonably mitigate 
     that risk, except that in no case may a judicial officer 
     order the detention of a juvenile if it will compromise the 
     juvenile's access to adequate medical treatment, access to 
     medications, or ability to privately consult with counsel and 
     meaningfully prepare a defense.
       (iii) Least restrictive detention.--In the case that the 
     judicial officer orders the detention of a juvenile under 
     clause (ii), the judicial officer shall order the detention 
     of the juvenile in the least restrictive and safest 
     environment possible, taking the national emergency relating 
     to a communicable disease into consideration.
       (iv) Contents of detention order.--In the case that the 
     judicial officer orders the detention of a juvenile under 
     clause (ii), the judicial officer shall issue a written 
     detention order that includes--

       (I) findings of fact;
       (II) the reasons for the detention;
       (III) a description of the risk identified under clause 
     (ii);
       (IV) an explanation of why no conditions will reasonably 
     mitigate the risk identified under clause (ii);
       (V) a statement that detention will not compromise the 
     juvenile's access to adequate medical treatment, access to 
     medications, or ability to privately consult with counsel and 
     meaningfully prepare a defense; and
       (VI) a statement establishing that the detention 
     environment is the least restrictive and safest possible in 
     accordance with the requirement under clause (iii).

       (e) Limitation on Supervised Release.--Beginning on the 
     date on which a national emergency relating to a communicable 
     disease is declared and ending on the date that is 60 days 
     after such national emergency expires, the Office of 
     Probation and Pretrial Services of the Administrative Office 
     of the United States Courts shall take measures to prevent 
     the spread of the communicable disease among individuals 
     under supervision by--
       (1) suspending the requirement that individuals determined 
     to be a lower risk of reoffending, or any other individuals 
     determined to be appropriate by the supervising probation 
     officer, report in person to their probation or parole 
     officer;
       (2) identifying individuals who have successfully completed 
     not less than 18 months of supervision and transferring such 
     individuals to administrative supervision or petitioning the 
     court to terminate supervision, as appropriate; and
       (3) suspending the request for detention and imprisonment 
     as a sanction for violations of probation, supervised 
     release, or parole.
       (f) Prohibition.--No individual who is granted placement in 
     community supervision, termination of supervision, placement 
     on administrative supervision, or pre-trial release shall be 
     re-incarcerated, placed on supervision or active supervision, 
     or ordered detained pre-trial only as a result of the 
     expiration of the national emergency relating to a 
     communicable disease.
       (g) Prohibition on Technical Violations and Certain 
     Mandatory Revocations of Probation or Supervised Release.--
       (1) Resentencing in cases of probation and supervised 
     release.--
       (A) In general.--Beginning on the date on which a national 
     emergency relating to a communicable disease is declared and 
     ending on the date that is 60 days after such national 
     emergency expires, and notwithstanding section 3582(b) of 
     title 18, United States Code, a court shall order the 
     resentencing of a defendant who is serving a term of 
     imprisonment resulting from a revocation of probation, or 
     supervised release for a Grade C violation for conduct under 
     section 7B1.1(c)(3)(B) of the United States Sentencing 
     Guidelines, upon motion of the defendant.
       (B) Resentencing.--The court shall order the resentencing 
     of a defendant described in subparagraph (A) as follows:
       (i) In the case of a revoked sentence of probation, the 
     court shall resentence the defendant to probation, the 
     duration of which shall be equal to the period of time 
     remaining on the term of probation originally imposed at the 
     time the defendant was most recently placed in custody, 
     unless the court determines that decreasing the length of the 
     term of probation is in the interest of justice.
       (ii) In the case of a revoked term of supervised release, 
     the court shall continue the defendant on supervised release, 
     the duration of which shall be equal to the period of time 
     the defendant had remaining on supervised release when the 
     defendant was most recently placed in custody, unless the 
     court determines that decreasing the term of supervised 
     release is in the interest of justice.
       (2) Resentencing in cases of parole.--
       (A) In general.--Beginning on the date on which a national 
     emergency relating to a communicable disease is declared and 
     ending on the date that is 60 days after such national 
     emergency expires, the court shall order the resentencing of 
     a defendant who is serving a term of imprisonment resulting 
     from a technical violation of the defendant's parole.
       (B) Resentencing.--The court shall resentence the defendant 
     to parole, the duration of which shall be equal to the period 
     of time remaining on the defendant's term of parole at the 
     time the defendant was most recently placed in custody, 
     unless the court determines that decreasing the length of the 
     term of parole is in the interest of justice.
       (3) Hearing.--The court may grant, but not deny, a motion 
     without a hearing under this section.
       (4) No mandatory revocation.--
       (A) In general.--Beginning on the date on which a national 
     emergency relating to a communicable disease is declared and 
     ending on the date that is 60 days after such national 
     emergency expires, a court is not required to revoke a 
     defendant's probation or supervised release under sections 
     3565(b) and 3583(g) of title 18, United States Code, based on 
     a finding that the defendant refused to comply with drug 
     treatment.
       (B) Dissemination of policy change.--Not later than 10 days 
     after the date of enactment of this title, the Judicial 
     Conference of the United States shall issue and disseminate 
     to all district courts of the United States a temporary 
     policy change suspending mandatory revocation of probation or 
     supervised release for refusal to comply with drug testing.
       (5) Prompt determination.--Any motion under this subsection 
     shall be determined promptly.
       (6) Counsel.--To effectuate the purposes of this 
     subsection, counsel shall be appointed as early as possible 
     to represent any indigent defendant.
       (7) Definitions.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``defendant'' includes individuals adjudicated delinquent 
     under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act and applies to 
     persons serving time in official detention for a revocation 
     of juvenile probation or supervised release.

     SEC. 191103. COURT AUTHORITY TO REDUCE SENTENCES AND 
                   TEMPORARY RELEASE DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY 
                   PERIOD.

       (a) Court Authority to Reduce Sentences.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 3582 of title 18, 
     United States Code, the court shall, during the covered 
     emergency period, upon motion of a covered individual (as 
     such term is defined in section 191102(b)) or on the court's 
     own motion, reduce a term of imposed imprisonment on that 
     individual, unless the government shows, by clear and 
     convincing evidence, that the individual poses a risk of 
     serious, imminent injury to a reasonably identifiable person.
       (2) Sentence reduction deemed authorized.--Any sentence 
     that is reduced under this subsection is deemed to be 
     authorized under section 3582(c)(1)(B) of title 18, United 
     States Code.
       (3) Rule of construction.--In addition to the reduction of 
     sentences authorized under this subsection, the court may 
     continue to reduce and modify sentences under section 3582 of 
     title 18, United States Code, during the covered emergency 
     period.
       (4) Special rule.--During the covered emergency period, a 
     covered individual who is serving a term of imprisonment for 
     an offense committed before November 1, 1987, who would not 
     otherwise be eligible to file a motion under section 
     3582(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code, is eligible to 
     file such a motion and for relief under such section. Any 
     motion for relief filed in accordance with this paragraph 
     before the expiration or termination of the covered emergency 
     period shall not disqualify such motion based solely on such 
     expiration or termination.
       (b) Court Authority to Authorize Temporary Release of 
     Persons Awaiting Designation or Transportation to a Bureau of 
     Prisons Facility.--Notwithstanding sections 3582 and 3621 of 
     title 18, United States Code, during the covered emergency 
     period, the court, upon motion of an individual (including 
     individuals adjudicated delinquent under the Federal Juvenile 
     Delinquency Act) awaiting designation or transportation to a 
     Bureau of Prisons or other facility for service of sentence 
     or official detention, or on the court's own motion, may 
     order the temporary release of the individual, for a limited 
     period ending not later than the expiration or termination of 
     the COVID-19 emergency, if such release is for the purpose of 
     avoiding or mitigating the risks associated with imprisonment 
     during the covered emergency period, either generally with 
     respect to the individual's place of imprisonment or 
     specifically with respect to the individual.
       (c) Hearing Requirement.--The court may grant, but not 
     deny, a motion without a hearing under this section. Any 
     motion under this section shall be determined promptly.
       (d) Effective Representation During National Emergency.--
       (1) Access to court.--During the covered emergency period, 
     any procedural requirement under section 3582(c)(1)(A) of 
     title 18, United States Code, that would delay a defendant 
     from directly petitioning the court shall not apply, and the 
     defendant may petition the court directly for relief.

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       (2) Appointment of counsel.--The court shall appoint 
     counsel for indigent defendants or prisoners, at no cost to 
     the defendant or prisoner, as early as possible to effectuate 
     the purposes of this section and the purposes of section 
     3582(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code.
       (3) Access to medical records.--
       (A) In general.--In order to expedite proceedings under 
     this section and proceedings under 3582(c)(1)(A) of title 18, 
     United States Code, during the covered emergency period, the 
     Director of the Bureau of Prisons shall promptly release all 
     medical records in the possession of the Bureau of Prisons to 
     a prisoner who requests them on their own behalf, or to the 
     counsel of record for a prisoner upon submission to the court 
     of an affidavit, signed by such counsel under penalty of 
     perjury, that such counsel has reason to believe that the 
     prisoner has a covered health condition (as such term is 
     defined in section 191102(b)) or a condition that would 
     entitle them to relief under section 3582(c)(1)(A) of title 
     18, United States Code.
       (B) Individuals in the custody of the u.s. marshals 
     service.--In order to expedite proceedings under this 
     section, in the case of an individual who is in the custody 
     or care of the U.S. Marshals Service, the Director of the 
     U.S. Marshals Service shall facilitate the provision of any 
     medical records of the individual to the individual or the 
     counsel of record of the individual, upon request of the 
     individual or counsel.

     SEC. 191104. EXEMPTION FROM EXHAUSTING ADMINISTRATIVE 
                   REMEDIES DURING COVERED EMERGENCY PERIOD.

       Section 7 of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1997e) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(i) Covered Emergency Period.--
       ``(1) Relief without exhausting administrative remedies.--
     Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, during 
     the covered emergency period, a prisoner may commence, 
     without exhausting all administrative remedies, an action 
     relating to conditions of imprisonment under which the 
     prisoner is at significant risk of harm or under which the 
     prisoner's access to counsel has been impaired. If the court 
     determines the prisoner is reasonably likely to prevail, the 
     court may order such appropriate relief, limited in time and 
     scope, as may be necessary to prevent or remedy the 
     significant risk of harm or provide access to counsel.
       ``(2) Retaliation prohibited.--Section 6 shall apply in the 
     case of retaliation against a prisoner who files an 
     administrative claim or lawsuit during the covered emergency 
     period or attempts to so file.
       ``(3) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
     term `covered emergency period' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 12003 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
     136).''.

     SEC. 191105. INCREASING AVAILABILITY OF HOME DETENTION FOR 
                   ELDERLY OFFENDERS.

       (a) Good Conduct Time Credits for Certain Elderly 
     Nonviolent Offenders.--Section 231(g)(5)(A)(ii) of the Second 
     Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(g)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended 
     by striking ``to which the offender was sentenced'' and 
     inserting ``reduced by any credit toward the service of the 
     prisoner's sentence awarded under section 3624(b) of title 
     18, United States Code''.
       (b) Increasing Eligibility for Home Detention for Certain 
     Elderly Nonviolent Offenders.--During the covered emergency 
     period an offender who is in the custody of the Bureau of 
     Prisons, including pursuant to a conviction for a criminal 
     offense under the laws of the District of Columbia, shall be 
     considered an eligible elderly offender under section 231(g) 
     of the Second Chance Act of 2007 (34 U.S.C. 60541(g)) if the 
     offender--
       (1) is not less than 50 years of age;
       (2) has served 1/2 of the term of imprisonment reduced by 
     any credit toward the service of the prisoner's sentence 
     awarded under section 3624(b) of title 18, United States 
     Code; and
       (3) is otherwise described in such section 231(g)(5)(A).

     SEC. 191106. EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IN THE DIGITAL 
                   ERA ACT.

       (a) Prohibition on Monitoring.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this title, the Attorney 
     General shall create a program or system, or modify any 
     program or system that exists on the date of enactment of 
     this title, through which an incarcerated person sends or 
     receives an electronic communication, to exclude from 
     monitoring the contents of any privileged electronic 
     communication. In the case that the Attorney General creates 
     a program or system in accordance with this subsection, the 
     Attorney General shall, upon implementing such system, 
     discontinue using any program or system that exists on the 
     date of enactment of this title through which an incarcerated 
     person sends or receives a privileged electronic 
     communication, except that any program or system that exists 
     on such date may continue to be used for any other electronic 
     communication.
       (b) Retention of Contents.--A program or system or a 
     modification to a program or system under subsection (a) may 
     allow for retention by the Bureau of Prisons of, and access 
     by an incarcerated person to, the contents of electronic 
     communications, including the contents of privileged 
     electronic communications, of the person until the date on 
     which the person is released from prison.
       (c) Attorney-client Privilege.--Attorney-client privilege, 
     and the protections and limitations associated with such 
     privilege (including the crime fraud exception), applies to 
     electronic communications sent or received through the 
     program or system established or modified under subsection 
     (a).
       (d) Accessing Retained Contents.--Contents retained under 
     subsection (b) may only be accessed by a person other than 
     the incarcerated person for whom such contents are retained 
     under the following circumstances:
       (1) Attorney general.--The Attorney General may only access 
     retained contents if necessary for the purpose of creating 
     and maintaining the program or system, or any modification to 
     the program or system, through which an incarcerated person 
     sends or receives electronic communications. The Attorney 
     General may not review retained contents that are accessed 
     pursuant to this paragraph.
       (2) Investigative and law enforcement officers.--
       (A) Warrant.--
       (i) In general.--Retained contents may only be accessed by 
     an investigative or law enforcement officer pursuant to a 
     warrant issued by a court pursuant to the procedures 
     described in the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
       (ii) Approval.--No application for a warrant may be made to 
     a court without the express approval of a United States 
     Attorney or an Assistant Attorney General.
       (B) Privileged information.--
       (i) Review.--Before retained contents may be accessed 
     pursuant to a warrant obtained under subparagraph (A), such 
     contents shall be reviewed by a United States Attorney to 
     ensure that privileged electronic communications are not 
     accessible.
       (ii) Barring participation.--A United States Attorney who 
     reviews retained contents pursuant to clause (i) shall be 
     barred from--

       (I) participating in a legal proceeding in which an 
     individual who sent or received an electronic communication 
     from which such contents are retained under subsection (b) is 
     a defendant; or
       (II) sharing the retained contents with an attorney who is 
     participating in such a legal proceeding.

       (3) Motion to suppress.--In a case in which retained 
     contents have been accessed in violation of this subsection, 
     a court may suppress evidence obtained or derived from access 
     to such contents upon motion of the defendant.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``agent of an attorney or legal 
     representative'' means any person employed by or contracting 
     with an attorney or legal representative, including law 
     clerks, interns, investigators, paraprofessionals, and 
     administrative staff;
       (2) the term ``contents'' has the meaning given such term 
     in 2510 of title 18, United States Code;
       (3) the term ``electronic communication'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 2510 of title 18, United States 
     Code, and includes the Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer 
     System;
       (4) the term ``monitoring'' means accessing the contents of 
     an electronic communication at any time after such 
     communication is sent;
       (5) the term ``incarcerated person'' means any individual 
     in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons or the United States 
     Marshals Service who has been charged with or convicted of an 
     offense against the United States, including such an 
     individual who is imprisoned in a State institution; and
       (6) the term ``privileged electronic communication'' 
     means--
       (A) any electronic communication between an incarcerated 
     person and a potential, current, or former attorney or legal 
     representative of such a person; and
       (B) any electronic communication between an incarcerated 
     person and the agent of an attorney or legal representative 
     described in subparagraph (A).

     SEC. 191107. COVID-19 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY EMERGENCY 
                   RESPONSE ACT OF 2020.

       Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
     of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:

      ``PART OO--PANDEMIC CORRECTIONAL FACILITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE

     ``SEC. 3061. FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

       ``(a) Immediate Release of Vulnerable and Low-Risk 
     Individuals.--The purpose of the grant program under section 
     3062 is to provide for the testing, initiation and transfer 
     to treatment in the community, and provision of services in 
     the community, by States and units of local government as 
     they relate to preventing, detecting, and stopping the spread 
     of COVID-19 in correctional facilities.
       ``(b) Pretrial Citation and Release.--
       ``(1) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
       ``(A) With the dramatic growth in pretrial detention 
     resulting in county and city correctional facilities 
     regularly exceeding capacity, such correctional facilities 
     may serve to rapidly increase the spread of COVID-19, as 
     facilities that hold large numbers of individuals in 
     congregant living situations may promote the spread of COVID-
     19.
       ``(B) While individuals arrested and processed at local 
     correctional facilities may only be held for hours or days, 
     exposure to large number of individuals in holding cells and 
     courtrooms promotes the spread of COVID-19.
       ``(C) Pretrial detainees and individuals in correctional 
     facilities are then later released into the community having 
     being exposed to COVID-19.
       ``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the grant program under 
     section 3065 is to substantially increase the use of risk-
     based citation release for all individuals who do not present 
     a public safety risk.

     ``SEC. 3062. IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF VULNERABLE AND LOW-RISK 
                   INDIVIDUALS.

       ``(a) Authorization.--The Attorney General shall carry out 
     a grant program to make grants to States and units of local 
     government that operate correctional facilities, to establish 
     and implement policies and procedures to prevent, detect, and 
     stop the presence and spread of COVID-19 among arrestees, 
     detainees, inmates, correctional facility staff, and visitors 
     to the facilities.
       ``(b) Program Eligibility.--
       ``(1) In general.--Eligible applicants under this section 
     are States and units of local government that release or have 
     a plan to release the

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     persons described in paragraph (2) from custody in order to 
     ensure that, not later than 90 days after enactment of this 
     section, the total population of arrestees, detainees, and 
     inmates at a correctional facility does not exceed the number 
     established under subsection (c).
       ``(2) Persons described.--A person described in this 
     paragraph is a person who--
       ``(A) does not pose a risk of serious, imminent injury to a 
     reasonably identifiable person; or
       ``(B) is--
       ``(i) 50 years of age or older;
       ``(ii) a juvenile;
       ``(iii) an individual with serious chronic medical 
     conditions, including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, HIV, 
     sickle cell anemia, a neurological disease that interferes 
     with the ability to cough or breathe, chronic lung disease, 
     asthma, or respiratory illness;
       ``(iv) a pregnant woman;
       ``(v) an individual who is immunocompromised or has a 
     weakened immune system; or
       ``(vi) an individual who has a health condition or 
     disability that makes them vulnerable to COVID-19.
       ``(c) Target Correctional Population.--
       ``(1) Target population.--An eligible applicant shall 
     establish individualized, facility-specific target capacities 
     at each correction facility that will receive funds under 
     this section that reflect the maximum number of individuals 
     who may be incarcerated safely in accordance with the Centers 
     for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines for 
     correctional facilities pertaining to COVID-19, with 
     consideration given to Centers for Disease Control and 
     Prevention guidelines pertaining to community-based physical 
     distancing, hygiene, and sanitation. A correctional facility 
     receiving funds under this section may not use isolation in a 
     punitive or non-medical manner as a way of achieving specific 
     target capacities established under this paragraph.
       ``(2) Certification.--An eligible applicant shall include 
     in its application for a grant under this section a 
     certification by a public health professional who is 
     certified in epidemiology or infectious diseases that each 
     correctional facility that will receive funds under this 
     section in its jurisdiction meets the appropriate target 
     capacity standard established under paragraph (1).
       ``(d) Authorized Uses.--Funds awarded pursuant to this 
     section shall be used by grantees (including acting through 
     nonprofit entities) to--
       ``(1) test all arrestees, detainees, and inmates, and 
     initiate treatment for COVID-19, and transfer such an 
     individual for an appropriate treatment at external medical 
     facility, as needed;
       ``(2) test for COVID-19--
       ``(A) correctional facility staff;
       ``(B) volunteers;
       ``(C) visitors, including family members and attorneys;
       ``(D) court personnel that have regular contact with 
     arrestees, detainees, and inmates;
       ``(E) law enforcement officers who transport arrestees, 
     detainees, and inmates; and
       ``(F) personnel outside the correctional facility who 
     provide medical treatment to arrestees, detainees, and 
     inmates;
       ``(3) curtail booking and in-facility processing for 
     individuals who have committed technical parole or probation 
     violations; and
       ``(4) provide transition and reentry support services to 
     individuals released pursuant to this section, including 
     programs that--
       ``(A) increase access to and participation in reentry 
     services;
       ``(B) promote a reduction in recidivism rates;
       ``(C) facilitate engagement in educational programs, job 
     training, or employment;
       ``(D) place reentering individuals in safe and sanitary 
     temporary transitional housing;
       ``(E) facilitate the enrollment of reentering individuals 
     with a history of substance use disorder in medication-
     assisted treatment and a referral to overdose prevention 
     services, mental health services, or other medical services; 
     and
       ``(F) facilitate family reunification or support services, 
     as needed.
       ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $500,000,000 to carry out this section and 
     section 3065 for each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

     ``SEC. 3063. JUVENILE SPECIFIC SERVICES.

       ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General, acting through the 
     Administrator of the Office Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
     Prevention, consistent with section 261 of the Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 
     11171), is authorized to make grants to States and units of 
     local government or combinations thereof to assist them in 
     planning, establishing, operating, coordinating, and 
     evaluating projects directly, or through grants and contracts 
     with public and private agencies and nonprofit entities (as 
     such term is defined under section 408(5)(A) of the Juvenile 
     Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (34 U.S.C. 
     11296(5)(A))), for the development of more effective 
     education, training, research, prevention, diversion, 
     treatment, and rehabilitation programs in the area of 
     juvenile delinquency and programs to improve the juvenile 
     justice system, consistent with subsection (b).
       ``(b) Use of Grant Funds.--Grants under this section shall 
     be used for the exclusive purpose of providing juvenile 
     specific services that--
       ``(1) provide rapid mass testing for COVID-19 in juvenile 
     facilities, notification of the results of such tests to 
     juveniles and authorized family members or legal guardians, 
     and include policies and procedures for non-punitive 
     quarantine that does not involve solitary confinement, and 
     provide for examination by a doctor for any juvenile who 
     tests positive for COVID-19;
       ``(2) examine all pre- and post-adjudication release 
     processes and mechanisms applicable to juveniles and begin 
     employing these as quickly as possible;
       ``(3) provide juveniles in out of home placements with 
     continued access to appropriate education;
       ``(4) provide juveniles with access to legal counsel 
     through confidential visits or teleconferencing;
       ``(5) provide staff and juveniles with appropriate personal 
     protective equipment, hand washing facilities, toiletries, 
     and medical care to reduce the spread of the virus;
       ``(6) provide juveniles with frequent and no cost calls 
     home to parents, legal guardians, and other family members;
       ``(7) advance policies and procedures for juvenile 
     delinquency program proceedings (including court proceedings) 
     and probation conditions so that in-person reporting 
     requirements for juveniles are replaced with virtual or 
     telephonic appearances without penalty;
       ``(8) expand opportunities for juveniles to participate in 
     community based services and social services through 
     videoconferencing or teleconferencing; or
       ``(9) place a moratorium on all requirements for juveniles 
     to attend and pay for court and probation-ordered programs, 
     community service, and labor, that violate any applicable 
     social distancing or stay at home order.
     Each element described in paragraph (1) through (9) shall be 
     trauma-informed, reflect the science of adolescent 
     development, and be designed to meet the needs of at-risk 
     juveniles and juveniles who come into contact with the 
     justice system.
       ``(c) Definitions.--Terms used in this section have the 
     meanings given such terms in the Juvenile Justice and 
     Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974. The term `juvenile' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 1809 of this Act.
       ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

     ``SEC. 3064. RAPID COVID-19 TESTING.

       ``(a) In General.--The Attorney General shall make grants 
     to grantees under section 3062 for the exclusive purpose of 
     providing for rapid COVID-19 testing of arrestees, detainees, 
     and inmates who are exiting the custody of a correctional 
     facility prior to returning to the community.
       ``(b) Use of Funds.--Grants provided under this section may 
     be used for any of the following:
       ``(1) Purchasing or leasing medical devices authorized by 
     the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to detect COVID-19 that 
     produce results in less than one hour.
       ``(2) Purchasing or securing COVID-19 testing supplies and 
     personal protective equipment used by the correctional 
     facility to perform such tests.
       ``(3) Contracting with medical providers to administer such 
     tests.
       ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

     ``SEC. 3065. PRETRIAL CITATION AND RELEASE.

       ``(a) Authorization.--The Attorney General shall make 
     grants under this section to eligible applicants for the 
     purposes set forth in section 3061(b)(2).
       ``(b) Program Eligibility.--Eligible applicants under this 
     section are States and units of local government that 
     implement or continue operation of a program described in 
     subsection (c)(1) and not fewer than 2 of the other programs 
     enumerated in such subsection.
       ``(c) Use of Grant Funds.--A grantee shall use amounts 
     provided as a grant under this section for programs that 
     provide for the following:
       ``(1) Adopting and operating a cite-and-release process for 
     individuals who are suspected of committing misdemeanor and 
     felony offenses and who do not pose a risk of serious, 
     imminent injury to a reasonably identifiable person.
       ``(2) Curtailing booking and in-facility processing for 
     individuals who have committed technical parole or probation 
     violations.
       ``(3) Ensuring that defense counsel is appointed at the 
     earliest hearing that could result in pretrial detention so 
     that low-risk defendants are not unnecessarily further 
     exposed to COVID-19.
       ``(4) Establishing early review of charges by an 
     experienced prosecutor, so only arrestees and detainees who 
     will be charged are detained.
       ``(5) Providing appropriate victims' services supports and 
     safety-focused residential accommodations for victims and 
     community members who have questions or concerns about 
     releases described in this subsection.

     ``SEC. 3066. REPORT.

       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
     on which grants are initially made under this part, and 
     biannually thereafter during the grant period, the Attorney 
     General shall submit to Congress a report on the program, 
     which shall include--
       ``(1) the number of grants made, the number of grantees, 
     and the amount of funding distributed to each grantee 
     pursuant to this part;
       ``(2) the location of each correctional facility where 
     activities are carried out using grant amounts;
       ``(3) the number of persons in the custody of correctional 
     facilities where activities are carried out using grant 
     amounts, including incarcerated persons released on parole, 
     community supervision, good time or early release, clemency 
     or commutation, as a result of the national emergency under 
     the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
     declared by the President with respect to the Coronavirus 
     Disease 2019 (`COVID-19'), disaggregated by type of offense, 
     age, race, sex, and ethnicity; and
       ``(4) for each facility receiving funds under section 
     3062--
       ``(A) the total number of tests for COVID-19 performed;

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       ``(B) the results of such COVID-19 tests (confirmed 
     positive or negative);
       ``(C) the total number of probable COVID-19 infections;
       ``(D) the total number of COVID-19-related 
     hospitalizations, the total number of intensive care unit 
     admissions, and the duration of each such hospitalization;
       ``(E) recoveries from COVID-19; and
       ``(F) COVID-19 deaths,
     disaggregated by race, ethnicity, age, disability, sex, 
     pregnancy status, and whether the individual is a staff 
     member of or incarcerated at the facility.
       ``(b) Privacy.--Data reported under this section shall be 
     reported in accordance with applicable privacy laws and 
     regulations.

     ``SEC. 3067. NO MATCHING REQUIRED.

       ``The Attorney General shall not require grantees to 
     provide any matching funds with respect to the use of funds 
     under this part.

     ``SEC. 3068. DEFINITION.

       ``For purposes of this part:
       ``(1) Correctional facility.--The term `correctional 
     facility' includes a juvenile facility.
       ``(2) Covered emergency period.--The term `covered 
     emergency period' has the meaning given the term in section 
     12003 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
       ``(3) COVID-19.--The term `COVID-19' means a disease caused 
     by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-
     2).
       ``(4) Detainee; arrestee; inmate.--The terms `detainee', 
     `arrestee', and `inmate' each include juveniles.''.

     SEC. 191108. MORATORIUM ON FEES AND FINES.

       (a) In General.--During the covered emergency period, and 
     for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, the Attorney General 
     is authorized make grants to State and local courts that 
     comply with the requirement under subsection (b) to ensure 
     that such recipients are able to continue operations.
       (b) Requirement to Impose Moratorium on Imposition and 
     Collection of Fees and Fines.--To be eligible for a grant 
     under this section, a court shall implement a moratorium on 
     the imposition and collection (including by a unit of local 
     government or a State) of fees and fines imposed by that 
     court--
       (1) not later than 120 day after the date of the enactment 
     of this section;
       (2) retroactive to a period beginning 30 days prior the 
     covered emergency period; and
       (3) continuing for an additional 90 days after the date the 
     covered emergency period terminates.
       (c) Grant Amount.--In making grants under this section, the 
     Attorney General shall--
       (1) give preference to applicants that implement a 
     moratorium on the imposition and collection of fines and fees 
     related to juvenile delinquency proceedings for each of 
     fiscal years 2020 through 2022; and
       (2) make such grants in amounts that are proportionate to 
     the number of individuals in the jurisdiction of the court.
       (d) Use of Funds.--Funds made available under this section 
     may be used to ensure that the recipient is able to continue 
     court operations during the covered emergency period.
       (e) No Matching Requirement.--There is no matching 
     requirement for grants under this section.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``fees''--
       (A) means monetary fees that are imposed for the costs of 
     fine surcharges or court administrative fees; and
       (B) includes additional late fees, payment-plan fees, 
     interest added if an individual is unable to pay a fine in 
     its entirety, collection fees, and any additional amounts 
     that do not include the fine.
       (2) The term ``fines'' means monetary fines imposed as 
     punishment.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $150,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2020 through 2022.

     SEC. 191109. DEFINITION.

       In this title, the term ``covered emergency period'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 12003 of the CARES Act 
     (Public Law 116-136).

     SEC. 191110. SEVERABILITY.

       If any provision of this title or any amendment made by 
     this title, or the application of a provision or amendment to 
     any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the 
     remainder of this title and the amendments made by this 
     title, and the application of the provisions and amendments 
     to any other person not similarly situated or to other 
     circumstances, shall not be affected by the holding.

                     TITLE XII--IMMIGRATION MATTERS

     SEC. 191201. EXTENSION OF FILING AND OTHER DEADLINES.

       (a) New Deadlines for Extension or Change of Status or 
     Other Benefits.--
       (1) Filing delays.--In the case of an alien who was 
     lawfully present in the United States on January 26, 2020, 
     the alien's application for an extension or change of 
     nonimmigrant status, application for renewal of employment 
     authorization, or any other application for extension or 
     renewal of a period of authorized stay, shall be considered 
     timely filed if the due date of the application is within the 
     period described in subsection (d) and the application is 
     filed not later than 60 days after it otherwise would have 
     been due.
       (2) Departure delays.--In the case of an alien who was 
     lawfully present in the United States on January 26, 2020, 
     the alien shall not be considered to be unlawfully present in 
     the United States during the period described in subsection 
     (d).
       (3) Specific authority.--
       (A) In general.--With respect to any alien whose 
     immigration status, employment authorization, or other 
     authorized period of stay has expired or will expire during 
     the period described in subsection (d), during the one-year 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this title, 
     or during both such periods, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall automatically extend such status, 
     authorization, or period of stay until the date that is 90 
     days after the last day of whichever of such periods ends 
     later.
       (B) Exception.--If the status, authorization, or period of 
     stay referred to in subparagraph (A) is based on a grant of 
     deferred action, or a grant of temporary protected status 
     under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1254a), the extension under such subparagraph shall be 
     for a period not less than the period for which deferred 
     action or temporary protected status originally was granted 
     by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
       (b) Immigrant Visas.--
       (1) Extension of visa expiration.--Notwithstanding the 
     limitations under section 221(c) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(c)), in the case of any 
     immigrant visa issued to an alien that expires or expired 
     during the period described in subsection (d), the period of 
     validity of the visa is extended until the date that is 90 
     days after the end of such period.
       (2) Rollover of unused visas.--
       (A) In general.--For fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the 
     worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants under 
     subsection (c) of section 201 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151), the worldwide level of 
     employment-based immigrants under subsection (d) of such 
     section, and the worldwide level of diversity immigrants 
     under subsection (e) of such section shall each be increased 
     by the number computed under subparagraph (B) with respect to 
     each of such worldwide levels.
       (B) Computation of increase.--For each of the worldwide 
     levels described in subparagraph (A), the number computed 
     under this subparagraph is the difference (if any) between 
     the worldwide level established for the previous fiscal year 
     under the applicable subsection of section 201 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151) and the 
     number of visas that were, during the previous fiscal year, 
     issued and used as the basis for an application for admission 
     into the United States as an immigrant described in the 
     applicable subsection.
       (C) Clarifications.--
       (i) Allocation among preference categories.--The additional 
     visas made available for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 as a 
     result of the computations made under subparagraphs (A) and 
     (B) shall be proportionally allocated as set forth in 
     subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 203 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153).
       (ii) Elimination of fall across.--For fiscal years 2021 and 
     2022, the number computed under subsection (c)(3)(C) of 
     section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1151), and the number computed under subsection (d)(2)(C) of 
     such section, are deemed to equal zero.
       (c) Voluntary Departure.--Notwithstanding section 240B of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c), if a 
     period for voluntary departure under such section expires or 
     expired during the period described in subsection (d), such 
     voluntary departure period is extended until the date that is 
     90 days after the end of such period.
       (d) Period Described.--The period described in this 
     subsection--
       (1) begins on the first day of the public health emergency 
     declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
     with respect to COVID-19; and
       (2) ends 90 days after the date on which such public health 
     emergency terminates.

     SEC. 191202. TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATIONS FOR NATURALIZATION OATH 
                   CEREMONIES DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

       (a) Remote Oath Ceremonies.--Not later than 30 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall establish procedures for the 
     administration of the oath of renunciation and allegiance 
     under section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1448) using remote videoconferencing, or other remote 
     means for individuals who cannot reasonably access remote 
     videoconferencing, as an alternative to an in-person oath 
     ceremony.
       (b) Eligible Individuals.--Notwithstanding section 310(b) 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421(b)), an 
     individual may complete the naturalization process by 
     participating in a remote oath ceremony conducted pursuant to 
     subsection (a) if such individual--
       (1) has an approved application for naturalization;
       (2) is unable otherwise to complete the naturalization 
     process due to the cancellation or suspension of in-person 
     oath ceremonies during the public health emergency declared 
     by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 
     319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with 
     respect to COVID-19; and
       (3) elects to participate in a remote oath ceremony in lieu 
     of waiting for in-person ceremonies to resume.
       (c) Additional Requirements.--Upon establishing the 
     procedures described in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall--
       (1) without undue delay, provide written notice to 
     individuals described in subsection (b)(1) of the option of 
     participating in a remote oath ceremony in lieu of a 
     participating in an in-person ceremony;
       (2) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure that remote 
     oath ceremonies are administered to individuals who elect to 
     participate in such a ceremony not later than 30 days after 
     the individual so notifies the Secretary; and
       (3) administer oath ceremonies to all other eligible 
     individuals as expeditiously as possible

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     after the end of the public health emergency referred to in 
     subsection (b)(2).
       (d) Availability of Remote Option.--The Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall begin administering remote oath 
     ceremonies on the date that is 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this title and shall continue administering such 
     ceremonies until a date that is not earlier than 90 days 
     after the end of the public health emergency referred to in 
     subsection (b)(2).
       (e) Clarification.--Failure to appear for a remote oath 
     ceremony shall not create a presumption that the individual 
     has abandoned his or her intent to be naturalized.
       (f) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     end of the public health emergency referred to in subsection 
     (b)(2), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a 
     report to Congress that identifies, for each State and 
     political subdivision of a State, the number of--
       (1) individuals who were scheduled for an in-person oath 
     ceremony that was cancelled due to such public health 
     emergency;
       (2) individuals who were provided written notice pursuant 
     to subsection (c)(1) of the option of participating in a 
     remote oath ceremony;
       (3) individuals who elected to participate in a remote oath 
     ceremony in lieu of an in-person public ceremony;
       (4) individuals who completed the naturalization process by 
     participating in a remote oath ceremony; and
       (5) remote oath ceremonies that were conducted within the 
     period described in subsection (d).

     SEC. 191203. TEMPORARY PROTECTIONS FOR ESSENTIAL CRITICAL 
                   INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS.

       (a) Protections for Essential Critical Infrastructure 
     Workers.--During the period described in subsection (e), an 
     alien described in subsection (d) shall be deemed to be in a 
     period of deferred action and authorized for employment for 
     purposes of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a).
       (b) Employer Protections.--During the period described in 
     subsection (e), the hiring, employment, or continued 
     employment of an alien described in subsection (d) is not a 
     violation of section 274A(a) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)).
       (c) Clarification.--Nothing in this section shall be deemed 
     to require an alien described in subsection (d), or such 
     alien's employer--
       (1) to submit an application for employment authorization 
     or deferred action, or register with, or pay a fee to, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security or the head of any other 
     Federal agency; or
       (2) to appear before an agent of the Department of Homeland 
     Security or any other Federal agency for an interview, 
     examination, or any other purpose.
       (d) Aliens Described.--An alien is described in this 
     subsection if the alien--
       (1) on the date of the enactment of this title--
       (A) is physically present in the United States; and
       (B) is inadmissible to, or deportable from, the United 
     States; and
       (2) engaged in essential critical infrastructure labor or 
     services in the United States prior to the period described 
     in subsection (e) and continues to engage in such labor or 
     services during such period.
       (e) Period Described.--The period described in this 
     subsection--
       (1) begins on the first day of the public health emergency 
     declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
     with respect to COVID-19; and
       (2) ends 90 days after the date on which such public health 
     emergency terminates.
       (f) Essential Critical Infrastructure Labor or Services.--
     For purposes of this section, the term ``essential critical 
     infrastructure labor or services'' means labor or services 
     performed in an essential critical infrastructure sector, as 
     described in the ``Advisory Memorandum on Identification of 
     Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers During COVID-19 
     Response'', revised by the Department of Homeland Security on 
     April 17, 2020.

     SEC. 191204. SUPPLEMENTING THE COVID RESPONSE WORKFORCE.

       (a) Expedited Green Cards for Certain Physicians in the 
     United States.--
       (1) In general.--During the period described in paragraph 
     (3), an alien described in paragraph (2) may apply to acquire 
     the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States 
     for permanent residence consistent with section 201(b)(1) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(1)).
       (2) Alien described.--An alien described in this paragraph 
     is an alien physician (and the spouse and children of such 
     alien) who--
       (A) has an approved immigrant visa petition under section 
     203(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B)(ii)) and has completed the service 
     requirements for a waiver under such section on or before the 
     date of the enactment of this title; and
       (B) provides a statement to the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security attesting that the alien is engaged in or will 
     engage in the practice of medicine or medical research 
     involving the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of COVID-
     19.
       (3) Period described.--The period described in this 
     paragraph is the period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this title and ending 180 days after the 
     termination of the public health emergency declared by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), with respect 
     to COVID-19.
       (b) Expedited Processing of Nonimmigrant Petitions and 
     Applications.--
       (1) In general.--In accordance with the procedures 
     described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall expedite the processing of applications and 
     petitions seeking employment or classification of an alien as 
     a nonimmigrant to practice medicine, provide healthcare, 
     engage in medical research, or participate in a graduate 
     medical education or training program involving the 
     diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of COVID-19.
       (2) Applications or petitions for new employment or change 
     of status.--
       (A) Initial review.--Not later than 15 days after the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security receives an application or 
     petition for new employment or change of status described in 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall conduct an initial review 
     of such application or petition and, if additional evidence 
     is required, shall issue a request for evidence.
       (B) Decision.--
       (i) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     issue a final decision on an application or petition 
     described in paragraph (1) not later than 30 days after 
     receipt of such application or petition, or, if a request for 
     evidence is issued, not later than 15 days after the 
     Secretary receives the applicant or petitioner's response to 
     such request.
       (ii) E-mail.--In addition to delivery through regular mail 
     services, decisions described in clause (i) shall be 
     transmitted to the applicant or petitioner via electronic 
     mail, if the applicant or petitioner provides the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security with an electronic mail address.
       (3) Termination.--This subsection shall take effect on the 
     date of the enactment of this title and shall cease to be 
     effective on the date that is 180 days after the termination 
     of the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), with respect to COVID-
     19.
       (c) Emergency Visa Processing.--
       (1) Visa processing.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary of State shall prioritize 
     the processing of applications submitted by aliens who are 
     seeking a visa based on an approved nonimmigrant petition to 
     practice medicine, provide healthcare, engage in medical 
     research, or participate in a graduate medical education or 
     training program involving the diagnosis, treatment, or 
     prevention of COVID-19.
       (B) Interview.--
       (i) In general.--The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
     visa appointments are scheduled for aliens described in 
     subparagraph (A) not later than 7 business days after the 
     alien requests such an appointment.
       (ii) Suspension of routine visa services.--If routine visa 
     services are unavailable in the alien's home country--

       (I) the U.S. embassy or consulate in the alien's home 
     country shall--

       (aa) conduct the visa interview with the alien via video-
     teleconferencing technology; or
       (bb) grant an emergency visa appointment to the alien not 
     later than 10 business days after the alien requests such an 
     appointment; or

       (II) the alien may seek a visa appointment at any other 
     U.S. embassy or consulate where routine visa services are 
     available, and such embassy or consulate shall make every 
     reasonable effort to provide the alien with an appointment 
     within 10 business days after the alien requests such an 
     appointment.

       (2) Interview waivers.--Except as provided in section 
     222(h)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1202(h)(2)), the Secretary of State shall waive the interview 
     of any alien seeking a nonimmigrant visa based on an approved 
     petition described in paragraph (1)(A), if--
       (A) such alien is applying for a visa--
       (i) not more than 3 years after the date on which such 
     alien's prior visa expired;
       (ii) in the visa classification for which such prior visa 
     was issued; and
       (iii) at a consular post located in the alien's country of 
     residence or, if otherwise required by regulation, country of 
     nationality; and
       (B) the consular officer has no indication that such alien 
     has failed to comply with the immigration laws and 
     regulations of the United States.
       (3) Termination.--This subsection shall take effect on the 
     date of the enactment of this title and shall cease to be 
     effective on the date that is 180 days after the termination 
     of the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 274d), with respect to COVID-
     19.
       (d) Improving Mobility of Nonimmigrant COVID-19 Workers.--
       (1) Licensure.--Notwithstanding section 212(j)(2) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(j)(2)), for 
     the period described in paragraph (6), the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security may approve a petition for classification 
     as a nonimmigrant described under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) 
     of such Act, filed on behalf of a physician for purposes of 
     performing direct patient care if such physician possesses a 
     license or other authorization required by the State of 
     intended employment to practice medicine, or is eligible for 
     a waiver of such requirement pursuant to an executive order, 
     emergency rule, or other action taken by the State to modify 
     or suspend regular licensing requirements in response to the 
     COVID-19 public health emergency.
       (2) Temporary limitations on amended h-1b petitions.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall not require an 
     employer of a nonimmigrant alien described in section 
     101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) to file an amended or new 
     petition under section 214(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)) 
     if upon transferring such alien to a new area of employment, 
     the alien will practice medicine, provide healthcare, or 
     engage in medical research involving the diagnosis, 
     treatment, or prevention of COVID-19.

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       (B) Clarification on telemedicine.--Nothing in the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act or any other provision of law 
     shall be construed to require an employer of a nonimmigrant 
     alien described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b)) to file an amended or new petition 
     under section 214(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(a)) if the 
     alien is a physician or other healthcare worker who will 
     provide remote patient care through the use of real-time 
     audio-video communication tools to consult with patients and 
     other technologies to collect, analyze, and transmit medical 
     data and images.
       (3) Permissible work activities for j-1 physicians.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of COVID-19 
     shall be considered an integral part of a graduate medical 
     education or training program and a nonimmigrant described in 
     section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) who is participating in such a 
     program--
       (i) may be redeployed to a new rotation within the host 
     training institution as needed to engage in COVID-19 work; 
     and
       (ii) may receive compensation for such work.
       (B) Other permissible employment activities.--A 
     nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(J) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J)) who 
     is participating in a graduate medical education or training 
     program may engage in work outside the scope of the approved 
     program, if--
       (i) the work involves the diagnosis, treatment, or 
     prevention of COVID-19;
       (ii) the alien has maintained lawful nonimmigrant status 
     and has otherwise complied with the terms of the education or 
     training program; and
       (iii) the program sponsor approves the additional work by 
     annotating the nonimmigrant's Certificate of Eligibility for 
     Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status (Form DS-2019) and notifying 
     the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Student and Exchange 
     Visitor Program of the approval of such work.
       (C) Clarification on telemedicine.--Section 214(l)(1)(D) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(D)) 
     may be satisfied through the provision of care to patients 
     located in areas designated by the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services as having a shortage of health care 
     professionals, through the physician's use of real-time 
     audio-video communication tools to consult with patients and 
     other technologies to collect, analyze, and transmit medical 
     data and images.
       (4) Portability of o-1 nonimmigrants.--A nonimmigrant who 
     was previously issued a visa or otherwise provided 
     nonimmigrant status under section 101(a)(15)(O)(i) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(O)(i)), 
     and is seeking an extension of such status, is authorized to 
     accept new employment under the terms and conditions 
     described in section 214(n) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(n)).
       (5) Increasing the ability of physicians to change 
     nonimmigrant status.--
       (A) Change of nonimmigrant classification.--Section 248(a) 
     of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)), is 
     amended--
       (i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and'' after the comma 
     at the end;
       (ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and
       (iii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2).
       (B) Admission of nonimmigrants.--Section 214(l)(2)(A) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(2)(A)) 
     is amended by striking ``Notwithstanding section 248(a)(2), 
     the'' and inserting ``The''.
       (6) Termination.--This subsection shall take effect on the 
     date of the enactment of this title and except as provided in 
     paragraphs (2)(B), (3)(C), (4), and (5), shall cease to be 
     effective on that date that is 180 days after the termination 
     of the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), with respect to COVID-
     19.
       (e) Conrad 30 Program.--
       (1) Permanent authorization.--Section 220(c) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 
     (Public Law 103-416; 8 U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended by 
     striking ``and before September 30, 2015''.
       (2) Admission of nonimmigrants.--Section 214(l) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)), is 
     amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
       (i) by striking ``30'' and inserting ``35''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``, except as provided in paragraph (4)'' 
     before the semicolon at the end; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) Adjustment in waiver numbers.--
       ``(A) Increases.--
       ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), if in 
     any fiscal year, not less than 90 percent of the waivers 
     provided under paragraph (1)(B) are utilized by States 
     receiving at least 5 such waivers, the number of such waivers 
     allotted to each State shall increase by 5 for each 
     subsequent fiscal year.
       ``(ii) Exception.--If 45 or more waivers are allotted to 
     States in any fiscal year, an increase of 5 waivers in 
     subsequent fiscal years shall be provided only in the case 
     that not less than 95 percent of such waivers are utilized by 
     States receiving at least 1 waiver.
       ``(B) Decreases.--If in any fiscal year in which there was 
     an increase in waivers, the total number of waivers utilized 
     is 5 percent lower than in the previous fiscal year, the 
     number of such waivers allotted to each State shall decrease 
     by 5 for each subsequent fiscal year, except that in no case 
     shall the number of waivers allotted to each State drop below 
     35.''.
       (f) Temporary Portability for Physicians and Critical 
     Healthcare Workers in Response to COVID-19 Public Health 
     Emergency.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this title, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall establish 
     emergency procedures to provide employment authorization to 
     aliens described in paragraph (2), for purposes of 
     facilitating the temporary deployment of such aliens to 
     practice medicine, provide healthcare, or engage in medical 
     research involving the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of 
     COVID-19.
       (2) Aliens described.--An alien described in this paragraph 
     is an alien who is--
       (A) physically present in the United States;
       (B) maintaining lawful nonimmigrant status that authorizes 
     employment with a specific employer incident to such status; 
     and
       (C) working in the United States in a healthcare occupation 
     essential to COVID-19 response, as determined by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services.
       (3) Employment authorization.--
       (A) Application.--
       (i) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
     grant employment authorization to an alien described in 
     paragraph (2) if such alien submits an Application for 
     Employment Authorization (Form I-765 or any successor form), 
     which shall include--

       (I) evidence of the alien's current nonimmigrant status;
       (II) copies of the alien's academic degrees and any 
     licenses, credentials, or other documentation confirming 
     authorization to practice in the alien's occupation; and
       (III) any other evidence determined necessary by the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security to establish by a 
     preponderance of the evidence that the alien meets the 
     requirements of paragraph (2).

       (ii) Conversion of pending applications.--The Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall establish procedures for the 
     adjudication of any employment authorization applications for 
     aliens described in paragraph (2) that are pending on the 
     date of the enactment of this title, and the issuance of 
     employment authorization documents in connection with such 
     applications in accordance with the terms and conditions of 
     this subsection, upon request by the applicant.
       (B) Fees.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall collect 
     a fee for the processing of applications for employment 
     authorization as provided under this paragraph.
       (C) Request for evidence.--If all required initial evidence 
     has been submitted under this subsection but such evidence 
     does not establish eligibility, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall issue a request for evidence not later than 15 
     days after receipt of the application for employment 
     authorization.
       (D) Decision.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
     issue a final decision on an application for employment 
     authorization under this subsection not later than 30 days 
     after receipt of such application, or, if a request for 
     evidence is issued, not later than 15 days after the 
     Secretary receives the alien's response to such request.
       (E) Employment authorization card.--An employment 
     authorization document issued under this subsection shall--
       (i) be valid for a period of not less than 1 year;
       (ii) include the annotation ``COVID-19''; and
       (iii) notwithstanding any other provision of law, allow the 
     bearer of such document to engage in employment during its 
     validity period, with any United States employer to perform 
     services described in paragraph (1).
       (F) Renewal.--Subject to paragraph (5), the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security may renew an employment authorization 
     document issued under this subsection in accordance with 
     procedures established by the Secretary.
       (G) Clarifications.--
       (i) Maintenance of status.--Notwithstanding a reduction in 
     hours or cessation of work with the employer that petitioned 
     for the alien's underlying nonimmigrant status, an alien 
     granted employment authorization under this subsection, and 
     the spouse and children of such alien shall, for the period 
     of such authorization, be deemed--

       (I) to be lawfully present in the United States; and
       (II) to have continuously maintained the alien's underlying 
     nonimmigrant status for purposes of an extension of such 
     status, a change of nonimmigrant status under section 248 of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1258), or 
     adjustment of status under section 245 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1255).

       (ii) Limitations.--An employment authorization document 
     described in subparagraph (E) may not be--

       (I) utilized by the alien to engage in any employment other 
     than that which is described in paragraph (1); or
       (II) accepted by an employer as evidence of authorization 
     under section 274A(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(b)(1)(C)), to engage in 
     employment other than that which is described in paragraph 
     (1).

       (4) Treatment of time spent engaging in covid-19-related 
     work.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, time spent 
     by an alien physician engaged in direct patient care 
     involving the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of COVID-19 
     shall count towards--
       (A) the 5 years that an alien is required to work as a 
     full-time physician for purposes of a national interest 
     waiver under section 203(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B)(ii)); and
       (B) the 3 years that an alien is required to work as a 
     full-time physician for purposes of a waiver of the 2-year 
     foreign residence requirement under section 212(e) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(e)), as 
     provided in section 214(l) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)).

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       (5) Extension or termination.--The procedures described in 
     paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this title and shall 
     remain in effect until 180 days after the termination of the 
     public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health 
     Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), with respect to COVID-19.
       (g) Special Immigrant Status for Nonimmigrant COVID-19 
     Workers and Their Families.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may 
     grant a petition for special immigrant classification to an 
     alien described in paragraph (2) (and the spouse and children 
     of such alien) if the alien files a petition for special 
     immigrant status under section 204 of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) for classification under 
     section 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)).
       (2) Aliens described.--An alien is described in this 
     paragraph if, during the period beginning on the date that 
     the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared by the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of 
     the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) and ending 180 
     days after the termination of such emergency, the alien was--
       (A) authorized for employment in the United States and 
     maintaining a nonimmigrant status; and
       (B) engaged in the practice of medicine, provision of 
     healthcare services, or medical research involving the 
     diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of COVID-19 disease.
       (3) Priority date.--Subject to paragraph (5), immigrant 
     visas under paragraph (1) shall be made available to aliens 
     in the order in which a petition on behalf of each such alien 
     is filed with the Secretary of Homeland Security, except that 
     an alien shall maintain any priority date that was assigned 
     with respect to an immigrant visa petition or application for 
     labor certification that was previously filed on behalf of 
     such alien.
       (4) Protections for surviving spouses and children.--
       (A) Surviving spouses and children.--Notwithstanding the 
     death of an alien described in paragraph (2), the Secretary 
     of State may approve an application for an immigrant visa, 
     and the Secretary of Homeland Security may approve an 
     application for adjustment of status to lawful permanent 
     resident, filed by or on behalf of a spouse or child of such 
     alien.
       (B) Age-out protection.--For purposes of an application for 
     an immigrant visa or adjustment of status filed by or on 
     behalf of a child of an alien described in paragraph (2), the 
     determination of whether the child satisfies the age 
     requirement under section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) shall be made using the 
     age of the child on the date the immigrant visa petition 
     under paragraph (1) was approved.
       (C) Continuation of nonimmigrant status.--A spouse or child 
     of an alien described in paragraph (2) shall be considered to 
     have maintained lawful nonimmigrant status until the earlier 
     of the date--
       (i) on which the Secretary of Homeland Security accepts for 
     filing, an application for adjustment of status based on a 
     petition described in paragraph (1); or
       (ii) that is 2 years after the date of the principal 
     nonimmigrant's death.
       (5) Numerical limitations.--
       (A) In general.--The total number of principal aliens who 
     may be provided special immigrant status under this 
     subsection may not exceed 4,000 per year for each of the 3 
     fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
     this title.
       (B) Exclusion from numerical limitations.--Aliens provided 
     special immigrant status under this subsection shall not be 
     counted against any numerical limitations under section 
     201(d), 202(a), or 203(b)(4) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d), 1152(a), or 1153(b)(4)).
       (C) Carry forward.--If the numerical limitation specified 
     in subparagraph (A) is not reached during a given fiscal year 
     referred to in such subparagraph, the numerical limitation 
     specified in such subparagraph for the following fiscal year 
     shall be increased by a number equal to the difference 
     between--
       (i) the numerical limitation specified in subparagraph (A) 
     for the given fiscal year; and
       (ii) the number of principal aliens provided special 
     immigrant status under this subsection during the given 
     fiscal year.

     SEC. 191205. ICE DETENTION.

       (a) Reviewing ICE Detention.--During the public health 
     emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID-19, the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall review the immigration files of all 
     individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
     Enforcement to assess the need for continued detention. The 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall prioritize for release 
     on recognizance or alternatives to detention individuals who 
     are not subject to mandatory detention laws, unless the 
     individual is a threat to public safety or national security.
       (b) Access to Electronic Communications and Hygiene 
     Products.--During the period described in subsection (c), the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that--
       (1) all individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and 
     Customs Enforcement--
       (A) have access to telephonic or video communication at no 
     cost to the detained individual;
       (B) have access to free, unmonitored telephone calls, at 
     any time, to contact attorneys or legal service providers in 
     a sufficiently private space to protect confidentiality;
       (C) are permitted to receive legal correspondence by fax or 
     email rather than postal mail; and
       (D) are provided sufficient soap, hand sanitizer, and other 
     hygiene products; and
       (2) nonprofit organizations providing legal orientation 
     programming or know-your-rights programming to individuals in 
     the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are 
     permitted broad and flexible access to such individuals--
       (A) to provide group presentations using remote 
     videoconferencing; and
       (B) to schedule and provide individual orientations using 
     free telephone calls or remote videoconferencing.
       (c) Period Described.--The period described in this 
     subsection--
       (1) begins on the first day of the public health emergency 
     declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
     with respect to COVID-19; and
       (2) ends 90 days after the date on which such public health 
     emergency terminates.

             TITLE XIII--CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 191301. CONGRESSIONAL INTENT RELATING TO TRIBAL 
                   GOVERNMENTS ELIGIBLE FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF 
                   FUND PAYMENTS.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section and the 
     amendments made by subsection (b) is to affirm the April 27, 
     2020, memorandum and decision of the United States District 
     Court for the District of Columbia in Confederated Tribes of 
     the Chehalis Reservation et al v. Mnuchin (Case No. 1:20-cv-
     01002) and clarify the intent of Congress that only Federally 
     recognized Tribal Governments are eligible for payments from 
     the Coronavirus Relief Fund established in section 601 of the 
     Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136).
       (b) Eligible Tribal Governments.--Effective as if included 
     in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
     Security Act (Public Law 116-136), section 601 of the Social 
     Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus 
     Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(7), by striking ``Indian Tribes'' and 
     inserting ``Tribal Governments''; and
       (2) in subsection (g)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (1);
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (5) as 
     paragraphs (1) through (4), respectively; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (4) (as redesignated by 
     subparagraph (B)) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal Government' 
     means the recognized governing body of any Indian or Alaska 
     Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, community, 
     component band, or component reservation, individually 
     identified (including parenthetically) in the list published 
     most recently as of the date of enactment of this Act 
     pursuant to section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 
     Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).''.
       (c) Rules Relating to Payments Made Before the Date of 
     Enactment of This Act.--
       (1) Payments made to ineligible entities.--The Secretary of 
     the Treasury shall require any entity that was not eligible 
     to receive a payment from the amount set aside for fiscal 
     year 2020 under subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 601 of the 
     Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136) and after the application of the amendments made 
     by subsection (a) clarifying congressional intent relating to 
     eligibility for such a payment, to return the full payment to 
     the Department.
       (2) Distribution of payments returned by ineligible 
     entities.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall distribute 
     payments returned under paragraph (1), without further 
     appropriation or fiscal year limitation and not later than 7 
     days after receiving any returned funds as required under 
     paragraph (1) to Tribal Governments eligible for payments 
     under such section 601 of the Social Security Act, as amended 
     by subsection (a), in accordance with subsection (c)(7) of 
     such Act.
       (3) Limitation on secretarial authority.--The Secretary of 
     the Treasury is prohibited from requiring an entity that is 
     eligible for a payment from the amount set aside for fiscal 
     year 2020 under subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 601 of the 
     Social Security Act, as amended by subsection(a), and that 
     received a payment before the date of enactment of this Act, 
     from requiring the entity to return all or part of the 
     payment except to the extent authorized under section 601(f) 
     of such Act in the case of a determination by the Inspector 
     General of the Department of the Treasury that the Tribal 
     government failed to comply with the use of funds 
     requirements of section 601(d) of such Act.

     SEC. 191302. REDISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS RECOVERED OR RECOUPED 
                   FROM PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS; REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENTS.

       Effective as if included in the enactment of the 
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 
     Law 116-136), section 601(c)(7) of the Social Security Act, 
     as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act, is amended--
       (1) by striking ``From the amount'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--From the amount''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Redistribution of funds.--
       ``(i) Requirement.--In carrying out the requirement under 
     subparagraph (A) to ensure that all amounts available under 
     subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2020 are distributed to 
     Tribal governments, the Secretary shall redistribute any 
     amounts from payments for Tribal Governments that are 
     recovered through

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     recoupment activities carried out by the Inspector General of 
     the Department of the Treasury under subsection (f), without 
     further appropriation, using a procedure and methodology 
     determined by the Secretary in consultation with Tribal 
     Governments, to Tribal Governments that apply for payments 
     from such amounts.
       ``(ii) Repayment.--In carrying out the recoupment 
     activities by the Inspector General of the Department of the 
     Treasury under subsection (f), Treasury shall not impose any 
     additional fees, penalties, or interest payments on Tribal 
     Governments associated with any amounts that are recovered.
       ``(C) Disclosure and reporting requirements.--
       ``(i) Disclosure of funding formula and methodology.--Not 
     later than 24 hours before any payments for Tribal 
     Governments are distributed by the Secretary pursuant to the 
     requirements under subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (B), the 
     Secretary shall publish on the website of the Department of 
     the Treasury--

       ``(I) a detailed description of the funding allocation 
     formula; and
       ``(II) a detailed description of the procedure and 
     methodology used to determine the funding allocation formula.

       ``(ii) Report to congress.--No later than 7 days after 
     payments for Tribal Governments are distributed by the 
     Secretary pursuant to the requirements under subparagraph (A) 
     or subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate, the Chair and Ranking Members of the House 
     Committee on Natural Resources and the Chair and Vice-Chair 
     of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs a report 
     summarizing--

       ``(I) an overview of actions taken by the Secretary in 
     carrying out the requirements under subparagraph (A) and 
     subparagraph (B); and
       ``(II) the date and amount of all fund disbursements, 
     broken down by individual Tribal Government recipients.''.

     SEC. 191303. USE OF RELIEF FUNDS.

       Effective as if included in the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136), section 601 
     of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of 
     such Act, is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(d) Use of Funds.--A State, Tribal government, and unit 
     of local government shall use the funds provided under a 
     payment made under this section to
       ``(1) cover only those costs of the State, Tribal 
     government, or unit of local government that--
       ``(A) Are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public 
     health emergency with respect to the coronavirus disease 2019 
     (COVID-19);
       ``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently 
     approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the 
     State or government; and
       ``(C) were incurred during the period that begins on 
     January 31, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2020; or
       ``(2) Replace lost, delayed, or decreased revenues, 
     stemming from the public health emergency with respect to the 
     coronavirus disease (COVID-19).''.

                  TITLE XIV--RURAL DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY

     SEC. 191401. ACCELERATION OF RURAL DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND 
                   PHASE I AUCTION.

       With respect to the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase I 
     auction (in this section referred to as the ``auction'') 
     provided for in the Report and Order in the matter of Rural 
     Digital Opportunity Fund and Connect America Fund adopted by 
     the Federal Communications Commission (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Commission'') on January 30, 2020 (FCC 
     20-5), the Commission shall modify the framework for the 
     auction adopted in such Report and Order as follows:
       (1) The Commission shall begin accepting long-form 
     applications before the auction, not later than the earlier 
     of the date that is 30 days after the date on which the 
     Commission begins accepting short-form applications or July 
     31, 2020, from such applicants as are willing to commit to 
     the schedule described in paragraph (3)(B) for deployment of 
     networks capable of providing symmetrical Gigabit performance 
     service.
       (2) If the long-form applications accepted pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) indicate that, for any census block or census 
     block group identified in the Preliminary List of Eligible 
     Areas released by the Commission on March 17, 2020, there is 
     only 1 qualified applicant willing to commit to provide 
     symmetrical Gigabit performance service pursuant to the 
     schedule described in paragraph (3)(B), the Commission shall, 
     not later than the earlier of September 30, 2020, or 30 days 
     before the start of the auction--
       (A) award to such applicant Rural Digital Opportunity Fund 
     Phase I support for such census block or census block group, 
     at 100 percent of the reserve price (in this paragraph 
     referred to as the ``award'');
       (B) remove such census block or census block group from the 
     auction; and
       (C) reduce the budget for the auction by 75 percent of the 
     amount of the award and reduce the budget for the Rural 
     Digital Opportunity Fund Phase II auction provided for in 
     such Report and Order by 25 percent of the amount of the 
     award.
       (3) The Commission shall require an applicant submitting a 
     long-form application pursuant to paragraph (1) to--
       (A) not later than 30 days after the date on which such 
     applicant submits such long-form application, provide a 
     letter of commitment from a bank meeting the Commission's 
     eligibility requirements stating that the bank would provide 
     a letter of credit to such applicant if such applicant 
     becomes a winning bidder and is awarded support; and
       (B) commit to--
       (i) begin construction not later than 6 months following 
     funding authorization; and
       (ii) begin to make service available not later than 1 year 
     following funding authorization.
       (4) If an applicant to which an award of support has been 
     made under paragraph (2)(A) for a census block or census 
     block group fails to meet the requirements of paragraph (3) 
     with respect to such award of support, the Commission shall 
     revoke such award of support and include such census block or 
     census block group for competitive bidding in the Rural 
     Digital Opportunity Fund Phase II auction provided for in 
     such Report and Order.
       (5) The Commission shall require an applicant to which an 
     award of support has been made under paragraph (2)(A) to meet 
     the deployment schedule to which the applicant committed 
     under paragraph (3)(B).

     SEC. 191402. ENSURING THE FCC CREATES ACCURATE SERVICE MAPS.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Title VIII of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 807. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       ``There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission 
     to carry out this title--
       ``(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and
       ``(2) $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 
     2027.''.
       (b) Deadline for Creation of Maps.--Section 802(c)(1) of 
     the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 642(c)(1)) is 
     amended by striking ``create'' and inserting ``create, not 
     later than October 1, 2020''.

                  TITLE XV--FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROVISIONS

        Subtitle A--Matters Relating to the Department of State

     SEC. 191501. MITIGATION PLAN TO ASSIST FEDERAL VOTERS 
                   OVERSEAS IMPACTED BY COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a plan to mitigate 
     the effects of limited or curtailed diplomatic pouch 
     capacities or other operations constraints at United States 
     diplomatic and consular posts, due to coronavirus, on 
     overseas voters (as such term is defined in section 107(5) of 
     the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 
     U.S.C. 20310(5))) seeking to return absentee ballots and 
     other balloting materials under such Act with respect to 
     elections for Federal office held in 2020. Such plan shall 
     include steps to--
       (1) restore or augment diplomatic pouch capacities;
       (2) facilitate using the Army Post Office, Fleet Post 
     Office, the United States mails, or private couriers, if 
     available;
       (3) mitigate other operations constraints affecting 
     eligible overseas voters; and
       (4) develop specific outreach plans to educate eligible 
     overseas voters about accessing all available forms of voter 
     assistance prior to the date of the regularly scheduled 
     general election for Federal office.
       (b) Report on Efforts to Assist and Inform Federal Voters 
     Overseas.--Not later than 90 days before the date of the 
     regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held 
     in November 2020, the Secretary of State, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense, shall report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of 
     efforts to carry out the plan submitted pursuant to 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate.

     SEC. 191502. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
                   REPATRIATION TASK FORCE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than the date specified in 
     subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report 
     evaluating the efforts of the Coronavirus Repatriation Task 
     Force of the Department of State to repatriate United States 
     citizens and legal permanent residents in response to the 
     2020 coronavirus outbreak. The report shall identify--
       (1) the most significant impediments to repatriating such 
     persons;
       (2) the lessons learned from such repatriations; and
       (3) any changes planned to future repatriation efforts of 
     the Department of State to incorporate such lessons learned.
       (b) Deadline.--The date specified in this subsection is the 
     earlier of--
       (1) the date that is 90 days after the date on which the 
     Coronavirus Repatriation Task Force of the Department of 
     State is disbanded; or
       (2) September 30, 2020.

             Subtitle B--Global Health Security Act of 2020

     SEC. 191503. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Global Health Security 
     Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 191504. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:

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       (1) In December 2009, President Obama released the National 
     Strategy for Countering Biological Threats, which listed as 
     one of seven objectives ``Promote global health security: 
     Increase the availability of and access to knowledge and 
     products of the life sciences that can help reduce the impact 
     from outbreaks of infectious disease whether of natural, 
     accidental, or deliberate origin''.
       (2) In February 2014, the United States and nearly 30 other 
     nations launched the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) to 
     address several high-priority, global infectious disease 
     threats. The GHSA is a multi-faceted, multi-country 
     initiative intended to accelerate partner countries' 
     measurable capabilities to achieve specific targets to 
     prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, 
     whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or accidental.
       (3) In 2015, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable 
     Development Goals (SDGs), which include specific reference to 
     the importance of global health security as part of SDG 3 
     ``ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all 
     ages'' as follows: ``strengthen the capacity of all 
     countries, in particular developing countries, for early 
     warning, risk reduction and management of national and global 
     health risks''.
       (4) On November 4, 2016, President Obama signed Executive 
     Order 13747, ``Advancing the Global Health Security Agenda to 
     Achieve a World Safe and Secure from Infectious Disease 
     Threats''.
       (5) In October 2017 at the GHSA Ministerial Meeting in 
     Uganda, the United States and more than 40 GHSA member 
     countries supported the ``Kampala Declaration'' to extend the 
     GHSA for an additional 5 years to 2024.
       (6) In December 2017, President Trump released the National 
     Security Strategy, which includes the priority action: 
     ``Detect and contain biothreats at their source: We will work 
     with other countries to detect and mitigate outbreaks early 
     to prevent the spread of disease. We will encourage other 
     countries to invest in basic health care systems and to 
     strengthen global health security across the intersection of 
     human and animal health to prevent infectious disease 
     outbreaks''.
       (7) In September 2018, President Trump released the 
     National Biodefense Strategy, which includes objectives to 
     ``strengthen global health security capacities to prevent 
     local bioincidents from becoming epidemics'', and 
     ``strengthen international preparedness to support 
     international response and recovery capabilities''.

     SEC. 191505. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States to--
       (1) promote global health security as a core national 
     security interest;
       (2) advance the aims of the Global Health Security Agenda;
       (3) collaborate with other countries to detect and mitigate 
     outbreaks early to prevent the spread of disease;
       (4) encourage other countries to invest in basic resilient 
     and sustainable health care systems; and
       (5) strengthen global health security across the 
     intersection of human and animal health to prevent infectious 
     disease outbreaks and combat the growing threat of 
     antimicrobial resistance.

     SEC. 191506. GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA INTERAGENCY REVIEW 
                   COUNCIL.

       (a) Establishment.--The President shall establish a Global 
     Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council (in this 
     section referred to as the ``Council'') to perform the 
     general responsibilities described in subsection (c) and the 
     specific roles and responsibilities described in subsection 
     (e).
       (b) Meetings.--The Council shall meet not less than four 
     times per year to advance its mission and fulfill its 
     responsibilities.
       (c) General Responsibilities.--The Council shall be 
     responsible for the following activities:
       (1) Provide policy-level recommendations to participating 
     agencies on Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) goals, 
     objectives, and implementation.
       (2) Facilitate interagency, multi-sectoral engagement to 
     carry out GHSA implementation.
       (3) Provide a forum for raising and working to resolve 
     interagency disagreements concerning the GHSA.
       (4)(A) Review the progress toward and work to resolve 
     challenges in achieving United States commitments under the 
     GHSA, including commitments to assist other countries in 
     achieving the GHSA targets.
       (B) The Council shall consider, among other issues, the 
     following:
       (i) The status of United States financial commitments to 
     the GHSA in the context of commitments by other donors, and 
     the contributions of partner countries to achieve the GHSA 
     targets.
       (ii) The progress toward the milestones outlined in GHSA 
     national plans for those countries where the United States 
     Government has committed to assist in implementing the GHSA 
     and in annual work-plans outlining agency priorities for 
     implementing the GHSA.
       (iii) The external evaluations of United States and partner 
     country capabilities to address infectious disease threats, 
     including the ability to achieve the targets outlined within 
     the WHO Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool, as well as gaps 
     identified by such external evaluations.
       (d) Participation.--The Council shall consist of 
     representatives, serving at the Assistant Secretary level or 
     higher, from the following agencies:
       (1) The Department of State.
       (2) The Department of Defense.
       (3) The Department of Justice.
       (4) The Department of Agriculture.
       (5) The Department of Health and Human Services.
       (6) The Department of Labor.
       (7) The Department of Homeland Security.
       (8) The Office of Management and Budget.
       (9) The United States Agency for International Development.
       (10) The Environmental Protection Agency.
       (11) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
       (12) The Office of Science and Technology Policy.
       (13) The National Institutes of Health.
       (14) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
     Diseases.
       (15) Such other agencies as the Council determines to be 
     appropriate.
       (e) Specific Roles and Responsibilities.--
       (1) In general.--The heads of agencies described in 
     subsection (d) shall--
       (A) make the GHSA and its implementation a high priority 
     within their respective agencies, and include GHSA-related 
     activities within their respective agencies' strategic 
     planning and budget processes;
       (B) designate a senior-level official to be responsible for 
     the implementation of this Act;
       (C) designate, in accordance with subsection (d), an 
     appropriate representative at the Assistant Secretary level 
     or higher to participate on the Council;
       (D) keep the Council apprised of GHSA-related activities 
     undertaken within their respective agencies;
       (E) maintain responsibility for agency-related programmatic 
     functions in coordination with host governments, country 
     teams, and GHSA in-country teams, and in conjunction with 
     other relevant agencies;
       (F) coordinate with other agencies that are identified in 
     this section to satisfy programmatic goals, and further 
     facilitate coordination of country teams, implementers, and 
     donors in host countries; and
       (G) coordinate across GHSA national plans and with GHSA 
     partners to which the United States is providing assistance.
       (2) Additional roles and responsibilities.--In addition to 
     the roles and responsibilities described in paragraph (1), 
     the heads of agencies described in subsection (d) shall carry 
     out their respective roles and responsibilities described in 
     subsections (b) through (i) of section 3 of Executive Order 
     13747 (81 Fed. Reg. 78701; relating to Advancing the Global 
     Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and Secure 
     from Infectious Disease Threats), as in effect on the day 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 191507. UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR GLOBAL HEALTH 
                   SECURITY.

       (a) In General.--The President shall appoint an individual 
     to the position of United States Coordinator for Global 
     Health Security, who shall be responsible for the 
     coordination of the interagency process for responding to 
     global health security emergencies. As appropriate, the 
     designee shall coordinate with the President's Special 
     Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance.
       (b) Congressional Briefing.--Not less frequently than twice 
     each year, the employee designated under this section shall 
     provide to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     briefing on the responsibilities and activities of the 
     individual under this section.

     SEC. 191508. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that, given the complex and 
     multisectoral nature of global health threats to the United 
     States, the President--
       (1) should consider appointing an individual with 
     significant background and expertise in public health or 
     emergency response management to the position of United 
     States Coordinator for Global Health Security, as required by 
     section 191507(a), who is an employee of the National 
     Security Council at the level of Deputy Assistant to the 
     President or higher; and
       (2) in providing assistance to implement the strategy 
     required under section 191509(a), should--
       (A) coordinate, through a whole-of-government approach, the 
     efforts of relevant Federal departments and agencies to 
     implement the strategy;
       (B) seek to fully utilize the unique capabilities of each 
     relevant Federal department and agency while collaborating 
     with and leveraging the contributions of other key 
     stakeholders; and
       (C) utilize open and streamlined solicitations to allow for 
     the participation of a wide range of implementing partners 
     through the most appropriate procurement mechanisms, which 
     may include grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and 
     other instruments as necessary and appropriate.

     SEC. 191509. STRATEGY AND REPORTS.

       (a) Strategy.--The United States Coordinator for Global 
     Health Security (appointed under section 191507(a)) shall 
     coordinate the development and implementation of a strategy 
     to implement the policy aims described in section 191505, 
     which shall--
       (1) set specific and measurable goals, benchmarks, 
     timetables, performance metrics, and monitoring and 
     evaluation plans that reflect international best practices 
     relating to transparency, accountability, and global health 
     security;
       (2) support and be aligned with country-owned global health 
     security policy and investment plans developed with input 
     from key stakeholders, as appropriate;
       (3) facilitate communication and collaboration, as 
     appropriate, among local stakeholders in support of a multi-
     sectoral approach to global health security;
       (4) support the long-term success of programs by building 
     the capacity of local organizations and institutions in 
     target countries and communities;
       (5) develop community resilience to infectious disease 
     threats and emergencies;
       (6) leverage resources and expertise through partnerships 
     with the private sector, health organizations, civil society, 
     nongovernmental organizations, and health research and 
     academic institutions; and

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       (7) support collaboration, as appropriate, between United 
     States universities, and public and private institutions in 
     target countries and communities to promote health security 
     and innovation.
       (b) Coordination.--The President, acting through the United 
     States Coordinator for Global Health Security, shall 
     coordinate, through a whole-of-government approach, the 
     efforts of relevant Federal departments and agencies in the 
     implementation of the strategy required under subsection (a) 
     by--
       (1) establishing monitoring and evaluation systems, 
     coherence, and coordination across relevant Federal 
     departments and agencies; and
       (2) establishing platforms for regular consultation and 
     collaboration with key stakeholders and the appropriate 
     congressional committees.
       (c) Strategy Submission.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation 
     with the head of each relevant Federal department and agency, 
     shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees the 
     strategy required under subsection (a) that provides a 
     detailed description of how the United States intends to 
     advance the policy set forth in section 191505 and the 
     agency-specific plans described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Agency-specific plans.--The strategy required under 
     subsection (a) shall include specific implementation plans 
     from each relevant Federal department and agency that 
     describes--
       (A) the anticipated contributions of the department or 
     agency, including technical, financial, and in-kind 
     contributions, to implement the strategy; and
       (B) the efforts of the department or agency to ensure that 
     the activities and programs carried out pursuant to the 
     strategy are designed to achieve maximum impact and long-term 
     sustainability.
       (d) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
     which the strategy required under subsection (a) is submitted 
     to the appropriate congressional committees under subsection 
     (c), and not later than October 1 of each year thereafter, 
     the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report that describes the status of the 
     implementation of the strategy.
       (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) identify any substantial changes made in the strategy 
     during the preceding calendar year;
       (B) describe the progress made in implementing the 
     strategy;
       (C) identify the indicators used to establish benchmarks 
     and measure results over time, as well as the mechanisms for 
     reporting such results in an open and transparent manner;
       (D) contain a transparent, open, and detailed accounting of 
     expenditures by relevant Federal departments and agencies to 
     implement the strategy, including, to the extent practicable, 
     for each Federal department and agency, the statutory source 
     of expenditures, amounts expended, partners, targeted 
     populations, and types of activities supported;
       (E) describe how the strategy leverages other United States 
     global health and development assistance programs;
       (F) assess efforts to coordinate United States global 
     health security programs, activities, and initiatives with 
     key stakeholders;
       (G) incorporate a plan for regularly reviewing and updating 
     strategies, partnerships, and programs and sharing lessons 
     learned with a wide range of stakeholders, including key 
     stakeholders, in an open, transparent manner; and
       (H) describe the progress achieved and challenges 
     concerning the United States Government's ability to advance 
     the Global Health Security Agenda across priority countries, 
     including data disaggregated by priority country using 
     indicators that are consistent on a year-to-year basis and 
     recommendations to resolve, mitigate, or otherwise address 
     the challenges identified therein.
       (e) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) and 
     the report required under subsection (d) shall be submitted 
     in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.

     SEC. 191510. COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOREIGN AID TRANSPARENCY AND 
                   ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2016.

       Section 2(3) of the Foreign Aid Transparency and 
     Accountability Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-191; 22 U.S.C. 
     2394c note) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) the Global Health Security Act of 2020.''.

     SEC. 191511. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.
       (2) Global health security.--The term ``global health 
     security'' means activities supporting epidemic and pandemic 
     preparedness and capabilities at the country and global 
     levels in order to minimize vulnerability to acute public 
     health events that can endanger the health of populations 
     across geographical regions and international boundaries.

     SEC. 191512. SUNSET.

       This subtitle (other than section 191507), and the 
     amendments made by this subtitle, shall cease to be effective 
     on December 31, 2024.

            Subtitle C--Securing America From Epidemics Act

     SEC. 191513. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) Due to increasing population and population density, 
     human mobility, and ecological change, emerging infectious 
     diseases pose a real and growing threat to global health 
     security.
       (2) While vaccines can be the most effective tools to 
     protect against infectious disease, the absence of vaccines 
     for a new or emerging infectious disease with epidemic 
     potential is a major health security threat globally, posing 
     catastrophic potential human and economic costs.
       (3) The 1918 influenza pandemic infected 500,000,000 
     people, or about one-third of the world's population at the 
     time, and killed 50,000,000 people--more than died in the 
     First World War.
       (4) The economic cost of an outbreak can be devastating. 
     The estimated global cost today, should an outbreak of the 
     scale of the 1918 influenza pandemic strike, is 5 percent of 
     global gross domestic product.
       (5) Even regional outbreaks can have enormous human costs 
     and substantially disrupt the global economy and cripple 
     regional economies. The 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa 
     killed more than 11,000 and cost $2,800,000,000 in losses in 
     the affected countries alone.
       (6) The ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak reflects the 
     pressing need for quick and effective vaccine and 
     countermeasure development.
       (7) While the need for vaccines to address emerging 
     epidemic threats is acute, markets to drive the necessary 
     development of vaccines to address them--a complex and 
     expensive undertaking--are very often critically absent. Also 
     absent are mechanisms to ensure access to those vaccines by 
     those who need them when they need them.
       (8) To address this global vulnerability and the deficit of 
     political commitment, institutional capacity, and funding, in 
     2017, several countries and private partners launched the 
     Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). 
     CEPI's mission is to stimulate, finance, and coordinate 
     development of vaccines for high-priority, epidemic-potential 
     threats in cases where traditional markets do not exist or 
     cannot create sufficient demand.
       (9) Through funding of partnerships, CEPI seeks to bring 
     priority vaccines candidates through the end of phase II 
     clinical trials, as well as support vaccine platforms that 
     can be rapidly deployed against emerging pathogens.
       (10) CEPI has funded multiple partners to develop vaccine 
     candidates against the novel coronavirus, responding to this 
     urgent, global requirement.
       (11) Support for and participation in CEPI is an important 
     part of the United States own health security and biodefense 
     and is in the national interest, complementing the work of 
     many Federal agencies and providing significant value through 
     global partnership and burden-sharing.

     SEC. 191514. AUTHORIZATION FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION.

       (a) In General.--The United States is hereby authorized to 
     participate in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness 
     Innovations.
       (b) Privileges and Immunities.--The Coalition for Epidemic 
     Preparedness Innovations shall be considered a public 
     international organization for purposes of section 1 of the 
     International Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288).
       (c) Reports to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
     includes the following:
       (1) The United States planned contributions to the 
     Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the 
     mechanisms for United States participation in such Coalition.
       (2) The manner and extent to which the United States shall 
     participate in the governance of the Coalition.
       (3) How participation in the Coalition supports relevant 
     United States Government strategies and programs in health 
     security and biodefense, to include--
       (A) the Global Health Security Strategy required by section 
     7058(c)(3) of division K of the Consolidated Appropriations 
     Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141);
       (B) the applicable revision of the National Biodefense 
     Strategy required by section 1086 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 104); and
       (C) any other relevant decision-making process for policy, 
     planning, and spending in global health security, biodefense, 
     or vaccine and medical countermeasures research and 
     development.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.

                       Subtitle D--Other Matters

     SEC. 191515. AUTHORIZATION TO EXTEND MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE 
                   COMPACTS.

       Notwithstanding the limitation in section 609(j) the 
     Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708), the 
     Millennium Challenge Corporation may extend any compact in 
     effect as of January 29, 2020, for up to one additional year 
     to account for delays related to the spread of coronavirus, 
     if the Corporation provides to the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate a justification prior to 
     providing any such extension.

                  TITLE XVI--SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY ACT

     SEC. 191601. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Scientific Integrity 
     Act''.

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     SEC. 191602. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) science and the scientific process should help inform 
     and guide public policy decisions on a wide range of issues, 
     including improvement of public health, protection of the 
     environment, and protection of national security;
       (2) the public must be able to trust the science and 
     scientific process informing public policy decisions;
       (3) science, the scientific process, and the communication 
     of science should be free from politics, ideology, and 
     financial conflicts of interest;
       (4) policies and procedures that ensure the integrity of 
     the conduct and communication of publicly funded science are 
     critical to ensuring public trust;
       (5) a Federal agency that funds, conducts, or oversees 
     research should not suppress, alter, interfere with, or 
     otherwise impede the timely communication and open exchange 
     of data and findings to other agencies, policymakers, and the 
     public of research conducted by a scientist or engineer 
     employed or contracted by a Federal agency that funds, 
     conducts, or oversees scientific research;
       (6) Federal agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee 
     research should work to prevent the suppression or distortion 
     of the data and findings;
       (7) under the First Amendment to the Constitution, citizens 
     of the United States have the right to ``petition the 
     government for a redress of grievances''; and
       (8) Congress has further protected those rights under 
     section 7211 of title 5, United States Code, which states, 
     ``the right of employees, individually or collectively, to 
     petition Congress or a member of Congress . . . may not be 
     interfered with or denied''.

     SEC. 191603. AMENDMENT TO AMERICA COMPETES ACT.

       Section 1009 of the America COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 6620) 
     is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(a) Scientific Integrity Policies.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of the Scientific Integrity Act, the head of each 
     covered agency shall--
       ``(A) adopt and enforce a scientific integrity policy in 
     accordance with subsections (b) and (c); and
       ``(B) submit such policy to the Director of the Office of 
     Science and Technology Policy for approval.
       ``(2) Publication.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
     approves the scientific integrity policy under paragraph (1), 
     the head of each covered agency shall--
       ``(A) make such policy available to the public on the 
     website of the agency; and
       ``(B) submit such policy to the relevant Committees of 
     Congress.
       ``(b) Requirements.--A scientific integrity policy under 
     subsection (a)--
       ``(1) shall prohibit any covered individual from--
       ``(A) engaging in dishonesty, fraud, deceit, 
     misrepresentation, coercive manipulation, or other scientific 
     or research misconduct;
       ``(B) suppressing, altering, interfering with, delaying 
     without scientific merit, or otherwise impeding the release 
     and communication of, scientific or technical findings;
       ``(C) intimidating or coercing an individual to alter or 
     censor, attempting to intimidate or coerce an individual to 
     alter or censor, or retaliating against an individual for 
     failure to alter or censor, scientific or technical findings; 
     or
       ``(D) implementing an institutional barrier to cooperation 
     with scientists outside the covered agency and the timely 
     communication of scientific or technical findings;
       ``(2) shall allow a covered individual to--
       ``(A) disseminate scientific or technical findings, subject 
     to existing law, by--
       ``(i) participating in scientific conferences; and
       ``(ii) seeking publication in online and print publications 
     through peer-reviewed, professional, or scholarly journals;
       ``(B) sit on scientific advisory or governing boards;
       ``(C) join or hold leadership positions on scientific 
     councils, societies, unions, and other professional 
     organizations;
       ``(D) contribute to the academic peer-review process as 
     reviewers or editors; and
       ``(E) participate and engage with the scientific community;
       ``(3) may require a covered individual to, before 
     disseminating scientific or technical findings as described 
     in paragraph (2)(A), submit such findings to the agency for 
     the purpose of review by the agency of the data and findings 
     for technical accuracy if the scientific integrity policy 
     outlines a clear and consistent process for such review; and
       ``(4) shall require that--
       ``(A) scientific conclusions are not made based on 
     political considerations;
       ``(B) the selection and retention of candidates for science 
     and technology positions in the covered agency are based 
     primarily on the candidate's expertise, scientific 
     credentials, experience, and integrity;
       ``(C) personnel actions regarding covered individuals, 
     except for political appointees, are not taken on the basis 
     of political consideration or ideology;
       ``(D) covered individuals adhere to the highest ethical and 
     professional standards in conducting their research and 
     disseminating their findings;
       ``(E) the appropriate rules, procedures, and safeguards are 
     in place to ensure the integrity of the scientific process 
     within the covered agency;
       ``(F) scientific or technological information considered in 
     policy decisions is subject to well-established scientific 
     processes, including peer review where appropriate;
       ``(G) procedures, including procedures with respect to 
     applicable whistleblower protections, are in place as are 
     necessary to ensure the integrity of scientific and 
     technological information and processes on which the covered 
     agency relies in its decision making or otherwise uses; and
       ``(H) enforcement of such policy is consistent with the 
     processes for an administrative hearing and an administrative 
     appeal.
       ``(c) Implementation.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
     head of each covered agency shall--
       ``(1) design the scientific integrity policy to apply with 
     respect to the covered agency;
       ``(2) ensure that such policy is clear with respect to what 
     activities are permitted and what activities are not 
     permitted;
       ``(3) ensure that there is a process for individuals not 
     employed or contracted by the agency, including grantees, 
     collaborators, partners, and volunteers, to report violations 
     of the scientific integrity policy;
       ``(4) enforce such policy uniformly throughout the covered 
     agency; and
       ``(5) make such policy available to the public, employees, 
     private contractors, and grantees of the covered agency.
       ``(d) Scientific Integrity Officer.--Not later than 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, each covered agency 
     shall appoint a Scientific Integrity Officer, who shall--
       ``(1) be a career employee at the covered agency in a 
     professional position;
       ``(2) have technical knowledge and expertise in conducting 
     and overseeing scientific research;
       ``(3) direct the activities and duties described in 
     subsections (e), (f), and (g); and
       ``(4) work closely with the inspector general of the 
     covered agency, as appropriate.
       ``(e) Administrative Process and Training.--Not later than 
     180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of 
     each covered agency shall establish--
       ``(1) an administrative process and administrative appeal 
     process for dispute resolution consistent with the scientific 
     integrity policy of the covered agency adopted under 
     subsection (a); and
       ``(2) a training program to provide--
       ``(A) regular scientific integrity and ethics training to 
     employees and contractors of the covered agency;
       ``(B) new covered employees with training within one month 
     of commencing employment;
       ``(C) information to ensure that covered individuals are 
     fully aware of their rights and responsibilities regarding 
     the conduct of scientific research, publication of scientific 
     research, and communication with the media and the public 
     regarding scientific research; and
       ``(D) information to ensure that covered individuals are 
     fully aware of their rights and responsibilities for 
     administrative hearings and appeals established in the 
     covered agency's scientific integrity policy.
       ``(f) Reporting.--
       ``(1) Annual report.--Each year, each Scientific Integrity 
     Officer appointed by a covered agency under subsection (d) 
     shall post an annual report on the public website of the 
     covered agency that includes, for the year covered by the 
     report--
       ``(A) the number of complaints of misconduct with respect 
     to the scientific integrity policy adopted under subsection 
     (a)--
       ``(i) filed for administrative redress;
       ``(ii) petitioned for administrative appeal; and
       ``(iii) still pending from years prior to the year covered 
     by the report, if any;
       ``(B) an anonymized summary of each such complaint and the 
     results of each such complaint; and
       ``(C) any changes made to the scientific integrity policy.
       ``(2) Incident report.--
       ``(A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
     which an incident described in subparagraph (B) occurs, the 
     head of a covered agency shall submit a report describing the 
     incident to the Office of Science and Technology Policy and 
     the relevant Committees of Congress.
       ``(B) Incident.--An incident described under this paragraph 
     is an incident in which an individual, acting outside the 
     channels established under subsection (e), overrules the 
     decision of the Scientific Integrity Officer with respect to 
     a dispute regarding a violation of the scientific integrity 
     policy.
       ``(g) Office of Science and Technology Policy.--The 
     Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy 
     shall--
       ``(1) collate, organize, and publicly share all information 
     it receives under subsection (g) in one place on its own 
     website; and
       ``(2) on an annual basis, convene the Scientific Integrity 
     Officer of each covered agency appointed under subsection (d) 
     to discuss best practices for implementing the requirements 
     of this section.
       ``(h) Periodic Review and Approval.--
       ``(1) Internal review.--The head of each covered agency 
     shall periodically conduct a review of the scientific 
     integrity policy and change such policy as appropriate.
       ``(2) Review by the office of science and technology 
     policy.--
       ``(A) Review of substantial updates.--The head of each 
     covered agency shall submit to the Office of Science and 
     Technology Policy for approval any substantial changes to the 
     scientific integrity policy.
       ``(B) Quinquennial review.--Not later than 5 years after 
     the date of the enactment of the Scientific Integrity Act, 
     and quinquennially thereafter, the head of each covered 
     agency shall submit the scientific integrity policy to the 
     Office of Science and Technology Policy for review and 
     approval.

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       ``(i) Comptroller General Review.--Not later than 2 years 
     after the date of the enactment of the Scientific Integrity 
     Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct a review of the 
     implementation of the scientific integrity policy by each 
     covered agency.
       ``(j) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Agency.--The term `agency' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
       ``(2) Covered agency.--The term `covered agency' means an 
     agency that funds, conducts, or oversees scientific research.
       ``(3) Covered individual.--The term `covered individual' 
     means a Federal employee or contractor who--
       ``(A) is engaged in, supervises, or manages scientific 
     activities;
       ``(B) analyzes or publicly communicates information 
     resulting from scientific activities; or
       ``(C) uses scientific information or analyses in making 
     bureau, office, or agency policy, management, or regulatory 
     decisions.
       ``(4) Relevant committees of congress.--The term `relevant 
     Committees of Congress' means--
       ``(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate; and
       ``(B) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
     the House of Representatives.''.

     SEC. 191604. EXISTING POLICIES; CLARIFICATION.

       (a) Existing Scientific Integrity Policies.--
     Notwithstanding the amendments made by this title, a covered 
     agency's scientific integrity policy that was in effect on 
     the day before the date of enactment of this Act may satisfy 
     the requirements under the amendments made by this title if 
     the head of the covered agency--
       (1) makes a written determination that the policy satisfies 
     such requirements; and
       (2) submits the written determination and the policy to the 
     Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy for 
     review and approval.
       (b) Clarification.--Nothing in this title shall affect the 
     application of United States copyright law.
       (c) Covered Agency Defined.--The term ``covered agency'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 1009 of the America 
     COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 6620).

                  DIVISION T--ADDITIONAL OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 200001. APPLICATION OF LAW.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the prohibition 
     under section 213 of the Public Works and Economic 
     Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3153) shall not apply with 
     respect to applications for grants made under this Act or 
     Public Law 116-136.

     SEC. 200002. DISASTER RECOVERY OFFICE.

       (a) In General.--Section 601(d)(2) of the Public Works and 
     Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3211(d)(2)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``(2) Release.--'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(2) Release.--
       ``(A) In general.--''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) Revolving loan fund program.--The Secretary may 
     release, subject to terms and conditions the Secretary 
     determines appropriate, the Federal Government's interest in 
     connection with a grant under section 209(d) not less than 7 
     years after final disbursement of the grant, if--
       ``(i) the recipient has carried out the terms of the award 
     in a satisfactory manner;
       ``(ii) any proceeds realized from the release of the 
     Federal Government's interest will be used for one or more 
     activities that continue to carry out the economic 
     development purposes of this Act; and
       ``(iii) the recipient shall provide adequate assurance to 
     the Secretary that at all times after release of the Federal 
     Government's interest in connection with the grant, the 
     recipient will be responsible for continued compliance with 
     the requirements of section 602 in the same manner it was 
     responsible prior to release of the Federal Government's 
     interest and that the recipient's failure to comply shall 
     result in the Secretary taking appropriate action, including, 
     but not limited to, rescission of the release and recovery of 
     the Federal share of the grant.''.
       (b) Office of Disaster Recovery.--Title V of the Public 
     Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3191 et 
     seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 508. OFFICE OF DISASTER RECOVERY.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall create an Office of 
     Disaster Recovery to direct and implement the Agency's post-
     disaster economic recovery responsibilities pursuant to 
     sections 209(c)(2) and 703.
       ``(b) Authorization.--The Secretary is authorized to 
     appoint and fix the compensation of such temporary personnel 
     as may be necessary to implement disaster recovery measures, 
     without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
     Code, governing appointments in the competitive service.''.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the 
     Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 is amended 
     by inserting after the item relating to section 507 the 
     following new item:

``Sec. 508. Office of Disaster Recovery.''.

     SEC. 200003. APPLICATION OF BUY AMERICAN.

       Chapter 83 of title 41, United States Code, shall not apply 
     with respect to purchases made in response to the emergency 
     declared by the President on March 13, 2020, under section 
     501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191) and under any subsequent 
     major disaster declaration under section 401 of such Act that 
     supersedes such emergency declaration.

     SEC. 200004. PREMIUM PAY AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--If services performed during calendar year 
     2020 or 2021 are determined by the head of the agency to be 
     primarily related to response or recovery operations arising 
     out of an emergency or major disaster declared pursuant to 
     the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), any premium pay that 
     is funded, either directly or through reimbursement, by the 
     Federal Emergency Management Agency shall be exempted from 
     the aggregate of basic pay and premium pay calculated under 
     section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, and any other 
     provision of law limiting the aggregate amount of premium pay 
     payable on a biweekly or calendar year basis.
       (b) Overtime Authority.--Any overtime that is funded for 
     such services described in subsection (a), either directly or 
     through reimbursement, by the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency shall be exempted from any annual limit on the amount 
     of overtime payable in a calendar or fiscal year.
       (c) Applicability of Aggregate Limitation on Pay.--In 
     determining whether an employee's pay exceeds the applicable 
     annual rate of basic pay payable under section 5307 of title 
     5, United States Code, the head of an Executive agency shall 
     not include pay exempted under this section.
       (d) Limitation of Pay Authority.--Pay exempted from 
     otherwise applicable limits under subsection (a) shall not 
     cause the aggregate pay earned for the calendar year in which 
     the exempted pay is earned to exceed the rate of basic pay 
     payable for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
       (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect as if 
     enacted on January 1, 2020.

     SEC. 200005. COST SHARE.

       Assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued 
     by the President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 
     501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), and under any 
     subsequent major disaster declaration under section 401 of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that supersedes such emergency 
     declaration, shall be at a 100 percent Federal cost share.

     SEC. 200006. CLARIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--For the emergency declared on March 13, 
     2020 by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5191), the President may provide assistance for 
     activities, costs, and purchases of States or local 
     governments or the owners or operators of eligible private 
     nonprofit organizations, including--
       (1) activities eligible for assistance under sections 301, 
     415, 416, and 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141, 5182, 5183, 
     5189d);
       (2) backfill costs for first responders and other essential 
     employees who are ill or quarantined;
       (3) increased operating costs for essential government 
     services due to such emergency, including costs for 
     implementing continuity plans, and sheltering or housing for 
     first responders, emergency managers, health providers and 
     other essential employees;
       (4) costs of providing guidance and information to the 
     public and for call centers to disseminate such guidance and 
     information;
       (5) costs associated with establishing and operating 
     virtual services;
       (6) costs for establishing and operating remote test sites;
       (7) training provided specifically in anticipation of or in 
     response to the event on which such emergency declaration is 
     predicated;
       (8) personal protective equipment and other critical 
     supplies for first responders and other essential employees;
       (9) medical equipment, regardless of whether such equipment 
     is used for emergency or inpatient care;
       (10) public health costs, including provision and 
     distribution of medicine and medical supplies;
       (11) costs associated with maintaining alternate care 
     facilities or related facilities currently inactive but 
     related to future needs tied to the ongoing pandemic event;
       (12) costs of establishing and operating shelters and 
     providing services, including transportation, that help 
     alleviate the need of individuals for shelter, including 
     individuals transitioning out of detention; and
       (13) costs of procuring and distributing food to 
     individuals affected by the pandemic through networks 
     established by State, local, or Tribal governments or other 
     organizations, including restaurants and farms, and for the 
     purchase of food directly from food producers and farmers.
       (b) Application to Subsequent Major Disaster.--The 
     activities described in subsection (a) may also be eligible 
     for assistance under any major disaster declared by the 
     President under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that 
     supersedes the emergency declaration described in such 
     subsection.
       (c) Financial Assistance for Funeral Expenses.--For any 
     emergency or major disaster described in subsection (a) or 
     subsection (b), the President shall provide financial 
     assistance to an individual or household to meet disaster-
     related funeral expenses under section 408(e)(1) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 5174(e)).
       (d) Advanced Assistance.--In order to facilitate activities 
     under this section, the Administrator of the Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency may provide assistance in advance 
     to an eligible applicant if a failure to do so would prevent 
     the applicant from carrying out such activities.
       (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to make ineligible any assistance that would 
     otherwise be eligible under section 403, 408, or 502 of such 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5174, 5192).

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     SEC. 200007. SAFETY UPGRADES IN GSA FACILITIES.

       (a) Facility Safety Upgrades.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
     General Services Administration shall take such actions as 
     are necessary to prevent airborne transmission of COVID-19 
     through air conditioning, heating, ventilating, and water 
     systems in facilities owned or leased by the General Services 
     Administration to ensure safe and healthy indoor environments 
     for Federal employees.
       (b) Priorities.--Any projects carried out by the 
     Administrator to carry out this section shall prioritize 
     indoor air and water environmental quality in facilities and 
     energy-saving building technologies and products.

     SEC. 200008. NON-FEDERAL TENANTS IN GSA FACILITIES.

       (a) Prohibition on Referral to Debt Collection Agencies.--
     Administrator of the General Services Administration may not 
     refer any non-Federal tenants of facilities owned by the 
     Administration to a debt collection agency during the 
     national emergency declared by the President under the 
     National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) relating to 
     COVID-19.
       (b) Report on Rent Deferral Requests.--Not later than 30 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Administrator of the General Services Administration shall 
     submit to Congress a report containing all requests for rent 
     deferrals related to COVID-19 from non-Federal tenants of 
     facilities owned by the Administration.

     SEC. 200009. TRANSIT COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS.

       (a) In General.--For the duration of the national emergency 
     declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act 
     (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related to the pandemic of SARS-CoV-
     2 or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), recipients of funds 
     under section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, that 
     serve an urbanized area with a population of at least 500,000 
     individuals and that provided a minimum of 20,000,000 
     unlinked passenger trips in the most recent year for which 
     data is available shall--
       (1) require each passenger to wear a mask or protective 
     face covering while on board a public transportation vehicle;
       (2) provide masks or protective face coverings, gloves, and 
     hand santizer and wipes with sufficient alcohol content to 
     operators, station managers, and other employees or 
     contractors whose job responsibilities include interaction 
     with passengers;
       (3) ensure public transportation vehicles operated by such 
     public transportation provider are cleaned, disinfected, and 
     sanitized frequently in accordance with Centers for Disease 
     Control and Prevention guidance and ensure that employees or 
     contractors whose job responsibilities involve such cleaning, 
     disinfecting, or sanitizing are provided masks or protective 
     face coverings and gloves;
       (4) ensure stations and enclosed facilities owned, 
     operated, or used by such public transportation provider, 
     including facilities used for training or performance of 
     indoor maintenance, repair, or overhaul work, are cleaned, 
     disinfected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance and 
     ensure that employees or contractors whose job 
     responsibilities include such cleaning, disinfecting, or 
     sanitizing are provided masks or other protective face 
     coverings and gloves; and
       (5) establish guidelines, or adhere to applicable 
     guidelines, for notifying employees of a confirmed COVID-19 
     diagnosis of an employee of such public transportation 
     provider.
       (b) Implementation.--The implementation of the requirement 
     under subsection (a)(1) shall be carried out in a manner 
     determined by the provider of public transportation.
       (c) Availability.--If a provider of public transportation 
     is unable to acquire any of the items needed to comply with 
     paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subsection (a) due to market 
     unavailability, such provider shall--
       (1) prepare and make public documentation demonstrating 
     what actions have been taken to acquire such items; and
       (2) continue efforts to acquire such items until they 
     become available.

     SEC. 200010. REGULATION OF ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF VESSELS 
                   DURING NATIONAL EMERGENCY.

       Section 70051 of title 46, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the section heading by inserting ``or public health 
     emergency'' after ``national emergency'';
       (2) by inserting ``or whenever the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services determines a public health emergency exists,'' 
     after ``international relations of the United States'';
       (3) by inserting ``or to ensure the safety of vessels and 
     persons in any port and navigable waterway,'' after ``harbor 
     or waters of the United States'';
       (4) by inserting ``or public health emergency,'' after 
     ``subversive activity''; and
       (5) by inserting ``or to ensure the safety of vessels and 
     persons in any port and navigable waterway,'' after ``injury 
     to any harbor or waters of the United States,''.

     SEC. 200011. MSP OPERATING VESSELS.

       Notwithstanding part 296 of title 46, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, until December 31, 2020, or upon the written 
     determination of the Secretary of Transportation until June 
     31, 2021, the operator of a vessel operating such vessel 
     under an MSP Operating Agreement (as such term is defined in 
     section 296.2 of title 46, Code of Federal Regulations)--
       (1) shall not be required to comply with any requirement 
     with respect to operating days (as such term is defined in 
     such section) contained in such agreement; and
       (2) shall maintain such vessel in a state of operational 
     readiness, including through the employment of the vessel's 
     crew complement, until the applicable date.

     SEC. 200012. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR LIBRARY 
                   OF CONGRESS SEVERABLE SERVICE CONTRACTS.

       (a) Extension.--Notwithstanding sections 3902(a) and 
     3904(b) of title 41, United States Code, if the performance 
     or delivery of services procured under a severable service 
     contract of the Library of Congress is delayed or otherwise 
     affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic--
       (1) the period for the performance or delivery of services 
     under the contract may be extended for an additional period 
     not exceeding 12 months; and
       (2) funds shall remain available for obligation and 
     expenditure under the contract until the performance or 
     delivery of the services is completed.
       (b) Contracts Covered.--This section applies with respect 
     to contracts for services procured for a period beginning in 
     fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020.

     SEC. 200013. COVERAGE OF COMMUTING EXPENSES UNDER AUTHORITY 
                   OF ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL TO MAKE 
                   EXPENDITURES IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES.

       (a) Coverage of Commuting Expenses.--Section 1305(a)(2) of 
     the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2010 (2 U.S.C. 
     1827(a)(2)) is amended by inserting after ``refreshments,'' 
     the following: ``transportation and other related expenses 
     incurred by employees in commuting between their residence 
     and their place of employment,''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each 
     succeeding fiscal year.

     SEC. 200014. REPORTS ON SUICIDE AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
                   FORCES DURING THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH 
                   EMERGENCY.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter through 
     December 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
     the congressional defense committees a report on suicide 
     among members of the Armed Forces during the covered public 
     health emergency.
       (b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall 
     include, with respect to the months covered by the report, 
     the following:
       (1) Incidents of suicide, attempted suicide, and suicidal 
     ideation by a member of the Armed Forces, including the 
     reserve components, listed by Armed Force.
       (2) The incidents identified under paragraph (1) that 
     occurred during a period of active service by a member in 
     support of--
       (A) a contingency operation; or
       (B) an operation in response to a covered public health 
     emergency.
       (3) With respect to the member involved in each incident 
     identified under paragraph (2):
       (A) Gender.
       (B) Age.
       (C) Rank.
       (D) Method of suicide or attempted suicide.
       (4) Elements of a research agenda for the Department of 
     Defense to establish suicide prevention treatment and risk 
     communication for members of the Armed Forces that is--
       (A) evidence-based;
       (B) effective; and
       (C) designed to apply to a covered public health emergency.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The terms ``active service'', ``congressional defense 
     committees'', and ``contingency operation'' have the meanings 
     given those terms in section 101 of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       (2) The term ``covered public health emergency'' means the 
     declaration--
       (A) of a public health emergency, based on an outbreak of 
     COVID-19, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under 
     section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d); or
       (B) of a domestic emergency, based on an outbreak of COVID-
     19, by the President or the Secretary of Homeland Security.

     SEC. 200015. MODIFICATION TO MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT 
                   REQUIREMENT FOR TEMPORARY INCREASE IN MEDICAID 
                   FMAP.

       (a) In General.--Section 6008(b)(1) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d note) is amended by 
     inserting ``, or as signed into State law on April 15, 2020, 
     and taking effect in State law on April 3, 2020'' after 
     ``January 1, 2020''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill shall be debatable for 2 hours, 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations.
  The gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) and the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Cole) each will control 60 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 to revise and extend their remarks and include 
extraneous material on the measure under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from New York?

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  There was no objection.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 4\1/2\ minutes.
  Mr. Speaker, nearly 86,000 Americans have died, more than 1.4 million 
have become sick, and more than 36 million have lost their jobs because 
of coronavirus.
  While Congress has taken significant action, we must do more.
  On Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell urged Congress to 
think big to address this crisis. The HEROES Act is a bold step to 
provide that support and ensure our Nation meets the challenge of the 
pandemic and the ensuing economic recession.
  Within the Appropriations division, this bill deploys more than $1.5 
trillion in Federal funds to address this health and economic crisis.
  First, the bill delivers nearly $1 trillion to States and local 
governments so that they can keep our heroes--first responders, health 
workers, teachers, and other public servants--paid and working for the 
American people.
  I am proud that this bill will provide $67 billion to my home State 
of New York, which has been hit so hard by this crisis.
  Second, we will only beat this disease with a robust national 
strategy for testing, tracing, and treatment.
  Yesterday, Dr. Rick Bright, one of the Federal Government's top 
scientists, warned us: ``If we fail to develop a national coordinated 
response, based in science, I fear the pandemic will get far worse and 
be prolonged, causing unprecedented illness and fatalities.''
  To that end, the bill builds on the CARES Act, with $75 billion for a 
nationwide testing and contact tracing strategy, and an additional $100 
billion for the Health Provider Relief Fund.
  Third, we must meet the challenge that the economic effects of 
lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are having on families.
  As a mother and a grandmother, I am deeply concerned about the 
effects of coronavirus on children and their education. We are 
including $100 billion to support K-12 and higher education systems as 
they respond to this crisis.
  To address rising hunger, this bill funds an expansion of SNAP 
benefits and other nutrition programs so that children and families 
have enough to eat.
  To prevent a housing crisis, we are deploying new funds worth nearly 
$200 billion to help struggling families make rent or pay their 
mortgages.
  Finally, to stop this crisis from weakening our democracy, we have 
included funding to hold safe elections, to carry out a fair and 
accurate Census, and to ensure that the Postal Service can continue 
safely delivering mail to American households.
  I am so proud of the hard work of so many to ensure this bill 
provides the help that families, businesses, and communities need.
  Mr. Speaker, the HEROES Act will meet the challenges this pandemic 
poses to our Nation. I urge a ``yes'' vote, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.

                              {time}  1445

  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 6800. Not only is the 
bill premature; it was crafted behind closed doors and without any 
Republican input at all.
  The pandemic we currently face is unlike anything we have experienced 
in modern history, and so, too, has been our response. I am pleased 
with how the Congress has worked together and quickly to provide urgent 
aid to those on the front lines and those struggling with the economic 
impacts of this disastrous scourge.
  Every bill that has been enacted up to this point was ultimately the 
product of cooperation and bipartisan support. Each of those bills 
passed this floor with essentially no partisan division at all.
  So it is very disappointing to come before you today, Mr. Speaker, on 
this one-sided bill that is loaded with provisions unrelated to the 
crisis that we face. This is not in the spirit of cooperation that the 
American people expect from their leaders during difficult times.
  Indeed, the bill before us today has $3 trillion in spending, we 
think. We don't know. We don't have a CBO score yet. It provides nearly 
$10,000 for every person in the United States. And the $1.5 trillion of 
discretionary funding provided in this bill is more than typically 
appropriated in an entire fiscal year.
  This includes almost a trillion dollars in new funding for States, 
cities, and counties, on top of roughly a trillion dollars we have 
already provided over the last two months. These new dollars are made 
available without any safeguards against funds going to jurisdictions 
that had financial problems long before the crisis and are unrelated to 
the crisis.
  The bill gives the U.S. Postal Service a $25 billion windfall without 
requiring any reforms to their operations, and it bails out 
multiemployer pension plans.
  There are also sweeping changes to our election system, requiring 
same-day voter registration and nationwide vote by mail. This is an 
incredible Federal intrusion into the election system that is operated 
not by the Federal Government, but by the States.
  I am concerned with this path, Mr. Speaker. It leads us in the wrong 
direction. There is no reason for us to be here on the floor in this 
House debating this partisan wish list.
  I know what can come from Members working across the aisle together. 
I have done it on many occasions with my good friend, the distinguished 
chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee. It is what led to the 
creation of the Infectious Disease Rapid Response Reserve Fund that 
allowed the administration to respond immediately to the emerging 
threat from the new coronavirus as we worked to understand where 
resources were needed.
  I was proud to work with my counterpart in the Labor, Health, and 
Human Services Committee, Chairwoman DeLauro, on that fund, and even 
more proud to see it used effectively. That is an example of the two 
parties coming together, working together to pass a really good idea 
that benefitted this country at a critical time.
  That is the cooperative nature that has been the hallmark of our 
government's response to the pandemic up till now. The American people 
expect and deserve nothing less. For that reason, I urge my colleagues 
to vote ``no'' on this bill, so that we can work together and on a 
better product that will be a responsible use of taxpayer dollars and 
truly help those in need.
  Mr. Speaker, I have full faith that the leaders of the Appropriations 
Committee, Chairwoman Lowey and Republican Ranking Member Granger, will 
work together to come up with a bill that we all support. That 
confidence is based on experience. I have seen them do it over and over 
again during my time in Congress, and particularly in dealing with the 
last four bills where we did work together and manage to craft a bill 
that not only passed here, but passed the United States Senate as well, 
essentially without dissent.
  Mr. Speaker, if we continue down the path with this bill, we know 
that the Senate will not pick it up, and we know the President will not 
sign it. It is much more about political messaging than effective 
legislating.
  I would just urge my colleagues, let's return to the path that we 
walked down together in these recent weeks. We bargained, we debated, 
but we brought products to the floor that we knew could pass the other 
chamber and that we knew the President would sign, and that we knew 
would immediately go forward to help the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Pelosi), the outstanding Speaker of the House.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished chair for yielding 
and thank her for her tremendous leadership.
  My colleagues, a horrible virus has made a vicious attack on the 
lives and the livelihood of the American people and, indeed, on the 
life of our democracy. We have been given a momentous opportunity and, 
therefore, a great opportunity to defeat the virus and to do so in a 
way that brings us together and takes us forward to a stronger America.
  Today, the House will consider the HEROES Act, to honor those who are 
on the front lines, our healthcare workers, our first responders, 
teachers,

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sanitation workers, food providers, transit workers, and other 
essential workers.
  Many of them have risked their lives to save lives, and now they may 
lose their jobs. For many of them, this is just what is happening right 
now as governors across the country are planning their budgets.
  As the coronavirus takes its vicious toll on the lives and 
livelihoods in our country, it has also taken a toll on the States to 
deliver services to the people. Governors are forced to either cut 
services or increase taxes or both.
  Congress must honor its responsibility to the American people, to 
lessen the blow of the coronavirus, by making the same serious 
investment of the HEROES Act to our State, local, Tribal, and 
territorial governments.

  The plan that we are voting on today will make a tremendous 
difference, not only in the budgets of the States, but in the lives of 
the American people: their public health, the education of our 
children, the sanitation that is so important in defeating the virus, 
with the support of so many essential workers.
  The distinguished gentleman on the other side of the aisle talked 
about the cost of the bill. The cost to the States, localities, 
territories, and Tribal governments is less than the cost of the 
Republican tax break, which gave 83 percent of the benefits to the top 
1 percent. We think this is a major investment in the lives of the 
American people and in the budgets of our States and localities.
  Setting aside how we got here, we must approach this tragedy with the 
deepest humanity, Mr. Speaker. All of our hearts are broken by the 
87,000 Americans who have lost their lives and nearly 1.5 million who 
have been infected by the coronavirus.
  The number of 36-or-more-million Americans who have filed for 
unemployment insurance is almost unimaginable. This is a moment when 
our fellow Americans are in deep suffering. We must have empathy for 
our heroes, the healthcare workers, for how exhausted they must be and 
how stressed they are in doing their jobs. And, again, they are at risk 
of losing their jobs in this economy.
  We must also emphasize the pain of families who do not know where 
their next meal is coming from or how they are going to pay next 
month's rent. It is imperative that we address the needs of the 
American people with clarity as we proceed.
  It is always interesting to me, Mr. Speaker, to see how much patience 
some people have with the pain and suffering of other people, a 
tolerance level that is not acceptable in a great country like America, 
with a sense of community and concern for each other.
  We can all agree that we must open the economy, for sure, as quickly 
as we can. But we must do so based on science and data. The key to 
opening this door is testing, tracing, treating, and social distancing. 
Overwhelmingly, the scientific community agrees.
  The HEROES Act has a strategic plan, something that has been lacking 
thus far, a strategic plan with a vision to end this plague, a 
strategic vision, a goal, a timetable, milestones, benchmarks, put 
forth by the Energy and Commerce Committee. That is really important. I 
thank the gentleman from New Jersey. You have to have a plan to 
succeed.
  As families are devastated by the loss of life, this legislation of 
putting money in the pockets of the American people, which is also a 
stimulus for the economy, is essential. They are suffering so much in 
so many ways. We want to lessen the pain for them.
  As Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said--this is very important, 
because it isn't one of us saying it to each other. The authority of 
the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board said: ``Additional fiscal 
support could be costly, but worth it if it helps avoid long-term 
economic damage and leaves us with a stronger recovery. This tradeoff 
is one for our elected representatives, who wield powers of taxation 
and spending.''
  As elected officials, we have the responsibility and the opportunity 
to think big, as he advised, and act now for the people.
  The distinguished gentleman said, oh, my goodness, we put this bill 
on the floor. Well, let me just do a little history of the last few 
months.
  I, too, am very proud of the fact that we were able to bring four 
bills to conclusion in a strong bipartisan way.
  The first one on March 4: Testing, testing, testing. Not really 
fulfilled, but nonetheless intended.
  Ten days later, on March 14: Mask, mask, mask, mask. Again, PPE, not 
fully realized, but nonetheless intended.
  March 28, the President of the United States signed the CARES Act, 
the first CARES Act. And that was a bill that was developed by the 
Republican leadership in the Senate. They put forth their proposal. We 
responded, acted upon it, and came forth with a bipartisan agreement.
  The next bill, the interim PPP bill, was also developed by the 
Republican leader in the Senate. He put forth their proposal; we put 
forth our suggestions; we negotiated; we came forth with a bipartisan 
bill.
  Don't you take pride in the House of Representatives having the same 
opportunity and privilege as the Republican leadership in the Senate 
for us to put forth legislation in this terrible fight?
  More than 80 percent of what is in this legislation has already been 
supported in a bipartisan way. We have agreed on State and local and 
other bills. We have agreed on testing in at least two other bills. We 
have agreed on supporting hospitals. We have agreed on unemployment 
insurance. We have agreed on direct payments. So much that is in this 
legislation has appeared in previous bipartisan legislation. So we are 
not asking people to do something they haven't done before.
  But there are some things that we want to add, the postal system, 
more for voting--but they did vote for the vote-by-mail legislation 
before--a very strong OSHA regulation that mandates certain conditions 
so that our workers will be protected and that our employers will know 
what the standards are clearly that they must honor and, therefore, 
they are protected as well.

                              {time}  1500

  Now, some of the Members say: Let's take a pause.
  Let's take a pause? Do you think this virus is taking a pause? Do you 
think that the rent takes a pause? Do you think that putting food on 
the table, or the hunger that comes if you can't, takes a pause? The 
hardship of losing a job doesn't take a pause. Or tragically losing a 
loved one, it doesn't take a pause.
  So many lives may have been saved if we had testing, tracing, and 
treatment earlier on. Now, that is a lesson to us that that is what we 
must do so that we can end this. But we don't end it by pausing in the 
fight.
  This virus is relentless. It is possibly mutating, changing its 
nature. This is a very difficult fight.
  It gives us a moment that we must admit that the American people are 
suffering deeply. We must have empathy for the healthcare workers who, 
again and again, risk their lives to save lives and, again, are now at 
risk of losing jobs of their own, as I said before.
  We must have empathy for the families who are sick and the parents 
who are struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table.
  We must have empathy for families who have lost their loved ones. Can 
you just imagine losing a loved one so mysteriously, so out of the 
blue? Many people can't even embrace them or say good-bye because of 
the way the virus is communicated.
  We cannot abandon them in this time of need. To protect lives and 
livelihood, Members of Congress, House and Senate, must come together, 
as we have done, responding to the Republicans' bills that they 
constructed on their own in the Senate, and now we offer back something 
that contains much of what they offered, a little more, because the 
needs are greater.
  We must pass this bill to give the families the relief they need. 
These are the American people. This is our family. They are suffering. 
They need help. We have the resources and the opportunity to do so.
  It is interesting to me, and so sad for me, as a mother and 
grandmother of children who are younger and college age, that this is 
the time that they would have been enjoying graduation. I have spoken 
at many, many, many graduations, watching hundreds of thousands of 
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stage, to see the pride in their families, many of them the first in 
their families to graduate from college, to see the symbol of success, 
love, and joy that it is for those families. They will be missing that 
ritual, sadly, whether it is college, high school, or, in my case, 
grade school, and even going into middle school.
  President Kennedy said that children are our ``greatest resource'' 
and our ``best hope for the future.'' They are our hope, but we must 
also give them hope as they go forward by alleviating the challenge our 
country is facing and make the future better for them. It is always 
about the children and their future.
  I urge our colleagues to consider all of those children all over 
America, but also in their own States, in their own districts, as they 
make their decision today that is so important to our country.
  That is why I am so grateful, Mr. Speaker, to have a distinguished 
chairwoman, Chair Nita Lowey of New York, as chair of the 
Appropriations Committee. She and many of our chairs of committees have 
been dazzling, dazzling with a depth of knowledge of the subjects, the 
extent of legislative brilliance that they have brought to all of this, 
knowing the challenge, understanding the policy, strategically thinking 
about how we can best accomplish and use money.
  This is not a Christmas tree. There is nothing joyful about this. 
This is a very strategically planned piece of legislation that is 
tailored strictly to meet the needs of the American people regarding 
the coronavirus pandemic. To do anything less would not be responsible. 
There is more we could have done, but again, we wanted to keep the cost 
in line.
  When you talk about the cost, you have to think about the opportunity 
lost. The Chairman of the Fed has told us to think big. It is never 
going to be cheaper, he said, because the cost of interest is so low, 
the cost of credit is so low.
  And I say, not to act now is not only irresponsible in a humanitarian 
way, but it is irresponsible because it is only going to cost more, 
more in terms of lives and livelihood, cost to the budget, cost to our 
democracy, as Governors, city halls, and county executives struggle to 
make their budgets so depleted by this virus.
  This funding is to make sure that they have the funds to take care of 
some of the funding for the coronavirus expenses directly, but also a 
recognition of the loss of revenue to their budgets because of this 
assault on our economy by this vicious little virus that we must 
defeat.
  As we do that, Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished chairwoman for 
her extraordinary leadership. She has a few more bills to go, a lot of 
time left, a great contribution to make. I had the privilege of serving 
with her for decades, and I am sorry to see her leave the Congress, but 
she leaves a tremendous legacy.
  We all believe that a budget should be a statement of our national 
values. What is important to us as a Nation should be reflected in our 
budgets and how we allocate our resources.
  Chairman Lowey has been just that messenger of values as she has put 
forth her budgets, and she does so with respect for the Republicans on 
her committee, in this Congress, and in this country. Bipartisanship is 
the order of the day.
  As a former member of the Appropriations Committee, where I was 
forged, and the Intelligence Committee, I recognize full well the 
product, as Mr. Cole said, of appropriators working together. I always 
say, left to their own devices, they can get the job done, and they 
will.
  I have no doubt that this legislation will have bipartisan support. I 
just want it to be soon because these Governors can't wait. Right now, 
as I said, they have many layoffs because they don't have the money. 
Are they going to raise property taxes? We can make that go away in 
large measure if we pass this legislation because it is not just about 
their budgets; it is about the services for the people of our country 
that will be lessened if we do not help.

  What are we here for, but for the American people? How are their 
services delivered? In many ways by the statehouses and the State 
legislatures, the city councils, mayors' offices, and the rest. We have 
a responsibility to make the strategic spending that we need to do. 
That is what this bill does.
  It is not for us to praise our heroes. Everybody praises them, thanks 
them, and honors them--words. We need deeds, and we need real support 
for them. We must always--this is the saddest part, all these people 
who have died.
  I know, on both sides of the aisle, hearing our colleagues speak, 
that all of us will always carry those people in our hearts, 87,000 
now. Hopefully, we can curtail the growth of that number with our 
testing, but we must make a decision to do so. That is the decision 
that we have to make here today.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank all of my colleagues for their thoughtful and 
prayerful consideration of the HEROES Act. I thank all of you for your 
concern about the American people. Let us come together and give them a 
real signal that we care by allocating the resources to meet their 
needs.
  We pray for all of them, all of our constituents, and we pray and 
thank God for continuing to bless America.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge our colleagues to support the HEROES Act.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, while our distinguished Speaker and I may 
disagree on this particular bill, we certainly agree on our opinion of 
the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee and her ability to bring 
us together.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. 
Aderholt), my good friend and distinguished ranking member of the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the 
Appropriations Committee.
  Mr. ADERHOLT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma for 
yielding to me.
  I rise today in strong opposition to this bill. No doubt, as has been 
said, State and local governments across this Nation are hurting 
because of the economic downturn this virus has created. However, these 
times call for cooperation. The Democrats, unfortunately, have chosen 
partisanship.
  America needs us to come together to address this pandemic, but the 
Democrats chose their own way, shutting out the Republicans in 
discussing this bill. Unfortunately, the Democratic leadership seems 
more interested in shaping the debate for November than solving the 
real problems that this country is going through today.
  Among the many concerns of this package is the election mandates. The 
Democrat pipe dream would lead to widespread voter fraud by allowing 
voter harvesting and prohibiting even States from requiring voter 
identification.
  Let me be clear: This bill is chock-full of proposals that have 
absolutely nothing to do with addressing the economic harms from the 
pandemic virus that we are experiencing in this Nation. A $3 trillion 
liberal wish list is not a serious proposal. The United States of 
America, this country, deserves better.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
New York (Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney), my friend, a fellow New Yorker, an 
outstanding Congresswoman from New York, and the chairwoman of the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good 
friend from New York for yielding.
  I rise in strong support of the HEROES Act. This bill will provide 
over $67 billion in emergency relief to New York State, emergency aid 
that is desperately needed by a State that is on the front line of our 
national fight against the coronavirus.
  There is more than $17 billion that will flow directly to New York 
City, whose people continue to inspire the country with their 
resilience, courage, and compassion.
  The act includes crucial support for renters, which is especially 
important to my district. For people who have lost their jobs, the 
Federal Government will pay their rent for them out of a $100 billion 
fund.
  As chair of the Oversight and Reform Committee, I helped lead a 
bipartisan effort to save the Postal Service from financial ruin. This 
bill will provide $25 billion to ensure that it can continue serving 
the American public.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the numerous Members on both sides of the aisle 
who have joined me in fighting for this and

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supporting this funding. This emergency assistance will mean that we 
can avoid drastic service cuts at a time when American lives depend on 
the mail more and more every day.
  Recognizing that Congress has a constitutional responsibility to 
ensure a fair and accurate Census, this bill extends certain reporting 
deadlines. The administration has asked for this delay as a result of 
the coronavirus crisis, which caused key operations of the 2020 Census 
to be postponed.
  The bill would also enhance congressional oversight of Census 
operations. This administration has fought legitimate oversight tooth 
and nail, and the bill has added protections for this essential 
function.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this crucial legislation.

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  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Calvert), my very good friend and the distinguished 
ranking member of the Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations.
  Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the HEROES 
Act. With $3 trillion in spending, there are plenty of giveaways for 
liberal priorities, such as handouts for illegal immigrants and failed 
pension systems, yet there is no funding for the defense industrial 
base.
  Today, as we debate these measures, adversaries around the world are 
testing our ability to defend ourselves as we battle this virus and the 
economic impact. But instead of shoring up our defense industrial base, 
which is comprised of businesses in every one of our districts, the 
majority ignores the clear and present danger of those who wish to 
exploit this crisis.
  China continues to secure its vision of regional dominance. Rather 
than spending billions of dollars to keep people dependent on the 
government, why not put them to work building more Virginia-class 
submarines, Joint Strike Fighters, amphibious combat vehicles, 
expeditionary sea bases, MQ-9 Reapers, satellites.
  Let's accelerate the next generation of weapons systems, including 
the Columbia-class submarines, the new frigate, the B-21 Long-Range 
Stealth Bomber, the Army's Future Vertical Lift program.
  The defense industrial base is comprised of hundreds of thousands of 
companies, from the primes to the 10-person shops making nuts and 
bolts. It is the small innovator that disrupts the system and provides 
leap-ahead technology. It is a critical industry that is completely 
ignored in the bill.
  I am opposed to the bill for many reasons. It is a roadmap to an even 
more authoritative Federal Government, a first step toward a socialist 
system. But today I stand for the men and women of the United States 
Armed Forces and the defense community that supports them. As the 
beacon of freedom and democracy in the world, we must send a message 
that will not allow for bad actors to take advantage, and we will 
continue to be the world's superpower through our ability to project 
force to any corner of the world.
  This bill is a retreat from our values and our place in the world. 
Americans don't want unlimited handouts and dependence; they want to 
work, innovate, and succeed. I urge a ``no'' vote.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Nadler), my friend, the outstanding chairman of the Committee 
on the Judiciary.
  Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, we find ourselves at a critical moment: 1.4 million 
Americans are sick; nearly 90,000 people have died; 36 million 
Americans are out of work.
  My constituents in New York have been at the epicenter of this 
pandemic for months. While this bill is not perfect, it goes far to 
support the country and New Yorkers.
  First and foremost, State and local governments will see nearly $1 
trillion dollars in funding to fill the massive gaps in their budgets 
and prevent huge cuts to critical services. For New York State and New 
York City, that funding will mean the difference between recovery and 
total economic collapse.
  I am proud the HEROES Act includes two bills I introduced: the COVID-
19 Correctional Facility Emergency Response Act, for testing, 
treatment, and prevention of COVID-19 in prisons and jails; and the 
Public Safety Officer Pandemic Response Act, which will make sure that 
our brave first responders who die or become disabled get their 
benefits. The bill also includes many priorities for the Judiciary 
Committee, like additional funding for the Violence Against Women Act 
to address the surge in domestic violence, funding for Legal Aid and 
local law enforcement, and a ban on price gouging.
  The bill includes $100 billion for rental assistance, $75 billion for 
homeowners assistance so people don't lose their homes, and financial 
support for the frontline and essential workers keeping our country 
running.
  It is vital that door staff who have been working every day in our 
apartment and office buildings qualify for this additional pay. I look 
forward to working with my colleagues to make sure that happens.
  The bill finally puts in place a comprehensive, nationwide, science-
based strategy for testing and contact tracing that is essential to 
limit the spread of the pandemic and to get our economy open again.
  Additionally, the bill improves PPP and makes loan forgiveness much 
easier to achieve for millions of small businesses. Nonprofits, the 
backbone of New York's economy, and housing cooperatives will also now 
be eligible for PPP.
  The Postal Service, which has been a lifeline for American families 
since George Washington and small businesses during the pandemic, will 
also receive much-needed funding to keep services running.
  The bill is not perfect, but it is essential. I urge everyone to vote 
for it.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Arkansas (Mr. Womack), my good friend, and the distinguished Republican 
ranking member on the Budget Committee, as well as a valued member of 
the Appropriations Committee.
  Mr. WOMACK. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, let me say before I get to the contents of my remarks, 
not lost on me is the work that Mr. Cole is doing today as a Rules 
Committee member and managing the debate that we just had, managing 
this debate with Appropriations. He is a real iron man today, and I 
just want to publicly thank him for the longstanding work that he is 
doing in support of our work here today.
  Mr. Speaker, here we are in the people's House debating nothing more 
than a real partisan grab bag, and it is an expensive one. What we see 
as a crisis, Mr. Speaker, the other side sees as an opportunity to 
exert leverage: no collaboration, no transparency, no Republican input. 
They can't even wait until the trillions of dollars we have already 
spent is completely out the door before coming back for more.

  Why? Because this is not about a response to the coronavirus; it is 
about implementing an agenda. Many of the items in this bill were 
already part of the liberal agenda before we could even say 
``coronavirus.''
  What does the federalizing of elections have to do with COVID-19?
  What does the SALT deduction that has been a source of contention 
with the other side have to do with COVID-19?
  How about forgiving $10,000 of student loan debt? How did that get in 
the conversation with our response to coronavirus?
  The Postal Service bailout, multiemployer pensions--are you kidding 
me?
  Mr. Speaker, the people deserve better. This bill is not going 
anywhere, and they know it and we know it.
  It is appropriate, Mr. Speaker, that the conversations that are 
taking place today on this floor about this bill are being done behind 
a mask because no one can argue this with a straight face.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from Arkansas.
  Mr. WOMACK. As I was saying, it is appropriate that we are having 
this conversation, in many respects, behind a mask, because there is 
nobody on this floor today who can argue with a straight face that many 
of the provisions in this bill that we are debating right now are 
related to coronavirus or have any sense of congressional urgency.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Neal), my friend and the chairman of the Committee 
on Ways and Means, who came to Congress in the same class as I did.
  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for 
her kind comments.
  I am delighted to stand in support of H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act. It 
also could be called the confidence in the American people act. This 
legislation responds to the reality that 85,000 Americans have lost 
their lives, 36 million Americans are now without a job, and our 
thoughts are with those families today. I am delighted with the role 
that Ways and Means once again played in stepping up to deliver 
solutions in this latest legislation.
  The HEROES Act includes a second round of economic impact payments to 
keep Americans afloat and infuse money back into the economy; 
liquidity, every economist has suggested that. This round is more 
substantial for families and fixes shortcomings in the first round of 
payments, like those of college students and others who are dependent 
on parents.
  We enhanced the employee retention tax credit. This expanded version 
will come to the aid of 60 million Americans. The majority of those are 
employees of small and midsized businesses.
  April brought about the worst plunge in unemployment since the Great 
Depression. We have extended the weekly Federal unemployment 
compensation payments through January of next year.
  Frontline workers who haven't stopped since this crisis began we now 
know are under great pressure. We provide flexible funding to support 
childcare and adult daycare for essential workers to ease this burden.
  The Ways and Means Committee also had a role in providing provisions 
to address the persistent public health emergency that is gripping the 
Nation. We led the charge to make investments in nursing home safety, 
as these facilities have been ravaged by the virus.
  This bill was a team effort. Thank you to my Ways and Means Committee 
members for their contributions, who have been working around the clock 
with the staff to get this legislation before us today.
  I sought out Jay Powell's advice on this from day one, in the early 
beginning. He said just a couple of days ago, ``additional fiscal 
support could be costly but worth it if it helps avoid long-term 
economic damage and leaves us with a stronger recovery.''
  This is about balance right now. This is about relief and stability, 
which will hasten recovery. What we are doing here today will be, in 
fact, a fact-based approach to save the lives and livelihoods of the 
American people.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Fleischmann), my very good friend and the ranking member 
on the Homeland Security Committee of the Appropriations Committee.
  Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to 
this bill.
  This great Chamber has passed four bills, four bipartisan, bicameral 
bills that the House, the Senate, Republicans, Democrats, and the White 
House could agree on. This bill is not that. It is 3 trillion more 
dollars of unrestrained spending.
  When given the opportunity, the people's House does need to speak up 
and does need to lead, but we need to lead on economic common ground, 
not on partisan grounds that will never pass outside of this Chamber.
  I spoke with a young man yesterday who showed me a picture of his 6-
year-old daughter. I spoke with a friend yesterday at Saint Mary's 
school in Oak Ridge, where they are having a graduation.
  This is not a giving; it is a taking. We are burdening the American 
people with over $30 trillion worth of national debt.
  Mr. Speaker, where does our debt go? It goes on the backs of future 
generations.
  And worse, who buys our debt? China, other countries.
  We are heading in the wrong direction. I plead with the majority to 
change this bill; come together, as we have done in the past.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this. I urge us to stand up and do the work 
for the hardworking Americans who are justly scared, justly concerned. 
We owe that to them. We represent them, and that is our job, and that 
is our calling.

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Pallone), the outstanding chairman of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce and another member of our great class.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  I rise today in strong support of the HEROES Act. Our top priority is 
the health and safety of the American people, and the HEROES Act lays 
the foundation we will need to safely reopen the economy.
  Contrary to my Republican colleagues, this legislation is directly 
related to the pandemic. Our legislation builds out national testing 
and contact tracing by finally requiring the Trump administration to 
develop comprehensive plans with clear benchmarks and timelines.
  We also mandate a national czar and supply chain to guarantee that 
medical supplies, testing equipment, drugs, and, ultimately, vaccines 
are available to all Americans.
  The bill also provides States with additional increases for their 
Medicaid programs to ensure that Americans don't lose their health 
insurance, and it ensures that all COVID-19 treatments and vaccines are 
free of cost-sharing for patients, as we did with previous legislation 
for testing.
  The HEROES Act, Mr. Speaker, protects vulnerable patients in nursing 
homes by providing funding for States to establish and deploy strike 
teams, manage outbreaks, and assist with clinical care, infection 
control, and staffing.
  This legislation also helps families stay connected. It ensures that 
they don't lose critical utility services. It prevents home energy and 
water service shutoffs and establishes a new program to provide water 
bill assistance for low-income households.
  We also prohibit telephone and broadband service providers from 
stopping service, and provide bill assistance to low-income families 
and those who have lost their jobs.
  The HEROES Act also provides funding to schools and libraries to 
purchase hotspots, connected devices, and other equipment.
  And finally, Mr. Speaker, we go after price gougers by providing the 
Federal Trade Commission and State attorneys general the authority to 
seek civil penalties from those engaging in price gouging of goods and 
services.
  Mr. Speaker, the HEROES Act is a bold next step in our process of 
protecting the American people and providing critical assistance during 
this crisis, and it is designed to try to end this pandemic, 
ultimately. It deserves strong bipartisan support.

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  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Rutherford), my very good friend, an esteemed member of 
the Appropriations Committee, and today of all days, a career law 
enforcement officer as well. Mr. Speaker, we honor him for his service 
and his colleagues for their service to all of us.
  Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Oklahoma for 
yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this political and 
insincere attempt at coronavirus relief.
  Over the past few months, Congress came together in a bipartisan way 
and passed four major packages to combat coronavirus, but now, for 
whatever reason, the Speaker has decided she is done working with 
Republicans.
  Despite what you may hear from my friends on the other side of the 
aisle, they know this is not a serious bill. They also know that it was 
drafted in secret, without input from the minority, and many of them 
are just as disappointed that there was no attempt at bipartisanship.
  Mr. Speaker, almost 40 million Americans are out of work, and here we 
are in Washington considering a bill that will never, ever become law.
  How do you think those unemployed Americans feel right now?
  I would say that they are not interested in watching the Speaker, who 
is still receiving a full salary, by the way, play these political 
games.
  I do support elements of this bill.

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  So let me be clear: I do support additional coronavirus relief for 
hardworking Americans. I also support sending additional relief to 
States and cities to help them respond to the coronavirus and its 
costs.
  However, I will not ask taxpayers to wipe out years of debt many of 
these localities incurred long, long before the coronavirus pandemic.
  Let's get back to working together and write a bill we can all 
support.
  Take out federalizing the elections process, which should be left to 
the States; take out the early release of criminals; take out the 
incentives for illegal immigration; take out all of the new government 
programs that keep communities from reopening and keep people from 
getting back to work.
  We can do this the right way, but this isn't it.
  Our constituents expect better, and so should we.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to address their 
remarks to the Chair.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Scott), the chairman of the Committee on Education and 
Labor.
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the HEROES Act.
  The bill confronts the unprecedented pandemic that we are facing by 
first directing significant funding to State and local governments. 
Without this funding, they will have to make devastating cuts, 
especially in education, public safety, and basic services.
  Then it funds education to address the unique challenges created by 
the pandemic. K-12 funding would be available for technology, summer 
programs, special education, and initiatives to reduce the achievement 
gaps. It funds higher education to support students and maintain their 
institutions. It provides relief for student loans, continuing the 
present relief from payments, as well as interest accrual, and 
extending that relief to virtually all student loans, both Federal and 
private. That relief goes to virtually all student loans. Then we 
target additional relief to students most in need of relief.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill supports families by continuing the enhanced 
and expanded unemployment benefits, increasing SNAP benefits, and 
delivering another round of stimulus checks. It also protects 
healthcare insurance, so that under this bill, when you lose your job, 
you do not have to lose your health insurance.
  The bill helps contain the pandemic by funding contact tracers so 
that those who have been in contact with those who test positive can be 
identified and they can isolate themselves.
  Finally, the bill makes our workplace safer by requiring OSHA to 
promulgate and enforce clear standards to protect workers from COVID-
19.
  For our front-line workers, it authorizes premium pay for their 
heroic work.
  This bill is a necessary response to today's health crisis. It 
enables workers and families to survive the pandemic.
  If States don't get this money, the public will be inflicted with 
drastic cuts.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the legislation.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Texas 
(Mr. Brady), my very good friend, the distinguished past chairman of 
the Ways and Means Committee and current ranking member.
  Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Cole for his remarkable 
leadership during these challenging times.
  What are we doing here?
  Our Nation is fighting a vicious battle for lives and jobs, yet 
Democrats waste time bringing a partisan, political, and dead bill to 
the House, never asking Republicans to work together.
  It is shameful.
  As one House Democrat who opposes this bill said, ``This isn't the 
time for partisan gamesmanship. This is the time to find common 
ground.''
  Democrats parrot ``go big, go big.'' What they didn't do is ``go 
smart'' to stimulate this economy.
  This bill guarantees a prolonged recession. It leaves 36 million 
jobless Americans behind, but it delivers big for Democratic special 
interests.
  What do mail-in ballots, marijuana banking, bailing out failed union 
pensions, and releasing criminals early have to do with America's 
struggling economy? Absolutely nothing.
  The word ``cannabis'' even occurs more often than the word ``job'' in 
this bill.
  As we continue to battle this virus, Republicans believe Congress 
should ``go smart.''
  Our top economic priority is to make sure the millions of Americans 
who have lost their jobs temporarily don't lose them permanently, 
because lost jobs mean more drug and alcohol abuse, more domestic 
violence, more crime in the streets, and shorter lifespans.
  We need to reopen our economy safely, help our local businesses 
rebuild their workforce and remake their workplaces so they are safe 
and healthy.
  Instead, Democrats encourage millions of Americans to stay unemployed 
even if a good, safe job is offered.
  If you get paid more than your salary not to work and have good 
healthcare, why would you go back?
  But next year, when these government benefits all run out, don't be 
surprised that local businesses and jobs simply don't exist anymore.
  This bill robs precious cash from local businesses struggling to 
survive, imposes costly mandates, provides a windfall to millionaires, 
and sends your hard-earned tax dollars to those here illegally.
  This bill imposes a gag order to prevent the jobless from knowing 
their affordable health options, uses your tax dollars to fund 
abortions, and chooses rebate checks over paychecks. How will this get 
workers back into jobs?
  It gets sadder. Democrats choose wealthy trial lawyers over our 
front-line healthcare workers, giving a green light to unleash 
frivolous lawsuits on hospitals, doctors, and local businesses doing 
everything they can to reopen safely.
  These heroes are already struggling with huge losses. Fighting trial 
lawyers in court will only make it worse.
  We will hear today about why we need to spend hundreds of millions 
more for State and local governments who, without question, are 
battling so hard.
  But did you know that Congress has already funded over $760 billion 
to State and local communities? That is more than we have helped small 
businesses.
  Did you know that State and local governments are struggling to spend 
all that money by the end of the year? As the Houston mayor told us: 
``I don't need more money. I just need the flexibility to spend it 
where it is needed.''
  Did you know most small communities in America haven't seen a dollar 
yet because many State governments are hoarding this crucial aid, 
refusing to pass it on to smaller counties and cities as Congress 
intended?
  Let's fix these problems first.
  The bottom line is this bill is crammed with special interest 
handouts but does nothing for the jobless. It guarantees more jobs will 
disappear while silly political games are played.
  This is an unprecedented crisis, and so many Americans have been 
heroic. They deserve a Congress that works together to help them regain 
their jobs, their savings, and their future.
  This bill is big: regrettably, a big fail for our economy.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Takano), the chairman of the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, the public health emergency our country is 
facing requires immediate, bold action. That is why I rise today in 
support of H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act.
  The HEROES Act will provide families, workers, and veterans in our 
communities with the support they urgently need during this pandemic.
  As chairman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I am proud 
that this bill includes essential provisions to meet veterans' needs.
  The HEROES Act authorizes VA healthcare for all veterans who have 
lost their health insurance due to the pandemic, including legislation 
introduced by Subcommittee Chair Representative Pappas to streamline 
the payment of emergency care claims to community providers.
  As a result of COVID-19, veterans are facing financial hardships due 
to job losses while vital services are strained, leaving vulnerable 
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  This bill includes provisions sponsored by Subcommittee Chair 
Representative Levin enabling VA to provide greater support for 
homeless veterans and their children.
  It also includes legislation from Representative Allred increasing 
aid and attendance support by 25 percent for veterans and caregivers. 
Those who need assistance with daily activities must not be forgotten.
  In addition to these strong veteran provisions, the HEROES Act 
responds to the dire economic and healthcare challenge our Nation is 
facing.
  It provides $1 trillion in funding to support States and local 
governments in their response to this pandemic so that they can 
continue their essential services.
  It addresses the urgent needs of families and workers by putting 
direct financial assistance in the pockets of every American, creating 
a $200 billion Heroes Fund to give hazard pay to essential workers, and 
providing assistance to renters and homeowners.
  We are facing an extraordinary crisis. Congress needs to respond to 
it with the courageousness it demands. The health and livelihoods of 
the American people depend on it.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon 
(Mr. Walden), my very good friend, and the past chairman and current 
ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend from Oklahoma, who 
has done such a good job.
  I rise today in opposition to this bill.
  It is deeply troubling to me that during the worst pandemic in modern 
history and amidst a deep economic crisis, Democrats in the House 
continue to take a partisan path.

  As Republicans and the Trump administration moved to respond quickly, 
it was congressional Democrats who needlessly delayed the initial 
passage of the CARES Act and later caused a pointless week-long 
shuttering of the Paycheck Protection Program. How many jobs were lost 
because of that delay?
  And here we go again. According to Politico, ``Democrats acknowledge 
that their behemoth proposal, whose summary alone is 90 pages, is more 
of a talking point than legislation that they expect to become law.''
  Well, just from the Energy and Commerce Committee perspective alone, 
you have policies that amount to Federal Government takeovers of entire 
sectors of the economy, Mr. Speaker.
  There is a sweetheart deal for Medicaid compliance carved out only 
for the State of New York and no one else.
  The bill throws more good money after bad to the failing enrollment 
programs in ObamaCare and it violates years of bipartisan agreement to 
maintain Hyde protections on Federal healthcare spending.
  Why would Democrats spend weeks crafting what amounts to an 1,800-
page progressive manifesto that is dead on arrival in the Senate? Why?
  Mr. Speaker, I again implore my friends across the aisle to please 
drop the partisan, petty politics. Let's move forward in a united way 
for the country. That is what the people across America are doing, and 
that is what they expect us to do here in Congress.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
New York (Ms. Velazquez), the chairwoman of the Committee on Small 
Business.

                              {time}  1545

  Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the HEROES 
Act, and I want to take this opportunity to thank the chairwoman from 
the Appropriations Committee for yielding.
  This bill contains important provisions to help stop the economy's 
free fall. For small businesses, it authorizes an additional $10 
billion in disaster grants.
  It improves the PPP initiative, allowing businesses under stay-at-
home orders to extend the loan coverage period until the end of the 
calendar year. Also, we are eliminating the 75-25 rule, to make it 
easier for small businesses to apply for PPP loans. It also sets aside 
25 percent, or $30 billion, of the remaining funds for firms with fewer 
than 10 employees.
  Equally important, this legislation assists struggling families. In 
this bill, we increase funding for SNAP by 15 percent to address the 
record increase in hunger that we are seeing in this country. The bill 
extends unemployment benefits, including $600 per week in pandemic 
unemployment insurance. For New Yorkers and hardworking people in this 
country struggling with rent, this measure provides $100 billion in 
rental assistance.
  Many essential workers will receive hazard pay under this bill and 
better access to personal protective equipment, like nurses, door 
persons, transit workers, and those cleaning buildings so that the rest 
of us stay safe. Those are the real heroes of this crisis, and the 
HEROES Act compensates them more appropriately.
  The HEROES Act will also help States and localities with enormous 
fiscal challenges.
  Finally, this bill puts forth a strategic plan to test, trace, and 
treat the virus. Until we have widespread testing, consumer confidence 
will remain weak.
  I urge everyone to support this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis), my very good friend, and 
the Republican ranking member on the House Administration Committee.
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  House Democrats are once again taking advantage of a national 
emergency to push their own political agenda. We shouldn't be 
surprised, as we have seen them push their wish list at every turn.
  We saw their attempts to federalize elections in H.R. 1; we saw it 
during the last coronavirus relief package negotiation; and we are 
seeing it again now. They are using the HEROES Act to nationalize 
election policy, not to help Americans vote, but to serve their own 
interests on election day.
  This entire package would cost taxpayers $3 trillion, and at least 
$23 million of that would be going toward their federal elections 
takeover. Congress has already given $1.25 billion to States since 
2018, $400 million alone to help States prepare for their elections 
amid this pandemic.
  What the Democrats are proposing is outrageous. They are also 
requiring all States to adopt ballot harvesting. Ballot harvesting, in 
the way House Democrats are trying to use it, is when any individual 
can pick up any voter's ballot for any reason and deliver it to the 
polling place, completely unchecked. They don't have to provide their 
name. They don't have to show their ID. They don't have to be a 
resident of the State. They don't have to be an American citizen.
  Why would we force States to allow for people who aren't even 
eligible to vote to then handle their voters' ballots?
  This practice is so wrought with fraud that I released a report this 
week, before consideration of this bill, to highlight how ballot 
harvesting is being misused. It is a summary of 18 months of work by 
the House Administration Republicans on this issue. We found that this 
practice is one of the greatest threats to our ballot integrity.
  In addition to this bill jeopardizing ballot integrity, it would also 
jeopardize people's health. How will ballot harvesting follow social 
distancing practices? Not to mention, allowing political operatives to 
pick up ballots is not necessary when mail ballots may have prepaid 
postage. Why does a ballot broker need to go door to door to pick up a 
ballot when you can mail it in for free?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Illinois an 
additional 30 seconds.
  Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. One can only assume, Mr. Speaker, that 
this is only for political gain.
  That is only one of the egregious provisions. The bottom line is, 
election day is less than 6 months away. States don't have enough time 
to implement these egregious election rules.
  Last week, I received a letter from over 800 professors telling me to 
vote for this bill. A little research showed that 400 of them are 
donors to Democrats.
  This is why this bill is politically motivated. It is a takeover of 
the elections at the national level. We need to vote ``no'' on this.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters), the dynamic chairwoman of the 
Committee on Financial Services.
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 6800, the 
HEROES Act. This legislation includes a number of important proposals 
from the members of the Financial Services Committee and builds upon my 
proposal for more direct payments to families by providing a second 
round of stimulus payments for up to $6,000 per household.
  I am pleased that this bill includes legislation championed by myself 
and Representatives Heck and Scott to create a $100 billion emergency 
rental assistance fund and a $75 billion homeowner assistance fund.
  The bill also provides $11.5 billion for homeless assistance grants 
and $1 billion for new Section 8 vouchers to support persons 
experiencing homelessness.
  The HEROES Act also suspends negative credit reporting for all 
consumers. And to ensure that consumers, small businesses, and 
nonprofits can weather the pandemic, the bill suspends debt collection 
and requires forbearance and loan modifications for consumer and 
commercial loans.

  The HEROES Act strengthens the Defense Production Act to supercharge 
the production of diagnostic tests and personal protective equipment to 
protect our brave essential workers and help save American lives.
  Importantly, the legislation also provides new funding and expands 
technical assistance, government deposits, and partnerships to support 
our Nation's community development financial institutions, known as 
CDFIs, and minority depository institutions, MDIs, which serve our low-
income communities particularly hit hard by the pandemic.
  Mr. Speaker, we are obligated to protect our Nation. The HEROES Act 
represents the response America needs to meet this crisis, so I urge 
all Members to support this critical legislation.
  We hear Members on both sides of the aisle talking about how much 
they love America, how much they love their constituents. Put up or 
shut up. Now is the time to do it.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx), my friend, the past chair 
and current ranking member of the Education and Labor Committee.
  Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from 
Oklahoma for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 6800, Speaker 
Pelosi's socialist wish list act. At a time when Americans are stepping 
up for one another, it is truly disheartening to watch House Democrats 
and Speaker Pelosi fail to deliver for our Nation's families, workers, 
and businesses.
  As frustrating as it may be, it is not surprising. Democrats 
routinely disregard their own party's calls for bipartisan 
collaboration and accountability by meeting in secret, behind closed 
doors, without committee consensus to craft partisan monstrosities like 
the one we are set to vote on.
  To satisfy the most extreme socialist left, Democrats are pushing a 
radical $3 trillion scheme that includes taxpayer bailouts for union-
run pensions and money to illegal aliens, which will do nothing to help 
this Nation combat COVID-19.
  This is not a relief package. It is Speaker Pelosi's partisan, 1,800-
page socialist shopping list. We should defeat it.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the 
distinguished gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the dynamic, 
hardworking, and committed chair of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, the HEROES Act is a critical $3 trillion 
rescue for our frontline workers, cities and States, and our small 
businesses. It creates the kind of modern-day safety net I have been 
fighting for with so many brave allies in and outside the U.S. 
Congress.
  Paid sick days and paid family and medical leave are now available to 
all workers, including those workers in warehouses, healthcare, grocery 
stores, pharmacies, and retail.
  The child tax credit is now available for all families, raised to 
$3,000 per child over 6 years old and a higher benefit for younger 
children, cutting child poverty nearly in half.
  We raised the maximum food stamp benefit by 15 percent, bigger than 
in 2009, and we purged President Trump's $135 billion gift to real 
estate developers and hedge fund managers.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues: Let us act boldly and let us act 
swiftly for this Nation.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Jordan), my good friend and the Republican 
ranking member of the Judiciary Committee.
  Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, in 1 week, the Democrats have shown us exactly what they 
want to do. In 1 week's time, May 8, 1 week ago, seven Democrats on the 
House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis sent a letter to 
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products in western Pennsylvania and they 
said: Give back your PPP money.
  Right here is the letter: ``You have not returned these funds.''
  Three days later, May 11, four of our colleagues, two Democrats, two 
Republicans, sent a letter to those seven Democrats and said: Hey, wait 
a minute. Universal Stainless followed the rules. They are entitled to 
their money. If they have to give it back, they will have to lay off 
steelworkers.
  And today, this bill does what? This bill does what? It gives tax 
dollars to illegal immigrants.
  In 1 week's time, they took money from steelworkers to give it to 
illegal immigrants. That is the Democrats' vision for their country.
  If for no other reason, that is why we should vote against this bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the 
gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), my friend, the distinguished chair 
of the subcommittee that does so much good work here.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chair Lowey for that gracious set-
aside, and I wish to say that the American people expect Congress to 
have their backs.
  Our economy needs help with historic levels of unemployment bearing 
down, and the HEROES Act will provide a bridge of support to save lives 
and livelihoods of our families, workers, hospitals, and small 
businesses on the front lines. Imagine those folks.
  Let me applaud all of those still working, facing an unknown killer.
  A huge win within this HEROES Act is significant and direct 
assistance to communities of all sizes that are hemorrhaging because of 
the costs of fire, police, and emergency squads.
  This legislation will finally make multiemployer pension plans whole 
as well.
  Today, the deep recession requires bold action by our Congress. 
American lives truly are on the line here at home. I urge all of my 
colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this lifesaving bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Grothman), my good friend, a distinguished member of 
both the Oversight and Reform Committee and the Education and Labor 
Committee.
  Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, the first point I would like to make is 
some people feel this bill is a political instrument that will never 
become law. I see the current leader in the polls for next year's 
Presidential election signing this bill next February. So we have to 
pay careful attention to what is in it.

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  I take three things out of this bill.
  First of all, another $3 trillion further in debt together with the 
$3 trillion we have already passed and the natural trillion-dollar 
deficit we have here. In the current year, we will go about $22,000 
more in debt for every man, woman, and child in the country.
  The second thing we take out of this bill is it is designed to 
discourage work. We extend, by Wisconsin standards, another 6 months in 
which people will be paid the equivalent of $50,000 a year not to work, 
and we are moving the work requirements for SNAP. In other words, it is 
an embracing of the idea that we want to discourage work and destroy 
our economy.

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  Finally, it is this effort to get more and more people to come here 
illegally. We are removing the requirement that you have to have a 
Social Security number for the earned income tax credit, and we are 
saying not only the new $1,200 per person but the old $1,200 per person 
will go to people who do not have a Social Security number. I cannot 
think of a quicker way to ruin the country.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), who is the chair of the 
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
  Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, Native American communities are facing 
extraordinary challenges during this pandemic. Like other minority 
communities, they are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 with 
devastating loss of life and economic hardship. This pandemic has 
magnified the health disparities and historic lack of resources that 
exist within Indian Country. The HEROES Act contains many nonpartisan 
priorities for Native Americans, reflecting bipartisan work to meet 
their critical needs.
  I acknowledge my coworker, Mr. Cole, on the floor with me on this 
endeavor.
  Mr. Speaker, we are providing $900 million through the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs to assist Tribal governments to operate essential 
community services and provide clean water and safe housing. $2.1 
billion is for Indian Health Service to purchase additional PPE and 
provide Tribes more telehealth. The bill includes dollars for 
transportation, supports education for children, and $20 billion in 
direct relief to Tribal governments.
  The Federal Government must uphold its trust and treaty obligations 
to Tribal nations. This bill is critical to ensure the health and 
safety of our Native American brothers and sisters.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from the great State of Texas (Mr. Crenshaw), who is a former 
Navy SEAL.
  Mr. CRENSHAW. Mr. Speaker, today's theatrics are shocking.
  Thirty-five million jobs are lost. Businesses and livelihoods are 
ruined. While American grocers, nurses, and workers kept America going, 
Democrats kept Congress in hiding for the past 3 weeks. Hiding is fear; 
it is not leadership.
  When we finally reconvened, we get this--Politico summed it up best: 
``Neither this bill nor anything resembling it will ever become law--it 
is a Democratic wish list filled up with all the party's favored 
policies.''
  Is this a joke? Because it certainly isn't based on reality. Reality 
would be working here for the last 3 weeks, examining each problem our 
Nation faces, and working together to find the best solutions. That 
shouldn't be all that difficult since, I would presume, we still have 
the same goal: mitigate the virus and save our economy and society.
  Right? That is still our goal, isn't it? If it is, then stop playing 
games.
  Mr. Speaker, $3 trillion of virtue signaling to your base is no way 
to govern in the midst of a crisis, and you know it.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries), who is the chair of the House 
Democratic Caucus.
  Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished chair for her 
leadership.
  More than 80,000 Americans dead, 35 million unemployed, the economy 
in recession--there is pain; there is suffering; and there is death 
throughout the land. Congress must act to provide relief to the 
American people.
  We must support our State and local governments. We must strengthen 
unemployment insurance. We must provide an additional round of direct 
stimulus payments to everyday Americans. We must provide hazard pay to 
our heroes and our essential workers. We must increase access to 
testing, tracing, and treatment.
  There is pain; there is suffering; and there is death throughout the 
land. Congress must act with the fierce urgency of now--not tomorrow, 
not next week, not next month, now. Vote ``yes'' on the HEROES Act.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Wilson), who is a member of the 
Armed Services Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee.
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this parade of 
absurdities on behalf of America's students and grandchildren--Addison, 
Houston, Emily Ruth, Michael, Anna Grace, Jack, Sally, and Katherine--
who will be burdened by debt.
  On Monday, I saw the best of America in my birthplace of Charleston. 
I was with Boeing CEO David Calhoun as he presented planes full of PPEs 
to MUSC President David Cole, showing our appreciation for health 
professionals. I thank Doctors Balbir Minhas and Shalini Mittal for my 
N95 mask.
  This was private business, not government, protecting American 
families. All levels of government were present: municipal with Mayor 
Keith Summey of North Charleston and Mayor John Tecklenburg of 
Charleston, county with council Chairman Elliott Summey, State with 
Governor Henry McMaster and Senator Marlon Kimpson, and Federal with 
Senator Tim Scott and Congressmen   Joe Cunningham and Ralph Norman. 
Republicans and Democrats are working together.

  Just 11 weeks ago today, I was at the same airport with President 
Donald Trump and 30,000 supporters thanking him for record job 
creation.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark), who is a leader of our 
Caucus and a member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, we can't wish away this 
pandemic. We can't accept the false choice that we either reopen or 
lose to the virus. No. We must protect the American people and the 
institutions and values that define our Nation with action.
  The HEROES Act provides us a path forward. We will save lives with 
testing, tracing, and treatment. We will protect our communities by 
supporting our teachers, police, and frontline workers. We will bring 
relief to families by providing them financial aid, food, rent relief, 
and healthcare. We will protect the sanctity of our democracy by 
honoring every American's vote.
  We vote today knowing we have more hard days ahead and more work to 
do to ensure we don't just return to normal but that we emerge 
stronger, more just, and more prepared for the challenges ahead. Today, 
we vote for our heroes, for our future, and for the people.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Comer), who is a member of the 
Agriculture, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Reform Committees.
  Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, hypocrisy and irresponsibility are alive and 
well today in this Chamber.
  At the same time Nancy Pelosi is calling for oversight of the $3 
trillion we have already spent, she is bringing up a reckless bill to 
spend $3 trillion more.
  Much of this bill has nothing to do with COVID-19. Instead, this bill 
is a radical Democrat wish list: permanent mail-in voting, amnesty and 
stimulus checks for illegal immigrants, and more incentives for 
Americans not to work.
  Across America, citizens are coming together to help their friends 
and neighbors. For all its faults, Congress did come together in a 
bipartisan way to pass numerous measures to fight this pandemic. But 
Speaker Pelosi has broken that spirit of cooperation. In choosing to 
play partisan politics and go at this one alone, she has set a terrible 
example for a nation in crisis. Instead of pausing the spending to 
evaluate our needs and engage with President Trump and the Senate, we 
are here today simply to appease the fringe elements of the Democratic 
Party.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Illinois (Mrs. Bustos), who is a member of the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, a Boy Scout named Noah from Peoria, 
Illinois, wrote to me. He heard his city council talking about layoffs 
in the wake of COVID-19. Noah understands that we have failed towns 
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wrote: ``Many people are going to lose their jobs. Some of those will 
be firefighters and police officers. That will not help my city. . . . 
The city will not be as safe.''
  Noah, I hear you. Today, the United States House of Representatives 
hears you.
  With $915 billion for State and local assistance, we will help towns 
and cities like Noah's. We will also expand assistance to small 
businesses and farmers and keep families afloat.
  This isn't the final battle in the war against this virus, but the 
HEROES Act will increase American security--our food, health, and 
workplace security. I will vote ``yes.''
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce), who is a member of the 
Homeland Security and Small Business Committees.
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, in every neighborhood across 
our country, Americans are struggling with the health and economic 
ramifications of the coronavirus.
  As schools are closed and small businesses stay shuttered, American 
families are just trying to make it one day at a time. Here in 
Congress, House Democrats are just trying to fund Planned Parenthood.
  American families are focused on putting food on their tables. Here 
in Congress, Democrats are focused on keeping Americans out of work 
instead of saving family-sustaining jobs.
  American families are working together to weather this storm. Here in 
Congress, Democrats would rather blame our President than hold the 
Chinese Communist Party accountable for their role in this pandemic.
  Here in Congress, Democrats are wasting time that we could be using 
to deliver real solutions for the American people. This bill is not the 
answer, and I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``no.''
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ryan), who is the chairman of the Legislative 
Branch Subcommittee.
  Mr. RYAN. I have to tell you, Mr. Speaker, this is absolutely 
unbelievable. Just a few years ago, the stock market is at 25,000; 
corporate profits are the highest they have been in decades; the rich 
keep getting richer; and our friends on the other side say: What do we 
do now? Let's do a tax cut where 83 percent of it goes to the top 1 
percent of the wealthiest people.
  Fast forward a few months: global pandemic; 36 million people 
unemployed; 40 percent of families who have a worker who makes $40,000 
a year or less lost their job last month; 4 million people didn't pay 
their rent; and the Republican Party says: We don't have any money to 
help you.
  Are you kidding me? Where do you guys live? Food lines around the 
blocks at our food banks in the United States of America, and one in 
five kids are going hungry. Your party can't even get food to them.
  This isn't a wish list. If it is a wish list, it is for the working-
class people.
  How about the Teamsters who are going to get a pension when this bill 
passes? If we don't act, their pension gets cut in half.
  This is ridiculous. The Republicans are turning their backs on the 
American people. Let's be honest.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I remind my friend that we worked with our 
friends to pass four bills, $3 trillion in the last 10 weeks. We would 
work with the majority again if they would sit down and bargain with 
us. Sadly, they decided not to do that.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. 
Arrington), who is a member of the Ways and Means Committee. My very 
good friend is a great neighbor.
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, Democrat leadership has established in 
this piece of legislation a new pandemic protocol for the United States 
Congress: the practice of reality distancing. Reality distancing is the 
unhealthy distance between politicians and their policies and the 
people they were elected to serve.
  While tens of millions of working families have lost their 
livelihoods and millions more are struggling to survive, Members of 
Congress won't miss a single paycheck and are wasting precious time on 
a partisan bill that is going nowhere.
  Furthermore, Speaker Pelosi and many of her colleagues are so anxious 
to appease the left, and so zealous to advance their ideology, they 
didn't even attempt to disguise this parade of horribles that is 
completely out of touch with the American people.
  Some will suggest, Mr. Speaker, that this legislation is so extreme 
and absurd we can't take it seriously. I would submit that we can't 
take it seriously enough. When someone tells you who they are, believe 
them. This isn't just the Democrats' plan for America's recovery; this 
is their vision for America.
  I oppose it, and I pray to God none of these policies see the light 
of day.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), who is the chairwoman 
of the Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support our best hope 
to prevent long-term economic damage and preserve a strong recovery.
  The Great Depression taught us long ago: do too little now and 
millions of temporary job losses will not vanish for years.
  With nearly 90,000 dead and 36 million out of work, any half-hearted 
coronavirus response is a cowardly retreat.
  The HEROES Act is a bold response. It lays out a safe, scientific 
path to reopen America through vital testing, tracing, and treatment. 
It supports State and local governments, provides hazard pay, and puts 
more money in workers' and families' pockets.
  I am proud this bill prevents veterans from being burdened with co-
pays or cost-sharing for COVID-19 preventative treatment or services 
and includes critical protections for VA healthcare professionals. 
These heroes need help just like the ones we count on now: first 
responders; healthcare and postal workers; teachers; sanitation, 
transit, and food service workers.
  We need bold action now to keep America standing. If we don't act, it 
will cost a whole lot more to pick this Nation up off the ground later.
  By the way, I find it rich that the previous gentleman actually had 
the nerve and the audacity to quote Maya Angelou. She is rolling over 
in her grave and certainly would support this bill.

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  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the 
great State of Mississippi (Mr. Guest), my good friend, a member of the 
Committee on Ethics, Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Committee on 
Homeland Security.
  Mr. GUEST. Mr. Speaker, this bill would forever fundamentally alter 
our elections. It would provide a bailout to unsustainable pensions. It 
would release criminals from jail. It would provide protection and 
payments to illegal aliens. And it would discourage individuals from 
returning to work as we seek to reopen the economy. Furthermore, the $3 
trillion price tag should be greatly concerning to every American.
  It is disappointing that the Democrats developed this legislation 
behind closed doors and without consulting their Republican 
counterparts. The Speaker has presented a partisan bill that does more 
to divide our Nation than to address the current national crisis.
  The coronavirus outbreak is not a time for political posturing but 
is, instead, a time to put country before party. Congress has worked in 
a bipartisan way to respond to the needs of Americans, and I hope that 
future negotiations will return to that level of cooperation.
  Mr. Speaker, I intend to vote against this legislation, and I 
encourage my colleagues to do the same.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), a senior member of the Committee 
on Appropriations.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, first, let me thank Madam Chair, 
our Speaker, our committee chairs--chair of the Black Caucus, 
Chairwoman Bass, and Robin Kelly chairs the Health Braintrust for the 
Black Caucus--for working together with me to address the unequal 
impact of COVID on people of color and the poor and making sure that 
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the lead role in recovery, including contact tracing.
  We are facing the worst health and economic crisis of our lifetime. 
Elevated rates of infection and death are in communities of color. 
Heroic frontline and essential workers being paid poverty wages. There 
are struggling small and minority-owned businesses, millions 
unemployed, and millions pushed into poverty.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Ms. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentlewoman an additional 30 
seconds.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, this House must fight for those 
who bear the brunt of this pandemic, not big corporations whose wealth 
permits them to weather this crisis.
  This pandemic has shone a light, mind you, on the systemic racism, 
inequality, and poverty endemic throughout the country. The bill 
includes $75 billion for testing, contact tracing, and treatment in the 
highest impacted areas.
  I am disappointed that we did not include Congresswoman Jayapal's 
Paycheck Guarantee Act; however, the Paycheck Guarantee Act would 
provide stability of a paycheck through this pandemic.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to embrace this in the future as we 
move forward.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from the 
great State of Arkansas (Mr. Hill), my very good friend and a 
distinguished member of the Financial Services Committee.
  Mr. HILL of Arkansas. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Cole), my friend.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this legislation.
  Over the last 3 months, we have put together a series of bipartisan 
bills that are extraordinary, and they amount to $2.9 trillion in 
spending. While the amount $2.9 trillion is 60 percent of what the 
Federal Government spends in an entire year, nonetheless, this 
bipartisan effort was essential to beat the virus and get our economy 
back to full capacity.
  Mr. Speaker, today, we vote on another $3 trillion in spending when 
we haven't even gotten all of the first phase of money out to our 
schools, to our hospitals, to our cities, to our States. We have not 
completed getting the money out to restart our economy.
  Yet the House majority has blocked the House from working 
bipartisanly and has cooked up this 1800-page bill in the Speaker's 
hideaway. This proposal, much of which has nothing to do with the 
coronavirus, discourages work and delays our economic recovery.
  We need to assess our actions and bring bipartisan efforts to the 
floor to address the gaps.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the 
distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), chair of the 
Subcommittee on Agriculture.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  From the ag appropriations, the bill provides:
  $10 billion for SNAP;
  $150 million for food banks;
  $3 billion for school food programs;
  $1.1 billion for WIC;
  $309 million for Rural Rental Assistance.
  In addition, it provides:
  $1 trillion to States, counties, cities, territories, and Tribal 
governments;
  Hazard pay for essential workers;
  Free widespread testing, tracing, and treatment for every American;
  More direct payments to families.
  It requires safety in the workplace and support for really small 
businesses and nonprofits of all kinds.
  Mr. Speaker, it meets the challenges of COVID-19 for every single 
American, and I urge my colleagues to vote for it. It is a good bill. 
It is a good bill for America.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser), my good friend, a member of the Committees 
on Budget, Education and Labor, and Veterans' Affairs.
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. 
Cole) for yielding me the time.

  Mr. Speaker, for the past 2 months, Americans have shown resilience, 
grit, and patience. The viral and economic data project that we now can 
begin a safe, soft reopening of our economy. President Trump's 
inclusionary, data-based leadership in this fight is helping to protect 
both lives and livelihoods.
  Congress has also responded effectively in mitigating the effects of 
this public health and economic emergency. I am extremely disappointed, 
however, that this House Democrat bill was drafted with not only no 
Republican input, but no input from the American people.
  Where is the investment for transportation and infrastructure?
  Where is the funding to get our children back to school or to support 
small businesses to open their businesses safely?
  Today, President Trump announced Operation Warp Speed to develop a 
vaccine for this virus. Where is this House's investment towards 
finding a cure?
  Instead, this partisan wish list allows illegal immigrants to receive 
stimulus checks, removes local control of elections, and somehow 
cannabis is mentioned 68 times.
  What in the world cannabis has to do with this crisis, I don't know.
  This is another bill going nowhere. The American people deserve 
better, especially now.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the distinguished 
gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman), a member of the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding me the time.
  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to see us take up the HEROES Act today. 
From State aid to essential pay, this is a step toward making sure 
every American makes it through this crisis.
  But I want to draw attention to something equally pressing. On both 
sides of the aisle, this pandemic has allowed us to agree that there is 
a floor below which we don't want any family to fall.
  The truth is that, before COVID-19, countless Americans were just a 
personal or local or national disaster away from not paying rent, not 
buying groceries, or worse. COVID-19 is just one more crisis derailing 
their lives, particularly those of Brown and Black communities.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge support of the bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga), my very good friend and a 
member of the Committee on Financial Services.
  Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this $3 
trillion liberal, partisan wish list.
  With our Nation facing an unprecedented challenge, this bill erodes 
the American people's faith in government when the Speaker refuses to 
work in a bipartisan manner to move our Nation forward.
  Giving money to Planned Parenthood, creating marijuana diversity 
studies, and permanently rewriting our Nation's election laws have 
nothing to do with the challenges we are currently facing and certainly 
do not help west Michigan job creators or their employees.
  Sadly, provisions in this bill actually disincentivize small 
businesses from opening or helping people get back to work in a safe 
and responsible manner. What the manufacturer in Kentwood, the pizza 
shop owner in Muskegon, or the farmers and growers I have heard from 
across west Michigan expect is for Congress to take a reasonable and 
responsible approach. That is not what is happening here today.
  This mother-of-all Christmas tree bills isn't the HEROES Act. In 
fact, it should be called the cynical partisan act of 2020, and it has 
absolutely no chance of becoming law.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
reject this bill and turn our focus to helping our constituents, safely 
reopening our economy, and defeating this virus.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished 
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of discussion this 
morning about the HEROES Act as a political agenda. It is an agenda for 
the people of this country, providing economic relief to families who 
are suffering with direct cash payments, providing resources to protect 
our heroes on the front lines who are risking their lives to protect 
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protect against tax increases at the State and local level to make up 
for revenue losses, expanding testing and treatment to defeat this 
pandemic, supporting hospitals at the center of this crisis, and rental 
and mortgage assistance for those struggling with these payments.
  So the question is: This the agenda for the people. The real question 
is why is it not your agenda?
  This is about responding in a comprehensive way to the hurt and 
devastation this pandemic is causing. You ought to join us in this 
effort. The American people need action now, and they need your support 
on this legislation.
  Vote ``yes'' on the HEROES Act.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I just remind my friend we did join them in 
four bills. It might have been nice to be asked to join in a fifth.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Kustoff), my good friend and a member of the Committee 
on Financial Services.
  Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding me time.
  Mr. Speaker, COVID-19 should never be a political issue. Yet today, 
Democrats have put forward an 1800-page bill filled with a wish list of 
policies drafted with zero input from House Republicans.
  Now is the time to get serious about helping the American people. We 
should be returning to Washington to get back to what we were elected 
to do, not vote on a messaging bill that has absolutely no chance of 
becoming law. Our country deserves better.
  Mr. Speaker, this bill was not a sincere effort to address this 
pandemic. It is why I will be voting against Speaker Pelosi's wish list 
bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Frankel), a member of the Committee on Appropriations.

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  Ms. FRANKEL. Mr. Speaker, the COVID pandemic has brought so much 
grief and desperation to so many people, and we have seen how millions 
of Americans have rightfully stayed home to stay safe.
  Our healthcare personnel, our police, our firefighters, our teachers, 
and other vital workers, they have been in full force, many risking 
their own lives to save ours. Today, we make sure that these heroes on 
the front line get the pay that they need and deserve to do their jobs. 
I urge passage of the HEROES Act.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Ohio 
(Mr. Wenstrup), my very good friend who is a Member of the Ways and 
Means Committee and who has rendered distinguished service to our 
country and to our institution.
  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, for the past two months, Ohioans have made 
countless sacrifices and stepped up to help each other in many, many 
ways. They flattened the curve, and now they want to get back to work 
smartly and safely.
  In the same vein, Americans need their representatives here in this 
body to be back to work, too. We should be working on legislative 
solutions that mark the first phase, phase one, of the recovery and 
reopening of the United States.
  Much of this partisan bill has nothing to do with COVID-19 or the 
current crisis facing so many Americans. This bill, sadly, paints a 
vision for this Nation that does not match our great history.
  The situation that we find ourselves in requires the best from all of 
us. This bill fails that test. Let's make this our finest hour. Show 
what we can do, not what we can't do. I oppose this bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas 
(Mr. Cuellar), a member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, Mark Twain said many years ago: ``Thunder 
is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work.''
  Look, we can talk about doing things, or we can get the work done. I 
think today we should choose to get the action done.
  This is the first step that we need to take in order to help the 
folks that live in our district, the small businesses, the cities and 
the counties and the front-liners.
  We know what's going to happen. We are going to go ahead and pass 
this bill, this particular bill. It is going to go over to the Senate. 
We will negotiate with the Senate. We will come back. And sometime in 
the near future, we will be voting, and this particular bill will 
become law.
  Mr. Speaker, we can either talk about doing things or we can take the 
first step. I choose to take the first step and get this bill moving.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask all members to support this legislation, the 
HEROES Act.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. John W. Rose), my very good friend and member of the 
Financial Services Committee.
  Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, today I will be voting 
``no'' on an 1,800-page, $3 trillion socialist wish list. This wish 
list is the product of partisan scrambling meant to take advantage of 
the present crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  I, and the people in my district, won't stand for it. I am from 
Tennessee where we balance our budgets, we don't write checks we can't 
cash, and where common sense is still king.
  Today, I will be using that common sense to represent the people of 
the Sixth District of Tennessee and vote ``no.''
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence), a member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  Mrs. LAWRENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the HEROES Act. This 
bold relief package recognizes the commitment to our Postal Service, 
providing critical emergency funding for the fiscal solvency of the 
Postal Service, to ensure we fulfill our democratic duties to be 
counted in the 2020 Census and vote in the upcoming primary.
  It also demonstrates that we will stay committed to our local 
governments to have the resources that they have lost during this 
pandemic.
  Mr. Speaker, this investment is for our families, for our 
communities, and for our country.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. McClintock), my very good friend and member of the 
Judiciary Committee and Natural Resources Committee.
  Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, $3 trillion divided by 129 million 
households means the average family will have to pay more than $23,000 
for this single bill, either from their future taxes or from inflation 
robbing their savings and retirements.
  Now, when we passed the last bill, I warned it was no substitute for 
restoring our Nation's commerce immediately for a simple reason: The 
Federal Government does not finance the economy; the economy finances 
the government. Government cannot put a single dollar into the economy 
that it has not first taken out of that same economy.
  The wholesale lockdown of the American people and the deliberate 
decimation of their livelihoods has been the single most self-
destructive folly in our Nation's history. These draconian measures 
have proven much less effective at stopping the virus than we were 
assured but have been much more effective at destroying the jobs that 
people rely upon to feed their families. We have had enough.
  Democrats, don't take away our future. Give us back our country.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, at least 84,000 people have died in the 
United States from COVID-19, and almost 40 percent of those deaths are 
nursing home residents and the valiant workers in those nursing homes.
  We can and we must do better. The HEROES Act includes $150 million 
for strike teams in nursing homes struggling with outbreaks, requires 
public reporting of cases and deaths and PPE availability and testing 
in nursing homes, prioritizes testing for older Americans.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. LaMalfa), my very good friend, a member of the 
Agriculture Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure 
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  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, this bill is a grab bag of Democrat 
priorities that have nothing to do with abating this virus.
  One of the most misplaced ones, however, is the addition of the SAFE 
Banking Act, which, if enacted, would financially green light the 
marijuana industry.
  Think about that. Marijuana is still an illegal drug under the 
Federal Schedule I, yet this bill attempts to legitimize this criminal 
enterprise.
  What is next? Shall we have safe banking for whale oil or shark fin 
sales?
  Again, what does this have to do with the supposed disaster relief 
legislation?
  As well, this bill contains H.R. 1 wish list items, including ballot 
harvesting, a shady practice where campaign operatives go door to door 
asking, or even coercing, people's private ballots.
  How is this door-to-door practice supposed to mitigate spreading the 
virus, the whole premise of this bill, supposedly, being included in a 
$3 trillion emergency package?
  Vote ``no'' on this. These are items that have nothing to do with 
what we should be prioritizing in this time of crisis.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Bera).
  Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, as a doctor and public health expert, I know 
we don't defeat this virus until we have a safe and effective vaccine. 
It is time for the United States to work with the rest of world to 
develop that vaccine and inoculate the world.
  This bill allows U.S. global leadership to reemerge. The President 
may not want to lead, but let the world know the United States Congress 
is ready to lead and work with CEPI and the rest of the world to defeat 
this virus.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Spano), my very good friend and member of the Small Business 
Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
  Mr. SPANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in staunch opposition to H.R. 6800, 
the largest spending package ever considered and crafted without any 
input from Republicans in Congress.
  COVID-19 is impacting all Americans, and overcoming the crisis 
requires input from all their representatives. However, the Speaker and 
Democratic Party are clearly not focused on confronting the pandemic. 
Instead, they are exploiting the crisis to accomplish political goals 
rather than protect the American people.
  In this bill, Democrats include nearly a trillion dollars to bail out 
blue States and cities for years of irresponsible spending. It prevents 
States from requiring voter ID's and requires same-day voter 
registration. And nowhere in this 1,800-page bill do they find room for 
basic pro-life protections included in appropriations bills since Roe 
v. Wade. This is all on top of potentially freeing murderers and 
rapists.
  This bill steals money from the many to further the priorities of the 
few and then seeks to change election laws so they can do it all over 
again.
  For these reasons, I vehemently oppose the bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Cisneros).
  Mr. CISNEROS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the HEROES Act. The 
mayors and local leaders in California's 39th and across America are 
asking for Congress to help their cities and towns. The HEROES Act will 
do that by providing $870 billion in direct funding to States, cities, 
and counties, and it will give them the flexibility to use the funding 
where it can do the most good.
  This is what our leaders in the 39th are asking for, because it will 
allow them to maintain crucial programs and adequately fund public 
safety in order to protect our citizens.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Kevin Hern), my very good friend and colleague from my 
State and member of the Budget Committee, Natural Resources Committee, 
and Small Business Committee.
  Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from 
Oklahoma for doing a great job today.
  Mr. Speaker, when I look at the so-called HEROES Act, I don't see 
legislation honoring heroes. I see an 1,800-page bill that takes 40 
hours to read, written with zero bipartisan input. I see socialist 
fantasies from previously rejected bills. I see a mortgage on our 
children's future, financed by China, the very foreign adversary 
responsible for the crisis in the first place.
  This bill was formed outside the collaborative nature of the House of 
Representatives. It was proposed without going through committee or the 
amendment process, and no one, including the Democrats, knows what is 
in it.
  Passing a $3 trillion spending bill written behind closed doors in 
the Speaker's office sets a dangerous precedent that will have 
generational consequences. This is nothing more than a publicity stunt. 
This bill shows no bipartisan strategy for economic recovery. We should 
keep the House in session until we craft real bipartisan legislation 
that gets our country back up and running.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
New York (Ms. Clarke), the vice chair of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Ms. CLARKE of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the 
HEROES Act.
  As reported in Newsweek on Tuesday, my beloved Brooklyn has the 
distinction of having more deaths due to COVID-19 than any county in 
the United States, with a death toll exceeding 46 entire States. Over 
4,000 souls have departed due to the dreadful virus.

  The HEROES Act provides crucial relief and support for our heroes 
fighting COVID-19 on the front lines, who extended to us a lifeline at 
great risk to their own lives.
  While this legislation does not include the Paycheck Guarantee Act, I 
believe that we must pass this bill. This is not the time for red or 
blue one-upmanship. COVID knows no political labels. I ask my 
colleagues to vote for the HEROES Act.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I have additional speakers on the way, but 
they are not here. I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Cohen).
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, let me tell you something that is in this 
bill: There is a repeal of about a $100 billion tax break for the 
richest people in this country that Trump and McConnell snuck in CARES 
1. We didn't see it at first. We found it.
  We put out a letter asking for support. Do we get one Republican to 
say yes, I want to join you and get rid of that $100 billion tax break 
for 80 percent of the people who make $1 million a year or more and had 
nothing to do with coronavirus? Not one of you. You ought to be for 
that. That is thievery. That is robbery. Jesse James wouldn't need a 
mask if he came here. Trump and McConnell didn't have on a mask when 
they stole from the American people $100 billion for millionaires and 
billionaires.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I just advise my friend, if he is worried 
about tax breaks for billionaires and millionaires, he might want to 
get rid of SALT deductions in this current bill.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Carter), my very good friend and member of the Energy and 
Commerce Committee and the only pharmacist in Congress.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the 
HEROES Act.
  This legislation ignores the fundamental issues affecting our 
country. It is a harmful misallocation of congressional efforts and 
ignores the plight of the American people.
  For instance, this package references cannabis more times than it 
does jobs. It includes hundreds of billions to bail out States, which 
may be needed, but it is not even ensuring that there are guardrails to 
prevent reckless behavior and waste.
  It extends increased unemployment benefits well past the targeted 
reopening of the country, forcing businesses to compete with a 
government program for employees.
  This package would allow illegal immigrants access to direct 
payments, and it would move to federalize elections. These are just a 
handful of examples of the misguided and dangerous

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policies included in this legislation. We have allocated trillions of 
dollars in aid, and significant amounts of that still hasn't gone out 
the door.
  Now is the time to discuss solutions for the problems facing the 
American people, not a partisan wish list.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Carter).
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, now is the time for us to discuss 
solutions for the problems facing the American people, not to put out 
partisan wish lists. I urge my colleagues to oppose this.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Connolly).
  Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Speaker, their priority is corporate liability. 
Ours is helping to save a nation.
  They say wait. Wait for what? The virus to stop spreading? It won't. 
Wait for another 36 million Americans to have to file for unemployment? 
Wait for another million businesses to collapse? For another 86,000 
Americans to die?
  The time to act is now if we are going to save this economy and 
protect public health and safety, not to dither, not to wait. The virus 
won't.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I would advise my very good friend from the great State of Virginia 
that we didn't wait. We worked with you and passed four bills. You are 
wasting time. You are wasting time. You have brought a bill here you 
know will not pass the Senate, that the President will not sign. You 
decided not to work with us. So please don't accuse us of delay.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. 
Fulcher), a member of the Education and Labor and Natural Resources 
Committees.
  Mr. FULCHER. Mr. Speaker, the United States of America has generated 
more prosperity than every other nation in history combined. That is 
because our divinely inspired system of government prioritizes 
individual rights through a republic that has representation, employs 
market principles and property rights, and backs it up with rule of 
law.
  The sponsors of today's legislation are using a pandemic as an excuse 
to propose spending $3 trillion on policies that reverse or undermine 
all three. Now, we all know it is not going to become law. Instead, it 
is part of a strategy to set the initial negotiation bar so 
outrageously to the left that the end negotiated result would transform 
our Republic to a socialist remotely governed Republic.
  When I disagree with legislation content, I often consider 
compromise.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman.
  Mr. FULCHER. Mr. Speaker, when I disagree with the legislative 
content, I often consider compromise. But in this case, there is only 
one reasonable response, and that is a ``no'' vote.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Cox).
  Mr. COX of California. Mr. Speaker, the working families of Central 
Valley, and the 86,000 Americans who have died, don't have the luxury 
of waiting for the White House, Leader McConnell, or my friends on the 
other side of the aisle to sit around and let more Americans die or go 
bankrupt.
  The fact is, Democrats are showing leadership in a plan that puts 
Main Street before Wall Street and takes care of the families who did 
nothing to cause this crisis but are paying with their lives.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill so we can 
recharge our efforts to test, track, and treat, which is the only way 
to reopen our Nation safely.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama 
(Mr. Palmer), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee.
  Mr. PALMER. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this bill because it constitutes a 
threat to our national security.
  On March 26, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reported that our 
debt-to-GDP was already at 106.8 percent. Since that time, Congress 
added over $2 trillion.
  If this $3 trillion left-wing dream-come-true bill were to become 
law, it would likely move our debt-to-GDP at close to 120 percent by 
the end of this fiscal year. Debt levels of this magnitude are not 
sustainable. Debt levels of this magnitude will be a threat to Social 
Security and Medicare. Debt levels of this magnitude will reduce 
household income. And debt levels of this magnitude threaten our 
national security.
  Once upon a time, there was bipartisan agreement about this. Former 
Secretaries of Defense across multiple administrations all warned that 
our debt will compromise our national security capabilities. It is 
foolhardy to ignore these warnings that the single biggest threat to 
our national security is our national debt.
  America has enemies, and despite all the allusions of some, China is 
foremost among them. If this bill were to become law, it would 
undermine our ability to maintain our military superiority over China.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman.
  Mr. PALMER. Mr. Speaker, if this bill were to become law, it would 
undermine our ability to maintain our military superiority over China.
  In that regard, if Xi Jinping had a vote in this Chamber, he would be 
an enthusiastic ``yes.'' Thank God he does not. But we do. I urge a 
``no'' vote on this bill.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Colorado (Mr. Crow).
  Mr. CROW. Mr. Speaker, if we don't act boldly, we will spend the next 
decade recovering from this crisis, and many families and many 
communities may never recover.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are right about one 
thing: This is our vision for America, an America where people can pay 
their rent and mortgage and buy food for their children; where 
businesses will reopen and create jobs; where our cities can pay our 
firefighters, our paramedics, and our teachers next month; and where 
people can vote without risking their health and their lives.
  America is great because, in times of crisis, we come together to 
meet the challenge. We do big things. Let us meet this moment. Let's 
pass this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), my very good friend, a member of the 
Agriculture and Education and Labor Committees.

  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong 
opposition to this legislation.
  Through the CARES Act and the previous relief packages Congress has 
already approved, the Federal Government has acted swiftly to address 
our most pressing needs as a result of the coronavirus. Our efforts 
thus far have been about three things: saving lives, saving jobs, and 
saving our economy.
  These bills were negotiated in good faith and passed with 
overwhelming bipartisan support to provide immediate resources and a 
lifeline to families, workers, businesses, and States.
  Mr. Speaker, legislation on the House floor today is not in the same 
bipartisan spirit of addressing the urgent needs of Americans during 
the coronavirus pandemic. It is written without input from the minority 
and prioritizes divisive partisan policies over real relief for 
Americans.
  One division I am concerned about is agriculture. Instead of simply 
supporting farmers, ranchers, and the effectiveness of our feeding 
programs, which is where our focus should be, the bill ties the hands 
of the USDA. These partisan policies have no place in a relief package, 
and this legislation is dead on arrival in the Senate.
  As we begin to open up our economy, Congress must continue combating 
the virus and getting Americans back to work.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman.
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, we also could be doing 
more for working individuals by including my legislation, the AG CHAIN 
Act, which would suspend Federal income tax and payroll taxes for 
essential workers during this pandemic.
  However, today's legislation was drafted and introduced with 
unnecessary haste and lacks bipartisan support

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to become law. I am voting ``no'' on this bill, and I urge my 
colleagues to do the same.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Pennsylvania (Ms. Dean).
  Ms. DEAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the HEROES Act because it 
recognizes the human sacrifice of our families, our teachers, our 
postal workers, our police. It recognizes the human suffering.
  In my own counties of Berks County, 207 are dead, and in Montgomery 
Country, 608 are dead. Included in that number is my own mother-in-law, 
dead of COVID earlier this month in a local nursing home without the 
ability of her family to be at her side.
  And it recognizes the heroes all around us, like the staff at that 
nursing home who stood by and took care of Joan in a loving way.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentlewoman.
  Ms. DEAN. I will be voting ``yes'' on this bill to send nearly $40 
billion to my hard-hit State of Pennsylvania. I urge all of our 
colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I have additional speakers on the way. They 
have not yet arrived, so I am going to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 30 seconds to the 
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene).
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Speaker, the HEROES Act will help workers stay 
connected to their employers, their paychecks, and their benefits.
  This bill includes an expanded employee retention tax credit. By 
building on this existing and bipartisan program, we help businesses 
keep their employees on the payroll through the end of the year and 
reduce unemployment.
  The bill also expands the child tax credit to help families and 
reduce child poverty. These policies, along with support for essential 
public services, expanded testing, and contact tracing, are the reasons 
why I will be voting ``yes.''
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Mrs. Dingell).
  Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, we, in Michigan, have been devastated by 
this virus. We were third for the number of cases in the country for 
weeks and, until this week, remained third in the number of deaths.
  Two million people are unemployed, and lives have been forever 
changed.
  The Chair of the Fed said this week that if we don't want this 
economy to be ruined, we need to invest now, and that is what this bill 
does. It is not perfect, but the people of my district need help and 
they need it now.
  There are pension provisions in here that are not perfect, that help 
some and not others, but I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Hice), a member of the Natural Resources and Oversight and Reform 
Committees.
  Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government has a 
responsibility to help both individuals and businesses through this 
crisis because, as the government, they shut down the economy. But I do 
have deep concerns with the way in which we are attempting to go about 
this.
  We have already spent an unprecedented amount of money, $3.6 
trillion, at an unprecedented rate. Now, we have a monstrosity, and we 
have yet to have a serious discussion as to how we are going to pay for 
this massive debt.
  In this bill--$3 trillion, 1,800 pages, zero input from the minority, 
from the Senate or the White House, drafted behind closed doors, and 
just very little time to review it.
  As ranking member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, I want 
to focus on the Postal Service. The Postal Service does not need a 
bailout; they need reform. It needs reform.

  We have 12 consecutive years of losing money in the Postal Service, 
and it was not caused by this pandemic. It is a deeper pandemic within 
the Postal Service.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 15 seconds to the 
gentleman.
  Mr. HICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, this is an issue that we have to 
resolve, not with just a bailout of $25 billion. They have $9 billion 
sitting in the bank over there.
  This is our time to be responsible with the people's money, and I 
urge my colleagues not to support this bill?
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Espaillat).
  Mr. ESPAILLAT. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of heroes.
  $15 billion for transit agencies, including $3.8 billion for the MTA, 
that is a good thing.
  $2 billion for deep cleaning for public housing, such as NYCHA, that 
is a good thing.
  Another round of stimulus checks, $1,200, plus another $1,200 for 
children, and the inclusion of taxpaying immigrants and their families, 
that is a good thing.
  $10 billion for additional grants for small business, that is a good 
thing.
  $7 billion for childcare, that is a good thing.
  $2 billion to help employers provide hazard pay to essential workers, 
like hospital workers, transit workers, supermarket workers, and 
critical property service workers like janitors, security officers, 
residential door persons, and others who are often overlooked but are 
so crucial to keeping key buildings and facilities like the hundreds in 
my district up and running, that is a good thing.
  $100 billion for emergency rental assistance, that is an extremely 
good thing. Help for New York State and New York City.
  I rise in support of our heroes. This is a good thing.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Escobar).
  Ms. ESCOBAR. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, our colleagues on the other 
side of the aisle don't hear the suffering happening in our 
communities, communities like El Paso, vulnerable communities that need 
more testing, more tracing.
  This bill does that. It provides that necessary step to safely 
reopening our economies. It also provides $1 billion for my community 
of El Paso, Texas, $35 billion for the State of Texas. For this and 
many other reasons, we need to look at this as one step in a long 
journey, a painful journey, but one that we are in together.

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  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I just remind my friends we actually do hear. That is why we worked 
with you to pass four straight bills. I would be willing to work with 
you again. You chose not to do that. You chose to bring to the floor a 
bill you know will not be taken up by the Senate, will not be signed by 
the President. So let's abandon that course and go back to where we 
were at. We worked together. We got a lot done in a short period of 
time. I think that is what the American people want us to do.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, whenever my friend is ready to sit down, I 
am happy to work with him.
  I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi).
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation.
  Much talk, some facts. In California, $54 billion deficit by the 
State government. The counties I represent are reeling in their 
deficit. We need this bill; otherwise, we are going to see hospitals, 
we are going to see first responders, police, and firemen laid off.
  Many say this bill is dead on arrival. If we do not move this bill, 
the death will be in our districts.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I have a great deal of respect for my very good friend 
from California, but we live in a system right now of divided 
government. We have a Democratic House that certainly has a voice in 
anything that is done. We have a Republican Senate, and we have a 
Republican President.
  We have proven that we can work together. We did for four straight 
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single bill in American history. So it is not as if the two sides don't 
know how to do this.
  For whatever reasons, my friends chose to decide to move alone. Well, 
they can certainly do that through this Chamber, and that is their 
right to do. I respect that if that is what they want to do. But if 
they think moving alone without Republicans will get them anywhere in 
the United States Senate or at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, I 
would just suggest that is probably not the case.
  So again, we know how to do this. We have proven we can do it; an 
extraordinary job by all concerned on both sides of the House to get 
those four bills done.
  Nobody works better, by the way, in a bipartisan sense than my good 
friend, the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, and nobody 
works with her better than my good friend, the ranking member of the 
Appropriations Committee. I would suggest the rest of us probably 
should clear out for a while and let those two work together. I bet you 
we could actually get a bill to pass.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Green).
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the richest country in the world is 
facing a looming humanitarian crisis. Hunger looms large in the land, 
Mr. Speaker. This bill provides a $14 billion solution with a 
humanitarian response to feed the hungry.
  Homelessness looms large. Evictions are afoot. This bill provides 
$100 billion to keep people in their homes.
  This humanitarian crisis necessitates a humanitarian response. This 
bill provides that response.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
New Mexico (Ms. Haaland).
  Ms. HAALAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the HEROES Act.
  The administration's failed response to this crisis causes 
heartbreak, financial stress, and lays bare the disparities in our 
country.
  Two Dine sisters didn't get treatment in time and died. Their sons 
will live without their mothers.
  A single mom in my district lost her job and couldn't get help 
because of her status.
  The HEROES Act meets this challenge at the level it demands. When I 
vote today, I will think of all the families and all of the essential 
workers, the people who stock our groceries and keep us fed.
  Mr. Speaker, we must pass this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry), a distinguished veteran in service to this 
country.
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I will tell you this bill, among other things--we can 
talk about all the wish list of things that are in it, and I am sure 
many have and many will. I want to talk about the trillion dollars of 
additional spending to the States and talk about my State of 
Pennsylvania, where we spent and sent billions of dollars where, right 
now, the Governor is holding hostage that money that is supposed to go 
directly to the counties. He won't give it to the counties that are 
going bankrupt right now.
  What he is doing, Mr. Speaker, is making sure that our nursing home 
patients get exposed to COVID-19. It is a directive in Pennsylvania, if 
they have COVID-19 and the hospital releases them, they have to go back 
to the nursing home. So our nursing homes are 74 percent of the deaths 
across the State. Seventy-four percent of the deaths in Pennsylvania 
are because of the Governor's policy.
  Meanwhile, he says he doesn't have enough money. We are going to 
spend more money in Pennsylvania when the money hasn't already been 
spent
  Oh, by the way, the unemployment compensation money that we sent to 
Pennsylvania, it takes 41 days right now to have your claim answered. 
People cannot exist on policies and promises. They need money.
  Mr. Speaker, spending more money, sending more money to buttress 
failed policies doesn't fix the policies. They don't fix anything. They 
don't help anyone.
  Let's fix the policies. Let's make sure the people get the money that 
we have sent to them instead of just sending more to the Governor, who 
is going to extort the counties and kill our elderly.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a senior member of the Homeland Security and 
Judiciary Committees.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  We heard on this floor, Mr. Speaker, God bless America, and now we 
know that America is sick and needs that blessing. Her lives, her 
livelihood are sick.
  This is not Speaker Pelosi's bill. This is America's bill. And I am 
glad to stand here and support heroes who will get $200 billion, 
including transit workers.
  I am glad we will get more direct payments, $6,000, to families that 
are desperate.
  I am glad that there will be testing and contact tracing that will 
help save lives.
  I am glad that local governments--my mayor is suffering--$375 
billion.
  And I am delighted to make sure that we know that the hungry people 
in the streets will get food.
  I support the HEROES legislation.
  Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary 
and on Homeland Security, and founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional 
Coronavirus Taskforce, I rise in strong support of H.R. 6800, the 
Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or HEROES 
Act, the most installment of the necessary assistance and relief 
provided by Congress to address the adverse health and economic impacts 
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The HEROES Act provides an additional $75 billion for the testing, 
tracing, and treatment we need in order to have a science-based path to 
safely reopen our country and helping ensure that every American can 
access free coronavirus treatment.
  I support this legislation also because it provides strong support 
for our heroes fighting the pandemic on the front lines with nearly $1 
trillion for state, local, territorial and tribal governments who 
desperately need funds to pay the health care workers, police, fire, 
transportation, EMS, teachers and other vital workers who keep us safe 
and are in danger of losing their jobs.
  The Heroes Act also establishes a $200 billion Heroes' fund to ensure 
that essential workers receive hazard pay, something that I have long 
advocated and for which I worked closely with the House and committee 
leaders to secure.
  Another reason to support this bill is that it puts money in the 
pockets of workers with a second round of direct payments to families 
up to $6,000 per household, new payroll protection measures to keep 60 
million workers connected with their jobs and extending weekly $600 
federal unemployment payments through January 2021.
  There are several additional salutary provisions in this legislation 
which I will later address, but it is important to note for the record 
the scale of public health and economic crisis we are in.
  Every day, we see the need for further action to combat the 
coronavirus crisis.
  To date, there are more than 1,400,000 confirmed cases, over 85,000 
dead, including 42,403 cases and 1,158 deaths in my home state of 
Texas.
  On top of that, by taking the necessary measures to slow the pandemic 
and `flatten the curve' so as not to overwhelm the nation's health care 
system, economic activity in the United States has experienced a severe 
shock to the system.
  More than 36 million initial unemployment claims in the past month 
alone.
  In addition, on March 23, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average 
(DJIA) dipped to 18,321.62, which is even lower than it was on Election 
Night 2016, and far below the 19,827 mark where it stood on January 20, 
2017.
  In other words, Mr. Speaker, all the gains that were made to the 
stock market and heralded by this Administration as evidence of its 
genius have been wiped out, depleting the retirement savings and 401(k) 
fund of millions of ordinary Americans.
  The situation is so dire that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, 
appointed by the current President, stressed the importance of Congress 
providing further fiscal relief, stating this week:
  ``While the economic response has been both timely and appropriately 
large, it may not be the final chapter, given that the path ahead is 
both highly uncertain and subject to significant downside risks. 
Additional fiscal support could be costly, but worth it if it helps 
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long-term economic damage and leaves us with a stronger recovery.''
  Mr. Speaker, among people who were working in February, almost 40 
percent of those in households making less than $40,000 a year had lost 
their job in March.
  And in addition to the highly inequitable of gender and racial 
impacts, this economic downturn reveals a strong class dimension to the 
unemployment wave with 18.1 million of the 19.5 million jobs lost in 
the private sector last month classified as production and non-
supervisory workers as opposed to managers.
  So, we have simultaneously a public health emergency and an economic 
calamity, both of which are addressed in the legislation before us.
  But before we can get back on our feet economically and restore the 
booming economy inherited by the current Administration, Americans must 
be assured and confident that there is a plan and strategy to combat 
COVID-19 and the resources and commitment needed to implement the plan 
and execute the strategy.
  And that means testing, testing, and more testing, along with contact 
tracing.
  Mr. Speaker, as the media was reporting in early January on the rapid 
spread of the novel coronavirus and the alarming increase in the 
numbers of persons infected, I understood that this was an emergency 
situation requiring urgent and immediate attention.
  On February 10, 2020, I held the first press conference on the issue 
of the novel coronavirus at Houston Intercontinental Airport, which was 
followed by a second press conference on February 24, 2020 to continue 
efforts to raise public knowledge of the impending threat.
  On February 26, 2020, I wrote the Chair and Ranking Member of the 
Committee on Homeland Security requesting to be briefed by Acting 
Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to regarding the preparedness 
of DHS to address a possible pandemic.
  On March 19, 2020, I partnered with United Memorial Medical Center to 
open the first drive through Coronavirus Test Screening facility in the 
Houston area.
  Since March 19, I have worked to open six other testing sites for a 
total of seven that are located within high risk communities in the 
city of Houston to reduce the need for travel to get access to COVID-19 
testing.
  In early March news reports regarding the high risks for COVID-19 
infections in jails and prisons provided early notice that these 
locations might become hot spots where the unchecked spread of the 
virus would pose health risks to detainees, staff, and communities 
where they were located.
  Infectious disease experts warned that overcrowded unsanitary 
conditions existed in these facilities making them extremely unsafe 
given what was known about the highly infectious nature of COVID-19.
  That is why I worked with the Harris County Sheriff's Office to 
provide COVID-19 testing for detainees and staff beginning on April 21.
  Detention centers are overcrowded and unsanitary and pose significant 
risks to detainees and staff should COVID-19 breach them, whether they 
are prisons, jails, or ICE detention centers.
  In the weeks before the White House declared a national emergency 
concerning COVID-19, ICE held approximately 38,000 individuals in more 
than 130 federal, private, and locally operated detention facilities 
across the country.
  Crowded, unsanitary conditions in ICE detention facilities put 
detainees, detention facility staff, and surrounding communities in 
danger.
  Placing detainees in local jails or state prisons may have triggered 
infections in those confinement settings that might reach local 
communities where the infections would not be detected until infected 
persons were sick enough to seek medical assistance at hospitals.
  Individuals in detention are often housed in close quarters together 
with individuals in poor health, making them highly vulnerable to 
contagious disease.
  Reducing the number of persons being held by focusing on release of 
non-violent persons who are at the greatest risk should they contract 
the infection-the elderly, those with underlying medical conditions, 
and those with compromised immune systems is the right thing to do for 
public safety and health.
  As I wrote in a May 6, 2020 Houston Chronicle op-ed, entitled 
Universal Testing Is A National Security Issue, universal testing, 
contact tracing, and social distancing is needed to protect the public 
health and safety, and to provide Americans with the confidence they 
need to restart the national economy by resuming economic activity.
  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that H.R. 6800 includes in its 
provisions many of the policies I have advocated and worked with 
leadership to secure, including the following:
  Bureau of Prisons--$200 million to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus in Federal prisons, including funding for medical 
testing and services, personal protective equipment, hygiene supplies 
and services, and sanitation services.
  Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) programs--$100 million, with a 
waiver of the local match requirement, including $30 million for grants 
to combat violence against women, $15 million for transitional housing 
assistance grants, $15 million for sexual assault victims assistance, 
$10 million for rural domestic violence and child abuse enforcement 
assistance, $10 million for legal assistance for victims, $4 million 
for assistance to tribal governments, and $16 million to support 
families in the justice system.
  Byrne Justice Assistance Grants--$300 million to help prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for purchasing 
personal protective equipment and controlling outbreaks of coronavirus 
at prisons, with waivers of the local match and non-supplanting 
requirements.
  Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)--$300 million for law 
enforcement hiring grants and for the purchase of personal protective 
equipment, with waivers of the local match and non-supplanting 
requirements.
  Second Chance Act grants--$250 million for grants to help facilitate 
the reintegration of ex-prisoners back into society and to prevent 
recidivism.
  Pandemic Justice Response Act Grants--$600 million, including: (1) 
$500 million to prevent, detect, and stop the presence of COVID-19 in 
correctional institutions, and for pretrial citation and release 
grants, (2) $25 million for Rapid COVID-19 Testing at correctional 
institutions, and (3) $75 million for Juvenile Specific Services.
  Legal Services Corporation--$50 million to address legal needs 
arising from coronavirus.
  I also note in passing many additional provisions in the legislation 
that will benefit the nation and my congressional district:
  Community Development Block Grant--$5 billion for coronavirus 
response and to mitigate the impacts in our communities to be 
distributed by formula to current grantees.
  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)--$10 billion to 
support anticipated increases in participation and to cover program 
cost increases related to flexibilities provided to SNAP by the 
Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children 
(WIC)--$1.1 billion to provide access to nutritious foods to low-income 
pregnant women or mothers with young children who lose their jobs or 
are laid off due to the COVID-19 emergency.
  The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)--$150 million to help 
local food banks meet increased demand for low-income Americans during 
the emergency. Including funding provided by the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (CARES Act), TEFAP has received a total of $1 billion.
  Child Nutrition Programs--$3 billion in additional funding to provide 
emergency financial relief to school meal providers and USDA's Child 
and Adult Care Food Program.
  Census--$400 million for expenses due to delays in the 2020 Decennial 
Census in response to the coronavirus and an additional $10 million for 
expenses incurred as a result of the coronavirus.
  State Fiscal Relief--$500 billion in funding to assist state 
governments with the fiscal impacts from the public health emergency 
caused by the coronavirus.
  Local Fiscal Relief--$375 billion in funding to assist local 
governments with the fiscal impacts from the public health emergency 
caused by the coronavirus.
  Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI)--$1 billion for 
economic support and recovery in distressed communities by providing 
financial and technical assistance to CDFis.
  Assistance to Homeowners--$75 billion to states, territories, and 
tribes to address the ongoing needs of homeowners struggling to afford 
their housing due directly or indirectly to the impacts of the pandemic 
by providing direct assistance with mortgage payments, property taxes, 
property insurance, utilities, and other housing related costs.
  Elections--$3.6 billion for grants to States for contingency 
planning, preparation, and resilience of elections for Federal office.
  Broadband--$1.5 billion to close the homework gap by providing 
funding for Wi-Fi hotspots and connected devices for students and 
library patrons, and $4 billion for emergency home connectivity needs.
  Small Businesses--$10 billion in grants to small businesses that have 
suffered financial losses as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
  Postal Service--$25 billion for revenue forgone due to the 
coronavirus pandemic, plus language providing additional protections to 
Postal workers. An additional $15 million is provided for the Postal 
Service Inspector General for oversight of this funding.
  Federal Emergency Management Agency--$1.3 billion to prevent, prepare 
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for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program; $500 million for Assistance 
to Firefighter Grants (AFG); $500 million for Staffing for Adequate 
Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants; and $100 million for 
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG).
  Environmental Protection Agency--$50 million for environmental 
justice grants, including investigating links between pollution 
exposure and the transmission and health outcomes of coronavirus in 
environmental justice communities.
  Indian Health Service--$2.1 billion to address health care needs 
related to coronavirus for Native Americans.
  Department of Labor--$3.1 billion to support workforce training and 
worker protection activities related to coronavirus.
  Health Resources and Services Administration--$7.6 billion to support 
expanded health care services for underserved populations, including:
  1. $7.6 billion for Health Centers to expand the capacity to provide 
testing, triage, and care for COVID-19 and other health care services 
at approximately 1,000 existing health centers across the country; and
  2. $10 million to Ryan White HIV/AIDS clinics to support extended 
operational hours, increased staffing hours, additional equipment, and 
additional home delivered meals and transportation needs of clients, 
who disproportionately suffer from co-morbidities and underlying 
immunosuppression that puts them at greater risk for COVID-19 
complications.
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--$2.1 billion to support 
federal, state, and local public health agencies to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to the coronavirus, including $2 billion for State, 
local, Territorial, and Tribal Public Health Departments and $130 
million for public health data surveillance and analytics 
infrastructure modernization.
  National Institutes of Health--$4.745 billion to expand COVID-19-
related research on the NIH campus and at academic institutions across 
the country and to support the shutdown and startup costs of biomedical 
research laboratories nationwide.
  Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response--$4.575 billion to 
respond to coronavirus, including: 1. $3.5 billion for Biomedical 
Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for therapeutics 
and vaccines; 2. $500 million for BARDA to support U.S.-based next 
generation manufacturing facilities; and 3. $500 million for BARDA to 
promote innovation in antibacterial research and development.
  Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund--$175 billion to 
reimburse for health care related expenses or lost revenue attributable 
to the coronavirus, as well as to support testing and contact tracing 
to effectively monitor and suppress COVID-19, including:
  1. $100 billion in grants for hospital and health care providers to 
be reimbursed health care related expenses or lost revenue directly 
attributable to the public health emergency resulting from coronavirus; 
and
  2. $75 billion for testing, contact tracing, and other activities 
necessary to effectively monitor and suppress COVID-19.
  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services--Nursing Strike Team--$150 
million for States to establish and implement strike teams to deploy to 
skilled nursing facilities or nursing facilities within 72 hours of 
three residents or employees being diagnosed with or suspected of 
having COVID-19.
  Administration for Children and Families--$10.1 billion to provide 
supportive and social services for families and children through 
programs including:
  1. $7 billion for Child Care and Development Block Grants;
  2. $1.5 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP);
  3. $1.5 billion to support paying water bills for low income 
families;
  4. $50 million for Family Violence Prevention and Services;
  5. $20 million for Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) 
State Grants; and
  6. $20 million for Community Based-Child Abuse Prevention
  Grants.
  Administration for Community Living--$100 million to provide direct 
services such as home-delivered and prepackaged meals, and supportive 
services for seniors and disabled individuals, and their caregivers.
  Department of Education--$100.15 billion to support the educational 
needs of States, school districts, and institutions of higher education 
in response to coronavirus, including:
  1. $90 billion for a State Fiscal Stabilization Fund for grants to 
States to support statewide and local funding for elementary and 
secondary schools and public postsecondary institutions.
  2. $10.15 billion to help alleviate burdens associated with the 
coronavirus for both colleges and students, including $1.7 billion for 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving 
Institutions, $20 million for Howard University, $11 million for 
Gallaudet University, $11 million for the National Technical Institute 
for the Deaf, and $8.4 billion for other institutions of higher 
education.
  Tenant-Based Rental Assistance--$4 billion to allow public housing 
agencies (PHAs) to respond to coronavirus and the ability to keep over 
2.2 million families stably housed even when facing a loss of income, 
including $1 billion for new, temporary, vouchers for individuals and 
families who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, or fleeing 
domestic violence.
  Public Housing Operating- Fund--$2 billion for PHAs to carry out 
coronavirus response for the operation and management of almost 1 
million public housing units.
  Housing for Persons with AIDS--$15 million to maintain operations, 
rental assistance, supportive services, and other necessary actions to 
mitigate the impact of coronavirus on low-income persons with HIV/AIDS.
  Homeless Assistance Grants--$11.5 billion for Emergency Solutions 
Grants to address the impact of coronavirus among individuals and 
families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and to support 
additional homeless assistance, prevention, and diver on activities to 
mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. I am also pleased that the 
language of my bill, H.R. 6803, to specifically help the Elderly and 
persons with disabilities during COVID-19 through wrap a round services 
was included.
  Emergency Rental Assistance--$100 billion to provide emergency 
assistance to help low-income renters at risk of homelessness avoid 
eviction due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
  Project-Based Rental Assistance--$750 million to ensure the 
continuation of housing assistance for low-income individuals and 
families living in project-based rental assistance properties, and to 
ensure housing providers can take the necessary actions to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to the pandemic.
  Housing for the Elderly--$500 million to maintain operations at 
properties providing affordable housing for low-income seniors and to 
ensure housing providers can take the necessary actions to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus pandemic.
  Housing for Persons with Disabilities--$200 million to maintain 
operations at properties providing affordable housing for low-income 
persons with disabilities, and to ensure housing providers can take the 
necessary actions to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the 
coronavirus pandemic.
  Housing Counseling Assistance--$100 million to enable housing 
counselors to respond to the surge of demand for services, which 
include foreclosure and eviction mitigation counseling, in light of the 
economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill allows the purchase 
of technology and equipment so services can be provided through 
electronic means.
  As the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic becomes clearer 
and more far-reaching, it will be necessary to continually replenish 
the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan 
program (EIDL).
  Mr. Speaker, perhaps the principle reason to support this legislation 
is because it provides $75 billion for COVID-19 testing, contact 
tracing, and isolation measures; and ensures that every American can 
access free coronavirus treatment.
  The legislation also provides hospitals and health care workers on 
the frontlines needed funding for the necessary resources, especially 
personal protective equipment (PPE), to battle the coronavirus pandemic 
and care for its victims.
  Mr. Speaker, we have all seen the heart-wrenching stories of 
courageous doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, orderlies, and others 
selflessly striving to save other others while putting themselves in 
harm's way because of the severe shortage of PPE.
  Mr. Speaker, the current president fancies calling himself a ``War 
President.''
  For anyone who needs reminding, the nation's greatest wartime 
presidents made sure that American troops on the frontlines were 
trained, equipped, and protected in battle.
  The funding provided in this legislation will help states and local 
jurisdiction conduct necessary COVID-19 testing in local jails, 
juvenile detention centers, and elsewhere in the criminal justice 
system.
  Testing is the key to reopening the economy and resuming our lives, 
and to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally.
  If we cannot see where COVID-19 is within a community, there is no 
reliable way to prevent its spread other than quarantine.
  If we do not dramatically increase testing, we will remain prisoners 
of COVID-19 until we have a vaccine widely available, which is not 
expected to occur until early 2021.
  Universal testing for COVID-19 is a matter of life and death for 
millions of Americans, but it is also a salvation for millions of 
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  The liberation of millions hinges on getting testing in every 
community so that we can shine a light on where COVID-19 is and where 
it is not present.
  Mr. Speaker, the occasion demands that we rise, and I urge all 
Members to join me in voting to pass H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic 
Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Krishnamoorthi).
  Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  I rise in support of the HEROES Act.
  Why?
  Because our firefighters and first responders are heroes. They 
deserve to remain employed.
  Because our frontline and healthcare workers are heroes. They deserve 
to have more testing and PPE.
  Our small business people are heroes, too, and they deserve relief, 
also.
  Heroic people need our action today. Inaction would not be heroic.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Norcross).
  Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today at an unprecedented time.
  First, I want to thank those frontline and essential workers, those 
who are working each and every day on the retail lines, certainly those 
who are working to keep our lights on.
  But this HEROES Act will provide New Jersey the much-needed help it 
deserves and needs, second in the Nation. Almost 10,000 people have 
been impacted in a way that they will never forget.
  But we know for workers this will take care of OSHA so they have a 
safe workplace; for families so they have food and SNAP benefits 
increase; for small businesses, emergency grants.
  But most importantly, we, together, as a country, will get past this 
if we work together.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Kentucky (Mr. Barr), my great friend and distinguished member of the 
Financial Services Committee.
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  For 2\1/2\ years, Americans have heard Democrats in this House 
criticize the historic tax cuts for exploding the debt. They have 
listened to Democrats repeat that criticism even as individual income 
tax revenues actually rose by $22 billion over CBO projections.
  But today, Speaker Pelosi proposes a bill that is so reckless, so 
outrageous, and so fiscally irresponsible that it will add $3 trillion 
to our national debt overnight. And instead of hearing about the 
deficit or even concerns about this pandemic, struggling Americans are 
watching House Democrats push for legislation to legalize voter fraud, 
give stimulus checks to illegal immigrants, bail out mismanaged State 
and local governments, and restore tax breaks to blue State 
millionaires and billionaires.
  So, to taxpayers across America, if you have ever had any doubt about 
where Democrats in this House actually stand on deficits and the debt, 
watch today's vote.
  Instead of surrendering our country to socialism, we need to reopen 
our economy and allow Americans to safely get back to work. The 
government cannot sustainably respond to this crisis or any crisis 
unless and until we have taxpayers who are actually working.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Panetta).
  Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  H.R. 6800 is anything but a wish list for Democrats. Instead, the 
HEROES Act means everything to the people in all of our congressional 
districts.
  States and cities across our country are losing revenue that will 
lead to a loss of services and our safety. The funding in this bill 
shores up those services and our security, especially for our small 
cities.
  The PPP benefits small businesses, but it needs to be expanded and 
easier to understand. This bill provides those improvements, as well as 
more testing and tracing, help for renters and owners, broadband for 
kids, purchases for farmers, and protections for farmworkers.
  So when you call this a wish list, know that it is our constituents 
who are wishing for funding so that they can fight and defeat this 
pandemic.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  There is nobody I respect more than my good friend from California. 
He is a bipartisan person by nature and instinct. All I would advise 
him is to resume what they did that worked before: Go back to operating 
in a bipartisan manner, sit down and negotiate, and we will actually 
get something done for the American people.
  What they are doing now is partisan, one-sided, no Republican input, 
dead on arrival in the Senate, not going to be signed by the President. 
That is not a productive use of time. It may be a political choice; it 
may be smart politics--I don't know, I don't think so, but maybe--but 
it certainly is not going to result in legislation.

  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Porter).
  Ms. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, Americans are suffering enough from this 
pandemic. They deserve the best policy to help them. Even if infection 
rates go down in May and June, unemployment will keep going up.
  The Paycheck Recovery Act would protect our capitalist economy, which 
the virus is attacking. It would preserve businesses and give workers 
what they need most: their paychecks so they can provide for their 
families.
  The HEROES Act should have used this approach, but I know our States 
and local governments and our frontline workers cannot wait for Federal 
help. I, therefore, support this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Payne).
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the HEROES Act, our 
fifth coronavirus aid package.
  Right now, Americans are losing loved ones, jobs, their health 
insurance, and their patience. The only aid that they will get is 
whatever we provide them.
  Government exists to help the country in times of great need, and 
there might not ever be a greater time in our lifetime than right now. 
I am shocked that many of my Republican colleagues seem not to care.
  The price might be high, but the price of doing nothing is always 
higher. Our constituents count on us to do the right thing. This bill 
is the right thing for American workers, American families, and 
American businesses.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Colorado (Mr. Neguse).
  Mr. NEGUSE. Mr. Speaker, from Eagle County to Gilpin County and every 
community in between, our communities are looking to us to help them 
weather this crisis.
  These aren't red counties; they are not blue counties. They are 
American counties.
  This bill is about helping all of America, and in particular, the 
American heroes who are standing up for us every day, the firefighters, 
the nurses, the first responders, the teachers, and so many more.
  They continue to stand up for us. Let's stand up for them.
  Please, let's pass this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Engel), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, New York has been ravaged by the COVID-19 
pandemic. My constituents in New Rochelle, New York, were in the 
original New York hotspot and have suffered greatly, both health-wise 
and economically.
  I have worked tirelessly since the last CARES Act to help my 
constituents and bring as many resources as I can back to the Bronx and 
Westchester. This includes about $5 billion for hard-hit New York 
hospitals and $76 million for New York's community health centers.

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  With today's vote, the House makes clear its commitment to continue 
helping the heroes of this pandemic and our State even further.
  The HEROES Act finally makes whole our State and local governments 
with nearly $34 billion in funding for New York and an additional $32 
billion for local assistance.
  It provides billions in hazard pay for the brave frontline workers 
who have kept us going through this crisis, and also allocates billions 
more for the three T's, testing, tracing, and treatment, keys to 
reviving our economy.
  The bill also includes provisions I specifically requested and 
authored, including an additional $5 billion in education funding for 
New York to help prevent layoffs and program cuts, provisions to 
protect the medical supply chain, and increased Medicaid payments for 
safety-net New York hospitals.
  What is more, New York will benefit greatly from the provision in 
this bill which repeals SALT, the caps on State and local taxes 
deductions, something we have fought hard for since the GOP tax scam 
passed 3 years ago.
  In addition to the already mentioned provisions, there is an 
additional $175 billion in housing aid, including the $100 billion in 
rental assistance that I and other New Yorkers called for; extended 
unemployment benefits through January 2021; more direct stimulus 
payments to Americans; and billions in funding for hospitals and the 
Postal Service.
  There are pension provisions in this bill which are controversial to 
some groups, and I am hopeful this can be resolved in conference.
  I was pleased to see property service workers included under the 
Pandemic Premium Pay for the Essential Workers section. These workers, 
like janitors, security officers, residential door persons, and others, 
are often overlooked, but are crucial in keeping buildings and 
facilities up and running.
  Please vote ``yes.''
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Sanchez).
  Ms. SANCHEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the HEROES Act.
  COVID-19 has ravaged communities, businesses, and families. We will 
be reeling from the economic aftershocks of the coronavirus for many 
months to come.
  The HEROES Act will provide desperately needed relief to stabilize 
our fragile economy and protect essential workers.
  It will put us on the right path to economic recovery, a recovery 
that reduces food insecurity, compensates essential workers for risking 
their lives to do their jobs, and help to prevent counties and 
municipalities from having to lay off the workers that we rely on the 
most.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the HEROES Act. Let's support 
our heroes.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Alabama (Ms. Sewell), the vice chair of the Committee on Ways and 
Means.
  Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support our 
HEROES Act.
  This bill will provide $375 billion in support directly to local 
governments, which would mean millions of dollars for my counties and 
my towns in my district of Alabama.
  These funds will help our communities with their lost revenues while 
protecting the jobs of those essential workers.
  Mr. Speaker, I stand with the heroes and sheroes of Alabama, and I 
ask for all to support this bill, because we are dying in numbers, and 
we need to make sure that we are doing all that we can to protect the 
lives and livelihoods of all Americans.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask for a ``yes'' vote on the HEROES Act. Let's stand 
with our heroes.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
New Jersey (Ms. Sherrill).
  Ms. SHERRILL. Mr. Speaker, to date, 10,000 New Jerseyans have lost 
their lives to coronavirus; 1.1 million, their jobs.
  The toll of the pandemic on New Jersey cannot be understated, nor can 
the need for additional relief. That is why I fought for desperately 
needed aid for State and local governments, a repeal of the SALT cap, 
increased funding for hospitals, testing, tracing, and PPE.

  In these times, we must stand together as a Nation. We must be bold, 
we must be resolute, and we must be brave.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. McCarthy), the distinguished Republican leader of the 
House and my good friend.
  Mr. McCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Speaker Pelosi called 
scrutinizing China a diversion. That could not be further from the 
truth.
  First, China lied to the world about the virus. According to a recent 
study, 95 percent of this crisis would have been contained if China had 
been honest. All they had to do was be honest. Imagine all the lives 
and livelihoods that would have been saved.
  Second, during the crisis, China leveraged its stockpile of personal 
protection equipment for their own political gain and at the expense of 
our frontline workers.
  Third, just this week, it was reported that China is now hacking our 
companies and universities to try to undermine our effort to find a 
cure to save lives.
  Speaker Pelosi should withdraw her comments. Instead, she withdrew 
her Members from what was supposed to be a bipartisan task force on 
China, one that we had planned and worked for for more than a year, 
long before this virus came from the distant land.
  Mr. Speaker, I would say to Speaker Pelosi that addressing China is 
not a diversion. Justice for Americans is not a diversion. It is what 
we must do to protect our country.
  The real diversion is the proposal on the floor today.
  This 1,800-page, $3 trillion proposal isn't a serious attempt at 
making public policy.
  Mr. Speaker, I listened to the talk which you had before your 
conference. I listened when Speaker Pelosi told your conference to ``go 
big.''
  Instead of going big, it seems you went crazy.
  This is a political messaging bill that has no chance of becoming 
law. That is not my opinion. That is the opinion from your own Members 
and from the media itself.
  Why do they have that opinion? Let's look at the flaws in the bill 
itself.
  Its central demands were written behind closed doors, predates the 
crisis, and are not targeted to the coronavirus.
  Changing election laws won't speed up the development of treatments 
or cures. That was the Democrats' number one bill, H.R. 1. Does anyone 
remember back when they introduced that, the very first bill in 
Congress, long before anyone ever heard of coronavirus?
  Bailing out mismanaged pensions won't keep cash-strapped Main Street 
afloat as Americans practice social distancing.
  Suspending the cap on SALT tax deductions for millionaires and 
billionaires won't reach the 36 million Americans who are now 
unemployed. The Democrats promised to do that in their campaign, not 
when the virus came forth.
  This bill has more references to the cannabis industry in it than it 
does to jobs, even though it is jobs, not dispensaries, that are going 
up in smoke.
  Millions of more dollars earmarked for the National Endowment for the 
Arts won't stop China from hacking our companies and universities who 
are working toward a vaccine.
  America is in a serious crisis, but unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, the 
House Democrats see it as leverage to pass their socialist agenda.
  Mr. Speaker, Majority Whip Clyburn, who runs what I refer to as the 
2.0 Impeachment Committee, called it a ``tremendous opportunity to 
restructure things to fit our vision.''
  Mr. Speaker, you have a Member on the other side of the aisle, who 
authored the Green New Deal, who said, ``you absolutely love to see 
it'' while she was cheering the loss of good jobs in the energy 
industry.
  There is another Member on the other side of the aisle, the co-chair 
of the Progressive Caucus, who said about passing more legislation, the 
concern,

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she said, ``For me, the leverage is that there is enormous suffering.''
  Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the American public that those are not 
the views from this side of the aisle.
  We do not view the coronavirus as an opportunity to reshape and 
restructure government. We do not smile and cheer when people lose 
their jobs. We do not think to use as leverage the fact that people are 
suffering. We do not see that as an opportunity to grab 
every philosophical idea we have that has nothing to do with the 
coronavirus and put it into a bill. That is not who we are.

  Today's partisan spectacle continues a trend by, unfortunately, the 
Democrats that has strained Congress' relief efforts from the very 
beginning.
  History will write that in January, Democrats were too busy 
impeaching President Trump to pay attention to what was happening in 
Wuhan, China.
  In March, Speaker Pelosi delayed passage of the bipartisan CARES Act 
for 5 days. Her obstruction caused millions to lose their jobs and 
politicized the process but changed little in the bill.
  In April, Democrats dragged their feet over replenishing the crucial 
Paycheck Protection Program for 14 days, allowing millions of jobs to 
be lost in the meantime and creating greater uncertainty for cash-
strapped small businesses.
  It is time for the political games to end. It is time to put politics 
on lockdown and get back to legislating.
  1,800 pages. I won't ask who has read it, because I know nobody saw 
it in committee. We will vote on the largest bill in the history of 
Congress with not one committee hearing.
  But Democrats might argue back because H.R. 1, their election law 
bill that they passed more than a year ago before the crisis, they 
didn't want to put it in here.
  Democrats took the time to change the rules of the floor.
  There are not many of us sitting on the floor today, Mr. Speaker, 
because of this virus. But there are more sitting on the floor today 
than can actually pass a bill after the rules they want to change.
  You see, the American public, they might not understand that when 
they lend their voice for 2 years to the person they vote for to 
represent them in Washington, that may no longer be the case.
  You see, now, after today, it only takes 20 people. Twenty Democrats 
could each hold ten proxies to themselves and pass anything they want, 
much like what we talked about here.

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  It won't stop China from hacking our universities to slow down our 
ability to have a vaccine. It won't bring a new job. It may help the 
cannabis industry, but it won't help Main Street. Maybe it helps you in 
an election because you are going to take an opportunity to try to 
change that as well. I will warn you, though, the American public is 
smart.
  We just saw, Mr. Speaker, just this Tuesday in a seat in California 
where you changed the election law there. You made it an all-mail 
ballot. That was okay. But when you saw the returns were not coming in 
the way you wanted, you protested, so you changed it.
  You actually put a place where people could walk in and vote, but not 
throughout the district. You picked one area. Where did you pick? The 
most Democrat precinct in the entire district.
  It didn't turn out like you saw just a short time ago where a 
Democrat won by more than 9 points. No. It actually flipped. It flipped 
because the American public is frustrated. They are tired of these type 
of games they are seeing. They are tired of what they are seeing 
happening, Congress not working.
  There are so many Americans, millions, who are no longer getting a 
paycheck, but Congress is for not working.
  What do you say to the Starbucks employee who works just two blocks 
from here that shows up to work every day, but not Congress?
  What do you say to the drivers who bring the food to the grocery 
stores or those who restock them every night? That that is essential. 
Or to the medical community who care for us? That that is essential.
  What do you tell your constituents when you are going to ask them to 
vote for you again? That it wasn't essential for you to work, that you 
could have given a proxy to one of your friends who could vote for 
them, whom they do not know, whom they did not vote for, whom they did 
not lend their voice to?
  What will you say to the constituent in a time of need? That you 
wrote an 1,800-page bill, but you didn't write it? It was a select few, 
not in a committee. It had no oversight, and that is why it ended up 
talking about cannabis more than it ever mentioned a job.
  Yes, this bill is up in smoke, and it should end that way. But we 
should get back to what the American people expect of us: first, to 
work to earn your paycheck; and second, to make sure China never has 
the ability to do this again.
  For more than a year, I worked with the other side to create a 
bipartisan committee. They actually said yes. We went down to the date. 
We named the people. It was February. We were going to announce it, but 
they backed away.
  To the American public, I want them to know we welcomed Democrats to 
join us on this committee because we know and we understand 95 percent 
of this would have never happened had they not lied.
  We did not invite this virus; we did not welcome it; but we will 
defeat it if we work together. The first thing is to work together to 
defeat this bill, this rule, and bring the country back in this 
Congress, what we were supposed to do so long ago.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Before I yield to Mr. Soto, I would just like to say to the 
distinguished minority leader, I know what it is to see people suffer 
in my district. I know what it is to see people die in my district. 
There was too much time spent recommending Lysol and Clorox and other 
remedies for people who are really, really ill. So today, I am very 
pleased that we are working together with the leader of our party to 
address the pain, the suffering, and the illness that is happening in 
our communities.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Soto).
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I don't need a magic minute to say the 
obvious, that President Trump's response to the coronavirus has been a 
colossal and utter failure that has left 36 million Americans without 
jobs, 87,000 dead, and 1.5 million with this disease.
  You can drone on and on about conspiracy theories all you want, but 
we are going to clean up the mess. That is what the HEROES Act is 
about. That is what we are doing here today: backing up first 
responders, funding new tests, and making sure we put dollars into the 
pockets of millions of struggling Americans.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), my very good friend, the Republican whip.
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my friend from Oklahoma for 
yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, we are here talking about Speaker Pelosi's $3 trillion 
socialist giveaway plan. If you look at this bill--we have talked about 
what is in the bill. We should also be talking about what is not in the 
bill. And, of course, they have $500 billion in this package for 
States, including many that already wrecked their economy and had 
billion-dollar deficits prior to COVID-19--$500 billion to bail them 
out.
  Keep in mind, Mr. Speaker, we already gave, working together, $150 
billion to those States, and they haven't even spent all of that money. 
They haven't spent all of that money, but in this bill there is $500 
billion to bail out States that were failing prior to COVID-19.
  What is not in this bill, Mr. Speaker? Money to hold China 
accountable for this whole mess. There is no money in this bill to hold 
China accountable.
  But, again, what is in this bill? Billions of dollars for people who 
are here illegally. Just look at this one page in the bill, a two-word 
change that makes accessible hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars 
to people here illegally. It is in the bill.
  Just what happened the other day, let's talk about American companies 
that they are going after right now. Just a few days ago, the Democrat 
majority sent a target letter to a number of businesses that employ 
blue-collar workers all around America, steel companies right here in 
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Ohio, and New York--steelworkers-- and they demanded in the letter: We 
ask you return these funds immediately. So hundreds of steelworkers 
will go out of work based on the letter the Democrat majority sent out. 
And today, they are saying illegals can get that money.

  So you are taking it away from steelworkers, shipbuilders, truck 
drivers, and you are turning around and giving it to people here 
illegally. What kind of set of priorities is that in the middle of a 
pandemic?
  Again, what is in the bill, you have got hundreds of billions of 
dollars for all of these other things, billions for taxpayer funding of 
abortions in the bill.
  What is not in the bill? Money to bring jobs back from China, PPE.
  You just saw the President, yesterday, in Pennsylvania celebrating a 
company that is making PPE. So much of that is made right now in China. 
We are trying to bring that back because China is using their leverage 
to hold us hostage, not sending PPE, not sending lifesaving drugs. How 
about we make that in America? But, no, there is no money in this bill 
for that.
  But then this bill mandates that States do things that would wreck 
their election laws, things like: forced mail-out ballots, again, to 
people here illegally; telling States they can't have integrity laws 
that would require a picture ID, Mr. Speaker.
  To get into the Democratic National Convention, you will need to show 
a picture ID, but if your State says you have to show a picture ID to 
vote, they knocked that off the books. What set of priorities is that 
and, by the way, what does that have to do with COVID-19?
  My goodness, we worked together to pass a bill to help families, to 
help small businesses and hospitals. Let's work together to solve this 
problem.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman from Louisiana an 
additional 1 minute.
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, again, I want to look at what is not in 
this bill and what is in this bill.
  We worked together, Republicans and Democrats alike, to come up with 
a package of bills that will help families, small businesses, 
hospitals, and frontline workers. We did that together, working with 
President Trump. And then all of a sudden, not when we were here, but 
when everybody was forced to work remotely, we see this package of 
1,800 pages dumped on us by dark of night that does all of these things 
that have nothing to do with this outbreak.
  We should be working together to help safely reopen, like 36 States 
have already done successfully. Congress should be here working, 
leading, not working remotely. We have proven today, and we proved a 
few weeks ago, we can be here safely doing our job like all of the 
frontline workers are safely doing their job.
  Let's get this country back open safely. Let's work together to get 
it done. Drop this wish list.
  Thank goodness this will not become law, but it shows you the 
misguided priorities when you see a bill with so much garbage like 
this.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``no'' vote.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Suozzi), a distinguished member of the 
Ways and Means Committee.
  Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, I represent three of the six hardest-hit 
counties in America. New York is the epicenter of the pandemic.
  As a former mayor and county executive, my biggest priorities have 
been to deliver funds to New York based upon the rate of infection and 
to eliminate the SALT cap. Both are included in the HEROES Act.
  Republican and Democratic Governors, mayors, and local officials all 
support this bill.
  Mr. Speaker, it is the height of hypocrisy for Senator McConnell to 
call this a blue State bailout when my State sends billions more to the 
Federal Government every single year, often to benefit Senator 
McConnell's State of Kentucky.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson).
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this 
bill. It includes funding for State and local governments, for our 
healthcare workers, cops, firefighters, and teachers--those on the 
front lines working for us.
  The tax provisions in this bill help small businesses pay their fixed 
costs and the wages of their employees so they can keep the lights on 
throughout this crisis. That is why small businesses support this bill.
  It improves the PPP to help the small businesses and help their 
employees, and it includes the FEED Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill 
that enables restaurants and small family farmers to feed hungry 
people.
  The HEROES Act is an investment by the Federal Government to help the 
American people get through this pandemic.
  Pass this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot of talk about how there 
was no consultation on this bill. One of the reasons was because 
Senator McConnell, of course, said: Let the States go bankrupt. We are 
not going to meet. We will wait. We will see. Let the municipalities go 
bankrupt.
  There was no energy on the other side of the aisle to engage once 
more. However, the President, Secretary Mnuchin, and others said when 
they signed the last bill that we needed another bill.
  So all this talk about not cooperating, I think, is correct, but I 
think it is incorrect as to who didn't cooperate, who didn't come to 
the table, who said let's wait, who said let the States go bankrupt. So 
let's not try to change the scenario here as to who wouldn't come to 
the table.
  Today, more than 85,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, and that 
number grows every day. Wait, delay, pretend that this crisis has 
abated--that is not what the American people expect of us.
  More than 36 million Americans have applied for unemployment 
insurance over the past 8 weeks, which is more than one in every five 
workers in America. That is why we need to act. This is a public health 
and economic crisis like no other this Nation has faced.

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  The people who are being hurt were not at fault. As one of the 
Republican Members said, and I agree with him, the economy was shut 
down. It didn't go into recession or depression; we shut it down.
  When I say that ``we shut it down,'' the President of the United 
States said we needed to stay at home. He was a little late to that, 
but he finally said it.
  It is clear, therefore, that Congress has a duty to act. We have 
already enacted four major laws to address the impacts of this 
pandemic, and today, the House is moving forward with its next major 
legislative package.
  By the way, when Secretary Mnuchin called Senator McConnell, he 
didn't have a conference with us. He put a $250 billion bill Mr. 
Mnuchin wanted on the table. We said: Fine. Let's talk about it. But by 
the way, the hospitals need money; we need more testing; and we need to 
take care of some other people.
  Finally, after offering the bill and having it fail on the Senate 
floor, then, and only then, was there a bipartisan discussion.
  The HEROES Act will dedicate $1 trillion toward assisting our 
frontline heroes by providing grants to States, cities, counties, 
territories, and Tribal areas. If you talk to any one of them, they 
will say they are hemorrhaging revenues and need help now.
  As State and local government revenues decline sharply, this will not 
only directly support first responders and healthcare workers, but it 
will also keep teachers from losing their jobs as they contribute to 
this great national effort by blazing trails in virtual learning.
  Our bill would provide an additional $75 billion to ramp up a 
national, coordinated effort for testing and contact

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tracing, which we should have had 3 months ago and, indeed, perhaps 
before that. That will be critical to any effort to reopen our economy 
so that we aren't back here over and over again, confronting the 
fallout from this pandemic.
  It would also require the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, or OSHA, to establish a clear and enforceable standard 
within 7 days to require workplaces to develop and implement plans to 
keep workers safe on the job. We admire and thank all those who showed 
up so we could stay home to try to defeat this virus. But we need to 
prevent employers from retaliating against people who say, ``It is not 
safe, Mr. Employer. Make sure it is,'' which is what we are doing on 
this floor.
  The HEROES Act allocates $175 billion to help renters and homeowners 
afford their monthly payments and utility bills as they deal with lost 
incomes.
  Why did they deal with lost income? Because we shut the government 
down. I mean the Governors and the President shut it down to try to 
defeat this virus. Very frankly, we are wearing masks to try to defeat 
this virus. It is a different environment.
  It increases SNAP benefits by 15 percent to help those facing hunger. 
All of us have seen these long lines in our districts of people who are 
fearful that they won't have food to put on their tables. It is time to 
act today for those people.
  It protects our democracy by allocating additional resources to 
protect the 2020 Census and secure our elections as well as ensuring 
the Postal Service provides its essential service.
  Mr. Speaker, as this crisis continues, the HEROES Act will provide 
direct payments to give additional help to those who, through no fault 
of their own, are struggling to pay their bills and support their 
families now--not tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow but now. It 
extends for 6 additional months the unemployment compensation program 
created under the CARES Act, including its additional $600 per week and 
expanded eligibility to the self-employed, contract workers, and gig 
workers, while providing needed funding to State agencies to handle the 
historic influx of new unemployment claims. They are overwhelmed, and 
they need help now.
  It strengthens the Payroll Protection Program by making sure it can 
benefit underserved communities and nonprofits of any size as well as 
provides $10 billion toward small business loans through the EIDL 
program.
  This bill protects the independence of inspectors general. That is an 
important aspect for the American people, so they can still strengthen 
oversight without the fear of reprisals from this administration. Mr. 
Fine was fired, essentially, because they feared his neutrality and 
fairness.
  The HEROES Act also protects healthcare coverage by expanding COBRA 
subsidies so people have their health insurance by allowing a special 
open enrollment period in the Federal and State health insurance 
marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act.
  Mr. Speaker, this is the legislation that the American people need as 
they face this crisis. It is a bold response to an unprecedented 
challenge.
  So far, up to this time, we have demonstrated unity in responding to 
those people who have been hurt so badly. I tell my Republican 
colleagues, with all due respect, it is not time to abandon them now. 
So, hopefully, we will reestablish that unity. Again, I point out it 
was not us who didn't come to the table. It was our Republican friends 
who said: Not now. Let's wait. Let's let some time go by.
  In the HEROES Act, we can say in one voice to the American people: We 
are in this together, you and us, you and the Congress of the United 
States.
  When the House passes this bill, I urge the Senate to work with us 
and with the White House. Some people say this bill won't pass in this 
fashion. I think that is probably right. But we have set forth 
proposals. It is time, and hopefully, we will do it quickly, negotiate 
our differences, and pass legislation to help those people without 
their jobs, faced with rent, faced with mortgage payments, and faced 
with paying their bills. Let's make sure they know that we are in this 
together with them.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.'' Vote for the 
American people.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Ruiz).
  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, this is an unprecedented crisis that requires 
an unprecedented, bold response.
  The HEROES Act will support workers, families, hospitals, and cities 
in my district struggling to get by with: direct payments for families; 
extended unemployment benefits; vital funding for police, firefighters, 
teachers, cities, and Tribal governments; and investment in testing, 
tracing, and treating coronavirus so we can safely get our country back 
to work.
  The American people can't wait for their savings to run dry and their 
businesses to go bankrupt. Vote ``yes'' today for the HEROES Act to 
bring relief to American families as we mitigate this health crisis.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, access to clean water and to affordable water 
is essential to saving lives and stopping the spread of COVID-19. No 
one deserves, Mr. Speaker, to die because they are too poor to afford 
water.
  In my district alone, thousands of low-income households began this 
pandemic with their water shut off. Just think about it. You are being 
told to wash your hands 10 times a day but you can't have access. In 
the richest country in the world, 15 million people cannot wash their 
hands during this pandemic.
  I thank my colleagues for supporting this bill.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Malinowski).
  Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, I will vote ``yes'' on the HEROES Act 
today because it will help the small towns I represent and keep our 
first responders on the job. I wish that my colleagues would listen to 
the Republican and Democratic local leaders who are pleading with us to 
do that.
  I will vote ``yes'' because it pays for the testing we desperately 
need to go back to work safely.
  I will vote ``yes'' because it will help every American exercise our 
right to vote without jeopardizing our right to life.
  I don't expect Senator McConnell to agree with everything in this 
bill, but the time has come for him to start negotiating and find 
common ground.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Mucarsel-Powell).
  Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL. Mr. Speaker, I can't believe what I am hearing, 
that this bill is political, that we have to wait, and that our 
constituents don't need help. I want my colleagues on the other side to 
tell my constituents in Florida who can't access their unemployment 
benefits that they have to wait. Tell the people who don't have food to 
feed their families that they have to wait.
  Each day that we delay, our constituents don't get the help they 
need. This is a bipartisan bill, and local municipalities are in dire 
need of those funds. Monroe County and Miami-Dade County are going to 
get the money they need to pay for our heroes--firefighters, teachers, 
and educators.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, as we face a challenge even greater than 
the Great Depression, it is imperative that we pass the HEROES Act 
today and then continue to fight.
  Next, I hope we tailor a specific plan to rescue America's 500,000 
neighborhood restaurants and their 11 million workers. Without action 
soon, 80 percent of them will go out of business this year, causing not 
just more economic loss and unemployment but irreparable damage to 
every community and every neighborhood in America.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Costa).
  Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, the HEROES Act legislation is vital to the 
health of the San Joaquin Valley and throughout the country by 
providing funding for much-needed medical education.
  It provides funding to protect farmers and farmworkers and our food 
supply chain that has been turned upside down. Ag markets have shrunk, 
and for some, they have entirely disappeared. We need to provide 
support to ensure a true safety net is in place for American 
agriculture.
  Our food supply is truly a national security issue. This has never 
been more evident than during this healthcare crisis.
  I stand ready to work with my colleagues in both the House and the 
Senate to arrive at a bipartisan compromise.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Judy Chu).
  Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. Speaker, as businesses, families, and 
entire communities struggle, Congress must step up. The HEROES Act does 
just that, helping us through this crisis.
  Our priority is a healthy economy, but there is none without healthy 
workers. So this bill ensures a plan for testing and contact tracing.
  State and local governments will be able to pay workers on the front 
lines. Families will be able to get help to survive unemployment, stay 
in their homes, and keep their small businesses alive.
  Mr. Speaker, we cannot afford to wait one minute longer.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, before I proceed, may I inquire how much 
time each side has remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 2\1/2\ 
minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oklahoma has 4\3/4\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Mfume).
  Mr. MFUME. Mr. Speaker, we have had a lot of talk on this floor about 
this bill and people pointing fingers and saying: It doesn't do this.
  What it does do, though, is to provide real support for American 
heroes: our cops, our teachers, our firemen, our first responders, our 
State and local governments.
  And this is not a Democratic effort. This is an effort that is 
supported by Republicans, and somebody needs to say that: Republican 
Governors, Republican mayors, and there will be Republican Members on 
that side of the aisle who vote for this bill because it is the right 
thing. It provides testing, and it provides a way out for our heroes.
  Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, I begin by thanking my good friend, the distinguished 
chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations, for the debate, and I 
thank her for her very good work.
  We have in front of us a product that, obviously, on this side of the 
aisle, we don't agree with. We do not believe we were included in the 
process. Frankly, this was unveiled without any bipartisan discussions. 
The Senate has already indicated it is not going to be taken up over 
there. The President has already indicated that he has a veto threat.
  There are certainly elements in this bill that I can support. I want 
to commend my friend. Some of their work on Tribal issues was very, 
very impressive. There are other elements there; there are things we 
can work on together in this bill.
  But my friends understand, as I think the fundamental reality, the 
Democratic House, they have every right to pass anything they want to 
pass. And there is a lot in this bill I disagree with, but I respect 
their right to move it across the floor.
  But you have to recognize the political reality as well, Mr. Speaker. 
This bill is not going to be accepted in the United States Senate. This 
bill is not going to be signed by the President of the United States.
  I would suggest, rather than pointing fingers at one another and 
disagreeing--and we do that on both sides of the aisle on occasion--
that we do what we did recently. We worked together extremely well. My 
friend, the chairwoman, had a lot to do with that. We provided 
unprecedented relief to the American people in an extraordinarily short 
period of time and did it with almost no partisan dissent on this 
floor.
  Sadly, that will not be what we see today. But because we don't do it 
today doesn't mean we can't do it or begin to do it tomorrow or later. 
But it will not succeed this way at the end of the day.
  I have been exactly where my friends are sitting right now. I have 
been in this House when we had a Republican majority in the House and a 
Democratic Senate and a Democratic President, and we passed a lot of 
things that weren't acceptable to that Democratic Senate and would 
never have been signed by that Democratic President. Sometimes you want 
to do that to make a point.
  This is not the time to make a point, Mr. Speaker. We are in the 
middle of a crisis. We need to work together. We have shown we can work 
together. We should actually take a great deal of pride in that, and we 
should go back and cooperate and move forward that way.
  This vehicle will not pass. There are elements in it, working with 
Republicans, that could pass. There are lots of other things in here 
that aren't going to. And the reality is we don't have a lot of time.
  I actually agree with my friends in the sense that we are in a crisis 
situation. It is important that the country see us act, but it is 
important that we act together. We have done it in a matter of weeks. 
We can do it again.
  Mr. Speaker, I will just end on a hopeful note.
  We can have this exercise today. I do look on it as a partisan 
exercise. I do look on it as a messaging exercise. I don't look on it 
as a serious effort to legislate. Serious efforts to legislate in 
divided government require consultation and inclusion with the other 
party.
  In this Chamber, that means--sadly for my friends in the majority--
you have to deal with the minority, because your ability to pass here, 
if anything rolls out of this Chamber with Democrat-only votes, 
essentially, is just simply not going to have any prospects in the 
United States Senate. It is never going to be signed by a Republican 
President.
  Mr. Speaker, I commend my friend for all her hard work. I look 
forward to working with her--as we have so often done in the past--in 
the weeks ahead, and I hope we can come together, pass additional 
relief and additional policy changes that help us through this time 
that has come upon us through no one's fault in this Chamber.

  Neither party wished for this to happen. Neither party had anything 
to do with it happening. And, frankly, when they are at their best, 
both parties work together to try and confront this crisis.
  Mr. Speaker, again, we have done that in recent weeks. I don't think 
we have forgotten how to do it. So I hope we put this chapter behind 
us.
  I urge rejection of this bill, but I also welcome my friends to the 
bargaining table and look forward to working with them so that we can 
come up with a product that not only meets the needs of the American 
people, but a product that also shows the American people that we can 
work together and put their good above all else.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to say that my friend on the other 
side of the aisle is my friend. We have worked together. We have faced 
many challenges. And I do hope that we can face this challenge with 
direct assistance now because, in my judgment, we cannot wait.
  As we close debate, the American people really have heard two 
visions:
  Democrats want to send additional aid to people, to the healthcare 
system, to students and our heroes. People are suffering. I see it in 
my district, and I am sure my friends have seen it in their districts.

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  The Republican vision, which is wait and see, we will do something. 
The difference, to my friends, I want to make it clear: That is not an 
option.
  Mr. Speaker, 86,000 Americans have died; 36 million have lost their 
jobs. I see it every day. Just the other day I spoke to friends at a 
nursing home. Too many people are losing their lives.
  Mr. Speaker, today is the day. We have an opportunity to act now. 
Let's vote ``yes.''
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, over the last two months, I 
have pushed for and strongly supported four comprehensive, bipartisan 
COVID-19 relief laws.
  By enacting those laws, Congress and the President have provided over 
$3 trillion to meet the challenges posed by the virus and loan 
guarantees backed by the Federal Reserve have added trillions more to 
the rescue.
  Despite some stark differences of opinion on what constitutes the 
best federal, state and local response to the pandemic, we have managed 
to put partisanship aside and seek solutions.
  We have rallied for the people we serve--to make our communities 
safer and to ensure that the tens of millions made unemployed by COVID-
19 have a bridge to prosperity again.
  Because so many Americans--especially those on the front lines-have 
sacrificed so much including their own lives to prevent the spread and 
heal the sick, many are alive today.
  Still, the loss of life--and disability suffered by those who have 
survived-is staggering.
  In my state of New Jersey, more than ten thousand people have 
tragically died so far with more than half of the fatalities suffered 
by women and men who resided in long term health facilities.
  During this unprecedented crisis, there have been serious 
negotiations with all parties and stakeholders to craft legislation to 
mitigate the pandemic through an integrated plan to prevent, test and 
treat.
  Much has been done--but much work remains.
  As you know, Mr. Speaker, I am a strong believer in principled 
bipartisanship--especially when faced with a globe-altering pandemic.
  At its core, bipartisanship is about respect for others even when 
there are fundamental disagreements. Bipartisanship is not an end unto 
itself, but can be a practical, good faith path to understanding 
different views in order to achieve fair, equitable and sustainable 
solutions to problems.
  More often than not, bipartisanship helps build support and consensus 
for effective policies.
  Despite some harsh rhetoric by some, we have nevertheless managed to 
put partisanship aside and seek solutions.
  Until today.
  The bill before us today was crafted in secret with no input from 
Republicans in either the House or Senate or the White House--it is the 
quintessential example of a partisan bill.
  There were no congressional hearings on new policy initiatives or 
changes to existing programs or changes to funding levels or what the 
costs might be for newly created entitlements.
  Is there a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of the cost of 
H.R. 6800? Nope--it doesn't exist.
  We had three days to read H.R. 6800's over 1,800 pages.
  I read the bill. I have more questions now than answers.
  And I am shocked by an unfair process that disallows revisions to the 
text or amendments to a $3 trillion bill--the costliest piece of 
legislation in American history.
  I would note parenthetically, that I've sponsored and managed many 
major bills on this floor. My American Embassy Security Act of 1999 for 
example was debated on the floor of the House for the better part of a 
week and we debated over 50 amendments to the bill before it passed the 
House.
  The rule today allows only one amendment to recommit.
  H.R. 6800 is unfair, deeply offensive and discriminates against 
students attending Catholic, other faith-based or private schools.
  The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and a large number of faith-
based school associations wrote each of us last night to convey their 
``extreme disappointment'' that H.R. 6800 ``eliminates from eligibility 
for aid almost all students enrolled by their parents in private 
schools. This would represent a stark departure from 55 years of 
precedent under federal education programs such as the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) and rejects the approach taken by Congress during 
all emergency relief efforts in memory . . . this is shocking and 
unprecedented.''
  H.R. 6800 also reopens the previously enacted CARES Act to restrict 
emergency services to Catholic, faith-based and other private school 
students.
  That too is unconscionable.
  Mr. Speaker, where are the calculations to responsibly justify the 
need for taxpayer's money, especially since funds provided in 
previously enacted COVID-19 appropriations laws are not even close to 
being exhausted?
  I am disappointed because I support some key policy initiatives in 
the legislation including federal assistance at some significant level 
of funding to state and municipalities--especially those hardest hit 
like my state and district.
  Today I introduced legislation--the New Jersey, New York, and Highly 
Impacted States COVID-19 Relief Fund Act.
  Joined by my good friend and colleague Peter King of New York, the 
bill appropriates $500 billion in aid to the states, with significant 
amounts targeted to those with the highest infection rates--like New 
Jersey and New York.
  Specifically, it appropriates:
  $280 billion to the states:
  $40 billion divided equally among 50 states;
  $100 billion awarded based on the state's share of COVID cases 
provided by CDC data;
  $140 billion awarded based on the state's share of population.
  $200 billion awarded within 30 days of enactment to all 
municipalities and counties:
  $100 billion to municipalities using a modified CDBG formula:
  $750 million to entitlement municipalities (generally defined as 
those with populations of at least 50,000)
  $250 million to non-entitlement municipalities (generally defined as 
those with populations of less than 50,000). These funds will be 
awarded to states, which must make awards to non-entitlement cities 
based solely on population within 30 days of receipt.
  $100 billion to counties based on population.
  Territories--$10 billion for the five territories and the District of 
Columbia.
  Tribes--$10 billion for tribal governments.
  $15 million for the Treasury Office of the Inspector General.
  Given the death, morbidity and business lockdowns, many states will 
likely be unable to sustain their operations.
  Comprehensive COVID-19 legislation should come to the floor of the 
House of Representatives for debate and votes after rigorous due 
diligence to the need and proposed remedies. H.R. 6800 has received no 
such scrutiny.
  It's nearly certain that another COVID-19 bill will be considered by 
the House and Senate. We've got to get it right next time.
  Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to voice my support for the HEROES 
Act.
  Yesterday, another 56,000 North Carolinians filed for unemployment, 
and 20 lost their lives.
  Unfortunately, the public health and economic catastrophes caused by 
COVID-19 are not over--our families, our small businesses, our 
essential employees, our front line workers, and our Heroes need relief 
now.
  I'm proud that the HEROES Act contains bills I've worked hard to 
support:
  Emergency funding to keep our most vulnerable students fed and 
healthy.
  Essential health and safety protections and essential pay for our 
workers who supply our food, deliver our mail and serve our seniors.
  Desperately needed funding for housing, cities and states.
  Critical student loan debt reliefs.
  It's a lot easier to keep an economy moving than try to bring it back 
from a screeching halt.
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, today, I will vote in support of H.R. 6800, 
the Heroes Act.
  With more than 80,000 Americans tragically dead, more than 1.3 
million sick, and more than 36 million out of work in the past eight 
weeks because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), there should be no 
doubt in anyone's mind about the staggering scale of this crisis. It 
demands extraordinary urgency and action from Congress.
  As the Republican-controlled Senate continues to stonewall additional 
relief legislation, going so far as to say states should just go 
bankrupt, I am proud that the House has put together an urgently-needed 
package to protect the lives and livelihoods of the American people 
from the devastation of the coronavirus crisis. This legislation is not 
perfect, but it is designed to deliver effective and immediate relief 
to families and workers in need.
  After hearing from dozens of my own local and county officials about 
the dire need, I am proud that the Heroes Act includes nearly $1 
trillion in relief funding to state, local, territorial, and tribal 
governments. This funding will help our state and local governments pay 
vital workers like first responders, teachers, and health care workers.
  The Heroes Act also puts us on a science-based path to safely reopen 
the country with billions for testing, contact tracing, research, and 
treatment, and it grants additional, much-needed relief to hospitals 
and health care providers. It also ensures that every American can 
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creates a new special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act 
(ACA) exchanges to help the uninsured get coverage.
  As Chair of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I 
authored provisions to strengthen working and travel conditions for 
those in the transportation sector, including requirements on masks/
face coverings for workers and passengers on commercial U.S. flights, 
Amtrak trains, and certain public transit. I was also able to secure 
language to increase the federal cost share for emergency declarations 
under FEMA to 100 percent federal so state and local governments aren't 
saddled with extra bills as their own budgets are hammered by this 
crisis. I also worked with Chairman Pallone to include provisions to 
provide financial assistance to low-income and other adversely affected 
consumers to assist with payments for drinking water and wastewater 
expenses during the pandemic.
  With millions of essential workers on the frontlines every day, I am 
pleased that this legislation would strengthen safety measures by 
mandating a strong, enforceable workplace safety standard from the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This legislation 
would also ensure that these frontline, essential workers receive well-
deserved hazard pay.
  The Heroes Act also includes vital, direct relief to millions of 
Americans, including additional direct impact payments, critical 
supports to assist renters and homeowners with making monthly rent and 
mortgage payments, expansion of our nation's nutrition programs as 
families continue to line up at food banks, debt reduction for student 
borrowers who are facing economic distress as a result of the crisis, 
and an extension of vital safety-net unemployment benefits through 
January.
  This legislation also makes critical fixes to the Payroll Protection 
Program and resolves many of the challenges and flexibility issues 
Tribal communities are encountering when using federal relief funding. 
The Heroes Act also provides $25 billion to preserve the U.S. Postal 
Service and blocks the Trump administration's attempts to cripple this 
essential service, while also including protections for our democracy 
with critical new resources to expand voting access and ensure safe 
elections during this pandemic. Americans should never have to choose 
between their health and their fundamental right to vote.
  While I am strongly supportive of these and other provisions in the 
Heroes Act, I believe this legislation could have included proposals 
which would deliver more effective, streamlined, and accountable relief 
by keeping employees tied to their employers.
  One such proposal is the Paycheck Guarantee Act (PGA), which I 
believe is more comprehensive than an expansion of the Employee 
Retention Tax Credit and is estimated to save the government billions 
of dollars. Similar to the airline relief provisions in the CARES Act 
that I authored, I believe the PGA would largely end mass layoffs, keep 
workers paid and connected to their health care and other benefits, 
prevent employers of all sizes from being forced to close permanently, 
and ensure that the economy is ready to restart when the pandemic ends.
  Additionally, at least 27 million Americans have lost their employer-
based health insurance due to layoffs or furloughs during the pandemic. 
While I believe it is important that the Heroes Act would allow many of 
these individuals to maintain their insurance through COBRA subsidies, 
there are millions more laid-off Americans who would remain uninsured 
because they were not fortunate enough to have employer-sponsored 
health care before the pandemic. That's why I support an expansion of 
Medicare, which would help ensure that everyone has access to health 
insurance during and after this pandemic, regardless of their 
employment status or employer-based benefits.
  I am also disappointed that this legislation does not include the $26 
billion my colleagues and I had pushed to allow extension of grant 
research funding. Right now, the grant funding continues to flow, but 
because of the public health risks due to COVID, many researchers are 
not able to perform their research before the grant period ends, 
threatening their employment. While it does include $4.2 billion, the 
lack of more robust funding will mean researchers in my district in 
Oregon will lose funding for their projects, and, ultimately, their 
jobs.
  However, it is abundantly clear that there is a need for Congress to 
act immediately to deliver robust aid to the American people. The 
Heroes Act is a critical step in our nation's recovery, and I urge our 
Senate colleagues to waste no time in taking up this vital legislation. 
We must act--any delay will cause unnecessary and avoidable harm to our 
fellow citizens.
  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6800, the Health 
and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. Once 
again the Democratic House is leading the way by advancing a historic 
legislative package to support our nation's heroes and every day 
Americans who are essential to meet the challenges of COVID-19.
  Since the first coronavirus death in the U.S. in February, over 
80,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID-19, more than 1.4 
million Americans have been infected, and 36 million Americans have 
filed for unemployment. Workers, families, health care providers and 
students are all hurting because their financial wellbeing, employment 
status and health are being tested by the coronavirus.
  The HEROES Act builds on the critical investments Congress made since 
this public health and economic emergency began. We passed a bipartisan 
$8.3 billion funding package on March 4th to strengthen our nation's 
public health response to the coronavirus. A week later we passed the 
bipartisan Families First Act, which provided tens of billions of 
dollars to help working families and provide free coronavirus testing 
to anyone who needed one. At the end of March, we passed the largest 
aid package in American history, the bipartisan CARES Act, to fund 
health care providers; provide an additional $600 per week in 
Unemployment Insurance; and funding for small businesses to retain 
their employees. On April 4th we replenished the Paycheck Protection 
Program and advanced a national testing strategy.
  The HEROES Act goes further than any legislation passed to date by 
providing desperately needed financial support to families, workers, 
and those who are risking their lives to perform essential jobs. It 
includes support for states, tribes, and local governments who are 
working to contain the pandemic, and the legislation guarantees that no 
American will go bankrupt paying for treatment related to COVID-19. It 
mandates workplace standards and protections for front line health care 
workers, and it protects our most vulnerable in nursing homes by 
creating a 'strike force' to manage infection and reduce the spread of 
COVID-19. Importantly, the bill also funds the U.S. Postal Service and 
requires all states to provide no-excuse voting by mail for November's 
election. As we work to provide health care resources, we must protect 
constitutionally mandated elections and the health of our democracy.
  Specifically, the HEROES Act includes:
  An additional round of $1,200 stimulus payments to every American 
making less than $75,000.
  A Heroes' Fund for essential workers, with $200 billion to ensure 
that those who risk their lives for others during the pandemic receive 
hazard pay.
  $4.5 billion for research and development of vaccines and 
therapeutics, with a focus on improving our nation's domestic 
manufacturing capacity.
  $75 billion for testing, contact tracing and other COVID-19 
monitoring and suppressing activities.
  An additional $100 billion for health care providers who have lost 
revenue or experienced increases in costs related to COVID-19.
  $500 billion to states to cover lost revenues due to the pandemic. 
The State of California is projected to receive more than $47 billion, 
and local governments will receive $375 billion to cover lost revenues 
due to the pandemic in two installments. This funding will be a 
lifeline to local governments providing critical services including 
much of the social safety net.
  An increase to the minimum and maximum SNAP benefits. The bill 
rescinds work requirements and Trump Administration regulations that 
limit eligibility for SNAP.
  I'm especially proud that the HEROES Act includes many of my 
legislative priorities. The legislation requires the FDA to report 
foreign drug manufacturing sites and the volume of drugs manufactured 
overseas, and it authorizes the National Academies of Sciences, 
Engineering, and Medicine to convene a commission to report to Congress 
in 90 days on how to best bring the manufacturing of critical drugs and 
devices back to the U.S. Legislation I authored to allow the Strategic 
National Stockpile to sell soon-to-be expired products to other 
governmental agencies and an expansion of the Federal Communication 
Commission's telehealth program are also included. The HEROES Act also 
includes a study on the short and long-term health impacts of COVID-19 
because we have much more to learn about the effects of this novel 
virus on the human body.
  The HEROES Act will not be the last legislation to address the public 
health and economic disaster wrought by coronavirus, but it's essential 
for the House to move expeditiously to stabilize our cascading economy, 
protect front line workers, help struggling families, and assist our 
state and local governments, and our health care providers so they can 
continue their heroic work.
  I'm proud to support this legislation to help the American people in 
one of our nation's most crucial hours of need and I urge my colleagues 
to vote for the HEROES Act.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, once again, the 
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society, our physical well-being, and our economy have emerged with 
brutal clarity under the impact of the coronavirus. The pandemic's 
devastation on the least secure is widespread across multiple facets of 
life and profound in impact.
  I strongly support the Heroes Act because it will targets significant 
emergency assistance to improve well-being and help meet basic needs of 
some of those who are hardest hit by the pandemic. It is designed to 
get this critical aid to the local level quickly, prioritizing people 
who may not be receiving other help and entities with demonstrated 
success in helping individuals most in need.
  Before the pandemic, my constituents struggled with poverty. Almost 
one-third of children in my District live in poverty, almost one-fifth 
of adults in my District over 18 have income below the poverty level, 
and one-quarter taxfilers in my District were low-income working 
parents. The pandemic and national crisis exacerbated the income 
inequality, hunger, and housing insecurity; in addition, the African 
American and Latinx communities have disproportionately lost their 
lives due to these persistent disparities in our society that so many 
took for granted.
  As a Member of the Committee on Ways and Means and as Chairman of the 
Subcommittee on Worker & Family Support, I am proud of the policies 
providing critical supports, including:
  A second round of more generous direct payments--up to $6,000 per 
family--to help individuals and families pay for food and housing;
  Extension of the $600 federal unemployment payments through January 
2021 recognizing that workers will face a job market unlike anything 
our country has experienced;
  Modernization of key work and child tax credits to improve the 
economic well-being, reduce poverty, and increase labor-fore 
participation of millions of workers;
  $850 million for child and family care for essential workers;
  $100 million to strengthen vulnerable children and families via home 
visiting;
  Substantial investment in public health via coverage for people, help 
for physicians and hospitals, and free treatment; and
  Stabilization of multiemployer and single employer pension plans to 
protect retirees.
  I applaud the investments in food security, housing assistance, small 
business assistance, help for non-profits, broadband, tribes, veterans, 
tribes, and our democracy.
  I am thankful that this bill includes bills that I have championed--
the expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless workers, 
foster youth, and homeless youth; the modernization of the Child and 
Dependent Care Tax Credit; investments in family care for essential 
workers and home visiting to support vulnerable children and families; 
assistance for foster youth; and the protection of vulnerable students 
from tax bills from emergency education grants.
  This is an expansive bill. It is an expansive bill to meet a 
unprecedented challenge affecting everyone in our country. The last 
hearing that I chaired before we began remote working focused on 
reducing child poverty. We must not lose sight of that goal. We know 
how pernicious and devastating childhood poverty is. I am proud that 
this bill advances policies to reduce child poverty and strengthen the 
economic well-being of families. I am proud that this bill invests in 
strengthening our communities and businesses so that we can all come 
out of this crisis stronger. This is an historic bill, and I urge my 
colleagues to support the bill.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to thank my colleagues for 
adding additional funding for our nation's tribal governments. This 
bill adds $20 billion to aid tribal governments who have been 
devastated by this pandemic, including tribes in my home state of 
Michigan. It is critical that tribal governments be given the 
flexibility to spend this money in a way that addresses the health and 
economic challenges they have endured. In many parts of Indian Country, 
tribes are among the largest employers of non-natives in their 
communities. We must ensure that tribal governments have the financial 
support to address the needs of their tribal members and those who are 
employed by the tribes.
  I am also pleased that language was included in this bill that would 
ensure these federal dollars would only go to the 574 federally-
recognized tribes. I want to thank my colleagues and Speaker Pelosi for 
including these provisions in this legislation.
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I'm proud to be supporting the 
Heroes Act.
  This bill will provide $1 trillion to state and local governments on 
the frontlines of this pandemic to retain essential workers on payroll.
  It will give much needed relief to renters and homeowners at risk of 
losing their homes.
  It will finally give direct payments to all taxpayers, including 
workers with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers and eligible 
individuals from mixed-status families.
  It will help families continue putting food on the table.
  And I am particularly proud that it includes my bill, which would set 
aside 10 percent of Paycheck Protection Program funds for minority and 
community lenders that lend to the smallest businesses.
  The American people need help now.
  We cannot wait to act.
  I urge all my colleagues to vote for this bill, which will help local 
and state governments, essential workers, families, and small 
businesses across America.
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, during this time of 
unprecedented crisis of Wuhan Virus, our families, small businesses, 
and hospitals need support now to maintain jobs, more than ever. 
Unfortunately, the Democrats have ignored any bipartisan effort to 
fight with families and jobs. Instead, we have the largest stimulus 
package yet, a $3 trillion wish list that partisan House Democrats have 
put forward by themselves. This massive, partisan bill has truly shown 
that they will let no crisis go to waste.
  While millions of Americans are out of work and our families are 
attempting to recover, Democrats are mortgaging the future of younger 
Americans. Our children and grandchildren will be the ones paying the 
bill. Now is the time for Congress to work together to help our 
families recover from the coronavirus pandemic, I will be voting ``no'' 
on this legislation. This bill should never become law.
  In conclusion, God Bless our Troops, and we will never forget 
September 11th in the Global War on Terrorism.
  Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to 
support H.R. 6800, the HEROES Act, an urgently needed response to the 
COVID-19 pandemic designed to protect the lives and livelihoods of the 
American people while preserving the integrity of our democratic 
institutions on which our nation relies.
  Among its provisions are those that will ensure our 2020 decennial 
Census is full, fair, and accurate. This bill grants the 
Administration's request to extend data delivery deadlines for 
apportionment and redistricting, while requiring greater transparency 
from the Census Bureau to Congress on the schedule and progress of 2020 
Census operations.
  These provisions also grant colleges and universities the flexibility 
to respond on behalf of their students who have been sent home due to 
the coronavirus. In addition, these provisions would ensure that in 
preparing and releasing information related to the 2020 Census or 
redistricting, the Bureau focuses its efforts on information that is 
being collected in the 2020 Census, without distractions or unnecessary 
diversion of resources from new, potentially inaccurate data products 
that are not required by federal law.
  These provisions would require the Bureau to maintain high standards 
of data quality. To be clear, none of these provisions are intended to 
impact or interfere with the Census Bureau's efforts to protect the 
personally identifiable information of respondents, as required under 
Title 13. These provisions are commonsense measures that reflect this 
difficult and challenging period in our history with the narrowly 
focused goal of achieving a full, fair and accurate count of all-
American residents in the 2020 Census.
  I urge my colleagues in the Senate to swiftly consider and pass the 
HEROES Act so that American families and businesses receive the relief 
they need while ensuring an accurate 2020 Census.
  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, during this unique and difficult time for 
our nation, I support The Heroes Act to respond to the COVID-19 
pandemic and the related economic catastrophe.
  This bill will provide relief to my constituents in California's 19th 
District by providing nearly $1 trillion for state and local 
governments and the added flexibility to use these funds to address 
significant revenue shortfalls. The State of California is projecting a 
$54 billion shortfall through the next fiscal year, and this additional 
funding and flexibility will help maintain various health and welfare 
programs as well as keep our teachers, first responders, public health 
and other essential workers employed.
  Throughout the pandemic, more than 3,000 constituents and small 
business owners have contacted me to share the financial hardships they 
are facing. The Heroes Act addresses these challenges with a second 
round of direct payments for individuals and families, an extension of 
unemployment benefits, and $175 billion for rental and mortgage 
assistance. Plus, it strengthens the Paycheck Protection Program and 
expands eligibility to nonprofits of all sizes. The bill also makes key 
investments in food security by boosting SNAP maximum benefits by 15 
percent and nearly doubling the minimum monthly benefit from $16 to 
$30. The bill provides $25 billion for the Postal Service to prevent 
its demise during this time when increasing numbers of Americans rely 
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  COVID-19 has put an enormous strain on our education system, and this 
bill provides critical relief for students and schools. Our Santa Clara 
County institutions of higher education will be eligible for direct 
emergency funding and billions more will be available for California to 
support elementary and secondary schools. The Heroes Act also provides 
$7 billion for childcare providers and extends student loan debt 
relief.
  The Heroes Act is also forward-facing, with $75 billion for testing, 
tracing, and treatment. California has been following science and 
medical professionals, and our national plan for reopening must also be 
strategic and science-based.
  As Chair of the Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee, I authored 
provisions to provide temporary protections for essential critical 
immigrant infrastructure workers and help keep detention centers safe. 
As Chair of the Committee on House Administration, I secured safeguards 
for our democracy, including funding and protections to ensure 
elections can be held in 2020. Working with the Chair of the Rules 
Committee, I helped craft provisions that bring Congress into the 21st 
Century, which will allow the House to play a full and robust 
legislative and oversight role during the pandemic.
  A crisis of this magnitude requires bold legislative actions, and 
this bill will provide relief for American workers, families, students, 
small businesses, and healthcare systems. I vow to continue working 
with my colleagues in the House and Senate to help jumpstart our 
economic recovery and address specific community needs during and after 
this public health emergency.
  Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, as the House of Representatives considers 
further legislation in response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, I rise to call for the equitable distribution of federal 
relief to tribal nations. Despite the dire impact this crisis has had 
on tribes in my district in Central New York, these communities have 
been underserved by current distribution mechanisms for federal relief.
  In March, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security (CARES) Act to address the significant public health and 
economic impacts of the ongoing pandemic. Critically, this legislation 
allocated $8 billion for payments to tribal nations in response to 
increased expenses and revenue shortfalls caused by COVID-19. These 
funds are critical to helping tribal governments maintain essential 
services during this crisis, however, the population-based distribution 
model currently being used by the U.S. Treasury has limited relief for 
tribes in my district.
  Across New York State, the COVID-19 pandemic has closed the doors of 
many economic enterprises operated by tribal nations. With these 
conditions likely to persist in the months ahead, tribes will face 
sustained shortfalls in revenue typically used to maintain health care, 
nutrition, education and public safety services for their communities. 
The costs of disruption are especially dire for tribes with relatively 
smaller populations, which have received limited support under the 
current allocation formula for CARES Act funding despite facing a 
virtual cessation of economic activity.
  To address this disparity, economic impact must be accounted for in 
any additional relief provided by Congress or the Administration to our 
nation's tribes. For example, utilizing available information such as 
employment or expenditure data would help to ensure substantive federal 
support for tribes of all sizes. These efforts would represent a 
critical step in ensuring the wellbeing of tribal communities in 
Central New York and across the country.
  Ms. HAALAND. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the Heroes Act.
  When I talk to families in New Mexico, they're sharing their 
concerns, fears, and struggles. They're afraid of losing their homes, 
struggling to buy food, and can't afford healthcare and medicine.
  I've been there. I know what it's like to live paycheck to paycheck, 
to care for a child on a limited income, and worry for an elderly 
parent who is in a senior community right now.
  The Trump Administration's failure to begin widespread testing has 
caused heartbreak and economic stress for our families.
  This pandemic has laid bare the disparities that already existed in 
this country.
  Two sisters on the Navajo Nation who dedicated their lives to helping 
others contracted coronavirus, didn't get treatment in time, and died. 
Their sons will now go through life without their mothers.
  Gladys Pineda, a single mom in my district, lost her job in homecare. 
She didn't qualify for assistance because of her immigration status--
this bill will fix that.
  Heroes come in all forms--they're hospital workers keeping our 
families healthy, grocery clerks stocking store shelves, teachers 
teaching remotely, and families staying home to protect elders and 
their communities.
  The Heroes Act will provide economic stability so our communities can 
begin the long road of recovery from this public health emergency.
  The families worried about housing security and utility shutoffs will 
have direct payments to help get through this tough time.
  Children in the homework gap will benefit from an investment in 
broadband internet connectivity.
  Small businesses will have access to a stronger Payroll Protection 
Program and emergency grants that will reach underserved communities 
and nonprofits of all sizes.
  We're investing in testing, tracing, and treatment to promote a safe 
and responsible reopening.
  Essential workers will get protection and hazard pay for the risks 
they're taking and help for childcare and other dependent care.
  We know that state, local and tribal governments are doing everything 
they can, but they're stretched thin, which is why I worked so hard to 
include flexible and retroactive funding in this bill.
  It means firefighters stay on the job, police officers don't get 
furloughed, and the services cities provide remain intact for our 
families.
  As this pandemic impacts our democracy, we're making sure every voter 
has access to the ballot box and every person in this country is 
counted in the Census.
  We're keeping the Postal Service open so every vote counts, 
medications get delivered, and rural businesses have support.
  We're boosting funding for the Census and delaying the count so every 
person has the opportunity to fill out their Census form.
  I heard from a dad in my district whose son serves in the military. 
He and his family were stuck in the middle of a move when the Defense 
Department issued its stop movement order. Many military families had 
to pay two sets of bills.
  The Heroes Act includes provisions I fought for to allow these 
servicemembers to cancel leases and contracts without penalty.
  In my home state of New Mexico, Native Americans make up just 11 
percent of the population but over half of the coronavirus cases.
  The HEROES Act takes important steps to address this disparity by 
providing $20 billion for Tribal governments; addressing tribal 
business concerns on PPP loans; and boosting funding for many Indian 
Health Service programs.
  I'm sure we all can think of more things we would like in this bill 
or things we might have done differently. For example, I've heard from 
some unions that have concerns about the way this bill goes about the 
important task of shoring up multiemployer pensions.
  As this bill and others move forward, I will continue to fight for 
the priorities that were left out and work with my colleagues to review 
and debate those on which there is disagreement.
  To those who are saying that we don't need this legislation, I want 
you to think about the two sisters who died on the Navajo Nation, or 
the person who checks you out at the grocery store, and the thousands 
of people who are struggling right now.
  American families are worth it, and we need to pass this bill.
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the 
Heroes Act.
  This pandemic is a crisis unlike any we've seen in our lifetimes.
  In the last two months, more than 84,000 Americans have died, more 
than 1.4 million have tested positive for coronavirus, and more than 36 
million hardworking men and women have lost their jobs and livelihoods.
  We know that unprecedented problems call for unprecedented solutions. 
And the bill before us today is exactly the type of bold legislation 
that a crisis of this magnitude requires.
  Most importantly, this legislation builds on our science-based 
approach to safely reopening our country.
  It's clear that we cannot fix our economic crisis without fixing our 
public health crisis.
  Until we have robust national testing and contact tracing system in 
place, Americans will not feel comfortable returning to work, schools, 
restaurants, or businesses at pre-pandemic levels.
  The Heroes Act commits another $75 billion for testing, tracing and 
treatment. And it will help ensure that no one has to choose between 
putting food on the table or paying for the cost of coronavirus 
treatment.
  This legislation also brings much-needed economic relief to our 
state, local, and tribal governments on the frontlines of this crisis.
  By allocating nearly $1 trillion to local communities, the bill will 
ensure that teachers, firefighters, first responders, and other 
essential workers are able to remain on the job. And it will establish 
a $200 billion fund to ensure that these frontline heroes receive the 
hazard pay they deserve.
  Additionally, the legislation includes my bill to make state and 
local governments eligible for paid leave payroll tax credits for 
workers affected by the coronavirus. Without these tax credits, the 
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undermine successful local coronavirus responses at a time when budgets 
are already strained due to reduced tax revenues caused by the economic 
fallout of the pandemic.
  As I have advocated for many weeks, we must put more money in the 
pockets of workers and families. The Heroes Act would provide a second 
round of direct payments to families, new payroll protection measures, 
and extended unemployment payments.
  It would also provide greater health security through COBRA subsidies 
and a special health care enrollment period, stronger workplace 
protections, housing security and enhanced food assistance benefits.
  Some on the other side of the aisle have accused us of thinking too 
big with this package.
  But this is not a time to think small. Now more than ever, we must 
come together and take big, bold action to protect our communities from 
this unprecedented crisis.
  I've spoken to teachers and firefighters in my community who are 
worried about losing their jobs because of state budget deficits. I've 
heard from countless small business owners who fear bankruptcy. And 
I've received thousands of emails from people scared to return to work 
because of inadequate testing.
  Like those in my community, Americans across the country are looking 
to us for solutions. And that's what is in this bill.
  Let's put politics aside. Let's do what's right for the American 
people. And let's pass this Heroes Act on behalf of all those who are 
hurting.
  Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleagues 
for their consistent support of tribal governments. I also want to 
thank Speaker Pelosi and Chairwoman Lowey. They have demonstrated a 
deep commitment to these important issues. Without their personal 
attention and support, this historic investment in Indian country would 
not be possible.
  This is an issue that is deeply important to me because Covid-19 has 
taken a disproportionate toll on Native American communities. Historic 
inequities in health and infrastructure have resulted in extremely high 
infection rates on many reservations across our country. We must act, 
and I am proud to say, we are voting today to support Indian Country 
through the HEROES Act.
  As a member of the Financial Services and General Government 
Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, I want to highlight four 
of the most significant tribal provisions in this bill that fall under 
our jurisdiction.
  First, we doubled down on the investment in tribal governments by 
adding an additional $20 billion to the Coronavirus Relief Fund for 
tribes. This additional relief will provide the necessary funding to 
support tribal governments as they cope with the devastating effects of 
the pandemic.
  Next, we made sure that the funding allocated to tribal governments 
actually goes to tribal governments. We did this by clarifying that 
only federally recognized tribal governments listed in the Federal 
Register are eligible for this funding. This was critical, and it was 
done to ensure compliance with a recent court order.
  We also made sure that tribes--as well as state and local 
governments--had the discretion to use this funding flexibly. This will 
ensure that tribal governments can cover any cost and revenue losses 
associated with Covid-19.
  Finally, we made sure that 100 percent of the funds appropriated for 
tribes from the Corona virus Relief Funds will stay in Indian Country. 
We did this by clarifying that the Department must reallocate any funds 
it claws back through enforcement action to other tribal governments. A 
year from now, we don't want the administration to balance their budget 
on the backs of Indian Country.
  There is one other critical provision that I want to highlight. This 
bill rejects the allocation formula used by Treasury thus far. It 
requires a new consultation with Interior and Tribal Governments. 
That's because the Department has so far only relied on a deeply 
inequitable formula that ignores the economic impact of Covid-19. In 
California, this resulted in many of the smallest allocations going to 
the tribal governments that have spent the most to support their 
employees and fight Covid-19. Comparatively, many of those tribes that 
are least impacted economically received the highest allocations. This 
must be remedied as soon as possible, and it is my hope that after 
additional consultation, Treasury will understand that future funds 
must be allocated to tribal governments primarily based on economic 
factors such as total governmental and enterprise expenditures in 2019 
or wages paid to employees as measured by quarterly IRS Form 941s.
  Mr. Speaker, in this unprecedented time we face a question: will we 
use this pandemic as an excuse to walk away from our treaty and trust 
obligations to the indigenous peoples of this country? Or, will we rise 
to the occasion and make a clear statement that this country values our 
diversity and our commitments, and invest in the communities that need 
it most. I am proud to stand with our tribal nations in this difficult 
moment, and I urge my colleague to support this bill.
  Mr. POSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 6800.
  A short time ago we were experiencing the greatest economic growth 
our nation has ever seen, businesses expanding, record low 
unemployment, more prosperity for Americans across the board. Suddenly 
we find our nation thrust into a major health crisis, a pandemic caused 
by a coronavirus outbreak which began in Wuhan, China. Today, we have 
lost more than eighty thousand Americans from the virus and our economy 
is struggling as nearly thirty million Americans have lost their jobs.
  Early on we took steps as a nation, and in each state, to suspend 
economic activity in order to slow the spread of the pandemic to keep 
our health care system from being overwhelmed and that worked.
  Hopefully many of the millions of job losses are only temporary, but 
some will be permanent losses. The longer the economy stays locked up, 
the more likely we are to lose these jobs permanently.
  Most of the states are focusing on safely reopening in a manner that 
prevents outbreaks that would overwhelm the health care systems. 
Washington's focus should be on finding ways to support those efforts 
so that Americans can safely return to work and get our economy working 
again.
  Unfortunately, the $3 trillion, 1,800-page bill before us today fails 
to focus on a path for a working economy. Instead, Speaker Pelosi's 
bill, written behind closed doors and with little input from the other 
434 Members of Congress, perpetuates ``stay at home'' as far as the eye 
can see. That is an unsustainable path. No nation ever has, or ever 
will, survive unless we work toward getting Americans back to work.
  Pelosi's bill provides $1 trillion dollars to bail out poorly run, 
indebted states and local governments. It is fundamentally wrong to use 
this pandemic as an opportunity to exploit Florida taxpayers, forcing 
them to bail out New York, Detroit, Chicago, California and other 
states and localities that are in debt because the politicians they 
elected over decades made bad budget decisions.
  At a time when millions of American workers have lost jobs this bill 
provides billions of dollars in stimulus checks to illegal immigrants, 
grants amnesty and lifts immigration caps. That is counterproductive 
and will delay economic recovery and wage growth. This bill also 
asserts federal control over states elections and overturns long-
standing law preventing taxpayer funding of elective abortions. Across 
its 1,800 pages are 65 references to `cannabis.'
  This $3 trillion deficit spending bill does little to get Americans 
back to work, assist first responders, or defeat the pandemic. 
Americans want to get back to work. They want to safely open their 
businesses, return to their jobs and power-up this economy. They want 
their freedom. They want their lives back. And they want America to be 
strong and prosperous. Washington must listen to what Americans are 
saying rather than dictating from thousands of miles away. We must lead 
America out of this self-induced coma and back to prosperity.
  Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to add my voice to the chorus 
recognizing this important fact: tribal governments and Native American 
citizens are disproportionately impacted by this virus. And the reason 
they are so vulnerable is the historic failure of this country to live 
up to its trust and treaty obligations. Obligations like providing 
strong healthcare, education, and economic opportunities.
  Mr. Speaker, the tribal set-aside within the Coronavirus Relief Fund 
is not nearly adequate to right these historic wrongs, but it will help 
make sure that tribal governments do not fall even further behind as a 
result of the pandemic.
  The Coronavirus Relief Fund is a lifeline for tribal governments. The 
Navajo Nation is experiencing one of the worst outbreaks in the entire 
Country, and Native Americans and Alaska Natives everywhere are more 
vulnerable to this disease due to chronic lack of health care and 
higher rates of pre-existing conditions. Additionally, tribal 
governments without large outbreaks are suffering disproportionate 
economic harm due to COVID-19 because they lack a tax base to replace 
lost revenue from shuttered businesses. When tribal governments made 
the decision to close their doors at tribal enterprises for the sake of 
public health, they also made the decision to shut off the revenue that 
supported vital government functions.
  That is why the $8 billion we passed in the CARES Act and the $20 
billion included in the Heroes Act for a Coronavirus Relief Fund for 
tribal governments are so essential, and why we must ensure that all 
Tribes receive the help they need. I am proud that this legislation 
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  First, it clarifies that only federally recognized tribal governments 
listed in the Federal Register are eligible for this fund. That was 
always the intent of Congress--a conclusion that has been upheld in a 
court of law--but it also is common sense.
  Second, the bill clarifies that all of the funding allocated to 
tribal nations must stay with tribal nations. If some Tribes are unable 
to use their allocated money under the CRF by December 30, 2020, this 
bill requires Treasury to reallocate those unused funds to Tribal 
governments whose need was not met. Experience has shown us that the 
impact of the virus is not even across the nation, and this provision 
recognizes that fact. Additionally, it is worth noting that the bill 
also directs Treasury to reallocate any funding that the Inspector 
General recoups as a result of an audit and clarifies that any funding 
a tribe returns to Treasury is not subject to interest.
  Finally, this bill asks Treasury, the Department of the Interior, and 
Tribal Governments to once again consult on the allocation of this 
funding. As Chairman of the Indigenous Peoples Subcommittee, I have 
heard from dozens of tribal leaders that the allocation process thus 
far has been flawed. The Administration's decision to strictly adhere 
to the Indian Housing Block Grant population formula has resulted in 
dramatically inaccurate counts for many Tribes. To the extent that 
Treasury feels the need to use population as a factor at all in further 
allocating this fund, the Heroes Act requires the Department to use 
population data provided by Tribal governments rather than IHBG.
  Further, the fact that the only funds that have been released so far 
have been based solely on population data has resulted in extreme 
inequality amongst Tribal Nations, with many of the tribal governments 
that have endured the most significant economic hardship receiving the 
least economic support. To rectify this problem, the Department should 
allocate further funding primarily based on economic factors, as well 
as ensure that all Tribes receive a stronger baseline of relief than 
the $100,000 previously announced by Treasury.
  I am proud to support this bill and hope that it can be the first 
step towards keeping our trust responsibilities to Tribes during this 
crisis and well into the future.
  Mr. HOLDING. Mr. Speaker, it has now been seven weeks since the 
President signed the CARES Act into law to provide crucial relief to 
small businesses around the country. While these funds have been 
essential to keeping the doors open for many businesses, I want to draw 
attention to the entities that remain unable to access the emergency 
federal funding they desperately need despite providing invaluable 
community services during this emergency.
  Throughout this crisis, YMCAs across the state of North Carolina have 
been on the front lines, working to ensure essential personnel have the 
resources and assistance they need. In the last few weeks, the YMCA of 
the Triangle in Raleigh, NC has provided child care services for over 
1,700 healthcare workers and served roughly 50,000 meals to families 
across the region. In Garner, NC, the Poole Family YMCA has provided 
stability and care to essential personnel by setting up day camps for 
their children. Their invaluable efforts are central to ensuring 
healthcare workers can continue fighting this virus.
  Despite their work supporting essential personnel, YMCAs continue to 
be left out of key federal assistance programs. Under the Paycheck 
Protection Program (PPP), which Congress passed specifically to help 
groups like this, affiliated YMCAs that collectively employ over 500 
people cannot access funds. As a result, the YMCA of the Triangle and 
the YMCA of Greater Charlotte have furloughed over 95 percent of their 
staffs as they continue serving communities at a net loss.
  Mr. Speaker, Congress cannot sit idly by as these YMCAs continue 
operating at a loss. I implore my colleagues to support an adjustment 
to affiliation rules for the Paycheck Protection Program in the next 
emergency package to ensure that YMCAs can access the assistance they 
need regardless of affiliation.
  Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, today we are voting on the HEROES Act, two 
days after the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Jerome Powell 
very bluntly stated that the Federal Reserve has exhausted its capacity 
to maintain liquidity in our financial markets, and that given the 
severity of this recession, the Congress needs to step up again to 
provide more fiscal relief to keep this country from going into a 
tailspin. He went on to say a protracted recession will do far more 
damage than the cost of the measures we're voting on. He was very 
explicit--fiscal policy is going to be costly, but the harm that would 
be done if we undershoot providing relief for individuals, households, 
and communities will be far more expensive in the long term than if 
Congress acts in a timely fashion.
  This bill does a number of things--it is a lengthy bill, but 
fundamentally it provides support for states and local communities to 
keep the lights on in terms of vital public services, and deal with the 
fact that revenue is collapsing with the economic downturn we are 
experiencing. The bill includes a bipartisan request from the National 
Governors Association for $500 billion to states hard hit by the 
Coronavirus. The State of Connecticut, which has done a great job in 
terms of shoring up its rainy day fund is going through those funds at 
a very rapid rate, and this measure will help stabilize state and local 
finances over two years. Not only is this money just targeting larger 
municipalities, but also communities of less than 50,000 residents. 
That's funding directly to small towns like Vernon, where I live, which 
is a community with 30,000 people, and many of the more than 60 
communities in the second Congressional district. This means we can 
protect our school systems, our public safety programs, and essential 
services like public works that are the underpinning of economic 
activity we would be hardpressed to maintain if we don't step in with 
some real fiscal relief.
  There will also be for the first time, a real financial recognition 
of those workers who throughout this whole ordeal have been deemed 
essential, have been going to work, and have been keeping this country 
going. Whether that's health care services like nursing staff in 
hospitals, janitors, food supply workers, people in meatpacking plants, 
and in grocery stores that have kept this country fed. It also includes 
the people who have to go to work as a result of an order from the 
Pentagon, like the shipyard workers down in Groton, who are 
specifically enumerated in this bill as being eligible for hazard pay. 
These workers will be rewarded with premium pay for their essential 
work, on top of their normal wages, if this bill becomes law.
  There are many other important provisions in this bill, from help to 
the unemployed, to hospitals, to farmers, to further direct assistance 
to families, all of which are gravely needed. I want to thank the 
people of the Second district for the strong input that our office has 
received. It is my hope that this important emergency response effort 
becomes law.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic 
Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act. Our nation is 
experiencing unprecedented job loss as our communities deal with a 
global health pandemic that is responsible for the deaths of more than 
85,000 individuals in our country in just the past few months. We 
cannot wait another day, another week, or another month to take action. 
Our communities need help now and they are looking to Congress to lead. 
I'm grateful for the leadership of the House of Representatives, 
Speaker Pelosi, and our committee chairs and staff for working with us 
to put together an ambitious bill that will send needed help to 
individuals and families in the form of an additional direct stimulus 
payment; to our state and local governments, which are experiencing 
extreme budget shortfalls; and to our small businesses that are the 
backbone of our local economies and the heart of our communities. 
Although I am disappointed that the bill does not include several 
provisions including ongoing payments for individuals and families, 
additional funding to support child care, and a strong investment in 
our workforce systems, among other things, I will support this step 
forward.
  We heard loud and clear from our state and local governments--they 
need more support to keep our communities safe. This bill includes $915 
billion in emergency funding to state and local governments, funding 
that can be used to help prevent teacher job loss and funding cuts to 
education and, importantly, the bill expands the use of funds to cover 
lost, delayed, or decreased revenue from the public health emergency. 
The HEROES Act also includes $90 billion for the State Fiscal 
Stabilization Fund that can be used to provide emergency support to 
students--including Dreamers, who were previously excluded from 
receiving emergency grants--schools, and institutions of higher 
education. These funds are critical to supporting public colleges and 
universities, addressing student mental health needs, and purchasing 
technology and mobile hotspots to support distance learning. Under this 
proposal, my home state of Oregon would receive approximately $980 
million.
  During this public health crisis, no one should have to choose 
between affording basic needs or making payments on their student 
loans. The CARES Act suspended involuntary collection like wage 
garnishment or reduction of Social Security payments for delinquent 
federally-owned student loans. The HEROES Act follows my recommendation 
to extend these protections to all borrowers, including those who have 
privately held student loans.
  Building on my earlier efforts to make sure K12 students can access 
school meals during school closures, this legislation funds school meal 
and child and adult care food programs with emergency relief that will 
help schools continue to meet the needs of children and their families. 
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access nutritious meals by increasing the SNAP benefit level by 15 
percent.
  I am grateful that this bill provides $7 billion for child care, but 
this is far from the investment that is needed to support families, 
providers, and the child care workforce at this critical time. I will 
continue to fight for significant, additional funding in future relief 
packages. If child care is not available and affordable, families will 
be not be able to return to work. Additionally, I will continue to 
fight for additional funding for the Community Services Block Grant 
program to support the vital anti-poverty work of the more than 1,000 
Community Action agencies across this country.
  We cannot overcome this virus until we drastically increase our 
public health efforts. The HEROES Act provides crucial funding to 
conduct national testing, implement a contact tracing and surveillance 
strategy, and allow all Americans to seek treatment for COVID-19 
without worrying about the cost. The bill also increases support for 
our frontline health care providers, invests in public health 
infrastructure, and expands access to health coverage whether employer-
provided, publicly supported, or on the open market. The HEROES Act 
also provides key resources to older adults and people with 
disabilities. The bill provides an additional $85 million in funding 
for Older Americans Act (OAA) programs that were reauthorized earlier 
this year by legislation I was proud to lead. This means more resources 
for supportive services, nutrition programs, assistive technology, and 
elder rights protection activities.
  The direct payments to individuals in the CARES Act was an important 
first step, but I know that too many people in Northwest Oregon and 
across the country need more support during this health and economic 
crisis. Although this bill does not provide at least $2,000 per month 
for individuals through the duration of the pandemic, which I advocated 
for, it does provide a second stimulus payment of $1200 to most 
individuals and, importantly, it retroactively fixes a problem in CARES 
and will now extend direct payments to individuals filing with 
Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers.
  More than 396,000 Oregonians have filed for unemployment insurance in 
the last two months. I know how important this support is during the 
pandemic, and I'm working in Congress to strengthen and expedite access 
to these benefits. The HEROES Act expands the additional $600 in 
federal benefits added to every weekly unemployment compensation check 
through January 2021, and it extends eligibility for self-employed 
individuals, gig economy workers, and independent contractors. This 
vital economic support must continue until workers can safely get back 
on the job. Also it is truly unfortunate that, despite the merits of a 
more comprehensive approach, the HEROES Act does not include the 
Paycheck Guarantee Act, legislation spearheaded by Congresswoman 
Pramila Jayapal. The Paycheck Guarantee Act would allow most 
individuals to stay on payroll during this national emergency and keep 
their benefits, and it would also significantly reduce the number of 
people filing for Unemployment Insurance. I will continue to advocate 
for creative approaches like the Paycheck Guarantee Act that maximize 
the benefits to workers and the economy while also reducing 
bureaucracy.

  We need to do more to protect workers from hazardous conditions on 
the job, and I will keep fighting for workplace protections and 
personal protective equipment for all workers during the COVID-19 
pandemic. I am an original cosponsor of the COVID-19 Every Worker 
Protection Act, and I'm pleased that it is included in the HEROES Act 
with additional funding for the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration. Protecting essential workers during the pandemic is one 
of my top priorities. I have also advocated for premium pay for 
essential workers to recognize their role in sustaining our communities 
and the sacrifices they are making during the pandemic. The HEROES Act 
will provide frontline workers who are in contact with patients, the 
public, or co-workers--including grocery store workers, health care 
workers, and first responders--with an additional $13 per hour in 
premium pay on top of regular wages, up to $10,000.
  As more communities start to lift stay-at-home orders, all workers 
need access to paid family, medical, and sick leave benefits. The 
HEROES Act will help expand access to emergency paid sick leave and 
emergency paid family and medical leave by eliminating exemptions for 
health care workers, first responders, workers at businesses with fewer 
than 50 employees, and workers at businesses with 500 or more 
employees. And I will keep working with my colleagues to secure 
permanent paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave for all 
workers.
  I started working at Legal Aid while I attended community college, 
and learned there that people do not struggle by choice. With our 
national economy upended, consumers face even greater financial 
hardships and predatory actors continue to take advantage of people 
facing this crisis. We should have implemented the strengthened 
consumer protections in the HEROES Act at the beginning of this crisis, 
and I have continued calls for their passage. I'm glad that the HEROES 
Act suspends consumer debt collection during the COVID-19 emergency and 
for 120 days after the end of the national emergency to make sure 
consumers can fully recover. I worked with the Congressional 
Progressive Caucus to make debt collection suspension a priority in 
relief legislation.
  We know that Oregonians are struggling through no fault of their own, 
and they should not be further harmed financially. Negative credit 
reporting will be suspended under the HEROES Act for the duration of 
this crisis and any future national emergencies. This is an essential 
step to safeguard consumers most affected by the current outbreak. I 
have also continued to call for medical debt collection and credit 
reporting suspensions--needed reforms to prevent a hospital visit from 
destroying the credit of consumers. I am glad to see that medical debt 
related to coronavirus treatments will not result in adverse credit 
information; however, we must give consumers the flexibility to settle 
their medical debt before it shows up on a credit report and we must 
continue to fight so everyone can access affordable health care.
  The HEROES Act also clarifies the intent of the CARES Act by 
preventing the garnishment, levy, or seizing of direct payment for 
private debts. I have been a vocal advocate for stopping unfair 
garnishment and protecting payments like Social Security and other 
essential earned benefits.
  Oregon has strong laws to prevent unfair price hikes during crises 
like the current pandemic. I am continuing to work with Oregon Attorney 
General Ellen Rosenblum on ways to expand Oregon's protections to all 
Americans. It's beneficial that the HEROES Act includes provisions to 
stop unconscionably excessive prices on necessities like food, hygiene 
products, personal protective equipment, and health services.
  Workforce boards, labor unions, community colleges, community-based 
organizations, small businesses, and other stakeholders are training 
health care, direct care, and frontline workers, but they are in 
desperate need of more resources. I am pleased that the HEROES Act 
includes $2.5 billion for adult education, youth training, dislocated 
worker grants, migrant and seasonal farmworker programs, and public 
health worker recruitment and training as authorized in the Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act, but this funding is insufficient to 
meet the scale of the crisis at hand. For comparison, the American 
Reinvestment and Recovery Act provided more than $7.7 billion in 
workforce funding. To respond to the economic consequences of the 
coronavirus pandemic, we need at least $15 .1 billion in supplemental 
federal investments to help prevent further layoffs and provide 
dislocated workers and employers with access to employment services 
like training, career navigation, and supportive services. I will keep 
working with my colleagues on the Education and Labor Committee to 
advance the Relaunching America's Workforce Act because the historic 
unemployment levels over the last two months require an equally 
historic response to support workers.
  No one should be forced to choose between paying their bills and 
paying for food, but as Oregonians face the ongoing economic 
consequences of COVID-19, this is becoming a reality for too many 
working families. This bill includes $175 billion to assist renters and 
homeowners make monthly rent, mortgage and utility payments, and other 
housingrelated costs. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
(LIHEAP) is an important wraparound support that helps low-income 
families pay for heating and cooling bills. The HEROES Act includes 
another $1.5 billion in supplemental funding for LIHEAP, but many more 
households will need and likely qualify for assistance in the coming 
weeks and months. Additionally, as individuals comply with stay-at-home 
orders across the country during the pandemic, they will likely be 
using more electricity and heat or air conditioning to keep their homes 
habitable. As we work to craft the next response package, I will keep 
fighting for more funding for LIHEAP to provide tangible assistance to 
families who are struggling to pay their bills. I also advocated for 
assistance similar to LIHEAP that would help households economically 
affected by COVID-19 with drinking water and wastewater services during 
this national emergency. The HEROES Act includes an additional $1.5 
billion for this support.
  The success of our economic recovery will depend on the success of 
our small businesses. The Paycheck Protection Program was a good first 
lifeline for many, but many business owners are concerned about 
artificial timelines and a lack of flexibility in the program. I'm glad 
that the HEROES Act will extend the coverage period to the end of 2020 
and give businesses additional flexibility while still adhering to 
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may not allow them to fully open and resume operating for some time to 
come. The bill would also expand PPP eligibility to additional 
nonprofit organizations of all types and sizes, as well as provide an 
additional $10 billion in economic injury disaster grants (EIDL) 
through the Small Business Administration.
  Fisheries are an important part of our economy in Northwest Oregon, 
and I know that our coastal communities need more assistance to get 
through these challenging times. The HEROES Act provides an additional 
$100 million in disaster funding, and I will keep working to secure 
more direct assistance for fisheries and the domestic seafood supply 
chain. Northwest Oregon is known for its prestigious specialty crops, 
and our farmers have been struggling to make ends meet during the 
pandemic. The HEROES Act will also support our specialty crop farmers 
by providing $100 million for specialty crop grants and $50 million for 
support for local farmers markets and other direct to consumer markets.
  This bill addresses one of the key shortcomings of previous 
legislative efforts; the exclusion of individuals from direct economic 
relief because of their immigration status. The HEROES Act 
retroactively extends direct payments to mixed-status families and 
immigrants who file taxes using ITINs, and it expands eligibility for 
other economic support. It removes barriers to testing, treatment, 
vaccines, and other health care based solely on immigration status and 
automatically extends work permits for individuals with DACA or TPS. 
The bill offers protections from ICE removal and employment 
authorization for individuals in critical industries, including 
agricultural workers and meatpackers. It also requires ICE to review 
its detention policies and find alternatives for individuals not 
subject to mandatory detention.
  Importantly, the HEROES Act strengthens our democratic institutions 
with new resources to conduct secure, reliable elections using vote-by-
mail. Oregonians have used this trusted method of voting for more than 
twenty years, and it should be implemented nationwide as a simple and 
safe solution that will increase access while allowing voters to 
maintain physical distancing measures.
  We must act quickly and decisively to curb the spread of COVID-19 and 
create conditions that will allow us to begin our recovery, but we must 
also act boldly so our response is sufficient to prevent a widespread 
resurgence of the virus. We must also not leave behind any segment of 
our society as we work to repair the immense and harmful economic 
damage that we see across Oregon and the country. We are all safer and 
healthier when everyone in our communities is safer and healthier. I 
commend House leadership for putting forward a proposal that 
responsibly addresses the desperate need we are currently facing while 
also acknowledging the potentially disastrous costs of doing too 
little. I urge all my colleagues to support our nurses, first 
responders, grocery workers, and all frontline heroes by supporting 
this legislation.
  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Mr. Speaker,
  I strongly support the House Majority's Heroes Act which is a 
critical and urgent response in our fight to defeat the COVID-19 
catastrophe. As the unimaginable toll of this virus continues to mount, 
an economic disaster is also unfolding in every corner of our country.
  The Heroes Act is crucial to our ability to address these 
unprecedented crises. The bill includes new protections for working and 
middle-class families during this economic catastrophe by providing for 
a second round of direct payments of up to $6,000 per household. And it 
ensures economic stimulus payments for everyone who files a tax return, 
regardless of immigration status.
  Our bill also provides $175 billion to help homeowners and renters 
make their mortgage and rent payments and new payroll protection 
measures to keep 60 million workers connected to their jobs. The bill 
also extends through January 2021, the weekly $600 federal unemployment 
payments and it requires OSHA to develop standards to make workplaces 
safe from the virus.
  As we keep fighting COVID-19, the Heroes Act provides an additional 
$75 billion for testing, contact tracing, and treatment that is 
essential to our ability to save lives, curb the spread of the virus, 
and reopen our economy.
  Furthermore, the Heroes Act provides our frontline heroes with the 
support and protection they need as they fight COVID-19 to save lives, 
and protect our communities. This legislation invests over $1 trillion 
into our states, cities, and towns, to ensure they can continue to pay 
our frontline personnel, including health workers, police officers, 
firefighters, transportation workers, farmworkers, and teachers. The 
bill also establishes a Heroes' Fund to ensure our frontline workers 
receive hazard pay, and it protects our Postal Service workers who are 
making deliveries on their routes every day.
  In addition, the bill protects many immigrant families by 
automatically extending work authorization for DACA and TPS recipients. 
And it protects the health of the public at large by ensuring everyone, 
regardless of immigration status, has access to free testing, 
treatment, and services related to COVID-19. The bill also protects 
essential workers, such as our nation's farmworkers who pick the crops 
that feed our families, from deportation and it allows undocumented 
students to access higher education financial relief and it permits 
naturalization oath ceremonies to be administered remotely.
  Our small businesses also get additional support in the Heroes Act. 
The bill strengthens the Paycheck Protection Program to ensure it 
reaches underserved communities and nonprofits of all sizes and types. 
And the bill provides $10 billion for COVID-19 emergency grants through 
the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.
  I am concerned however with the inclusion of the controversial GROW 
Act. And I hope this issue can satisfactorily be resolved during our 
negotiations with the Senate.
  Nevertheless, once again, House Democrats are leading the way during 
this crisis of COVID-19 with legislation that will save lives and put 
families and workers first.
  We have no time to lose. Nearly 90,000 Americans have died from this 
pandemic. 36 million Americans have filed for unemployment. And as 
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said earlier this week, Congress 
must act now to prevent a deeper and more painful recession.
  I urge the Senate and the President to do the right thing and join 
the House in supporting the Heroes Act to protect the American people, 
help American workers, and bolster America's economy.
  Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6800, the 
Heroes Act.
  This November, the American people will cast their votes to elect a 
new government. Americans have voted during times of great strife in 
the past--during the Civil War, in the midst of the Great Depression, 
in the shadow of World Wars, and in the wake of terrorist attacks. 
Americans will stand united to vote this November, as well.
  This year, however, we are faced with the unique challenges of a 
deadly, global viral pandemic which to date has killed more than 80,000 
Americans and infected more than one million people in the United 
States. This emergency has already ground our daily lives and our 
economy to a halt. While drastic measures put in place have appeared to 
blunt some of the effects of this pandemic, we nevertheless face the 
prospect of a resurgence of the coronavirus in the Fall.
  Public health experts agree that we must take steps to mitigate risk 
of the spread of COVID-19. This includes limiting public exposure to 
the virus by employing strict social distancing measures. These 
measures must also apply to the administration of our elections. To 
answer this challenge, the Heroes Act includes important provisions 
which I have authored to ensure safe and orderly elections in 2020. It 
appropriates $3.6 billion to assist state and local election officials 
to put into place much-needed protections for voters and poll workers.
  This includes expanding no-excuse absentee vote by mail for every 
voter who wishes it, and providing 15 consecutive days of early in-
person voting to ensure all who prefer or require to vote in person can 
do so without being forced to contend with overcrowded and potentially 
dangerous polling locations on election day. In the event of an 
emergency declaration, and including the COVID-19 pandemic, the bill 
provides that every registered voter will be mailed an absentee ballot 
with prepaid return postage so that they may vote from the safety of 
their homes.
  The bill also sets important federal standards to ensure the American 
people know how, when, and where to vote, how to track their ballot, 
and it provides an opportunity to cure issues that may arise before 
their ballot is rejected.
  We don't yet know how conditions related to the coronavirus will 
impact our elections in November, but we do know that we cannot risk 
imperiling the lives of countless Americans by being unprepared on 
election day. The right to vote is an essential element of our 
democracy and Americans should not have to weigh their rights of 
citizenship against their own health and safety.
  The Heroes Act, if enacted, will put into place the necessary 
measures to allow every eligible voter to participate in our elections 
in a safe and orderly manner. The stakes are too high to fail to act, 
and I urge my colleagues to support this important legislation.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 967, the previous question is ordered on 
the bill, as amended.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
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                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. RIGGLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. RIGGLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed to the bill in its current 
form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       Mr. Riggleman moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6800 to the 
     Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith with the following 
     amendment:
       In subtitle A of title I of division B, strike section 
     20102.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Riggleman) is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his 
motion.
  Mr. RIGGLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I offer this motion to recommit because 
Americans across this country are watching the steps we take in 
Congress.
  Millions of Americans need our help and, unfortunately, millions more 
will lose their jobs if we consider partisan wish list legislation that 
has no chance of becoming law.
  Our Nation continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 
strength and ingenuity of the American spirit has shone forth. We in 
this Chamber came together to pass the CARES Act, a bipartisan aid 
package in March of this year.
  In times of crisis, Americans should come together, but that 
togetherness has waned and the bipartisanship has vanished. Masked in 
darkness and socially distanced from any review or debate, this bill is 
filled to the brim with progressive agenda items.
  Hidden amongst these poison pills is a provision that would change 
the ID requirement for the CARES Act rebate checks from Social Security 
number to taxpayer identification number. This switch will allow 
illegal immigrants and noncitizens to get checks they aren't eligible 
for.
  I didn't think that a global pandemic meant it was time to stop 
helping American citizens who are desperate for assistance. Now, more 
than ever, we need to make sure these rebate checks go to Americans who 
need it.
  This motion to recommit shouldn't be controversial. Unauthorized 
immigrants are not eligible for most Federal benefits, including SNAP, 
TANF, and most housing assistance programs. They weren't even eligible 
to receive this money in the first CARES Act.
  The reason they are being included now is because this provision is 
the latest in a grab brag of liberal priorities that Democrats are 
trying to sneak through in this bill. But not on my watch. That is why 
I am proud to offer this motion to recommit.
  It is time we show Americans that we will stand up and do our jobs in 
Congress, be the responsible leaders Americans elected us to be, not 
partisan headline grabbers or those who think messaging bills are more 
important than sensible legislation for all Americans.
  The authors of the bill do not intend for this to become law, make a 
mockery of our responsibility to govern.
  Enough of the messaging bills. Let's stop playing politics and start 
working on solutions that will help the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to join me, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose the motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, as of this morning, nearly 86,000 people in 
the United States have died from this virus. More than 1.4 million 
people have been infected, and those are just the cases we know about 
because of the frontline workers who are risking their lives to test as 
many people as possible.
  Unemployment is at its highest level since the Great Depression. Tens 
of millions of families are struggling to put food on the table and pay 
the rent.
  If you don't understand the suffering, you haven't been paying 
attention. Just turn on the TV--or better yet, listen to your 
constituents. They are demanding two things: facts and action.
  No matter what the President tweets, the facts of this pandemic are 
clear. And no matter whether Senator McConnell sees urgency or not, the 
time for action is now.
  The American people have unprecedented needs, and the Federal 
Government must step up to the plate, provide the necessary assistance 
to meet those needs. However, the Republicans are yet again standing in 
the way of helping people. They are in the same denial that led to the 
Trump administration's bungling of this virus.
  Against the weight of economic expertise, they are saying we need to 
slow down on spending money. Against the clear desperation of families, 
they are saying we need to wait and see what happens.
  Well, we know what is going to happen. We have seen what is going to 
happen. We have seen what has happened. There will be more cases 
tomorrow, more deaths this weekend, more economic hardship next week.
  But instead of worrying about these concerns, the only thing 
Republicans can offer is regurgitated talking points about immigration.
  Right now, the American people are focused on their own survival and 
that of their families.
  I want to make it very clear: COVID-19 does not discriminate or 
differentiate on immigration status. Our country doesn't have time for 
Republicans to relitigate the culture wars.
  Regardless of background or country of origin, we need action today. 
People are suffering. Every day there are more cases. We need action 
now without further delay. I strongly oppose the motion to recommit.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no,'' and I yield back 
the balance of my time.

                              {time}  1815

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 
consideration of H.R. 6800 is postponed.

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