[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 163 (Tuesday, September 21, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H4577-H4595]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  EXTENDING GOVERNMENT FUNDING AND DELIVERING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT

  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 667, I call up 
the bill (H.R. 5305) making continuing appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2022, and for providing emergency assistance, 
and for other purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration in the 
House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 667, the bill 
is considered read.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 5305

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Extending Government Funding 
     and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Short Title
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
Sec. 3. References.

            DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

   DIVISION B--DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

     DIVISION C--AFGHANISTAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

                       DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS

Title I--Extensions, Technical Corrections, and Other Matters
Title II--Budgetary Effects
Title III--Temporary Extension of Public Debt Limit

     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--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

        The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of 
     applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, 
     for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and 
     other organizational units of Government for fiscal year 
     2022, and for other purposes, namely:
       Sec. 101.  Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 
     operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts 
     for fiscal year 2021 and under the authority and conditions 
     provided in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities 
     (including the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) 
     that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Act, 
     that were conducted in fiscal year 2021, and for which 
     appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available 
     in the following appropriations Acts:
       (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 
     (division A of public law 116-260), except section 799D, and 
     including title IV of division O of Public Law 116-260.
       (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (division B of Public Law 116-260), 
     except the proviso in section 541 and sections 542 and 543.
       (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021 
     (division C of Public Law 116-260).
       (4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (division D of Public Law 116-260), 
     except the last proviso under the heading ``Department of 
     Energy--Energy Programs--Science'', the last two provisos 
     under the heading ``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--
     Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program'', and 
     the two provisos under the heading ``Department of Energy--
     Energy Programs--Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing 
     Loan Program''.
       (5) The Financial Services and General Government 
     Appropriations Act, 2021 (division E of Public Law 116-260), 
     except the matter under the heading ``Presidential Transition 
     Administrative Support'' in title II, the matter under the 
     heading ``General Services Administration--Expenses, 
     Presidential Transition'' in title V, the proviso and the 
     amount specified in such proviso under the heading ``District 
     of Columbia--Federal Funds--Federal Payment for Emergency 
     Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia'' in 
     title IV, and title IX.
       (6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 
     2021 (division F of Public Law 116-260), except section 538, 
     and including sections 101 through 103 and section 105 of 
     title I of division O of Public Law 116-260.
       (7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (division G of 
     Public Law 116-260).
       (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
     and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 
     (division H of Public Law 116-260), except sections 118 and 
     533.
       (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 
     (division I of Public Law 116-260), except sections 211 and 
     213, and including section 7 of Public Law 116-260.
       (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (division J of 
     Public Law 116-260), except sections 514, 515, and 517.
       (11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of 
     Public Law 116-260), except title IX other than sections 9001 
     and 9002 and the matter preceding the first proviso and the 
     first proviso under the heading ``Consular and Border 
     Security Programs''.
       (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
     Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (division L of 
     Public Law 116-260), except sections 420 and 421.
       Sec. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
     authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department 
     of Defense shall be used for:
       (1) the new production of items not funded for production 
     in fiscal year 2021 or prior years;
       (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained 
     with fiscal year 2021 funds; or
       (3) The initiation, resumption, or continuation of any 
     project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
     project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program 
     element, and subprogram within a program element, and for any 
     investment items defined as a P-1 line item in a budget 
     activity within an appropriation account and an R-1

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     line item that includes a program element and subprogram 
     element within an appropriation account) for which 
     appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available 
     during fiscal year 2021.
       (b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
     granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
     shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing 
     advance procurement funding for economic order quantity 
     procurement unless specifically appropriated later.
       Sec. 103.  Appropriations made by section 101 shall be 
     available to the extent and in the manner that would be 
     provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
       Sec. 104.  Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
     appropriation or funds made available or authority granted 
     pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume 
     any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or 
     other authority were not available during fiscal year 2021.
       Sec. 105.  Appropriations made and authority granted 
     pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or 
     expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the 
     period for which funds or authority for such project or 
     activity are available under this Act.
       Sec. 106.  Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in 
     the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022, 
     appropriations and funds made available and authority granted 
     pursuant to this Act shall be available until whichever of 
     the following first occurs:
       (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
     project or activity provided for in this Act.
       (2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
     Act for fiscal year 2022 without any provision for such 
     project or activity.
       (3) December 3, 2021.
       Sec. 107.  Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
     charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or 
     authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable 
     appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 
     into law.
       Sec. 108.  Appropriations made and funds made available by 
     or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
     regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of 
     apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United 
     States Code, but nothing in this Act may be construed to 
     waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment 
     of funds.
       Sec. 109.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise 
     have high initial rates of operation or complete distribution 
     of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2022 
     because of distributions of funding to States, foreign 
     countries, grantees, or others, such high initial rates of 
     operation or complete distribution shall not be made, and no 
     grants shall be awarded for such programs funded by this Act 
     that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
       Sec. 110.  This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
     most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act 
     shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 
     projects and activities.
       Sec. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
     whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts 
     for fiscal year 2021, and for activities under the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the 
     rate to maintain program levels under current law, under the 
     authority and conditions provided in the applicable 
     appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021, to be continued 
     through the date specified in section 106(3).
       (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory 
     payments due on or about the first day of any month that 
     begins after October 2021 but not later than 30 days after 
     the date specified in section 106(3) may continue to be made, 
     and funds shall be available for such payments.
       Sec. 112.  Amounts made available under section 101 for 
     civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 
     department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate for 
     operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such 
     department or agency, consistent with the applicable 
     appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021, except that such 
     authority provided under this section shall not be used until 
     after the department or agency has taken all necessary 
     actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related 
     administrative expenses.
       Sec. 113.  Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
     and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 
     (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic 
     Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the 
     Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 
     1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National 
     Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
       Sec. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
     Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) 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 such Act is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 4001 of S. Con. Res. 14 
     (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2022, or as being for disaster relief pursuant to 
     sections 4004(b)(6) and 4005(f) of such concurrent 
     resolution, respectively.
       (b) All references to sections 251(b)(2)(B), 
     251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III), 251(b)(2)(C), 251(b)(2)(C)(ii), 
     251(b)(2)(E)(ii), 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II), 251(b)(2)(F), and 
     251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) shall be 
     treated for each amount incorporated by reference in this Act 
     in the Senate as references to sections 4004(b)(1), 
     4004(b)(1)(B)(i), 4004(b)(3), 4004(b)(3)(B), 4004(b)(4), 
     4004(b)(4)(B), 4004(b)(5), 4004(b)(5)(B), respectively, of S. 
     Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
     the budget for fiscal year 2022, and in the House of 
     Representatives as references to sections 4005(a), 
     4005(a)(2)(A), 4005(c), 4005(c)(2), 4005(d), 4005(d)(2), 
     4005(e), 4005(e)(2)(A), respectively, of such concurrent 
     resolution.
       (c) This section shall become effective immediately upon 
     enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the 
     date in section 106(3).
       Sec. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary 
     budget authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in 
     Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)--
       (1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this 
     Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that 
     does receive an appropriation in this Act; or
       (2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations 
     in this Act,
     may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations 
     otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable 
     TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge on the final 
     funding prerogatives of the Congress.
       (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection 
     (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser of--
       (1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in 
     the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 
     of this Act; or
       (2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 
     2021, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation 
     in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 
     101 of this Act.
       (c) No later than November 22, 2021, the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget shall provide to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate a comprehensive list of the rescissions or 
     cancellations that will continue pursuant to section 101:  
     Provided, That the information in such comprehensive list 
     shall be periodically updated to reflect any subsequent 
     changes in the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 
     2021, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation 
     in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 
     101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate upon request.
       Sec. 116.  Amounts made available by section 101 for ``Farm 
     Service Agency--Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program 
     Account'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
     necessary to accommodate approved applications for direct and 
     guaranteed farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     1922 et seq.
       Sec. 117.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     available to the Department of Agriculture for ``Rural 
     Business--Cooperative Service--Rural Microentrepreneur 
     Assistance Program'' for gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans as authorized by section 379E of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s) 
     not to exceed $25,000,000.
       Sec. 118. (a) In carrying out the Special Supplemental 
     Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children for the 
     first quarter of fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall increase the amount of a cash-value voucher 
     to an amount recommended by the National Academies of 
     Science, Engineering and Medicine and adjusted for inflation 
     for women and children participants.
       (b) Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 
     of Agriculture for ``Domestic Food Programs-Food and 
     Nutrition Service-Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 
     Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)'' shall be apportioned at 
     the rate for operations necessary to accommodate the increase 
     described in subsection (a).
       Sec. 119.  Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, in 
     addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, 
     amounts are provided to the Department of Defense for 
     ``Procurement--Other Procurement, Air Force'' at a rate for 
     operations of $885,000,000, for the procurement of equipment 
     for the Strategic Microelectronic Supply program, and such 
     amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
     necessary to carry out such procurements.
       Sec. 120.  Amounts made available by section 101 to the 
     Department of Defense for ``Procurement--Procurement, 
     Defense-Wide'' may be apportioned up to the rate for 
     operations necessary for the procurement of Military Global 
     Positioning System User Equipment Increment 1 Application 
     Specific Integrated Circuits.
       Sec. 121.  Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts 
     made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense 
     for ``Research, Development, Test and Evaluation--Research, 
     Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force'' may be 
     apportioned up to the rate of operations necessary for the 
     acquisition of real property by the United States Government.
       Sec. 122.  During the period covered by this Act, the 
     limitation at section 2208(l)(3) of title 10, United States 
     Code, shall not apply with respect to advance billing for 
     orders for relief efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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       Sec. 123. (a) Funding provided in prior Acts making 
     appropriations for energy and water development and related 
     agencies for fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 under the 
     heading ``Department of the Interior--Bureau of Reclamation--
     Water and Related Resources'' for carrying out section 4007 
     of Public Law 114-322 shall be made available, in accordance 
     with that section and as recommended by the Secretary in a 
     letter dated July 23, 2021, for the construction, pre-
     construction, or study of the North-of-the-Delta Off Stream 
     Storage (Sites Reservoir Project), the Los Vaqueros Reservoir 
     Phase 2 Expansion Project, the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and 
     Reservoir Expansion Project, and the Del Puerto Canyon 
     Reservoir.
       (b) Funding provided in the Energy and Water Development 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 under the 
     heading ``Department of the Interior--Bureau of Reclamation--
     Water and Related Resources'' for carrying out section 
     4009(a) of Public Law 114-322 shall be made available, in 
     accordance with that section and as recommended by the 
     Secretary in a letter dated July 23, 2021, for the North 
     Pleasant Valley Desalter Facility, the Mission Basin 
     Groundwater Purification Facility Well Expansion and Brine 
     Minimization Project, the Los Robles Desalter Project, and 
     the Regional Brackish Water Reclamation Program.
       (c) Funding provided in the Energy and Water Development 
     and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 under the 
     heading ``Department of the Interior--Bureau of Reclamation--
     Water and Related Resources'' for carrying out section 
     4009(c) of Public Law 114-322 shall be made available, in 
     accordance with that section and as recommended by the 
     Secretary in a letter dated July 23, 2021, for the El Paso 
     Aquifer Storage and Recovery Using Reclaimed Water Project, 
     the Pure Water Soquel: Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater 
     Intrusion Prevention Project, the North San Diego Water Reuse 
     Coalition Project, the Pure Water Oceanside Project, the City 
     of Santa Fe Reuse Pipeline Project, the Replenish Big Bear 
     Project, the Central Coast Blue: Recycled Water Project, the 
     Harvest Water Program, the East County Advanced Water 
     Purification Program: Phase Two, the Ventura Water Pure 
     Program, and the San Juan Watershed Project.
       Sec. 124. (a) During the period covered by this Act, title 
     I of Public Law 108-361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization 
     Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended by section 4007(k) of 
     Public Law 114-322, shall be applied by substituting ``2022'' 
     for ``2021'' each place it appears.
       (b) During the period covered by this Act, section 
     9106(g)(2) of Public Law 111-11 (Omnibus Public Land 
     Management Act of 2009) shall be applied by substituting 
     ``2022'' for ``2021''.
       (c) During the period covered by this Act, section 104(c) 
     of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 
     1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting 
     ``2022'' for ``2021''.
       (d) During the period covered by this Act, section 301 of 
     the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 
     (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied by substituting ``2022'' 
     for ``2021''.
       Sec. 125. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 506 of 
     division D of Public Law 116-260 shall be applied by 
     substituting ``$841,000,000'' for ``$291,000,000''.
       (b) Amounts provided by this Act for ``Department of 
     Energy--Energy Programs--Uranium Enrichment Decontamination 
     and Decommissioning Fund'' may be apportioned up to the rate 
     for operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing 
     projects or activities funded in this appropriation.
       (c) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     not later than 3 days after each use of the authority 
     provided in subsection (b).
       Sec. 126.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for ``Executive Office of the President and Funds 
     Appropriated to the President--The White House--Salaries and 
     Expenses'' at a rate for operations of $60,000,000.
       Sec. 127.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for ``General Services Administration--Allowances 
     and Office Staff for Former Presidents'' at a rate for 
     operations of $5,000,000.
       Sec. 128.  Amounts made available by section 101 for 
     ``Small Business Administration--Business Loans Program 
     Account'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
     necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for 
     general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) 
     through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 636(a)), for guarantees of trust certificates 
     authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act (15 
     U.S.C. 634(g)), for commitments to guarantee loans under 
     section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 
     U.S.C. 697), and for commitments to guarantee loans for 
     debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business 
     Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)).
       Sec. 129.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for ``District of Columbia--Federal Funds--Federal 
     Payment to the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency 
     for the District of Columbia'' at a rate for operations of 
     $249,754,000:  Provided, That the second proviso under such 
     heading in title IV of division E of Public Law 116-260 shall 
     be applied by substituting ``$70,574,000'' for 
     ``$66,743,000''.
       Sec. 130.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local 
     funds made available under the heading ``District of 
     Columbia--District of Columbia Funds'' for such programs and 
     activities under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
     2021 (title IV of division E of Public Law 116-260) at the 
     rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2022 Local Budget Act of 
     2021 (D.C. Act 24-173), as modified as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 131.  Section 330(e)(3) of title 11, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``in that fiscal year'' at the 
     end of the paragraph.
       Sec. 132.  In addition to amounts otherwise provided by 
     section 101, an amount is provided to the Department of 
     Homeland Security for ``U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services--Operations and Support'' for application 
     processing, the reduction of backlogs within asylum, field, 
     and service center offices, and support of the refugee 
     program at a rate for operations of $250,000,000:  Provided, 
     That such amounts shall be in addition to any other funds 
     made available for such purposes, and shall not be construed 
     to require any reduction of any fee described in section 
     286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1356(m)):  Provided further, That prior to the obligation of 
     such resources, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
     shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives an expenditure plan 
     that identifies backlog reduction metrics and quarterly 
     reports on the execution of such plan.
       Sec. 133.  Amounts made available by section 101 to the 
     Department of Homeland Security under the heading ``Federal 
     Emergency Management Agency--Disaster Relief Fund'' may be 
     apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry 
     out response and recovery activities under the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
       Sec. 134. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National 
     Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) 
     shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
     section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2021''.
       (b) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2021, this 
     section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 
     30, 2021.
       Sec. 135.  Amounts made available by section 101 for 
     ``Department of the Interior--National Park Service--National 
     Recreation and Preservation'' for heritage partnership 
     programs may be used to provide financial assistance to any 
     national heritage area, national heritage corridor, cultural 
     heritage corridor, national heritage partnership, national 
     heritage route, national heritage canalway, and battlefields 
     national historic district established as of September 1, 
     2021, notwithstanding any statutory sunset provision 
     terminating the Secretary's authority to provide assistance 
     to any such area and notwithstanding any limitation on 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated with respect to any 
     such area:  Provided, That the Commission sunset provision in 
     section 804(j) of division B of H.R. 5666 (Appendix D), as 
     amended, as enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 
     106- 554, shall be applied by substituting the date specified 
     in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2021'':  
     Provided further, That the authority in section 295D of 
     Public Law 109-338, as amended, shall continue in effect 
     through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
       Sec. 136.  Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2)(B) of section 
     200303 of title 54, United States Codes, during the period 
     covered by this Act amounts made available from the Land and 
     Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2022 pursuant to 
     subsection (a) of such section of such title shall be 
     allocated by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
     of Agriculture, as appropriate, only for the following 
     agencies and accounts, for the purposes specified, and in the 
     amounts specified multiplied by the percentage of fiscal year 
     2022 covered by this Act:
       (1) ``Department of the Interior--Bureau of Land 
     Management--Land Acquisition'', $7,500,000, for Acquisition 
     Management;
       (2) ``Department of the Interior--United States Fish and 
     Wildlife Service--Land Acquisition'', $17,000,000, for Land 
     Acquisition Management;
       (3) ``Department of the Interior--National Park Service--
     Land Acquisition and State Assistance'', $14,500,000, for 
     Acquisition Management;
       (4) ``Department of the Interior--Office of the Secretary--
     Departmental Operations'', $19,000,000, for Management 
     Services, Appraisal and Valuation Service Offices-Federal 
     Lands;
       (5) ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--State and 
     Private Forestry'', $6,400,000, for Administrative Funds; and
       (6) ``Department of Agriculture--Forest Service--Land 
     Acquisition'', $12,000,000, for Acquisition Management.
       Sec. 137. (a) In addition to amounts provided by section 
     101, amounts are provided for ``Department of Health and 
     Human Services--Indian Health Service--Indian Health 
     Services'' at a rate for operations of $22,080,000, for an 
     additional amount for costs of staffing and operating 
     facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal 
     years 2021 and 2022, and such amounts may be apportioned up 
     to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate 
     such facilities.
       (b) In addition to amounts provided by section 101, amounts 
     are provided for ``Department of Health and Human Services--
     Indian Health Service--Indian Health Facilities'' at a rate 
     for operations of $2,261,000, for an additional amount for 
     costs of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, 
     renovated,

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     or expanded in fiscal years 2021 and 2022, and such amounts 
     may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
     staff and operate such facilities.
       Sec. 138.  In addition to amounts otherwise provided by 
     section 101, for ``Department of Health and Human Services--
     Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--Environmental 
     Health'', there is appropriated $1,500,000, for an additional 
     amount for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2022, for the Vessel Sanitation Program.
       Sec. 139. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 114-113 to 
     the accounts of the National Institutes of Health that were 
     available for obligation through fiscal year 2016 and were 
     obligated for multi-year research grants shall be available 
     through fiscal year 2022 for the liquidation of valid 
     obligations incurred in fiscal year 2016 if the Director of 
     the National Institutes of Health determines the project 
     suffered an interruption of activities attributable to COVID-
     19.
       (b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become 
     effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
       (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2021, this 
     section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 
     30, 2021.
       Sec. 140.  In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
     amounts are provided for ``Department of Health and Human 
     Services--Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
     Administration--Mental Health'' at a rate for operations of 
     $77,621,000 for an additional amount for carrying out section 
     520E-3 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-
     36c), and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for 
     operations necessary to operate and maintain the National 
     Suicide Prevention Lifeline program.
       Sec. 141.  In addition to amounts otherwise provided by 
     this Act, for ``Department of Health and Human Services--
     Administration for Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant 
     Assistance'', there is appropriated $2,500,000,000, for an 
     additional amount for fiscal year 2022, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2024, to carry out section 462 of the 
     Homeland Security Act of 2002 and section 235 of the William 
     Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
     Act of 2008:  Provided, That not later than November 1, 2021, 
     the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate a report detailing steps taken 
     and planned to be taken by the Department to phase out the 
     use of emergency intake sites and a detailed plan for ending 
     the use of emergency intake sites, including a timeline of 
     major milestones and projections for delivered online bed 
     capacity by facility type:  Provided further, That such 
     report shall include an aligned spend plan for estimated 
     fiscal year 2022 obligations by major category:  Provided 
     further, That the Secretary shall submit monthly reports 
     during fiscal year 2022 to the Committees on Appropriations 
     on all obligations and expenditures incurred by the 
     Department for carrying out such sections 462 and 235:  
     Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 
     (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
     fiscal year 2022.
       Sec. 142.  Amounts made available by section 101 for 
     ``Department of Health and Human Services--Administration for 
     Children and Families--Refugee and Entrant Assistance'' may 
     be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
     carry out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
     and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
     Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and up to the 
     rate for operations necessary for activities authorized by 
     section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and 
     section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980.
       Sec. 143.  Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter through 
     fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and the Senate on (1) the total 
     number of children that the Office of Refugee Resettlement 
     has released to sponsors living in the United States, 
     disaggregated by State, and (2) the number of children that 
     the Office of Refugee Resettlement has released to sponsors 
     living in the United States for whom the Office of Refugee 
     Resettlement has successfully conducted safety and welfare 
     checks, and provided post-release services as appropriate, 
     for the most recent quarter such data are available.
       Sec. 144.  Not later than 10 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall provide a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, and disclose on a publicly available website, on all 
     transfers made for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland 
     Security Act of 2002 or section 235 of the William 
     Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
     Act of 2008 during fiscal year 2021. This report shall 
     include: (1) a list of the source of funds transferred by 
     public law; (2) the program, project, or activity funds were 
     transferred from and the corresponding amount that was 
     transferred; (3) date of transfer; (4) the number of children 
     referred to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) by month 
     for fiscal year 2021; and (5) the age distribution of the 
     children referred to ORR by month for fiscal year 2021:  
     Provided, That the report shall be updated every 30 days 
     throughout fiscal year 2022.
       Sec. 145.  During the period covered by this Act, for 
     services furnished under the Community Services Block Grant 
     Act (``CSBG Act'') with funds made available by this Act, by 
     the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-
     260), or by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
     Security Act (Public Law 116-136), States may apply the last 
     sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act by substituting 
     ``200 percent'' for ``125 percent''.
       Sec. 146.  For purposes of annual leave accumulated in 
     fiscal year 2021, the authority provided in section 2106 of 
     division C of Public Law 116-159 shall apply to such leave by 
     substituting ``2021'' for ``2020'' in subsections (a) and 
     (d).
       Sec. 147.  Activities authorized by part A of title IV 
     (other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) 
     of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date 
     specified in section 106(3), in the manner authorized for 
     fiscal year 2021, and out of any money in the Treasury of the 
     United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby 
     appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
       Sec. 148.  Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting 
     the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
     ``September 30, 2021''.
       Sec. 149.  Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied through the 
     date specified in section 106(3) of this Act by substituting 
     ``2022'' for ``2021''.
       Sec. 150.  Notwithstanding section 101, section 116 of 
     division J of Public Law 116-260 shall be applied during the 
     period covered by this Act by substituting ``fifth fiscal 
     year'' for ``fourth fiscal year''.
       Sec. 151.  During the period covered by this Act, the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer up to $193,500,000 
     of the unobligated balances from amounts made available for 
     fiscal year 2021 under the heading ``Veterans Health 
     Administration--Medical Services'' in title II of division F 
     of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
     Law 116-94), or in section 8002 of title VIII of the American 
     Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2) to the following 
     accounts of the Department in the amounts specified:
       (1) ``Veterans Benefits Administration--General Operating 
     Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration'', up to 
     $178,000,000;
       (2) ``Departmental Administration--Board of Veterans 
     Appeals'', up to $5,800,000; and
       (3) ``Departmental Administration--Information Technology 
     Systems'', up to $9,700,000:
       Provided, That the transferred amounts shall be used, in 
     addition to any other amounts available for such purposes, 
     for personnel costs and other expenses to implement the 
     interim final rule entitled ``Presumptive Service Connection 
     for Respiratory Conditions Due to Exposure to Particulate 
     Matter'', published on August 5, 2021 (86 FR 42724), and any 
     revisions to such rule.
       Sec. 152.  Amounts made available by section 101 to United 
     States Government-funded entities for ``Related Agency--
     United States Agency for Global Media--International 
     Broadcasting Operations'', ``Related Programs--The Asia 
     Foundation'', ``Related Programs--United States Institute of 
     Peace'', and ``Related Programs--National Endowment for 
     Democracy'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
     necessary to support the evacuation of Afghan journalists and 
     other Afghan employees of such entities, following 
     consultation with the Committees on Appropriations.
       Sec. 153.  Section 21009 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
     and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) shall continue 
     in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of 
     this Act.
       Sec. 154.  Amounts made available by section 101 to the 
     United States International Development Finance Corporation 
     for ``Corporate Capital Account'' and paid to the ``Program 
     Account'' shall be available for the costs of modifying loans 
     and loan guarantees transferred to the Corporation pursuant 
     to section 1463 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of 
     Public Law 115-254):  Provided, That such costs shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974.
       Sec. 155.  Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
     Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall be applied 
     by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 
     Act for ``October 1, 2021''.
       Sec. 156.  Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
     provided for ``Department of Transportation--Office of the 
     Secretary--Payments to Air Carriers'' at a rate for 
     operations of $247,700,000, and such amounts may be 
     apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
     maintain Essential Air Service program operations.
       Sec. 157.  Amounts made available by section 101 to the 
     Department of Housing and Urban Development in the third 
     paragraph under the heading ``Public and Indian Housing--
     Native American Programs'' may be apportioned up to the rate 
     for operations necessary to accommodate demand for guaranteed 
     notes and other obligations as authorized by title VI of the 
     Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act 
     of 1996.
        This division may be cited as the ``Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2022''.

   DIVISION B--DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

        The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise

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     appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 
     and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                   Processing, Research and Marketing

                        office of the secretary

       For an additional amount for the ``Office of the 
     Secretary'', $10,000,000,000, which shall remain available 
     until December 31, 2023, for necessary expenses related to 
     losses of crops (including milk, on-farm stored commodities, 
     crops prevented from planting in 2020 and 2021, and harvested 
     adulterated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and vines, as a 
     consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, 
     derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze, including a 
     polar vortex, smoke exposure, quality losses of crops, and 
     excessive moisture occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021 
     under such terms and conditions as determined by the 
     Secretary:  Provided, That, with respect to smoke tainted 
     wine grapes, the loss (including a quality loss) of such crop 
     during the coverage period due to wildfire, as determined by 
     the Secretary, is considered a qualified loss:  Provided 
     further, That losses due to drought shall only be eligible 
     under this heading in this Act if any area within the county 
     in which the loss occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought 
     Monitor as having a D2 (Severe Drought) for eight consecutive 
     weeks or a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher level of drought 
     intensity during the applicable calendar years:  Provided 
     further, That of the amounts provided under this heading in 
     this Act, the Secretary shall use $750,000,000 to provide 
     assistance to producers of livestock, as determined by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, for losses incurred during calendar 
     year 2021 due to drought or wildfires:  Provided further, 
     That at the election of a processor eligible for a loan under 
     section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or a cooperative processor of 
     dairy, the Secretary shall make payments for losses in 2021 
     to such processors (to be paid to producer members, as 
     determined by such processors) in lieu of payments to 
     producers and under the same terms and conditions as payments 
     made to processors pursuant to title I of the Additional 
     Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 
     (Public Law 116-20) under the heading ``Department of 
     Agriculture--Agricultural Programs--Processing, Research and 
     Marketing--Office of the Secretary'', as last amended by 
     section 791(c) of title VII of division B of the Further 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94):  
     Provided further, That notwithstanding section 760.1503(j) of 
     title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, in the event that 
     a processor described in the preceding proviso does not elect 
     to receive payments under such clause, the Secretary shall 
     make direct payments to producers under this heading in this 
     Act:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided under 
     this heading in this Act, not more than one percent of the 
     funds provided herein may be used for administrative costs, 
     including for streamlining the application process and easing 
     the burden on county office employees, to carry out the 
     matter under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, 
     That, except as otherwise provided under this heading in this 
     Act, the Secretary shall impose payment limitations 
     consistent with section 760.1507 of title 7, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
     Act):  Provided further, That, in the case of specialty crops 
     or high value crops, as determined by the Secretary, the 
     Secretary shall impose payment limitations consistent with 
     section 760.1507(a)(2) of title 7, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2019):  Provided 
     further, That, with respect to the payment limitations 
     described under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 
     apply separate payment limits for each of 2020 and 2021:  
     Provided further, That the total amount of payments received 
     under this heading in this Act and applicable policies of 
     crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance 
     Program (NAP) under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) (minus any 
     premiums or fees paid for such coverages) shall not exceed 90 
     percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary:  Provided 
     further, That the total amount of payments received under 
     this heading in this Act for producers who did not obtain a 
     policy or plan of insurance for an insurable commodity for 
     the applicable crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses or 
     did not file the required paperwork and pay the service fee 
     by the applicable State filing deadline for a noninsurable 
     commodity for the applicable crop year under NAP for the crop 
     incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 percent of the loss 
     as determined by the Secretary:  Provided further, That 
     producers receiving payments under this heading in this Act, 
     as determined by the Secretary, shall be required to purchase 
     crop insurance where crop insurance is available for the next 
     two available crop years and producers receiving payments 
     under this heading in this Act shall be required to purchase 
     coverage under NAP where crop insurance is not available in 
     the next two available crop years, as determined by the 
     Secretary:  Provided further, That not later than 120 days 
     after the end of fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall submit 
     a report to the Congress specifying the type, amount, and 
     method of such assistance by state and territory.

               FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

               watershed and flood prevention operations

       For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood 
     Prevention Operations'' for necessary expenses for the 
     Emergency Watershed Protection Program, $275,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, which shall be in addition 
     to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

             National Institute of Standards and Technology

             scientific and technical research and services

       For an additional amount for ``Scientific and Technical 
     Research and Services'' for necessary expenses to carry out 
     investigations of building failures pursuant to the National 
     Construction Safety Team Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7301), 
     $22,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023.

            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

                  operations, research, and facilities

       For an additional amount for ``Operations, Research, and 
     Facilities'' for necessary expenses related to the 
     consequences of hurricanes and of wildfires in calendar years 
     2020 and 2021, $92,834,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2023, as follows:
       (1) $4,709,000 for repair and replacement of observing 
     assets, real property, and equipment;
       (2) $3,425,000 for marine debris assessment and removal;
       (3) $4,700,000 for mapping, charting, and geodesy services;
       (4) $35,000,000 to improve: (A) hurricane intensity and 
     track forecasting, including through deployment of unmanned 
     ocean observing platforms and enhanced data assimilation; and 
     (B) precipitation and flood prediction, forecasting, and 
     mitigation capabilities;
       (5) $20,000,000 to improve wildfire research, prediction, 
     detection, forecasting, monitoring, data management, and 
     communication and engagement; and
       (6) $25,000,000 for Title IX Fund grants as authorized 
     under section 906(c) of division O of Public Law 114-113:
       Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration shall submit a spending plan to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

               procurement, acquisition and construction

        For an additional amount for ``Procurement, Acquisition 
     and Construction'' for necessary expenses related to the 
     consequences of hurricanes and of wildfires in calendar years 
     2020 and 2021, $52,205,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, as follows:
       (1) $2,205,000 for repair and replacement of observing 
     assets, real property, and equipment; and
       (2) $50,000,000 for improvements to operational and 
     research weather and climate supercomputing and dissemination 
     infrastructure, observing assets, and satellites, along with 
     associated ground systems, used for hurricane intensity and 
     track prediction; precipitation and flood prediction, 
     forecasting, and mitigation; and wildfire research, 
     prediction, detection, forecasting, and monitoring:
       Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
     Administration shall submit a spending plan to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate within 45 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.

                     fisheries disaster assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Fisheries Disaster 
     Assistance'' for necessary expenses associated with the 
     mitigation of fishery disasters, $200,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That such funds shall be 
     used for mitigating the effects of commercial fishery 
     failures and fishery resource disasters declared by the 
     Secretary of Commerce, including those declared by the 
     Secretary to be a direct result of hurricanes in calendar 
     years 2020 and 2021.

                                SCIENCE

             National Aeronautics and Space Administration

       construction and environmental compliance and restoration

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Construction and 
     Environmental Compliance and Restoration'' for repair at 
     National Aeronautics and Space Administration facilities 
     damaged by Hurricanes Zeta and Ida, $321,400,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That up to 15 percent of 
     such amount may be transferred to ``Exploration'' for 
     necessary expenses related to flight hardware, tooling, 
     production and schedule delays caused by Hurricane Ida:  
     Provided further, That except as provided in the preceding 
     proviso, the amounts appropriated under this heading in this 
     Act shall not be available for transfer under any transfer 
     authority provided for the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration in an appropriation Act for fiscal year 2022.

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                      National Science Foundation

          major research equipment and facilities construction

       For an additional amount for ``Major Research Equipment and 
     Facilities Construction'' for necessary expenses related to 
     the National Science Foundation Regional Class Research 
     Vessel construction impacted by Hurricane Ida, $25,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       Legal Services Corporation

               payment to the legal services corporation

       For an additional amount for ``Payment to the Legal 
     Services Corporation'' to carry out the purposes of the Legal 
     Services Corporation Act by providing for necessary expenses 
     related to the consequences of hurricanes, wildfires, other 
     extreme weather, and earthquakes that occurred during 
     calendar years 2020 and 2021, $40,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2022:  Provided, That none of 
     the funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
     Corporation shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or 
     limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 
     501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105-119, and 
     all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
     Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
     set forth in such sections, except that all references in 
     sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to 
     refer instead to 2021 and 2022, respectively, and except that 
     sections 501 and 503 of Public Law 104-134 (referenced by 
     Public Law 105-119) shall not apply to the amount made 
     available under this heading:  Provided further, That, for 
     the purposes of this Act, the Legal Services Corporation 
     shall be considered an agency of the United States.

                               TITLE III

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--MILITARY

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

                    Operation and Maintenance, Navy

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Navy'', $565,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2022, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
     severe storms, straight-line winds, flooding, tornadoes, 
     earthquakes, wildfires, and hurricanes occurring in calendar 
     years 2020 and 2021.

                  Operation and Maintenance, Air Force

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance, 
     Air Force'', $330,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses related to the 
     consequences of Winter Storm Uri occurring in calendar year 
     2021.

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 1301.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds provided by this title shall only be for the purposes 
     specified, and shall not be subject to any transfer authority 
     provided by law.

                                TITLE IV

                       CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                             investigations

       For an additional amount for ``Investigations'' for 
     necessary expenses related to the completion, or initiation 
     and completion, of flood and storm damage reduction, 
     including shore protection, studies that are currently 
     authorized or that are authorized after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, to reduce risk from future floods and 
     hurricanes, at full Federal expense, $100,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That funds made 
     available under this heading in this Act shall be for high-
     priority studies of projects in States with a major disaster 
     declared due to Hurricane Ida pursuant to the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in fiscal year 2021:  Provided further, 
     That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works 
     shall provide a monthly report directly to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
     detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, 
     including new studies selected to be initiated using funds 
     provided under this heading in this Act, beginning not later 
     than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                              construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'' for necessary 
     expenses, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     to construct flood and storm damage reduction, including 
     shore protection, projects that are currently authorized or 
     that are authorized after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     and flood and storm damage reduction, including shore 
     protection, projects that have signed Chief's Reports as of 
     the date of enactment of this Act or that are studied using 
     funds provided under the heading ``Investigations'' if the 
     Secretary determines such projects to be technically 
     feasible, economically justified, and environmentally 
     acceptable:  Provided, That of such amount, $1,500,000,000 
     shall be available for such projects in States with a major 
     disaster declared due to Hurricane Ida pursuant to the Robert 
     T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in fiscal year 2021:  Provided further, 
     That the provisions of section 902 of the Water Resources 
     Development Act of 1986 shall not apply to the construction 
     of projects, including initial construction or periodic 
     nourishment, completed using funding under this heading in 
     this Act:  Provided further, That the completion of ongoing 
     construction projects receiving funding provided under this 
     heading in this Act shall be at full Federal expense with 
     respect to such funds:  Provided further, That for any 
     projects using funding provided under this heading in this 
     Act, the non-Federal cash contribution for projects other 
     than ongoing construction projects shall be financed in 
     accordance with the provisions of section 103(k) of Public 
     Law 99-662 over a period of 30 years from the date of 
     completion of the project or separable element:  Provided 
     further, That up to $65,000,000 of the amounts made available 
     under this heading in this Act shall be used for continuing 
     authorities projects to reduce the risk of flooding and storm 
     damage:  Provided further, That any projects using funding 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be 
     initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into 
     binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, where 
     applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 100 percent of 
     the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and 
     rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold and save the 
     United States free from damages due to the construction or 
     operation and maintenance of the project, except for damages 
     due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its 
     contractors:  Provided further, That of the amounts made 
     available under this heading in this Act, such sums as are 
     necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs 
     for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities 
     Program shall be derived from the general fund of the 
     Treasury:  Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of 
     the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report 
     directly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and 
     obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.

                   mississippi river and tributaries

       For an additional amount for ``Mississippi River and 
     Tributaries'' for necessary expenses to address emergency 
     situations at Corps of Engineers projects, and to construct, 
     and rehabilitate and repair damages to Corps of Engineers 
     projects, caused by natural disasters, $868,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended:  Provided, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act, such 
     sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible 
     operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and 
     channels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the 
     general fund of the Treasury:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
     $500,000,000 shall be available to construct flood and storm 
     damage reduction projects that are currently authorized or 
     that are authorized after the date of enactment of this Act 
     in States with a major disaster declared due to Hurricane Ida 
     pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in fiscal 
     year 2021:  Provided further, That the provisions of section 
     902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 shall not 
     apply to the construction of projects, including initial 
     construction or periodic nourishment, completed using funding 
     under this heading in this Act:  Provided further, That to 
     the extent that ongoing construction projects are constructed 
     using funding provided under this heading in this Act, such 
     construction shall be at full Federal expense:  Provided 
     further, That for any projects using funding provided under 
     this heading in this Act, the non-Federal cash contribution 
     for projects other than ongoing construction projects shall 
     be financed in accordance with the provisions of section 
     103(k) of Public Law 99-662 over a period of 30 years from 
     the date of completion of the project or separable element:  
     Provided further, That any projects using funding 
     appropriated under this heading in this Act shall be 
     initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into 
     binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, where 
     applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 100 percent of 
     the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and 
     rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold and save the 
     United States free from damages due to the construction or 
     operation and maintenance of the project, except for damages 
     due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its 
     contractors:  Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary 
     of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report 
     directly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and 
     obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.

                       operation and maintenance

       For an additional amount for ``Operation and Maintenance'' 
     for necessary expenses to dredge Federal navigation projects 
     in response to, and repair damages to Corps of Engineers 
     Federal projects caused by, natural disasters, $887,000,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are 
     necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation 
     and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, and 
     for inland harbors shall be derived from the general fund of 
     the Treasury:  Provided, That the Assistant Secretary of the 
     Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report directly 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and 
     obligation of

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     these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

       For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
     Emergencies'', as authorized by section 5 of the Act of 
     August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses to 
     prepare for flood, hurricane and other natural disasters and 
     support emergency operations, repairs, and other activities 
     in response to such disasters, as authorized by law, 
     $826,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That funding utilized for authorized shore protection 
     projects shall restore such projects to the full project 
     profile at full Federal expense:  Provided further, That the 
     Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide 
     a monthly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
     allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later 
     than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

                                expenses

       For an additional amount for ``Expenses'' for necessary 
     expenses to administer and oversee the obligation and 
     expenditure of amounts provided in this Act for the Corps of 
     Engineers, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended:  
     Provided, That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
     Works shall provide a monthly report directly to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 
     these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                          Central Utah Project

                central utah project completion account

       For an additional amount for ``Central Utah Project 
     Completion Account'', $10,000,000 to be deposited into the 
     Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account for use 
     by the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
     Commission, to remain available until expended, for expenses 
     necessary in carrying out fire remediation activities for 
     wildfires.

                         Bureau of Reclamation

                      water and related resources

       For an additional amount for ``Water and Related 
     Resources'', $210,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended:  Provided, That of such amount, $200,000,000 shall 
     be available for activities to address drought, as determined 
     by the Secretary of the Interior:  Provided further, That of 
     the amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
     $10,000,000 shall be for fire remediation and suppression 
     emergency assistance related to wildfires:  Provided further, 
     That the Commissioner shall provide a monthly report directly 
     to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and 
     obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.

                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

                            Energy Programs

                      strategic petroleum reserve

       For an additional amount for ``Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve'', $43,300,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for necessary expenses related to damages caused by natural 
     disasters.

                                TITLE V

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                     Small Business Administration

                     disaster loans program account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Disaster Loans Program 
     Account'' for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 
     7(b) of the Small Business Act, $1,189,100,000, to remain 
     available until expended:  Provided, That up to $620,000,000 
     may be transferred to and merged with ``Salaries and 
     Expenses'' for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     disaster loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
     Business Act.

                                TITLE VI

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

            PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY

                  Federal Emergency Management Agency

                           federal assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Federal Assistance'', 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for emergency management performance grants under the 
     National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 
     seq.), the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), the Earthquake Hazards 
     Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), section 762 of title 
     6, United States Code, and Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 
     (5 U.S.C. App.).

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 1601. (a) Repayments of the remaining balances of all 
     loans, as of September 30, 2021, by the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency under section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184) 
     are hereby canceled.
       (b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
     of Homeland Security for ``Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency--Disaster Relief Fund'', such sums as are necessary 
     may be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan 
     Program Account for carrying out subsection (a).
       (c) Each amount repurposed or transferred by this section 
     that was previously designated by the Congress as an 
     emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief 
     pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
     Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolution on the budget is 
     designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
     pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b), or as 
     being for disaster relief pursuant to section 4004(b)(6) and 
     section 4005(f), respectively, of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
     Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 2022.

                               TITLE VII

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                   management of lands and resources

       For an additional amount for ``Management of Lands and 
     Resources'', $1,192,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
     calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and 
     other natural disasters.

                    United States Fish and Wildlife

                              construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $58,227,000, 
     to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 
     related to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 
     2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

                         National Park Service

                              construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', 
     $229,472,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     necessary expenses related to the consequences of calendar 
     year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other 
     natural disasters.

                    United States Geological Survey

                 surveys, investigations, and research

       For an additional amount for ``Surveys, Investigations, and 
     Research'', $26,284,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
     calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and 
     other natural disasters.

             Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

             offshore safety and environmental enforcement

       For an additional amount for ``Offshore Safety and 
     Environmental Enforcement'', $223,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for necessary expenses related to the 
     consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020 and 2021 wildfires, 
     hurricanes and natural disasters.

                        Bureau of Indian Affairs

                              construction

       For an additional amount for ``Construction'', $452,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for necessary expenses 
     related to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 
     2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

                        DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Wildland Fire Management'', 
     $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     necessary expenses related to wildfires:  Provided, That of 
     the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, 
     $55,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels management 
     activities:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
     under this heading in this Act, $45,000,000, shall be for 
     burned area recovery.

                            RELATED AGENCIES

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                       forest service operations

       For an additional amount for ``Forest Service Operations'', 
     $105,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     necessary expenses related to the consequences of calendar 
     year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other 
     natural disasters.

                     forest and rangeland research

       For an additional amount for ``Forest and Rangeland 
     Research'', $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
     calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and 
     other natural disasters for the forest inventory and analysis 
     program.

                       state and private forestry

       For an additional amount for ``State and Private 
     Forestry'', $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
     calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and 
     other natural disasters.

                         national forest system

       For an additional amount for ``National Forest System'', 
     $710,000,000, to remain available until expended:  Provided, 
     That of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, 
     $535,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses related to the 
     consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, 
     hurricanes and other natural disasters, including no less 
     than $175,000,000 for high priority post-wildfire restoration 
     for watershed protection, critical habitat, and burned area 
     recovery:  Provided further, That of the amounts provided 
     under this heading in this Act, $175,000,000 shall be for 
     hazardous fuels mitigation.

                  capital improvement and maintenance

       For an additional amount for ``Capital Improvement and 
     Maintenance'', $470,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for necessary expenses related to the consequences 
     of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes 
     and other natural disasters.

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                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 1701. (a)(1) If services performed by the designated 
     employees under paragraph (2) of this subsection at the 
     Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture 
     during 2021 are determined by the Secretary of the Interior 
     or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable, to be 
     primarily related to emergency wildland fire suppression 
     activities, any premium pay for such services shall be 
     disregarded in calculating the aggregate of such employee's 
     basic pay and premium pay for purposes of a limitation under 
     section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, or under any 
     other provision of law, whether such employee's pay is paid 
     on a biweekly or calendar year basis. Any services during 
     2021 that generate payments payable in 2022 shall be 
     disregarded in applying this subsection.
       (2) The premium pay waiver under paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection shall apply to individuals serving as wildland 
     firefighters and as fire management response officials, 
     including regional fire directors, deputy regional fire 
     directors, agency officials who directly oversee fire 
     operations, and fire management officers, and individuals 
     serving on incident management teams (IMTs), at the National 
     Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), at Geographic Area 
     Coordinating Centers (GACCs), and at Operations centers.
       (3) The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture shall 
     provide a report to Congress detailing the number of 
     positions, including by occupation, grade, and the aggregate 
     pay by type of pay for each individual who receives pay 
     authorized under subsection (a)(1).
       (b) Any overtime pay for services described in subsection 
     (a) that is payable under an authority outside of title 5, 
     United States Code, shall be disregarded in calculating any 
     annual limit on the amount of overtime pay payable in 2021.
       (c) Any pay that is disregarded under either subsection (a) 
     or (b) shall be disregarded in calculating such employee's 
     aggregate pay for purposes of applying the limitation in 
     section 5307 of title 5, United States Code, during 2021.
       (d)(1) Pay that is disregarded under subsection (a) or (b) 
     shall not cause the aggregate of the employee's basic pay and 
     premium pay for the applicable calendar year 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, as in effect at the end of such calendar year.
       (2) For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee 
     who would otherwise be subject to the premium pay limits 
     established under section 5547 of title 5, United States 
     Code, ``premium pay'' means the premium pay paid under the 
     provisions of law cited in section 5547(a).
       (3) For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee 
     under a premium pay limit established under an authority 
     other than section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, the 
     agency responsible for administering such limit shall 
     determine what payments are considered premium pay.
       (4) For the purpose of applying this subsection, ``basic 
     pay'' includes any applicable locality-based comparability 
     payment under section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
     any applicable special rate supplement under section 5305 of 
     such title, or any equivalent payment under a similar 
     provision of law.
       (e) This section shall take effect as if enacted on January 
     1, 2021.
       (f) If application of this section results in the payment 
     of additional premium pay to a covered employee of a type 
     that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or 
     any other purpose, that additional pay shall not--
       (1) be considered to be basic pay of the covered employee 
     for any purpose; or
       (2) be used in computing a lump-sum payment to the covered 
     employee for accumulated and accrued annual leave under 
     section 5551 or section 5552 of title 5, United States Code, 
     or other similar provision of law.
       (g) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall jointly provide to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate, the Senate Committee on Agriculture Nutrition and 
     Forestry, the House of Representatives Committee on 
     Agriculture, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources, the House of Representatives Committee on Natural 
     Resources, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, and the House of Representatives 
     Committee on Oversight and Reform, a framework to modernize 
     the wildland firefighting workforce beginning in fiscal year 
     2022.

                               TITLE VIII

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    Federal Aviation Administration

                        facilities and equipment

       For an additional amount for ``Facilities and Equipment'', 
     $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
     for necessary expenses related to the consequences of 
     Hurricane Ida.

                     Federal Highway Administration

                        emergency relief program

       For an additional amount for the ``Emergency Relief 
     Program'' as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United 
     States Code, $2,600,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                   Community Planning and Development

                       community development fund

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For an additional amount for ``Community Development 
     Fund'', $5,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for necessary expenses for activities authorized under title 
     I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to disaster relief, long-term 
     recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic 
     revitalization, and mitigation, in the most impacted and 
     distressed areas resulting from a major disaster that 
     occurred in 2020 or 2021 pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford 
     Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
     et seq.):  Provided, That amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act shall be awarded directly to the State, 
     unit of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such 
     term is defined in section 102 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) at the discretion 
     of the Secretary:  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     allocate, using the best available data, an amount equal to 
     the total estimate for unmet needs for qualifying disasters 
     under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That any 
     final allocation for the total estimate for unmet need made 
     available under the preceding proviso shall include an 
     additional amount of 15 percent of such estimate for 
     additional mitigation:  Provided further, That of the amounts 
     made available under this heading in this Act, no less than 
     $1,610,000,000 shall be allocated for major declared 
     disasters that occurred in 2020 within 30 days of the date of 
     enactment of this Act:  Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall not prohibit the use of amounts made available under 
     this heading in this Act for non-Federal share as authorized 
     by section 105(a)(9) of the Housing and Community Development 
     Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(9)): Provided further, That of 
     the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
     grantees may establish grant programs to assist small 
     businesses for working capital purposes to aid in recovery:  
     Provided further, That as a condition of drawing funds for 
     any activity other than general administration, the Secretary 
     shall certify in advance that such grantee has in place 
     proficient financial controls and procurement processes and 
     has established adequate procedures to prevent any 
     duplication of benefits as defined by section 312 of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely expenditure of funds, 
     to maintain comprehensive websites regarding all disaster 
     recovery activities assisted with amounts made available 
     under this heading in this Act, and to detect and prevent 
     waste, fraud, and abuse of funds:  Provided further, That 
     with respect to any such duplication of benefits, the 
     Secretary shall act in accordance with section 1210 of Public 
     Law 115-254 (132 Stat. 3442) and section 312 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5155):  Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
     require grantees to maintain on a public website information 
     containing common reporting criteria established by the 
     Department that permits individuals and entities awaiting 
     assistance and the general public to see how all grant funds 
     are used, including copies of all relevant procurement 
     documents, including grantee administrative contracts and 
     details of ongoing procurement processes, as determined by 
     the Secretary:  Provided further, That prior to the 
     obligation of funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the 
     Secretary for approval detailing the proposed use of all 
     funds, including criteria for eligibility and how the use of 
     these funds will address long-term recovery and restoration 
     of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and 
     mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas:  
     Provided further, That such funds may not be used for 
     activities reimbursable by, or for which funds are made 
     available by, the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the 
     Army Corps of Engineers:  Provided further, That funds 
     allocated under this heading in this Act shall not be 
     considered relevant to the non-disaster formula allocations 
     made pursuant to section 106 of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306):  Provided further, 
     That a State, unit of general local government, or Indian 
     tribe may use up to 5 percent of its allocation for 
     administrative costs related to a major disaster under this 
     heading in this Act and for the same purposes in prior and 
     future Acts and such amounts shall be available for any 
     eligible administrative costs without regard to a particular 
     disaster:  Provided further, That in administering the 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act, the 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 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 these funds (except for requirements related 
     to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the 
     environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists 
     for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver or 
     alternative requirement would not be inconsistent with the 
     overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Community 
     Development Act of 1974:  Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of

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     funds provided under this heading in this Act that use such 
     funds to supplement Federal assistance provided under section 
     402, 403, 404, 406, 407, 408(c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, without review or public 
     comment, any environmental review, approval, or permit 
     performed by a Federal agency, and such adoption shall 
     satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient with respect to 
     such environmental review, approval or permit:  Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the 
     Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
     5304(g)(2)), the Secretary or a State may, upon receipt of a 
     request for release of funds and certification, immediately 
     approve the release of funds for an activity or project 
     assisted under this heading in this Act if the recipient has 
     adopted an environmental review, approval or permit under the 
     preceding proviso or the activity or project is categorically 
     excluded from review under the National Environmental Policy 
     Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.):  Provided further, That 
     the Secretary shall publish via notice in the Federal 
     Register or on the website of the Department any waiver, or 
     alternative requirement, to any statute or regulation that 
     the Secretary administers pursuant to title I of the Housing 
     and Community Development Act of 1974 no later than 5 days 
     before the effective date of such waiver or alternative 
     requirement:  Provided further, That the Secretary is 
     authorized to approve the use of amounts made available under 
     this heading in this Act or a prior or future Act for 
     activities authorized under title I of the Housing and 
     Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
     related to unmet recovery needs in the most impacted and 
     distressed areas resulting from a major disaster in this Act 
     or in a prior or future Act to be used interchangeably and 
     without limitation for the same activities in the most 
     impacted and distressed areas resulting from other major 
     disasters assisted under this Act or a prior or future Act 
     when such areas overlap and when the use of the funds will 
     address unmet recovery needs of both disasters:  Provided 
     further, That, until the Secretary publishes a Federal 
     Register Notice establishing the requirements for the 
     previous proviso, grantees that received grants under the 
     same heading for 2017, 2018 or 2019 disasters may submit for 
     approval revised plans for the use of funds related to those 
     major disasters to expand the eligible beneficiaries of 
     existing programs contained in such previously approved plans 
     to include those impacted by disasters in 2020 or 2021:  
     Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
     this heading in this Act, up to $7,000,000 shall be made 
     available for capacity building and technical assistance, 
     including assistance on contracting and procurement, to 
     support States, units of general local government, or Indian 
     tribes, and subrecipients that receive allocations for 
     disaster recovery pursuant to the authority under this 
     heading in this Act and allocations for disaster recovery in 
     any prior or future Acts:  Provided further, That of the 
     amounts made available under this heading in this Act, up to 
     $5,500,000 shall be transferred to ``Department of Housing 
     and Urban Development--Program Office Salaries and Expenses--
     Community Planning and Development'' for necessary costs, 
     including information technology costs, of administering and 
     overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts made 
     available under the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in 
     this Act or any prior or future Act that makes amounts 
     available for purposes related to major disasters under such 
     heading.

                                TITLE IX

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

       Sec. 1901.  Each amount appropriated or made available by 
     this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
     the fiscal year involved.
       Sec. 1902.  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. 1903.  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 2022.
       Sec. 1904.  Each amount provided by this division is 
     designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 
     4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.
       
       This division may be cited as the ``Disaster Relief 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''.

     DIVISION C--AFGHANISTAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022

        The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                    Federal Bureau of Investigation

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

       For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
     $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for investigative activities associated with Afghan 
     resettlement operations.

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

                       OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE

             Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid

       For an additional amount for ``Overseas Humanitarian, 
     Disaster, and Civic Aid'', $2,200,000,000, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2023, for support of Operation 
     Allies Welcome by the Department of Defense.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 2201.  Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter through 
     fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Defense shall provide a 
     written report to the congressional defense committees 
     describing the execution of funds provided in this title, 
     including the amounts obligated and expended, in total and 
     since the previous report; the nature of the costs incurred 
     or services provided by such funds; and any reimbursements or 
     funds transferred by another Federal agency to the Department 
     of Defense which relates to the purpose of the funds provided 
     by this title.
       Sec. 2202.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds provided by this title shall only be for the purposes 
     specified, and shall not be subject to any transfer authority 
     provided by law.
       Sec. 2203.  The Inspector General of the Department of 
     Defense shall carry out reviews of the activities of the 
     Department of Defense to transport and care for Afghans, 
     including but not limited to, the humane treatment and living 
     conditions of Afghans at any Department of Defense facility; 
     the use of funds by the Department of Defense to support such 
     persons, including the monitoring of potential waste, fraud, 
     or abuse of such funds; and any related issues that the 
     Inspector General may direct:  Provided, That the Inspector 
     General shall provide to the congressional defense committees 
     periodic updates on such oversight efforts and a written 
     report to such committees not later than 60 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 2204.  Title IX of division C of Public Law 116-260 is 
     amended under the heading ``Afghanistan Security Forces 
     Fund'' by inserting the following before the penultimate 
     proviso: ``Provided further, That the Secretary of Defense 
     may obligate and expend funds made available under this 
     heading for costs associated with the termination of 
     contracts previously funded with amounts provided under this 
     heading in prior Acts, and to pay valid invoices in 
     satisfaction of liabilities under such contracts for which 
     the applicable prior appropriation cannot be identified:''.
       Sec. 2205.  Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Service Secretaries and the Commander 
     of United States Central Command, shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report regarding the 
     disposition of United States property, equipment, and 
     supplies, including property, equipment, and supplies 
     provided to the Afghanistan National Security Forces, which 
     were destroyed, taken out of Afghanistan, or remain in 
     Afghanistan in connection with the United States military 
     withdrawal: Provided, That such report shall include 
     information on the future plans of the Department of Defense 
     regarding any such items.

                               TITLE III

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

               Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

                cdc-wide activities and program support

       For an additional amount for ``CDC-Wide Activities and 
     Program Support'', $21,500,000, for support of Operation 
     Allies Welcome to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for medical support, screening, and other related public 
     health activities related to Afghan arrivals and refugees.

                Administration for Children and Families

                     refugee and entrant assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Refugee and Entrant 
     Assistance'', $1,680,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2023, for support of Operation Allies Welcome 
     for carrying out refugee and entrant assistance activities in 
     support of citizens or nationals of Afghanistan paroled into 
     the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration 
     and Nationality Act and citizens or nationals of Afghanistan 
     for whom such refugee and entrant assistance activities are 
     authorized:  Provided, That amounts made available under this 
     heading in this Act may be used for grants or contracts with 
     qualified nonprofit organizations to provide culturally and 
     linguistically appropriate services, including wrap-around 
     services during temporary housing and after resettlement, 
     housing assistance, medical assistance, legal assistance, and 
     case management assistance:  Provided further, That the 
     Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, in carrying 
     out section 412(c)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act with amounts made available under this heading in this 
     Act, may allocate such amounts among the States in a manner 
     that accounts for the most current data available.

                children and families services programs

       For an additional amount for ``Children and Families 
     Services Programs'', $7,773,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2022, for support of Operation Allies Welcome 
     for

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     necessary administrative expenses to carry out refugee and 
     entrant assistance activities in support of citizens or 
     nationals of Afghanistan.

                     GENERAL PROVISION--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 2301. (a) Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall jointly submit a strategy on Afghan 
     evacuee resettlement to the appropriate congressional 
     committees and leadership describing agency roles and 
     responsibilities, vetting, immigration status of each Afghan, 
     and anticipated costs associated with implementing such 
     strategy.
       (b) Definition of Afghan Evacuee.--In this section, the 
     term ``Afghan evacuee'' means a person whose evacuation from 
     Afghanistan to the United States, or a location overseas 
     controlled by the United States, was facilitated by the 
     United States as part of Operation Allies Refuge.

                                TITLE IV

                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

                   Administration of Foreign Affairs

           emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service

        For an additional amount for ``Emergencies in the 
     Diplomatic and Consular Service'', $276,900,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for support for Operation Allies 
     Welcome and related efforts by the Department of State, 
     including additional relocations of individuals at risk as a 
     result of the situation in Afghanistan and related expenses, 
     and to reimburse the account under this heading in prior acts 
     making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs for obligations previously 
     incurred.

                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                   international disaster assistance

       For an additional amount for ``International Disaster 
     Assistance'', $400,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to address humanitarian needs in Afghanistan and 
     the region impacted by the situation in Afghanistan.

                          Department of State

                    migration and refugee assistance

       For an additional amount for ``Migration and Refugee 
     Assistance'', $415,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to address humanitarian needs in, and to assist 
     refugees from, Afghanistan.

     united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

       For an additional amount for ``United States Emergency 
     Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', $1,076,100,000, to 
     remain available until expended, notwithstanding section 
     2(c)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 
     (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)), of which $976,100,000 is for support 
     for Operation Allies Welcome and related efforts by the 
     Department of State, including additional relocations of 
     individuals at risk as a result of the situation in 
     Afghanistan and related expenses, and $100,000,000 is to 
     respond to other unexpected and urgent humanitarian 
     emergencies.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 2401.  During fiscal years 2022 and 2023, 
     notwithstanding any applicable restrictions on the ability of 
     the Department of State and the United States Agency for 
     International Development to enter into personal services 
     contracts, including section 704 of the Financial Services 
     and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021 (division E 
     of Public Law 116-260) as continued by section 101 of 
     division A of this Act (and any successor provision in a 
     subsequently enacted appropriations Act), the authorities of 
     section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2669(c)), section 636(a)(3) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(a)(3)), and section 
     5(a)(6) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 
     (22 U.S.C. 2605(a)(6)) may be exercised, without regard to 
     the geographic limitations referenced therein, particularly 
     to enter into, extend, and maintain contracts with 
     individuals who have served as locally employed staff of the 
     United States mission in Afghanistan.
       Sec. 2402.  The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
     the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, not later than 45 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, a report on the proposed uses of funds 
     appropriated by this title under the headings ``Emergencies 
     in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'' and ``United States 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', by 
     program, project, and activity, for which the obligation of 
     funds is anticipated:  Provided, That such report shall be 
     updated (including any changes in proposed uses from the 
     initial plan) and submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations every 45 days until September 30, 2023.
       Sec. 2403.  Not later than 45 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
     heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations a report on the status of the 
     Priority 2 (P-2) designation granting United States Refugee 
     Admissions Program (USRAP) access for certain at risk Afghan 
     nationals and their eligible family members that was 
     announced by the Department of State on August 2, 2021:  
     Provided, That such report shall include the approximate 
     number of Afghan nationals and their eligible family members 
     who have been referred to the program, the number of Afghan 
     nationals who have contacted a Resettlement Support Center to 
     begin processing of their P-2 referral, the estimated time 
     for processing such applications, an assessment of the 
     obstacles facing P-2 eligible individuals seeking to leave 
     Afghanistan, and a plan for augmenting personnel needed for 
     refugee processing or humanitarian parole:  Provided further, 
     That such report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but 
     may be accompanied by a classified annex.
       Sec. 2404.  None of the funds appropriated in this title 
     and made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be made 
     available for direct assistance to the Taliban.

                                TITLE V

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

       Sec. 2501.  In addition to amounts otherwise made 
     available, there is appropriated for ``U.S. Citizenship and 
     Immigration Services--Immigration Examination Fee Account'', 
     $193,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
     necessary expenses in support of Operation Allies Welcome, to 
     be deposited and used as provided in section 286(n) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(n)):  
     Provided, That such amounts shall be in addition to any other 
     amounts made available for such purposes and shall not be 
     construed to require any reduction of any fee described in 
     section 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1356(m)):  Provided further, That amounts provided in 
     this section shall only be for the purposes specified, and 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law are not available 
     for non-expenditure transfer or reprogramming:  Provided 
     further, That within 15 days of the date of enactment of this 
     Act, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services shall provide 
     to the Committees on Appropriations and the Committees on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives an 
     expenditure plan for the funds provided under this paragraph, 
     and every 30 days thereafter shall provide updated execution 
     data to such Committees for such funds:  Provided further, 
     That the reporting requirement in the previous proviso shall 
     end on September 30, 2026.
       Sec. 2502. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, a citizen or national of Afghanistan (or a 
     person with no nationality who last habitually resided in 
     Afghanistan) shall be eligible for the benefits described in 
     subsections (b) and (c) if--
       (1) such individual completed security and law enforcement 
     background checks to the satisfaction of the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security and was subsequently--
       (A) paroled into the United States between July 31, 2021, 
     and September 30, 2022; or
       (B) paroled into the United States after September 30, 
     2022, and--
       (i) is the spouse or child (as such term is defined under 
     section 101(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1101(b)) of an individual described in subparagraph 
     (A); or
       (ii) is the parent or legal guardian of an individual 
     described in subparagraph (A) who is determined to be an 
     unaccompanied child under 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2); and
       (2) such individual's parole has not been terminated by the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security.
       (b) Benefits.--An individual described in subsection (a) 
     shall be eligible for--
       (1) resettlement assistance, entitlement programs, and 
     other benefits available to refugees admitted under section 
     207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) 
     until March 31, 2023, or the term of parole granted under 
     subsection (a), whichever is later;
       (2) services described under section 412(d)(2) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)), 
     subject to subparagraph (B) of such section, if such 
     individual is an unaccompanied alien child as defined under 6 
     U.S.C. 279(g)(2); and
       (3) a driver's license or identification card under section 
     202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 109-
     13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note), notwithstanding subsection 
     (c)(2)(B) of such Act.
       (c) Expeditious Adjudication of Asylum Applications.--With 
     respect to an application for asylum under section 208 of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) filed by an 
     individual described in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security shall--
       (1) conduct the initial interview on the asylum application 
     not later than 45 days after the date on which the 
     application is filed; and
       (2) in the absence of exceptional circumstances, issue a 
     final administrative adjudication on the asylum application 
     within 150 days after the date the application is filed.
       (d) Clarification.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, nothing in this act shall be interpreted to--
       (1) preclude an individual described in subsection (a), 
     from applying for or receiving any immigration benefits to 
     which such individual is otherwise eligible; or
       (2) entitle a person described in subsection (a) to lawful 
     permanent resident status.
       (e) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 3 months thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, shall submit 
     a report to Congress detailing

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     the number of individuals described in subsection (a); the 
     number of individuals receiving benefits in subsection (b), 
     including their eligibility for benefits as refugees 
     notwithstanding this Act; and any other information deemed 
     relevant by the Secretary.


                         reporting requirement

       Sec. 2503. 
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter through 
     September 30, 2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     coordination with the head of any other applicable Federal 
     agency, shall submit to Congress a report that includes the 
     elements described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A summary of the status of Afghan evacuees, including--
       (i) the number of the Afghan evacuees present in the United 
     States, located at overseas bases of the United States Armed 
     Forces, or located in third countries who are not located at 
     such a base including--

       (I) the number who are U.S. lawful permanent residents;
       (II) the number who are Special Immigrant Visa holders;
       (III) the number who are Special Immigrant Visa applicants;
       (IV) the number who are in possession of a valid 
     nonimmigrant visa to enter the United States;
       (V) the number who are employees of a U.S. Government 
     agency;
       (VI) the number who are employees of a U.S. funded partner 
     organization, media, or non-profit;
       (VII) the number of Priority 1 refugee referrals;
       (VIII) the number of Priority 2 refugee referrals;
       (IX) the number who have been relocated from the United 
     States to a third country, and the country to which they were 
     relocated; and
       (X) the number who do not fall into any of the above 
     categories.

       (ii) the number of Afghan evacuees at overseas bases or 
     other official staging areas who have been flagged as 
     potential security concerns or risks or included on the 
     United States no-fly list and who were therefore denied 
     clearance to enter the United States;
       (iii) the number of the Afghan evacuees who have been 
     paroled into the United States--

       (I) the number whose parole was terminated; and
       (II) the number whose parole has been extended; and

       (B) The number of Afghan evacuees who have been interviewed 
     by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in connection 
     with an application or petition for immigration benefits, 
     including--
       (i) the number of such interviews conducted since the 
     United States withdrawal;
       (ii) the rate at which individuals were granted or refused 
     the benefits that formed the basis for such interviews;
       (iii) the number of individuals who did not appear at a 
     scheduled interview; and
       (iv) a description of the procedures for screening for and 
     detecting child marriage, human trafficking, gender-based 
     violence, and marriages entered into or relationships as 
     fiancee or fiance claimed for the sole purpose of securing 
     evacuation.
       (C) For each Federal department and agency involved in 
     Operation Allies Welcome--
       (i) as of the date of the report, the costs incurred; and
       (ii) an identification of the source of appropriated or 
     other funds used to fund the effort.
       (3) Definition of afghan evacuee.--In this section, the 
     term ``Afghan evacuee'' means a person whose evacuation from 
     Afghanistan to the United States, or a location overseas 
     controlled by the United States, was facilitated by the 
     United States as part of Operation Allies Refuge.
       Sec. 2504.  Each amount appropriated or made available by 
     this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
     the fiscal year involved.
       Sec. 2505.  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. 2506.  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 2022.
       Sec. 2507.  Each amount provided by this division is 
     designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 
     4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
     resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022.
       
       This division may be cited as the ``Afghanistan 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022''.

                       DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS

     TITLE I--EXTENSIONS, TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS

     SEC. 3101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN 
                   APPOINTMENTS FOR NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL 
                   SYSTEM.

       Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 300hh-11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ``September 
     30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 3, 2021''.

     SEC. 3102. EXTENDING CERTAIN WAIVER AUTHORITIES.

       (a) National School Lunch Program Requirement Waivers 
     Addressing COVID-19.--Section 2202(e) of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 42 U.S.C. 1760 
     note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2021'' and 
     inserting ``June 30, 2022: Provided, That such waivers shall 
     only apply to school year 2021-2022''.
       (b) Funding.--There are hereby appropriated, out of any 
     funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
     as may be necessary to carry out this section.

     SEC. 3103.

       Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
     by striking ``September 30, 2021'' and inserting ``December 
     31, 2021''.

     SEC. 3104. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ORDER FOR FENTANYL-RELATED 
                   SUBSTANCES.

       Effective as if included in the enactment of the Temporary 
     Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of 
     Fentanyl Analogues Act (Public Law 116-114), section 2 of 
     such Act (as amended by Public Law 117-12) is amended by 
     striking ``October 22, 2021'' and inserting ``January 28, 
     2022''.

     SEC. 3105. EXTENDING THE INCREASED FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
                   PERCENTAGE FOR TERRITORIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 1905(ff) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(ff)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``September 30, 2021'' 
     and inserting ``December 3, 2021'' ; and
       (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``September 30, 2021'' 
     and inserting ``December 3, 2021''.
       (b) GAO Review.--Not later than November 15, 2021, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall review the 
     determination of the allotment for Puerto Rico for fiscal 
     year 2022 under section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)), and include in the review the legal 
     opinion of the Comptroller General on the most plausible 
     plain reading of how such fiscal year 2022 allotment level 
     should be calculated.

     SEC. 3106. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.

       Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``$165,000,000'' and 
     inserting ``$69,000,000''.

                      TITLE II--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

     SEC. 3201. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
     this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 
     maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-
     You-Go Act of 2010.
       (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this 
     division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard 
     maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 
     (115th Congress).
       (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding 
     Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 
     joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
     accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(8) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, the budgetary effects of this division shall not be 
     estimated--
       (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act;
       (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on 
     Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
       (3) 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.

          TITLE III--TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT

     SEC. 3301. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.

       (a) In General.--Section 3101(b) of title 31, United States 
     Code, shall not apply for the period beginning on the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and ending on December 16, 2022.
       (b) Special Rule Relating to Obligations Issued During 
     Extension Period.--Effective on December 17, 2022, the 
     limitation in effect under section 3101(b) of title 31, 
     United States Code, shall be increased to the extent that--
       (1) the face amount of obligations issued under chapter 31 
     of such title and the face amount of obligations whose 
     principal and interest are guaranteed by the United States 
     Government (except guaranteed obligations held by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury) outstanding on December 17, 2022, 
     exceeds
       (2) the face amount of such obligations outstanding on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Extension Limited to Necessary Obligations.--An 
     obligation shall not be taken into account under subsection 
     (b)(1) unless the issuance of such obligation was necessary 
     to fund a commitment incurred pursuant to law by the Federal 
     Government that required payment before December 17, 2022.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill shall be debatable for 1 hour 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member 
of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.
  The gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro) and the gentlewoman 
from Texas (Ms. Granger) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Connecticut.

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                             General Leave

  Ms. DeLAURO. 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 Connecticut?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, 
and I rise in support of the Extending Government Funding and 
Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, which extends funding for Federal 
programs and services through December 3.
  With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, amid many other serious 
challenges, this bill provides tens of billions of dollars to support 
the working middle-class families who live paycheck-to-paycheck. It 
supports them through investments in education, health, housing, and 
public safety programs, and it ensures that we can continue to help the 
most vulnerable.
  Through investments in our schools, high-quality job training 
programs, and early childhood education, this bill will grow 
opportunity and uplift hardworking American families. It will put food 
on the table for those who are hungry and provide a roof over the head 
for those who are unhoused. Finally, it will protect public health and 
safeguard our consumers from dangerous products and unsafe food.
  But let me be clear. This is not a long-term solution. It simply 
allows additional time for bicameral, bipartisan negotiations on a 
final year bill for fiscal year 2022. The House has advanced our 
process, and we are ready to begin negotiations with the Senate as soon 
as we complete work on this legislation.
  As this bill provides critical support for our families and 
communities it also addresses recent emergencies that require Federal 
resources and incorporates feedback from Members on both sides of the 
aisle. It provides emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to 
the recent disasters caused by climate change and to address needs 
created by the end of more than 20 years of war in Afghanistan.
  The climate crisis gave us the devastation of Hurricane Ida and last 
year's hurricanes, recent wildfires, severe droughts, extreme heat, and 
winter storms. As a result, thousands of Americans across the United 
States are still in great need of assistance and support. I am proud 
that this bill provides $28.6 billion in desperately needed Federal 
aid, including $7.5 billion for Hurricane Ida, so that survivors, small 
businesses, and hard-hit communities can rebuild and put struggling 
families back on their feet. We provide this relief to virtually all 
corners of the Nation, because all corners of the Nation need our help.
  As we respond to these disasters in the United States, we must 
address humanitarian needs resulting from the end of the war in 
Afghanistan. This bill delivers $6.3 billion for urgent humanitarian 
assistance in the region and honors our commitment to our Afghan allies 
and their families who are now in the United States. It provides 
funding to support temporary housing, security screenings, and long-
term resettlement of these Afghan evacuees. These people risked their 
lives to serve our Nation, and it is our moral imperative to protect 
them and to help them get back on their feet.
  Finally, the legislation suspends the statutory debt limit through 
December 2022.
  Mr. Speaker, with this bill we are doing what is right: supporting 
working families and this country.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise today in reluctant opposition to H.R. 5305, a bill that 
contains many critical items, including a continuing resolution to fund 
the Federal Government until December 3.
  Over the last month, Republican Members of the House and Senate have 
voiced concerns about tying a vote to suspend the debt ceiling with a 
vote to keep the government funded.
  It is disappointing, but that is exactly what is happening here 
today.
  Even if this bill passes the House, we know it is going to face 
strong resistance in the Senate.
  With only a few days left in the fiscal year, this decision alone 
could force us into an unnecessary and costly government shutdown.
  I do want to thank our committee chair, Ms. DeLauro, for working to 
develop a bill that includes priorities of Members on both sides of the 
aisle.
  In addition to this bill allowing critical adjustments to be made in 
government programs over the next 2 months, we worked together on much 
needed supplemental funding to address hurricanes, wildfires, flooding, 
and other impacts of natural disasters.
  Unfortunately, the chair's good faith efforts have been undone by 
other political decisions.
  Not only does this bill include language to suspend the debt ceiling, 
the funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system was removed 
from the bill after it was filed.
  I do not understand why this decision was made because it was only 4 
short months ago that Israel faced rocket attacks on a scale that had 
never been seen before. Israeli civilians would have suffered terrible 
casualties had it not been for Iron Dome.
  Iron Dome rocket interceptors need to be restored, and that is why 
funding was included as part of the original package.
  We should not be turning our backs on our steadfast ally at a time 
when they continue to face dangerous threats from terrorists. The 
decision to pull funding will leave Israel more vulnerable.

  In addition to this funding being removed, there are some other items 
that deserve further review as we move forward with the fiscal year 
2022 appropriations process.
  For example, we must give the Department of Homeland Security the 
resources it needs to address the historically high number of migrants 
flooding our borders.
  The situation on the border is the worst it has ever been, and we 
must get it under control.
  Putting these issues aside, we all know the reality is that we must 
pass a bill to keep the government open.
  There is no time for delay.
  We should not pretend that by considering this bill on the floor of 
the House today that we will be any closer to sending a bill to the 
President's desk to prevent a government shutdown.
  I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the majority leader.
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for 
yielding, and I want to congratulate her for the job that she has done 
not in only passing 9 of the 12 appropriation bills that are over in 
the Senate, which, unfortunately, have not been considered, and the 
other three bills I know she is working very hard on, which would 
obviate the need for another CR. But we have not done that yet, so we 
must pass this bill.
  There is no job, Mr. Speaker, more critical for Congress to perform 
each year than to fund the government.
  Again, I want to thank Chairwoman DeLauro and the members and staff 
of the Appropriations Committee and the ranking member for their work 
earlier this year to ensure that the House pass 9 of the 12 
appropriation bills.
  As we continue to work with the Senate to finish that work, it is 
imperative that we adopt this continuing resolution to keep the 
government open and serving the American people during these 
challenging times.
  The continuing resolution also includes much-needed emergency funding 
for disaster relief. Communities along the Gulf Coast were hard hit by 
Hurricane Ida, and western States are continuing to deal with the 
devastating wildfires.
  At the same time, Mr. Speaker, this legislation also includes 
additional funding to facilitate the resettlement of our Afghan allies 
and their families.
  It is also essential that we suspend the debt limit to prevent a 
default that would trigger an economic catastrophe not only here but 
around the world. And this continuing resolution includes such a 
suspension.
  In my career over the 40 years that I have spent here, Republican and 
Democratic Secretaries of the Treasury and

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administrations have urged us not to allow the credit and faith of the 
United States of America to fail.
  In years past, Democrats and Republicans came together to address the 
debt limit because we all know how dangerous it would be for America 
not to pay the bills it has already incurred. This is not for 
additional spending, this is for what we have already spent either by 
spending it on objectives or cutting revenues.

                              {time}  1900

  Let me remind everyone what we are talking about. This is about 
paying for what we have already bought. A family can't just decide not 
to pay its credit card bill for purchases already made. Their credit 
would suffer--rightfully so--making them a risky bet for lenders, who 
would be justified in charging higher payments.
  Now, we played chicken with the debt some years ago. It was in the 
early 2010s. The credit of the United States for the first time in 100 
years was put down a notch--the credit of the United States of America. 
In much the same way, our country will suffer greatly if we do not act 
now to stave off this unnecessary and preventable crisis.
  During the previous administration, every time the President asked 
Congress to take this same vote, Democrats did the right thing and 
joined with Senator McConnell, Leader McCarthy, and other Republicans 
to suspend the debt limit. We did it three times under a Republican 
President, the previous President.
  Now Congress is being asked to make that responsible choice again, 
but there is a Democratic President. Notwithstanding Senator 
McConnell's observation that it would be unwise not to extend the 
credit of the United States, there apparently is a commitment on the 
other side of the Capitol not to vote for a debt limit extension.
  I hope Republicans will be consistent and will do as they did before: 
vote to prevent a default and spare the American people from yet 
another damaging economic crisis right as we are coming out of a 
pandemic.
  Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members, Republican and Democrat--
this is not a Democratic debt; it is not a Republican debt. It is our 
debt. It is the debt of the United States of America. We don't welch on 
our debts. We pay our debts. That is all this bill does.
  The debt limit is an absolutely phony issue. There is less than a 
handful of countries that have a debt limit, and none who come to a 
crisis of not paying their debt or extending that debt limit.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to join me in voting for the 
continuing resolution to keep government open--probably our primary 
responsibility--and prevent an economic disaster.
  Mr. Speaker, now, I heard the remarks of the gentlewoman, and she 
will be happy to hear that it is my intention to bring to this floor a 
suspension bill before the end of this week that will fund fully Iron 
Dome. I was for that. I am still for it. We ought to do it.
  I talked to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Lapid, just 2 hours ago 
and assured him that that bill was going to pass this House. I hope 
that my colleague on that side of the aisle would join with me.
  I thank Chair DeLauro, with whom we just talked. She indicated she 
wanted that to be done. I intend to bring it to the floor, and it will 
be done. It is absolutely essential.
  There were 4,400 rockets in 10 days that rained down on Israel, one 
of our closest allies and friends. Luckily--no, not luckily. Because 
they had Iron Dome, very few lives were lost and very little property 
was lost. Too much, but nevertheless, Iron Dome saved lives and 
property and held Israel secure.
  The President wants this bill passed. Mr. Schumer wants this bill 
passed. The Speaker wants this bill passed. The chair of the Committee 
on Appropriations wants this bill passed. I want it passed. And I 
believe scores of others on both sides of the aisle want to make sure 
that Israel is secure and that she can replenish the assets of Iron 
Dome, which are defensive only--not offensive weapons, defensive only--
so that if somebody sends a rocket toward either people or places in 
Israel, they will be able to intercept that rocket and save lives and 
save property.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the chair for her leadership. I thank the 
Members of this body who are going to stand up, in my view, and are 
going to vote not only to keep government funded but to ensure that the 
United States of America does not fail to pay its debts.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Meuser).
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Republican leader, the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger).
  Mr. Speaker, today, the national debt is a higher percentage of GDP 
than it has ever been. Our national debt threatens to burden future 
generations and limit our prosperity. After spending $5 trillion in the 
last year--$3.6 trillion of which was bipartisan for COVID relief--it 
is time to address this very serious issue.
  This Democrat majority, however, has rushed headlong toward excessive 
and unnecessary spending. Working families are already feeling the 
impact of the $1.9 trillion spending bill that continues to drive 
record inflation. Now Democrat leadership is moving forward with an 
outrageous $3.5, maybe $4.5, maybe $5 trillion tax and spending spree, 
which is not only the single largest bill ever brought before 
Congress--spending bill, that is--it is also the largest tax bill. It 
is also the largest anti-domestic energy bill. It is also the largest 
entitlement bill. And it is also the largest amnesty bill ever.
  The only thing that got cut from this was the $1 billion, which was 
somewhat explained, from the Iron Dome funding for defense of our ally 
Israel.

  Mr. Speaker, the bill would actually limit private-sector growth, 
which is the source of the revenue--the golden goose, if you will--and 
would reduce GDP as debt crowds out any benefit spending would have. 
This comes from a report from the Wharton School of Business.
  This is nothing short of Big Government socialism suffocating free 
market capitalism. While this pill works its way through Congress, 
Democrats are asking Republicans to sign a blank check for their 
reckless spending. The Democrats are asking us to suspend the debt 
ceiling for the remainder of their time in the majority to finance 
reckless spending while we stand on the sidelines, which we are not 
going to do.
  As the Senate minority leader recently put it, this is like cosigning 
a loan before a heavy gambler's trip to Las Vegas. Democrats want 
unlimited borrowing authority to finance their Big Government socialist 
agenda, leaving the American people to pay for these tax-and-spend, 
irresponsible policies in more ways than one.
  We simply cannot stand for this.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania.
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman.
  Mr. Speaker, if this was for past spending that the majority leader 
suggested, then the debt ceiling cap would be at today's level of debt, 
which is about $28.6 trillion. We will see a much higher number coming 
our way.
  I will not support signing a blank check, as this majority has 
advanced the most reckless expansion of government in generations.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the chairwoman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies.
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I thank Chair DeLauro for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, it is with mixed feelings that I rise in support of 
today's short-term continuing resolution.
  Once again, we need the means to keep the Federal Government's lights 
on, make certain Social Security offices function, and ensure national 
parks remain open to all.
  The American people deserve better performance from their elected 
leaders. We are in the middle of a global pandemic, and too many people 
are unsure of whether they can keep their own lights on.
  One bright spot in this bill is the inclusion of critical funding to 
respond to Hurricane Ida and other devastations wrought by climate 
change.
  This legislation will provide $6 billion for the Army Corps of 
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Department of Energy to respond to these human and environmental 
disasters.
  The energy and water portion also contains commonsense, necessary 
extensions to keep essential programs operating for the next several 
weeks, and I support key provisions to responsibly lift the debt 
ceiling.
  Our Nation is still reeling from the GOP tax scam that blew up the 
deficit while giving away billions of dollars to the top 1 percent. The 
lack of action from our Senate Republican colleagues for the third year 
in a row is deeply concerning. Nine bills still await committee 
consideration, but Senate Republicans would rather block efforts to 
help America build back better than do their jobs.
  I commend Chairwoman DeLauro's leadership and Speaker Pelosi and 
Majority Leader Hoyer for their prioritization and passage in the House 
of 9 of our 12 appropriations spending bills, with all bills passed 
through committee.
  Gosh, Senate, come on. Catch up.
  I urge all of my colleagues to support this continuing resolution.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman 
from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), the chairman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Agriculture.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5305. As chairman of the 
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, I would like to highlight several 
items in our jurisdiction.
  The legislation includes $10 billion for agricultural disaster 
assistance programs to cover events in 2020 and 2021. Farmers, 
ranchers, and producers continue to face extreme climate events from 
extensive droughts out West and unprecedented heat in the Pacific 
Northwest to another year of massive wildfires in California and 
hurricanes that continue to batter the Gulf and Eastern seaboard 
States. Every region of our country is impacted.
  The bill also includes $275 million for the Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program to help communities address damages to 
infrastructure caused by natural disasters that impair the watersheds.
  Furthermore, it ensures that USDA can fully meet the demand for farm 
ownership loans, especially for beginning and socially disadvantaged 
farmers. It allows USDA to continue to provide loans to help expand 
economic opportunities and create jobs in rural areas, and it provides 
the authority and funding to allow the Food and Nutrition Service to 
increase the amounts of fruits and vegetables in the WIC food package.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the committee staff of both the Appropriations 
and Agriculture Committees. I also thank Chair DeLauro and the Members 
for their dedicated work on the many hard issues addressed in the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill so that 
programs meant to help America grow economically and recover from 
natural disasters can continue to help people across this country.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman 
from California (Ms. Lee), the chairwoman of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 
5305. I thank Chairwoman DeLauro for her tremendous leadership in 
bringing this forward, as well as our Speaker for ensuring that our 
government stays open and responds to key emergencies here at home and 
abroad.
  I am especially pleased that this legislation responds to the needs 
of Western communities impacted by wildfires. My home State of 
California is experiencing the climate emergency firsthand. We have 
lost so many homes and lives and entire towns to wildfires over the 
last few years.
  It is a fact that climate change is driving these fires and extreme 
weather events. This bill includes $28.6 billion to directly address 
the rising cost of climate change.
  As President Biden has said, justice must be at the heart of our 
response. We need to ensure that as we rebuild, we focus on those 
bearing the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis, especially 
and particularly communities of color.
  As chair of the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs of the Committee on Appropriations, I am pleased that 
this legislation includes over $6.3 billion to continue support for 
Afghan evacuees, refugees, and the growing humanitarian needs of the 
Afghan people.
  President Biden made a courageous decision to end two decades of war 
in Afghanistan. Many of us have argued for years that there is no 
military solution in Afghanistan and that the growing humanitarian 
crisis is further exposing the horrific cost of our endless wars.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the 
gentlewoman.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, we not only have a moral 
responsibility to provide safe harbor for vulnerable Afghans who fear 
for their lives but also to provide humanitarian assistance to those 
suffering inside Afghanistan. At least 18.4 million people in 
Afghanistan require humanitarian assistance due to the conflict, severe 
drought, and the COVID pandemic.
  I ask for an ``aye'' vote.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chair of the Appropriations 
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Speaker, if we don't pass this CR and 
disaster relief supplemental, we will have a cascade of nightmare 
occurrences.
  The Federal Government and so many programs that help our 
constituents will simply shut down. The United States will default on 
its debt, causing widespread economic catastrophe, and leave us a 
``permanently weaker Nation,'' as Secretary Yellen said.
  Millions of Americans will not receive emergency assistance to help 
rebuild from recent hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, and blizzards.
  Afghan evacuees will not receive urgent humanitarian assistance.
  The National Institute of Standards and Technology will not receive 
the $22 million in this bill to investigate the Surfside building 
collapse that happened in my district.
  We cannot abandon all these must-pass priorities for the American 
people. Republicans voted for a debt ceiling three times under Trump, 
and this proposed increase would pay for debts that his administration 
incurred.
  Americans have been through enough in the last 18 months. Now is not 
the time to hold our economy hostage and tear vital strands from our 
safety net. Too many children, seniors, and working families are 
counting on the stability we have begun to secure in recent months.
  Republicans must not play politics with our Nation's fiscal 
stability. Too many Americans would get hurt. We must pass this CR. The 
alternative is catastrophic.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman DeLauro, Speaker Pelosi, and Mr. 
Hoyer for committing to bring the Iron Dome stand-alone suspension bill 
to make sure that we can stand by our ally Israel and replenish the 
vital Iron Dome missile defense system funding that Israel must have in 
order to be able make sure that she can defend herself by herself.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Pelosi), the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, the 
distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee, Congresswoman 
DeLauro from Connecticut. Thank you for bringing this important 
legislation to the floor in such a substantial way for our country in 
such need.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this continuing resolution, an 
essential step to keep government open. But it is not about government; 
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continue our work for the people, whether we are talking about Social 
Security recipients, veterans, millions who have a need and would 
benefit from what we are doing, and address the health crisis in our 
country, and the rest, this legislation goes a long way to doing that.
  In fact, it is essential that we keep government open. A government 
shutdown would be a very bad thing for our country, for our economic 
growth, and for meeting the needs of the American people, as I 
suggested.
  This legislation secures government funding through December of this 
year, providing an appropriate amount of time for us to work in a 
bipartisan way, Democrats and Republicans, House and Senate, to address 
appropriations priorities in the regular order process for fiscal year 
2022 while funding government and meeting the needs of people and 
avoiding a government shutdown, which would be catastrophic for 
families and the economy, and recover from the COVID pandemic and the 
economic crisis.
  This legislation also meets other important priorities, helping 
American families devastated by recent natural disasters. Earlier this 
evening, we had a moment of silence for all those who lost their lives 
and for their families--it is very sad--in Hurricane Ida, throughout 
the country.
  Then, helping resettle Afghan evacuees fleeing danger, my colleague, 
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, has spoken about the need to do that and how 
important that is. We have a commitment in this House on both sides of 
the aisle, and the women on both sides of the Capitol, to help the 
Afghan women in any way that we can.
  Another item previously prioritized in the continuing resolution is 
the funding for the Iron Dome. I thank the chairwoman for her 
leadership in bringing this legislation to the floor this week to 
further express the will of Congress for the security of Israel 
manifested in funding for the Iron Dome. I thank her so much for that.
  Mr. Speaker, crucially, this funding will also include the suspension 
of the debt limit through December 2022. Addressing the debt limit is 
about protecting the full faith and credit of the United States, which 
the Founders wrote into the Constitution in the 14th Amendment. Section 
4 states: ``The validity of the public debt of the United States, 
authorized by law . . . shall not be questioned.''
  This is not about future spending. Some would like to give the 
impression we are just doing this. No, this is about paying bills 
already incurred, including to Social Security recipients, veterans, 
and millions who have benefited from the bipartisan COVID relief 
legislation passed last December.
  As I said before, Congress is ironclad in its commitment to never 
letting the full faith and credit of the United States come under 
threat, a commitment that has long been bipartisan.
  Indeed, our approach in the CR to the debt limit is modeled after 
legislation proposed by GOP Senators in recent years. Since 2011, each 
of the seven times that the debt limit has been needed to be addressed, 
Congress has done so on a bipartisan basis, including three times 
during the Trump administration when the debt, during the Trump 
administration, rose by $7.8 trillion. Again, much of that was incurred 
in terms of honoring our commitment on COVID, but a very big chunk of 
it in a tax scam that gave 83 percent of the benefit to the top 1 
percent.

  It should be noted that just 3 percent of the current debt has been 
accumulated under the Biden administration.
  Threatening to force the United States into default would be reckless 
and dangerous beyond measure. The last time Republicans tried this, a 
number of years ago, even the thought of not honoring the full faith 
and credit lowered our credit rating.
  The failure to address the debt limit, as Secretary of the Treasury 
Janet Yellen recently stated, would ``have absolutely catastrophic 
economic consequences. It would be utterly unprecedented'' and ``would 
precipitate a financial crisis. It would threaten the jobs and savings 
of Americans, and at a time when we are still recovering from the COVID 
epidemic.''
  A study released just today found that the failure to address the 
debt limit would cost the U.S. economy up to 6 million jobs, wipe out 
potentially $15 trillion in household wealth, make borrowing rates 
skyrocket, and send the unemployment rate surging up to 9 percent, 
almost twice the level it is now. As the report states, the situation 
would be cataclysmic and comparable to that suffered during the 
financial crisis of 2008.
  Indeed, this situation would be ``financial Armageddon,'' according 
to Mark Zandi of Moody's. It could ``cause an immediate, literally 
cascading catastrophe of unbelievable proportions and damage America 
for 100 years,'' according to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.
  As I mentioned before, this has always been bipartisan. Not everybody 
on every side of the aisle has voted for it, but nobody would let it 
fail.
  In 2019, when supporting a suspension of the debt ceiling under 
President Trump, Leader McConnell stated, while supporting suspension 
of the debt, he stated that doing so ``secures our Nation's full faith 
and credit and ensures that Congress will not throw this kind of 
unnecessary wrench into the gear of our job growth and thriving 
economy.''
  If it was true then, why isn't it true now? Why would Senator 
McConnell reverse his position and decide to throw an unnecessary 
wrench into the gears of our job growth and thriving economy? Today the 
stakes remain high, and they remain the same.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to come together in the spirit of 
bipartisanship to protect the full faith and credit of the United 
States.
  I also want to, again, thank the committee and the distinguished 
chair for the bipartisan conversations that you have had, settling some 
internal aspects of this legislation, some of the important provisions 
in it.
  Remember, we cannot shut down the government. That would be 
catastrophic in its own right. We cannot ignore and not support the 
full faith and credit of the United States of America.
  Right in this Constitution of the United States, the 14th Amendment, 
Section 4: ``The validity of the public debt of the United States, 
authorized by law . . . shall not be questioned.'' The Constitution 
says that. Why should the Congress question that?
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a strong bipartisan vote for the continuing 
resolution.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman 
from Maine (Ms. Pingree), the chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee 
on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
  Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support the Extending Government 
Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act.
  I am so grateful for the leadership of Chair DeLauro, who I know has 
worked tirelessly on this critical legislation, and for the staff, who 
I know haven't slept much lately.
  This bill maintains current government services so that the important 
work funded through the Interior bill, such as preserving our natural 
and cultural resources and upholding our responsibilities to Native 
Americans and Alaska Natives, can continue.
  I am pleased that this bill also contains supplemental funding to 
provide desperately needed relief from the devastation caused by 
climate change, extreme weather events, and catastrophic wildland fire.
  This bill provides $1.8 billion to agencies in the Interior bill for 
expenses related to the consequences of wildfires, hurricanes, and 
other natural disasters that have occurred since 2019.
  Western States, as we all know, are battling more and more historic 
high-intensity wildfires, so I am especially pleased that the bill 
includes $230 million for hazardous fuels activities and $220 million 
for post-wildfire restoration efforts at the Department of the Interior 
and the Forest Service. Such activities are essential to watershed 
protection, critical habitat, and burned area recovery in our Nation's 
forests.
  These investments are essential to meet these current needs in such a 
critical time. Mr. Speaker, I urge everyone to support this bill.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to include the text 
of the amendment in the Record immediately prior to the vote on the 
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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, my amendment would provide $1 billion to replenish 
Israel's Iron Dome security system.
  Four months ago, Israel was under attack from terrorists. The rocket 
fire into Israel was on a scale that had never been seen before. 
Countless civilian lives were saved because of the Iron Dome system 
that the United States has supported year after year.

  Because of the attacks this spring, Iron Dome rocket interceptors 
need to be restored immediately. Members have expressed their support 
for this funding for months. So has the President of the United States, 
and so has the Secretary of Defense.
  Now is the time to ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself 
in the face of real and growing threats. This is a commonsense motion 
that would fund the Iron Dome system and reassure our ally that America 
will never turn its back on the great State of Israel.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge support of the motion, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman), a Member of the Appropriations 
Committee.
  Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of 
H.R. 5305, the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency 
Assistance Act. This important piece of legislation will achieve two 
vital goals: keeping our government funded through December 3 and 
providing much-needed relief to areas impacted by natural disasters 
this year.
  The emergency assistance is vital for my constituents who were 
heavily impacted by Hurricane Ida, which caused historic flooding 
across central Jersey. This assistance will ensure that townships and 
individuals in my district can fully recover and repair from the 
damages of the storm.
  Along with this funding, I am pleased to see the inclusion of 
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  This will lift a financial burden that New Jersey, as well as other 
States and territories, have struggled with in the wake of recovering 
from multiple disasters dating back to Hurricane Sandy. I have been 
fighting for this relief with my New Jersey colleagues for years, and I 
thank the chairwoman from the bottom of my heart for working with me to 
get it included in the text.
  Mr. Speaker, I strongly urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this 
bill and its quick passage towards the President's desk.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman 
from New Jersey (Mr. Malinowski).
  Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. Speaker, 3 weeks ago, the remnants of Hurricane 
Ida slammed into New Jersey claiming 30 lives and devastating my 
district.
  President Biden's major disaster declaration unlocked the financial 
help that we need, and today Congress is heeding our call to fund that 
assistance with billions of dollars to help homeowners and small 
businesses rebuild and to support the flood control projects that we 
desperately need the Army Corps to complete to prevent the next 
disaster.
  While we need the help--and I am proud to have played my part in 
securing it--we also know that the solution to these increasingly 
catastrophic storms can't simply be that we apply to FEMA to help fix 
our homes every 5 years or that we keep building ever higher and higher 
flood walls. We have got to recognize that climate change is 4 feet of 
water in your basement, Mr. Speaker, and the cost of not dealing with 
it is far greater than the cost of transitioning away from fossil 
fuels.
  We can resign ourselves to half a country on fire and half the 
country under water, or we can lead the world to clean energy. I prefer 
to do that.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, in closing, as I said before, we all know 
we must pass a CR to keep the government open. But this bill has too 
many fatal flaws, and passing it is simply a wasted opportunity. We are 
not any closer to sending a bill to the President's desk to prevent a 
government shutdown.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote against this bill, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Carter).
  Mr. CARTER of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
support for this continuing resolution, especially the disaster 
supplemental portion.
  This bill contains crucial funding for my home State of Louisiana and 
for the residents of the Second Congressional District affected by 
Hurricane Ida. Louisianians have been through a lot, and this bill 
recognizes that struggle. It also helps us to begin working on those 
challenges.
  This Congress is stepping up and funding projects that will not only 
repair the damage but also make our communities better and safer. The 
$3 billion in Army Corps funding for flood and storm damage reduction 
projects will change the future of the communities across my State and 
across this Nation. It will build projects that will make communities 
stronger, safer, and more resilient.
  The $5 billion in CDBG funding for long-term disaster recovery will 
help communities affected by storms like Laura in the past year and 
start places affected by Ida on the road to recovery.
  It is not enough to repair these things to how they were. We need a 
recovery that reaches beyond and prepares every community to be better, 
to be weather ready, and ready for the next series of storms. This 
Congress and the administration are taking the steps toward doing just 
that. I will continue to fight for more resources for the people of 
Louisiana and for the Second Congressional District.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this continuing 
resolution and to do the right thing by the people of America.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, as Members of Congress, our first duty is to the 
American people and especially to those in need. With the Extending 
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, we are 
supporting our Nation's working families, so many of whom are 
struggling to get by.
  By responding to the devastation of recent natural disasters, we can 
help the target communities and help the survivors rebuild and restore 
their lives, their livelihoods, and their homes.
  We can also do what is right to help those who risk their lives to 
serve our Nation in Afghanistan. By providing urgent humanitarian 
assistance and resources to allow for the resettlement of Afghan 
evacuees in the United States, we can honor our commitment to these 
people and their families.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to do the right thing and pass this 
bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, the House, led by the Democratic 
majority, did its job, passing 10 of the 12 appropriations bills 
earlier this year, but Senate Republicans failed to hold a single 
markup of appropriations bills, making it necessary to pass this 
Continuing Resolution to avert a shutdown that would only further 
damage our economy.
  Throughout the 117th Congress, House Democrats have worked to deliver 
results for the American people, passing legislation to address each 
pillar of the ``For The People'' agenda: lower health care costs, 
higher wages by rebuilding America, and cleaning up corruption and 
strengthening our Democracy.
  And under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi, the House has passed 
hundreds of bills, including legislation to crush the COVID-19 
pandemic, build our economy back better, lower health care and 
prescription drug prices, raise wages, advance economic and retirement 
security, end gun violence, act on the climate crisis, protect 
Dreamers, and strengthen voting rights.
  Mr. Speaker, let me briefly list several of the programs vital to 
Americans that are protected or extended by H.R. 5305.
  Section 101. Same Terms and Conditions for Continuing Appropriations 
as FY 2020.
  Section 101 states that appropriations are under the same terms and 
conditions, including relevant authorities and prohibitions, as the 
fiscal year 2021 appropriations bills.
  Section 106. End Date of CR.
  Section 106 provides that the CR ends at the earlier of the enactment 
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  Section 112. Restrictions on Furloughs or Termination of Employees.
  Section 112 restricts furloughs or termination of employees due to 
lack of funds during the duration of a CR.
  Section 113. Waiver Language for Intelligence Programs.
  Section 113 provides waiver language for certain intelligence 
programs as well as agencies that operate under the State Department 
Basic Authorities Act and Foreign Relations Authorization Act.
  Section 118. Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
  Section 118 allows the Food and Nutrition Service to spend at a 
higher rate during the CR to provide supplemental USDA foods to low-
income seniors (age 60 and over) and to some low-income women, infants 
and children up to age six.
  Section 127. Increased Flexibility for White House COVID Response.
  Section 127 allows a higher spending rate for the White House to 
support continuing COVID19 operations.
  Section 129. Increased Flexibility to Process Certain SBA Business 
Loans.
  Section 129 allows the Small Business Administration flexibility to 
spend at the rate necessary to accommodate potential demand increases 
for commitments for business loans through the 7(a) and 504 business 
loans, for the Secondary Market Guarantee Program, and for the Small 
Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
  Section 130. Extension for District of Columbia Voucher School 
Accreditation.
  Section 130 allows District of Columbia voucher schools an additional 
year to be accredited and therefore remain in the program. The 
accrediting process requires in-school visits, which are not happening 
during the coronavirus.
  Section 131. District of Columbia Local Funds
  Section 131 allows the District of Columbia to spend FY 2021 funds 
received from local tax revenues and other non-Federal sources in the 
amount and for the programs and activities provided in DC's FY 2021 
Budget Act.
  Section 132. Extension of Certain Bankruptcy Judgeships.
  Section 132 extends the term of certain bankruptcy judgeships.
  Section 134. Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).
  Section 134 allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency to access 
the entire DRF appropriation for fiscal year 2021 under the continuing 
resolution as necessary to respond to declared disasters.
  Section 135. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
  Section 135 continues the authorization for the NFIP through December 
3, 2021.
  Section 148. Maintaining Funding for the TANF and Child Care 
Entitlement to States Programs.
  Section 148 extends funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families program and the Child Care Entitlement to States program 
during the period of the continuing resolution. The extension will 
allow HHS to make first-quarter payments to States.
  Section 152. Extending Availability of Funding for NIH multiyear 
research grants.
  Section 152 extends the availability of funding for multiyear 
research grants supported by the National Institutes of Health that 
were interrupted in fiscal year 2020 by COVID-19 and would have expired 
at the end of the fiscal year.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased and strongly support the inclusion of 
Divisions B and C in the legislation before us.
  Division B provides emergency supplemental appropriations in the 
amount of $28.6 billion to address the rising cost of climate change: 
recent natural disasters, including Hurricanes Ida, Delta, Zeta, and 
Laura, wildfires, severe droughts and winter storms, and other natural 
and major disasters declared in 2021 and prior years.
  This funding will help working families, small businesses, and 
communities get back on their feet and rebuild, while repairing damage 
to federal facilities.
  Division C provides $6.3 billion in supplemental appropriations to 
support Afghan evacuees includes funding to temporarily house evacuees 
at American facilities and in foreign countries, provide necessary 
security screenings, and ultimately resettle eligible evacuees in the 
United States.
  The legislation also includes funding to provide humanitarian I 
assistance for Afghan refugees in neighboring countries.
  Finally, Mr. Speaker, as another example of the extraordinary and 
responsible leadership of Speaker Pelosi and Appropriations Committee 
Chair DeLauro, the legislation checkmates the announced Republican 
intention to vote against raising the debt and to have the federal 
government default on its obligations by extending the public debt 
limit through December 16, 2021.
  Mr. Speaker, American families do not get to choose which bills to 
pay and which ones to ignore; neither can the United States Congress 
without putting the nation into default for the first time in its 
history.
  Long ago, in 1789, Alexander Hamilton, the nation's first and 
greatest Treasury Secretary, understood that the path to American 
prosperity and greatness lay in its creditworthiness which provided the 
affordable access to capital needed to fund internal improvements and 
economic growth.
  The nation's creditworthiness was one of its most important national 
assets and according to Hamilton: ``the proper funding of the present 
debt, will render it a national blessing.''
  But to maintain this blessing, or to ``render public credit 
immortal,'' Hamilton understood that it was necessary that: ``the 
creation of debt should always be accompanied with the means of 
extinguishment.''
  In other words, to retain and enjoy the prosperity that flows from 
good credit, it is necessary for a nation to pay its bills.
  To preserve the sanctity of the full faith and credit of the United 
States, protect American jobs and businesses of all sizes, and ensure 
the continued growth of the economy, I strongly support the provision 
in the bill before extending the public debt limit to December 16, 
2021.
  I strongly support this legislation and urge all Members to join me, 
in voting for H.R. 5305, the ``Extending Government Funding and 
Delivering Emergency Assistance Act.''
  Mr. Speaker, I also offer my strong support of the Rule governing 
debate of H.R. 3755, the Women's Health Protection Act (''WHPA''), 
which would enshrine access to reproductive health care into law for 
all women across America.
  The refusal of the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court to 
halt implementation of the odious and offensive Texas S.B. 8, the 
threat of other state attacks on the constitutional right to 
reproductive choice recognized in Roe v. Wade, and decades of precedent 
have together mandated that the House act to protect women's 
reproductive rights.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time for debate has expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 667, the previous question is ordered on 
the bill.
  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 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:
  Ms. Granger of Texas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 5305 to the 
Committee on Appropriations.
  The material previously referred to by Ms. Granger is as follows:

       At the end of division A (before the short title) insert 
     the following:

       Sec. __.  In addition to amounts otherwise provided by 
     section 101, for ``Procurement-Procurement, Defense-Wide'', 
     there is appropriated $1,000,000,000, for an additional 
     amount for fiscal year 2022, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2024, which shall be for the Secretary of 
     Defense to provide to the Government of Israel for the 
     procurement of the Iron Dome defense system to counter short-
     range rocket threats: Provided, That such funds shall be 
     provided to address emergent requirements in support of 
     Operation Guardian of the Walls: Provided further, That such 
     funds shall be transferred pursuant to an exchange of letters 
     and are in addition to funds provided pursuant to the U.S.-
     Israel Iron Dome Procurement Agreement, as amended: Provided 
     further, That nothing in the preceding provisos shall be 
     construed to apply to amounts made available in prior 
     appropriations Acts for the procurement of the Iron Dome 
     defense system.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX, the 
previous question is ordered on the motion to recommit.
  The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 209, 
nays 215, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 266]

                               YEAS--209

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice (OK)
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks

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     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cawthorn
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Comer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Gohmert
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hartzler
     Hern
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson
     Jacobs (NY)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kim (CA)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meijer
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Obernolte
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Young
     Zeldin

                               NAYS--215

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bourdeaux
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown
     Brownley
     Bush
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel, Lois
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs (CA)
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jones
     Kahele
     Kaptur
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Manning
     Massie
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newman
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Davis, Danny K.
     Keating
     Lesko
     Meuser
     Moore (WI)
     Trone
     Wild

                              {time}  2019

  Mr. KILDEE, Ms. STANSBURY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mses. SCHAKOWSKY, ESHOO, 
LEGER FERNANDEZ, Mr. COURTNEY, Mses. CLARK of Massachusetts, TITUS, 
Messrs. GARAMENDI, RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. STRICKLAND, and Mr. DAVID SCOTT 
of Georgia changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. BUCK, HIGGINS of Louisiana, and MAST changed their vote from 
``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Stated for:
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to attend today's rollcall 
vote. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
266.


    MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS

     Burgess (Jackson)
     Cardenas (Gomez)
     Carter (TX) (Calvert)
     Cooper (Clark (MA))
     Courtney (Perlmutter)
     DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA))
     Frankel, Lois (Clark (MA))
     Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
     Gonzalez (OH) (Timmons)
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Kirkpatrick (Levin (CA))
     Krishnamoorthi (Brown)
     Latta (Walberg)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     McEachin (Wexton)
     McHenry (Budd)
     Meng (Jeffries)
     Morelle (Tonko)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Rice (SC) (Wilson (SC))
     Rush (Underwood)
     Ryan (Kildee)
     Stanton (Levin (CA))
     Stefanik
     (Reschenthaler)
     Strickland (Torres (NY))
     Swalwell (Veasey)
     Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mrvan). The question is on the passage 
of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 
8, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, 
nays 211, not voting 1, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 267]

                               YEAS--220

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bourdeaux
     Bowman
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown
     Brownley
     Bush
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel, Lois
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs (CA)
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Jones
     Kahele
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newman
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Ross
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Suozzi
     Swalwell
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--211

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice (OK)
     Biggs

[[Page H4595]]


     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cawthorn
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Comer
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fortenberry
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia (CA)
     Gibbs
     Gimenez
     Gohmert
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hartzler
     Hern
     Herrell
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson
     Jacobs (NY)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kim (CA)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Letlow
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meijer
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Obernolte
     Owens
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Upton
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walorski
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Lesko
       

                              {time}  2040

  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                          Personal Explanation

  Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted 
``yea'' on rollcall No. 266 and ``nay'' on rollcall no. 267.


    MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 8, 117TH CONGRESS

     Burgess (Jackson)
     Cardenas (Gomez)
     Carter (TX) (Calvert)
     Cooper (Clark (MA))
     Courtney (Perlmutter)
     DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA))
     Frankel, Lois (Clark (MA))
     Fulcher (Johnson (OH))
     Gonzalez (OH) (Timmons)
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Kirkpatrick (Levin (CA))
     Krishnamoorthi (Brown)
     Latta (Walberg)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     McEachin (Wexton)
     McHenry (Budd)
     Meng (Jeffries)
     Meuser
     (Reschenthaler)
     Morelle (Tonko)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Rice (SC) (Wilson (SC))
     Rush (Underwood)
     Ryan (Kildee)
     Stanton (Levin (CA))
     Stefanik
     (Reschenthaler)
       
       
     Strickland (Torres (NY))
     Swalwell (Veasey)
     Trone (Beyer)
     Wilson (FL) (Hayes)


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  September 21, 2021, on page H4595 (first and second columns), 
the following appeared: Members Recorded Pursuant to House 
Resolution 8, 117th Congress Roll Call No. 267 September 21, 2021 
Burgess (Jackson) Cardenas (Gomez) Carter (TX) (Calvert) Cooper 
(Clark (MA)) Courtney (Perlmutter) DeSaulnier (Thompson (CA)) 
Frankel, Lois (Clark (MA)) Fulcher (Johnson (OH)) Gonzalez (OH) 
(Timmons) Grijalva (Garcia (IL)) Kirkpatrick (Levin (CA)) 
Krishnamoorthi (Brown) Latta (Walberg) Lawson (FL) (Evans) 
McEachin (Wexton) McHenry (Budd) Meng (Jeffries) Meusr 
(Reschenthaler) Morelle (Tonko) Napolitano (Correa) Payne 
(Wasserman Schultz) Rice (SC) (Wilson (SC)) Rush (Underwood) Ryan 
(Kildee) Stanton (Levin (CA)) Stefanik (Reschenthaler) Strickland 
(Torres (NY)) Swalwell (Veasey) Trone (Beyer) Wilson (FL) (Hayes)
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Members Recorded 
Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Roll Call No. 267 
September 21, 2021 Burgess (Jackson) Cardenas (Gomez) Carter (TX) 
(Calvert) Cooper (Clark (MA)) Courtney (Perlmutter) DeSaulnier 
(Thompson (CA)) Frankel, Lois (Clark (MA)) Fulcher (Johnson (OH)) 
Gonzalez (OH) (Timmons) Grijalva (Garcia (IL)) Kirkpatrick (Levin 
(CA)) Krishnamoorthi (Brown) Latta (Walberg) Lawson (FL) (Evans) 
McEachin (Wexton) McHenry (Budd) Meng (Jeffries) Meuser 
(Reschenthaler) Morelle (Tonko) Napolitano (Correa) Payne 
(Wasserman Schultz) Rice (SC) (Wilson (SC)) Rush (Underwood) Ryan 
(Kildee) Stanton (Levin (CA)) Stefanik (Reschenthaler) Strickland 
(Torres (NY)) Swalwell (Veasey) Trone (Beyer) Wilson (FL) (Hayes)


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