[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 164 (Tuesday, September 22, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H4689-H4705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 AND OTHER EXTENSIONS ACT
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass
the bill (H.R. 8337) making continuing appropriations for fiscal year
2021, and for other purposes.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 8337
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 ``Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short Title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
Sec. 3. References.
DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
DIVISION B--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION
Title I--Surface Transportation Programs
Title II--Trust Funds
DIVISION C--HEALTH EXTENDERS
Title I--Public Health Extenders
Title II--Medicare Extenders
Title III--Medicaid Extenders
Title IV--Medicare Part B Premium Adjustment
Title V--Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs
Title VI--Offsets
DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS
Title I--Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
Title II--United States Parole Commission Extension
Title III--Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent
Extension Act
Title IV--Community Services and Supports
Title V--Budgetary Effects
Title VI--Nutrition and Commodities Programs
DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENSIONS
Title I--Extensions of Authorities Relating to Health Care
Title II--Extensions of Authorities Relating to Benefits
Title III--Extensions of Authorities Relating to Homeless Veterans
Title IV--Extensions of Other Authorities and Other Matters
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
DIVISION A--CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
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
2021, 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 2020 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 2020, 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, 2020
(division B of Public Law 116-94), except sections 791 and
792.
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2020 (division B of Public Law 116-93),
except the last proviso under the heading ``Department of
Commerce--Bureau of the Census--Periodic Censuses and
Programs''.
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020
(division A of Public Law 116-93), except title X.
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116-94).
(5) The Financial Services and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116-93).
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act,
2020 (division D of Public Law 116-93) (except for amounts in
title II of division D of Public Law 116-93 that were
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985),
and title I of division I of Public Law 116-94.
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of
Public Law 116-94).
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
(division A of Public Law 116-94).
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020
(division E of Public Law 116-94), and section 7 of Public
Law 116-94.
(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division F of
Public Law 116-94), except title V.
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of
Public Law 116-94).
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division H of
Public Law 116-94).
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 2020 or prior years;
(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained
with fiscal year 2020 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 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 2020.
(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 2020.
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 2021,
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 2021 without any provision for such
project or activity.
(3) December 11, 2020.
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 2021
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 2020, 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
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2020, 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 2020 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 2020, 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 for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or 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 for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
(b) Section 6 of Public Law 116-94 shall apply to amounts
designated in subsection (a) and sections 126 and 163 of this
Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
Terrorism or as an emergency requirement.
(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,
2020, 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 20, 2020, 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,
2020, 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. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
available in the ``Rural Utilities Service--Rural Water and
Waste Disposal Program Account'' of the Department of
Agriculture for gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 and
described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act, as follows: $1,400,000,000 for direct
loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans.
Sec. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Department of Agriculture--Food and Nutrition Service--
Child Nutrition Programs'' to carry out section 749(g) of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law
111-80) may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to ensure that the program can be fully operational
by May 2021.
Sec. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Department of Agriculture--Domestic Food Programs--Food and
Nutrition Service--Commodity Assistance Program'' may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
maintain current program caseload in the Commodity
Supplemental Food Program.
Sec. 119. 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. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Livestock
Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public
Law 106-78) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30,
2020''.
Sec. 121. (a) Sections 7(j)(5), 7A(l)(4), and 21(e) of the
United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(5),
79a(l)(4), 87j(e)) shall be applied by substituting the date
specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30,
2020'' each place it appears.
(b) Sections 7D and 19 of the United States Grain Standards
Act (7 U.S.C. 79d, 87h) shall be applied by substituting
``2021'' for ``2020''.
Sec. 122. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Improvement
Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 115-334) is
amended by striking ``the date that is 1 year after the date
on which the Secretary establishes a plan under section 297C
of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946'' and inserting
``September 30, 2021''.
Sec. 123. Notwithstanding section 101, the second
paragraph under the heading ``Department of Health and Human
Services--Food and Drug Administration--Salaries and
Expenses'' in title VI of division B of Public Law 116-94
shall be applied by striking ``, contingent upon the
enactment of the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act of
2019,''.
Sec. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--
Periodic Censuses and Programs'' at a rate for operations of
$1,514,709,000: Provided, That amounts made available under
such heading by this Act may be apportioned up to the rate
for operations necessary to conduct the 2020 Decennial Census
Program.
Sec. 125. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into a
contract, beginning with fiscal year 2021, for the
procurement of up to two Columbia class submarines.
(2) With respect to a contract entered into under
subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may use incremental
funding to make payments under the contract.
(3) Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall
provide that--
(A) any obligation of the United States to make a payment
under the contract is subject to the availability of
appropriations for that purpose; and
(B) total liability of the Federal Government for
termination of any contract entered into shall be limited to
the total amount of funding obligated to the contract at time
of termination.
(b) Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made
available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for
``Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy'' may be apportioned up
to the rate for operations necessary for ``Ohio Replacement
Submarine (Full Funding)'' in an amount not to exceed
$1,620,270,000.
Sec. 126. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds
as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
``Department of Defense--Other Department of Defense
Programs--Office of the Inspector General'' in title III of
division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), are hereby
rescinded, and, in addition to amounts otherwise provided by
section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority
equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain
available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available
for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be
available for such purposes, and under the same authorities
for which the funds were originally provided in Public Law
116-136: Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to
this subsection that were previously designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
that Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, or if
the designation in section 114(b) occurs after September 30,
2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect
on September 30, 2020.
Sec. 127. (a) No funds shall be transferred directly from
``Department of Energy--Power Marketing Administration--
Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area
Power Administration'' to the general fund of the Treasury in
fiscal year 2020.
(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 128. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c))
shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2020''.
(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought
Relief Act of 1991 (43
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U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied by substituting ``2006 through
2021'' for ``2006 through 2020''.
Sec. 129. Section 3007(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb) of the
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 38-
1853.07(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb), D.C. Official Code) is amended
by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``6 years''.
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,
2020 (title IV of division C of Public Law 116-93) at the
rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of
2020 (D.C. Act 23-408), as modified as of the date of
enactment of this Act.
Sec. 131. In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by
section 101, for ``District of Columbia--Federal Payment for
Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of
Columbia'', there is appropriated $13,000,000, for an
additional amount for fiscal year 2021, to remain available
until expended, for costs associated with the Presidential
Inauguration held in January 2021.
Sec. 132. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter
preceding the first proviso under the heading ``Small
Business Administration--Business Loans Program Account'' in
title V of division C of Public Law 116-93 shall be applied
by substituting ``$15,000,000'' for ``$99,000,000'' and the
third proviso shall be applied as if the language read as
follows: ``Provided further, That commitments for general
business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35)
of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed
$30,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term loans
and the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by
revolving loans:'': Provided, That amounts made available
under such heading by this Act 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)) 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. 133. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Small Business Administration--Disaster Loans Program
Account'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for
disaster administrative expenses.
Sec. 134. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``General Services Administration--Expenses,
Presidential Transition'' for necessary expenses to carry out
the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note),
at a rate for operations of $9,900,000, of which not to
exceed $1,000,000 is for activities authorized by sections
3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided, That such amounts
may be transferred and credited to the ``Acquisition Services
Fund'' or ``Federal Buildings Fund'' to reimburse obligations
incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes
provided herein related to the Presidential election in 2020:
Provided further, That amounts available under this section
shall be in addition to any other amounts available for such
purposes.
(b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by
this Act for ``General Services Administration--Pre-Election
Presidential Transition''.
Sec. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``General Services Administration--Real Property Activities--
Federal Buildings Fund--Limitations on Availability of
Revenue'' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary for monthly rental of space operations.
Sec. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, for expenses of the
Office of Administration to carry out the Presidential
Transition Act of 1963, as amended, and similar expenses, in
addition to amounts otherwise appropriated by law, amounts
are provided to ``Presidential Transition Administrative
Support'' at a rate for operations of $8,000,000: Provided,
That such funds may be transferred to other accounts that
provide funding for offices within the Executive Office of
the President and the Office of the Vice President in this
Act or any other Act, to carry out such purposes: Provided
further, That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate
for operations necessary to carry out such responsibilities.
Sec. 137. In addition to amounts provided in section 101,
an additional amount is provided for ``National Archives and
Records Administration--Operating Expenses'' to carry out
transition responsibilities of the Archivist of the United
States under sections 2201 through 2207 of title 44, United
States Code (commonly known as the ``Presidential Records Act
of 1978'') in the event of a Presidential Transition at a
rate for operations of $18,000,000: Provided, That such
amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to carry out such responsibilities.
Sec. 138. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Office of Personnel Management--Salaries and Expenses'',
including amounts to be transferred from the appropriate
trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management without
regard to other statutes, may be apportioned up to the rate
for operations necessary to cover any expected shortfall in
administrative expenses resulting from the transfer of the
National Background Investigations Bureau function to the
Department of Defense.
Sec. 139. Section 2(b)(2)(C)(i) of the Temporary
Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152
note; Public Law 112-121) is amended (with regard to the 1st
vacancy in the eastern district of Tennessee) by striking ``5
years'' and inserting ``9 years''.
Sec. 140. Section 3610 of division A of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136) shall be applied by substituting the
date in section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30,
2020''.
Sec. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Homeland Security for ``Office of the Secretary
and Executive Management--Operations and Support'',
``Management Directorate--Operations and Support'', and
``Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination--
Operations and Support'' may be apportioned up to the rate
for operations necessary to carry out activities previously
funded by the Working Capital Fund of the Department of
Homeland Security, consistent with the fiscal year 2021
President's Budget proposal, submitted pursuant to section
1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, and accompanying
justification materials.
Sec. 142. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Homeland Security under the heading ``Coast
Guard--Operations and Support'' may be available for the pay
and benefits of Coast Guard Yard and Vessel Documentation
personnel, Non-Appropriated Funds personnel, and for Morale,
Welfare and Recreation Programs.
Sec. 143. Section 9307(f)(1) of title 46, United States
Code shall be applied by substituting the date specified in
section 106(3) of this Act for ``September 30, 2020''.
Sec. 144. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Homeland Security under the heading
``Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency'' may be
obligated in the account and budget structure set forth in
H.R. 7669 and the accompanying House Report 116-458, as
reported by the House Committee on Appropriations on July 15,
2020.
Sec. 145. 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. 146. (a) Section 1309(a) of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended by
striking ``September 30, 2019'' and inserting ``September 30,
2021''.
(b) Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking ``September 30,
2019'' and inserting ``September 30, 2021''.
(c)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 147. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the following
shall be applied by substituting ``$0'' for--
(1) ``$32,300,000'' in the first paragraph under the
heading ``Bureau of Land Management--Land Acquisition'';
(2) ``$10,000,000'', and ``$320,000'' in the first
paragraph under the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife
Service--Land Acquisition'';
(3) ``$3,628,000'' in the second paragraph under the
heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Land
Acquisition'';
(4) ``$30,800,000'' and ``$23,702,000'' for ``$54,502,000''
in the first paragraph under the heading ``United States Fish
and Wildlife Service--Cooperative Endangered Species
Conservation Fund'';
(5) ``$208,400,000'', ``$140,000,000'', and ``$13,000,000''
in the first paragraph under the heading ``National Park
Service--Land Acquisition and State Assistance'';
(6) ``$63,990,000'' and ``$283,000,000'' for
``$346,990,000'' under the heading ``Forest Service--State
and Private Forestry''; and
(7) ``$78,898,000'' in the first paragraph under the
heading ``Forest Service--Land Acquisition''.
(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the first paragraph under
the heading ``United States Fish and Wildlife Service--Land
Acquisition'' shall be applied by substituting ``$7,550,000''
for ``$70,715,000''.
(c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department
of the Interior for ``Departmental Offices--Office of the
Secretary--Departmental Operations'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to fund the Appraisal and
Valuation Services Office and such amounts shall be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Sec. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Forest Service may be obligated in the account and budget
structure set forth in the table provided by the Secretary of
Agriculture to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and the House of Representatives prior to the end of fiscal
year 2020 pursuant to section 435(d) of the Department of the
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116-94): Provided, That
amounts made available by section 101 under the heading
``Forest Service--National Forest System'' shall be available
for the base salary and expenses of employees that carry out
the functions funded by the ``Capital Improvement and
Maintenance'' account, the ``Range Betterment Fund'' account,
and the ``Management of National Forests for Subsistence
Uses'' account
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and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
necessary to fund such base salary and expenses of such
employees.
Sec. 149. Activities authorized by part A of title IV and
section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act, in
the manner authorized for fiscal year 2020, 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: Provided, That grants under
section 418 of the Social Security Act shall be issued on the
same basis as grants under section 403(a)(1) of such Act.
Sec. 150. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds
as of September 30, 2020, from amounts credited and merged
pursuant to the second proviso under the heading ``Department
of Health and Human Services--Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention--Buildings and Facilities'' in title II of the
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division H of
Public Law 114-113) are hereby rescinded, and, in addition to
amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of
additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated
on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal
year 2020, to remain available until September 30, 2025, and
shall be available for the same purposes, in addition to
other funds as may be available for such purposes, and under
the same authorities for which the funds were originally
transferred and merged pursuant to Public Law 114-113.
(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 151. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 529 of
division A of Public Law 116-94 shall be applied by
substituting ``$1,150,000,000'' for ``$3,169,819,000'' and by
substituting ``section 2104(a)(24)'' for ``section
2104(a)(23)''.
(b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 530 of division A
of Public Law 116-94 shall be applied by substituting
``$11,005,661,000'' for ``$6,093,181,000''.
Sec. 152. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 113-235 to
the accounts of the National Institutes of Health that were
available for obligation through fiscal year 2015 and were
obligated for multi-year research grants shall be available
through fiscal year 2021 for the liquidation of valid
obligations incurred in fiscal year 2015 if the Director of
the National Institutes of Health determines the project
suffered an interruption of activities attributable to SARS-
CoV-2.
(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 153. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 113-76
under the heading ``Rehabilitation Services and Disability
Research'' that were available for obligation through fiscal
year 2015 for the Automated Personalization Computing Project
pursuant to the first four provisos under that heading in
that Act are to remain available through fiscal year 2021 for
the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years
2014 or 2015.
(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 154. 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, 2020''.
Sec. 155. 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
``2021'' for ``2020''.
Sec. 156. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds
as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
``Corporation for National and Community Service--Salaries
and Expenses'' in title IV of division A of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94),
are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise
provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain
available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available
for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be
available for such purposes, and under the same authorities
for which the funds were originally provided in Public Law
116-94.
(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of
September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
``Corporation for National and Community Service--Operating
Expenses'' in title IV of division A of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94),
are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise
provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain
available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available
for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be
available for such purposes, and under the same authorities
for which the funds were originally provided in Public Law
116-94: Provided, That any amounts appropriated by the
preceding proviso shall not be subject to the allotment
requirements otherwise applicable under sections 129(a), (b),
(d), and (e) of the National and Community Service Act of
1993.
(c) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of
September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
``Corporation for National and Community Service--Office of
Inspector General'' in title IV of division A of the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94),
are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise
provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget
authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain
available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available
for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be
available for such purposes, and under the same authorities
for which the funds were originally provided in Public Law
116-94.
(d)(1) Section 3514(b) of title III of division A of Public
Law 116-136 is hereby repealed, and such section shall be
applied hereafter as if such subsection had never been
enacted.
(2)(A) In general.--The amounts provided under this
subsection are designated as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act
of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
(B) Designation in the senate.--In the Senate, this
subsection is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
(C) Classification of budgetary effects.--Notwithstanding
Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference
accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(7)
and (c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this
subsection--
(i) shall not be estimated for purposes of section 251 of
such Act;
(ii) shall not be estimated 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; and
(iii) shall be treated as if they were contained in a PAYGO
Act, as defined by section 3(7) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-
Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(7)).
(e)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 157. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2021 for payment
to the John R. Lewis Revocable Trust, beneficiary of John R.
Lewis, late a Representative from the State of Georgia,
$174,000.
Sec. 158. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
provided for ``House of Representatives--Salaries and
Expenses'' at a rate for operations of $1,383,725,000.
Sec. 159. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act--
(1) the authority of the Library of Congress to reimburse
the Little Scholars Child Development Center at the Library
of Congress under section 19004 of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C.
162b note; 134 Stat. 578) shall remain in effect with respect
to salaries incurred until the termination of the public
health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from the
COVID-19 pandemic; and
(2) the authority of the Government Accountability Office
to reimburse the Tiny Findings Child Development Center under
section 19009 of the CARES Act (134 Stat. 579) shall remain
in effect with respect to salaries incurred until the
termination of the public health emergency declared pursuant
to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
247d) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
(3) Section 19005(a) of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 1816b note;
134 Stat. 578) shall be amended by striking ``for not more
than 16 weeks'' and inserting in its place ``until the
termination of the public health emergency declared pursuant
to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
247d) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic''.
Sec. 160. (a) Extension.--Notwithstanding sections 3902(a)
and 3904(b) of title 41, United States Code, if the
performance or delivery of services procured under a
severable service contract of the Library of Congress is
delayed or otherwise affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the
period for the performance or delivery of services under the
contract may be extended for a period equivalent to the delay
or suspension of services, but not exceeding an additional 12
months.
(b) Contracts Covered.--This section applies with respect
to contracts for severable services procured for a period
beginning in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020.
Sec. 161. Effective upon enactment of this Act, the matter
preceding the first proviso under the heading ``Department of
Veterans Affairs--Veterans Benefits Administration--
Compensation and Pensions'' in division F of Public Law 116-
94 is amended by replacing ``shall become available on
October 1, 2020:'' with ``, to remain available until
expended and to become available on October 1, 2020:''.
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Sec. 162. Amounts made available by section 101 for
``Department of Veterans Affairs--Departmental
Administration--Veterans Electronic Health Record'' may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
maintain support activities related to implementation and
maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record system,
including contractual costs associated with operations
authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5
and 38, United States Code.
Sec. 163. Notwithstanding section 106 of this Act, at any
time during fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs may transfer up to $140,000,000 of the unobligated
balances available under the heading ``Department of Veterans
Affairs--Veterans Health Administration--Medical Services''
in title X of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) to the ``Canteen
Service Revolving Fund'' of the Department to prevent,
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
internationally: Provided, That amounts so transferred shall
be for offsetting the losses resulting from the coronavirus
pandemic of Veterans Canteen Service collections pursuant to
chapter 78 of title 38, United States Code: Provided
further, That the transferred amounts shall be in addition to
any other funds made available for this purpose: Provided
further, That amounts transferred under this section that
were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985.
Sec. 164. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of State for ``Administration of Foreign Affairs--
Repatriation Loans Program Account'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased
demand for commitments for repatriation loans authorized by
section 4(b)(2)(B) of the State Department Basic Authorities
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(B)).
Sec. 165. 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 of this
Act.
Sec. 166. (a) During the period covered by this Act,
section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22
U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ``the
costs of providing consular services'' for ``such costs''.
(b) During the period covered by this Act, discretionary
amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of
State in title I under the heading ``Administration of
Foreign Affairs'' and discretionary unobligated balances
under such heading from prior Acts making appropriations for
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related
programs, may be transferred to the Consular and Border
Security Programs account if the Secretary of State
determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations
that to do so is necessary to sustain consular operations,
following consultation with such Committees: Provided, That
such transfer authority is in addition to any transfer
authority otherwise available in this Act and under any other
provision of law: Provided further, That no amounts may be
transferred from amounts designated for Overseas Contingency
Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as emergency
requirements pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the
budget or section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department
of State for ``Diplomatic Programs'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to sustain consular
operations, and the obligation of such apportioned funds
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
and subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, the limitations in section
7044(e)(2) of division G of Public Law 116-94 shall not apply
to funds made available in this Act or in the Department of
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2020, for disaster relief; to protect
human rights, locate and identify missing persons, and assist
victims of torture; to promote justice, accountability, and
reconciliation; to enhance maritime security and domain
awareness; and for International Military Education and
Training.
Sec. 168. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended by
striking ``October 1, 2020'' and inserting ``October 1,
2021''.
Sec. 169. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds,
as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
``Department of Transportation--Office of the Secretary--
National Infrastructure Investments'' in title I of division
K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law
115-31), other than such funds administratively allocated to
carry out the administration and oversight of awards under
the national infrastructure investments program, are hereby
rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by
section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority
equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain
available until September 30, 2021, in addition to other
funds as may be available for such purposes, and shall be
available, without additional competition, for completing the
funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2017
National Infrastructure Investments grants (also known as the
Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or
BUILD grants).
(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds, as of
September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
``Department of Transportation--Office of the Secretary--
National Infrastructure Investments'' in title I of division
L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law
115-141), other than such funds administratively allocated to
carry out the administration and oversight of awards under
the national infrastructure investments program, are hereby
rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by
section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority
equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this
subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain
available until September 30, 2021, in addition to other
funds as may be available for such purposes, and shall be
available, without additional competition, for completing the
funding of awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2018
National Infrastructure Investments grants (also known as the
Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or
BUILD grants).
(c)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter
preceding the first proviso under the heading ``Government
National Mortgage Association--Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed
Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account'' in the Further
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94)
shall be applied by substituting ``$1,278,000,000,000'' for
``$550,000,000,000'': Provided, That amounts made available
under such heading by this Act may be apportioned up to the
rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand
for new commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the
purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act as
amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)).
Sec. 171. (a) Funds previously made available in the
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013
(Public Law 113-6) for the ``Choice Neighborhoods
Initiative'' that were available for obligation through
fiscal year 2015 are to remain available through fiscal year
2021 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in
fiscal years 2013 through 2015.
(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon
enactment of this Act.
(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September
30, 2020.
Sec. 172. Amounts made available by section 101 to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development for ``Housing
Programs--Housing for the Elderly'' may be apportioned up to
the rate for operations necessary to--
(1) maintain project rental assistance for the elderly
under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C.
1701q(2)), including making amendments to contracts for such
assistance and renewing expiring contracts for such
assistance for up to a 1-year term; and
(2) be available to make awards to existing grantees to
continue, without competition, demonstration programs to test
housing with services models for the elderly that demonstrate
the potential to delay or avoid the need for nursing home
care.
Sec. 173. Amounts provided by section 111 to the
Department of Agriculture for ``Corporations--Commodity
Credit Corporation Fund--Reimbursement for Net Realized
Losses'' may be used, prior to the completion of the report
described in section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15
U.S.C. 713a-11), to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not
previously reimbursed, as of September 17, 2020.
This Act may be cited as the ``Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2021''.
DIVISION B--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION
TITLE I--SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this
division, the requirements, authorities, conditions,
eligibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized
under the covered laws, which would otherwise expire on or
cease to apply after September 30, 2020, are incorporated by
reference and shall continue in effect through September 30,
2021.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) Highway trust fund.--
(A) Highway account.--There is authorized to be
appropriated from the Highway Account for fiscal year 2021,
for each program with respect to which amounts are authorized
to be appropriated from such account for fiscal year 2020, an
amount equal to the amount authorized for appropriation with
respect to the program from such account under the covered
laws for fiscal year 2020.
(B) Mass transit account.--There is authorized to be
appropriated from the Mass
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Transit Account for fiscal year 2021, for each program with
respect to which amounts are authorized to be appropriated
from such account for fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to
the amount authorized for appropriation with respect to the
program from such account under the covered laws for fiscal
year 2020.
(2) General fund.--There is authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal year 2021, for each program under the covered laws
with respect to which amounts are authorized to be
appropriated for fiscal year 2020 from an account other than
the Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account, an amount
that is not less than the amount authorized for appropriation
with respect to the program under the covered laws for fiscal
year 2020.
(c) Use of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal year 2021 with respect to a program under
subsection (b) shall be distributed, administered, limited,
and made available for obligation in the same manner as
amounts authorized to be appropriated with respect to the
program for fiscal year 2020 under the covered laws.
(d) Obligation Limitation.--A program for which amounts are
authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b)(1) shall
be subject to a limitation on obligations for fiscal year
2021 in the same amount and in the same manner as the
limitation applicable with respect to the program for fiscal
year 2020.
(e) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered laws.--The term ``covered laws'' means the
following:
(A) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XI, and XXIV
of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94).
(B) Division A, division B, subtitle A of title I and title
II of division C, and division E of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-
141).
(C) Titles I, II, and III of the SAFETEA-LU Technical
Corrections Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-244).
(D) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of SAFETEA-LU (Public
Law 109-59).
(E) Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105-178).
(F) Titles II, III, and IV of the National Highway System
Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-59).
(G) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law
102-240).
(H) Title 23, United States Code.
(I) Sections 116, 117, 330, 5128, 5505, and 24905 and
chapters 53, 139, 303, 311, 313, 701, and 702 of title 49,
United States Code.
(2) Highway account.--The term ``Highway Account'' means
the portion of the Highway Trust Fund that is not the Mass
Transit Account.
(3) Mass transit account.--The term ``Mass Transit
Account'' means the portion of the Highway Trust Fund
established under section 9503(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
SEC. 1102. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FREIGHT AND HIGHWAY
PROJECTS.
Section 117(d)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended in the matter preceding clause (i)--
(1) by striking ``$500,000,000'' and inserting
``$600,000,000''; and
(2) by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''.
SEC. 1103. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Section 403(h)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''; and
(2) by striking ``$21,248,000'' and inserting
``$26,560,000''.
SEC. 1104. RAIL-RELATED PROVISIONS.
(a) Federal Funding for Operating Losses.--Section 24321 of
title 49, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).
(b) Direct Loans and Loan Guarantees.--Section 502(b)(3) of
the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976
(45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``September 30,
2020'' and inserting ``September 30, 2021''.
SEC. 1105. SUSPENSION FOR EXTENSION PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENTS FOR
ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS INTO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, shall not
apply to monies deposited into the Highway Trust Fund by this
division.
SEC. 1106. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.
None of the funds authorized in this division or any other
Act may be used to adjust apportionments for the Mass Transit
Account of the Highway Trust Fund or withhold funds from
apportionments for the Mass Transit Account of the Highway
Trust Fund pursuant to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 in fiscal year 2021.
SEC. 1107. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 14703 of
title 40, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(5) by striking ``2020'' and inserting
``2021''; and
(2) in subsection (c) by striking ``2020'' and inserting
``2021''.
(b) Termination.--Section 14704 of title 40, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2021''.
TITLE II--TRUST FUNDS
SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE
AUTHORITY.
Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended--
(1) by striking ``October 1, 2020'' in subsections
(b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting ``October 1,
2021''; and
(2) by striking ``FAST Act'' in subsections (c)(1) and
(e)(3) and inserting ``Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021
and Other Extensions Act''.
SEC. 1202. SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST FUND.
Section 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended--
(1) by striking ``FAST Act'' each place it appears in
subsection (b)(2) and inserting ``Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act''; and
(2) by striking ``October 1, 2020'' in subsection (d)(2)
and inserting ``October 1, 2021''.
SEC. 1203. LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND.
Section 9508(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by striking ``October 1, 2020'' and inserting
``October 1, 2021''.
SEC. 1204. FURTHER ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS TO HIGHWAY TRUST
FUND.
Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph (10) as
paragraph (11) and by inserting after paragraph (9) the
following new paragraph:
``(10) Further transfers to trust fund.--Out of money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby
appropriated--
``(A) $10,400,000,000 to the Highway Account (as defined in
subsection (e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund; and
``(B) $3,200,000,000 to the Mass Transit Account in the
Highway Trust Fund.''.
SEC. 1205. ADDITIONAL TRANSFER TO TRUST FUND.
Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Additional Transfer to Trust Fund.--Out of money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby
appropriated $14,000,000,000 to the Airport and Airway Trust
Fund.''.
DIVISION C--HEALTH EXTENDERS
TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS
SEC. 2101. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
(a) Community Health Centers.--Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C.
254b-2(b)(1)(F)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$668,493,151'' and inserting
``$789,041,096''; and
(2) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
(b) National Health Service Corps.--Section 10503(b)(2)(H)
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C.
254b-2(b)(2)(H)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$51,808,219'' and inserting
``$61,150,685''; and
(2) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
(c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical
Education Programs.--Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$21,141,096'' and inserting
``$24,953,425''; and
(2) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
(d) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated
pursuant to the amendments made by this section for the
period beginning on October 1, 2020, through December 11,
2020, shall be subject to the requirements contained in
Public Law 116-94 for funds for programs authorized under
sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 254 through 256).
(e) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (4) of section 3014(h)
of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``Social Services Act,,,'' and inserting
``Social Services Act,''; and
(2) by striking ``and section 3831 of the CARES Act'' and
inserting ``, section 3831 of the CARES Act, and section 2101
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other
Extensions Act''.
SEC. 2102. DIABETES PROGRAMS.
(a) Special Diabetes Programs for Type I Diabetes.--Section
330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254c-2(b)(2)(D)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$25,068,493'' and inserting
``$29,589,042''; and
(2) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
(b) Special Diabetes Programs for Indians.--Section
330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254c-3(c)(2)(D)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$25,068,493'' and inserting
``$29,589,042''; and
(2) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
SEC. 2103. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION.
Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713) is
amended by striking ``November 30, 2020'' each place it
appears and inserting ``December 11, 2020''.
SEC. 2104. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION.
Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' each place it appears
and inserting ``December 11, 2020'';
(2) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by striking ``such period,
for fiscal year 2020'' and inserting ``the period described
in subparagraph (A), for fiscal year 2021''; and
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(3) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ``and 2019'' and
inserting ``through 2020,''.
SEC. 2105. RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASE PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHER
EXTENSION.
Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``September 30, 2020'' each place it
appears and inserting ``December 11, 2020''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``September 30, 2022''
and inserting ``December 11, 2022''.
SEC. 2106. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCUMULATE EXCESS ANNUAL LEAVE.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 219 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210-1), a commissioned officer
of the Public Health Service who, except for this section,
would lose at the end of the fiscal year 2020 accumulated
annual leave in excess of 60 days, may retain such amounts of
accumulated annual leave in excess of 60 days.
(b) Use of Excess Leave.--Annual leave retained pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be lost unless it is used by the officer
no later than September 30, 2023.
(c) Applicability.--This section shall not apply to an
officer on terminal leave preceding separation, retirement,
or release from active duty, as of the effective date
specified in subsection (d).
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall become effective on
the earlier of--
(1) the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(2) September 30, 2020.
SEC. 2107. HHS SERVICES AND SUPPLY FUND.
Effective as if included in the enactment of the paragraph
beginning with ``Service and supply fund:'' under the heading
``Public Health Service'' in the Federal Security Agency
Appropriation Act, 1946 (42 U.S.C. 231), such paragraph shall
be applied with respect to any fiscal year as though the
phrase ``central services'' referred to central services for
any Federal agency.
TITLE II--MEDICARE EXTENDERS
SEC. 2201. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FLOOR UNDER
THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.
Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395w-4(e)(1)(E)), as amended by section 3801 of the CARES
Act (Public Law 116-136), is amended by striking ``December
1, 2020'' and inserting ``December 12, 2020''.
SEC. 2202. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE
ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION.
Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395aaa(d)(2)), as amended by section 3802 of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136), is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``November 30,
2020'' and inserting ``December 11, 2020''; and
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ``November 30,
2020'' and inserting ``December 11, 2020''.
SEC. 2203. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR
LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS.
(a) State Health Insurance Programs.--Subsection (a)(1)(B)
of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and
Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended by
section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Public Law 111-148), section 610 of the American
Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-240), section
1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law
113-67), section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act
of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), section 208 of the Medicare
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-
10), section 50207 of division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act
of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), section 1402 of division B of
the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders
Act of 2019 (Public Law 116- 59), section 1402 of division B
of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and
Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-69),
section 103 of division N of the Further Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-94), and section
3803 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended in
clause (xi) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
(b) Area Agencies on Aging.--Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such
section 119, as so amended, is amended in clause (xi) by
striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting ``December 11,
2020''.
(c) Aging and Disability Resource Centers.--Subsection
(c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended in
clause (xi) by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
(d) Contract With the National Center for Benefits and
Outreach Enrollment.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119,
as so amended, is amended in clause (xi) by striking
``November 30, 2020'' and inserting ``December 11, 2020''.
TITLE III--MEDICAID EXTENDERS
SEC. 2301. EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON REBALANCING
DEMONSTRATION.
Section 6071(h)(1)(H) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
(42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as inserted by section 3811 of the
CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), is amended by striking
``November 30, 2020'' and inserting ``December 11, 2020''.
SEC. 2302. EXTENSION OF SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT PROTECTIONS.
(a) In General.--Section 2404 of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-5 note), as amended by
section 3812 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), is
amended by striking ``November 30, 2020'' and inserting
``December 11, 2020''.
(b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in section 2404 of
Public Law 111-148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r-5 note) or section
1902(a)(17) or 1924 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(17), 1396r-5) shall be construed as prohibiting a
State from--
(1) applying an income or resource disregard under a
methodology authorized under section 1902(r)(2) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396a(r)(2))--
(A) to the income or resources of an individual described
in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI)) (including a disregard of the income
or resources of such individual's spouse); or
(B) on the basis of an individual's need for home and
community-based services authorized under subsection (c),
(d), (i), or (k) of section 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396n) or under section 1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315); or
(2) disregarding an individual's spousal income and assets
under a plan amendment to provide medical assistance for home
and community-based services for individuals by reason of
being determined eligible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)) or by reason of section
1902(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(f)) or otherwise on the
basis of a reduction of income based on costs incurred for
medical or other remedial care under which the State
disregarded the income and assets of the individual's spouse
in determining the initial and ongoing financial eligibility
of an individual for such services in place of the spousal
impoverishment provisions applied under section 1924 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-5).
SEC. 2303. DELAY OF DSH REDUCTIONS.
Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396r-4(f)(7)(A)), as amended by section 3813 of the CARES
Act (Public Law 116-136), is amended--
(1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I),
by striking ``December 1, 2020'' and inserting ``December 12,
2020''; and
(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``December 1, 2020'' and
inserting ``December 12, 2020''.
SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act
of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as amended by section 3814 of
the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), is amended by striking
``November 30, 2020'' and inserting ``December 11, 2020''.
TITLE IV--MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT
SEC. 2401. 2021 MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE.
(a) 2021 Premium and Deductible and Repayment Through
Future Premiums.--Section 1839(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amended--
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking
``(5) and (6)'' and inserting ``(5), (6), and (7)'';
(2) in paragraph (6)(C)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``section 1844(d)(1)'' and
inserting ``subsections (d)(1) and (e)(1) of section 1844'';
and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and
inserting ``paragraphs (5) and (7)''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(7)(A) In applying this part (including subsection (i)
and section 1833(b)), the monthly actuarial rate for
enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 shall be determined to be
equal to the sum of--
``(i) the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and
over for 2020; plus
``(ii) 25 percent of the difference between such rate for
2020 and the preliminary monthly actuarial rate for enrollees
age 65 and over for 2021 (as estimated under subparagraph
(B)).
``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary
shall estimate a preliminary monthly actuarial rate for
enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 using the methodology
described in paragraph (1) and as if subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph did not apply. The Secretary shall make the
estimate under the previous sentence as if the transfers
described in section 1844(f)(1) have been made.''.
(b) Transitional Government Contribution.--Section 1844 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ``In applying paragraph (1), the amounts
transferred under subsection (e)(1) with respect to enrollees
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such subsection
shall be treated as premiums payable and deposited in the
Trust Fund under subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of
paragraph (1).''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(e)(1) For 2021, there shall be transferred from the
General Fund to the Trust Fund an amount, as estimated by the
Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, equal to the reduction in aggregate premiums
payable under this part for a month in such year (excluding
any changes in amounts collected under section 1839(i)) that
are attributable to the application of section 1839(a)(7)
with respect to--
``(A) enrollees age 65 and over; and
``(B) enrollees under age 65.
Such amounts shall be transferred from time to time as
appropriate.
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``(2) Premium increases affected under section 1839(a)(6)
shall not be taken into account in applying subsection (a).
``(3) There shall be transferred from the Trust Fund to the
General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the
additional premiums payable as a result of the application of
section 1839(a)(6), excluding the aggregate payments
attributable to the application of section
1839(i)(3)(A)(ii)(II).''.
(c) Additional Transitional Government Contribution.--
Section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w), as
amended by subsection (b)(2), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(f)(1) There shall be transferred from the General Fund
of the Treasury to the Trust Fund an amount, as estimated by
the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, equal to amounts paid in advance for items and
services under this part during the period beginning on the
first day of the emergency period described in section
1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the date of the enactment of this
paragraph.
``(2) There shall be transferred from the Trust Fund to the
General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the sum
of--
``(A) the amounts by which claims have offset (in whole or
in part) the amount of such payments described in paragraph
(1); and
``(B) the amount of such payments that have been repaid (in
whole or in part).
``(3) Amounts described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be
transferred from time to time as appropriate.''.
(d) Indentation Correction.--Section 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(3)(A)(ii)) is
amended by moving the indentation of subclause (I) two ems to
the right.
TITLE V--ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMS
SEC. 2501. MODIFYING ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMS
UNDER PARTS A AND B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM
DURING THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY.
(a) Special Repayment Rules and Other Modifications.--
(1) Part a.--
(A) In general.--Section 1815(f)(2)(C) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(C) In the case of a payment made under the terms of the
program under subsection (e)(3), including such program as
expanded pursuant to this subsection, on or after the date of
the enactment of the CARES Act and so made during the
emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), upon
request of a hospital, the Secretary shall--
``(i) provide 1 year before payments for items and services
furnished by the hospital are offset to recoup payments under
such program;
``(ii) provide that any such offset be an amount equal to--
``(I) during the first 11 months in which any such offsets
are made with respect to payment for items and services
furnished by the hospital, 25 percent of the amount of such
payment for such items and services; and
``(II) during the succeeding 6 months, 50 percent of the
amount of such payment for such items and services; and
``(iii) allow 29 months from the date of the first payment
under such program to such provider before requiring that the
outstanding balance be paid in full.''.
(B) Authority for discretion.--Section 1815(f)(2)(A)(ii) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(A)(ii)) is
amended by inserting ``(or, with respect to requests
submitted to the Secretary after April 26, 2020, may)''after
``shall.''.
(C) Application to other part a providers.--
(i) In general.--In the case of a payment made under the
terms of an applicable program (as defined in clause (ii)),
on or after the date of the enactment of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136) and so made during the emergency period
described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)), upon request of an applicable
provider (as defined in clause (iii)), the provisions of
section 1815(f)(2)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)),
as amended by subparagraph (A), shall apply with respect to
such payment in the same manner as such provisions apply with
respect to a payment made under the terms of the program
under subsection (e)(3) of section 1815 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1395g), including such program as expanded pursuant to
subsection (f) of such section, on or after the date of the
enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and so made
during such emergency period.
(ii) Applicable program defined.--In this clause, the term
``applicable program'' means--
(I) the programs under sections 413.64(g), 412.541(f),
412.632(e), 412.116(f), 413.350(d), or 418.307 of title 42,
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations);
and
(II) any other comparable program under part A of title
XVIII of the Social Security Act, as determined by the
Secretary.
(iii) Applicable provider.--In this clause, the term
``applicable provider'' means a provider of services that is
eligible for payment under an applicable program.
(2) Part b.--
(A) In general.--In the case of a payment made under the
terms of the program described in section 421.214 of title
42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)
on or after the date of the enactment of the CARES Act
(Public Law 116-136) and so made during the emergency period
described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall, upon request of the provider of
services or supplier receiving such payment--
(i) provide 1 year before payments for items and services
furnished by such provider or supplier are offset to recoup
payments under such program;
(ii) provide that any such offset be an amount equal to--
(I) during the first 11 months in which any such offsets
are made with respect to payment for items and services
furnished by such provider or supplier, 25 percent of the
amount of such payment for such items and services; and
(II) during the succeeding 6 months, 50 percent of the
amount of such payment for such items and services; and
(iii) allow 29 months from the date of the first payment
under such program to such provider or supplier before
requiring that the outstanding balance be paid in full.
(B) Limitation on further part b advance payments.--With
respect to the period of the emergency period described in
section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1320b-5(g)(1)(B)) beginning on the date of the enactment of
this Act, the total amount of payments made under the terms
of the program described in section 421.214 of title 42, Code
of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)--
(i) for the portion of 2020 occurring during such period of
the emergency period and for each year, shall not exceed
$10,000,000;
(ii) for each year beginning and ending during such period
of the emergency period, shall not exceed $10,000,000; and
(iii) for the last year beginning during such period of the
emergency period, the portion of such last year occurring
during such period of the emergency period, shall not exceed
$10,000,000.
(b) Interest Rates.--
(1) Part a.--
(A) In general.--Section 1815(d) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395g(d)) is amended by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ``(or, in the case of such a
determination made with respect to a payment made on or after
the date of the enactment of the CARES Act and during the
emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under the
program under subsection (e)(3), including such program as
expanded pursuant to subsection (f), at a rate of 4
percent)''.
(B) Application to other part a providers.--In the case of
a determination under section 1815(d) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(d)) with respect to a payment made on or
after the date of the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law
116-136) and during the emergency period described in section
1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
5(g)(1)(B)) under an applicable program (as defined in
subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii)), the amendment made by subparagraph
(A) shall apply with respect to such determination in the
same manner as such amendment applies with respect to a
payment made on or after the date of the enactment of the
CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) and during such emergency
period under the program under subsection (e)(3) of section
1815 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including such program as
expanded pursuant to subsection (f) of such section.
(2) Part b.--Section 1833(j) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395l(j)) is amended by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ``(or, in the case of such a
determination made with respect to a payment made on or after
the date of the enactment of the CARES Act and during the
emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under the
program described in section 421.214 of title 42, Code of
Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), at a rate
of 4 percent)''.
(c) Publication of Data.--
(1) Data during covid-19 emergency.--
(A) Initial publication.--Not later than 2 weeks after the
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall
post on the public website of the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services data that includes the following
information with respect to specified payments (as defined in
paragraph (3)(E)) made as of such date and for which data is
available:
(i) The total amount of such payments made under each
applicable payment program (as defined in paragraph (3)(A)),
including a specification of the percentage of such payments
so made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund
established under section 1817 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395i) and the percentage of such payments so made
from the Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund
established under section 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t)
under each such program.
(ii) The amount of specified payments made under each such
program by type of provider of services or supplier receiving
such payments.
(iii) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
certification number or other appropriate number of, and the
amount of such payments received by, each provider of
services and supplier receiving such payments.
(B) Interim publication.--Every 2 weeks thereafter during
the emergency period, if any specified payments are made that
were not included in a preceding publication of data under
this paragraph, the Secretary
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shall post on the website described in subparagraph (A) data
containing the information described in clauses (i), (ii),
and (iii) of such subparagraph with respect to such specified
payments.
(2) Additional publications.--Not later than 15 months
after the date of the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law
116-136), and every 6 months thereafter until all specified
payments have been recouped or repaid, the Secretary shall
post on the website described in paragraph (1)(A) data that
includes the following:
(A) The total amount of all specified payments not recouped
or repaid under each applicable payment program.
(B) The amount of payments made under each such program and
not recouped or repaid by type of provider of services or
supplier.
(C) The total amount of specified payments that have been
recouped or repaid under each such program, including a
specification of the percentage of such payments so recouped
or repaid that have been deposited into the Federal Hospital
Insurance Trust Fund and the percentage of such payments so
recouped or repaid that have been deposited into the Federal
Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund under each such program.
(D) The dollar amount of interest that has been collected
with respect to all specified payments under each such
program.
(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) Applicable payment program.--The term ``applicable
payment program'' means--
(i) the program under subsection (e)(3) of section 1815 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including such
program as expanded under subsection (f) of such section;
(ii) an applicable program (as defined in subsection
(a)(1)(C)(ii) of this section); and
(iii) the program described in section 421.214 of title 42,
Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation).
(B) Emergency period.--The term ``emergency period'' means
the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B)).
(C) Provider of services and supplier.--The terms
``provider of services'' and ``supplier'' have the meaning
given such terms in subsections (u) and (d), respectively, of
section 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x).
(D) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(E) Specified payments.--The term ``specified payments''
means payments made under an applicable payment program on or
after the date of the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law
116-136) during the emergency period.
TITLE VI--OFFSETS
SEC. 2601. INCLUSION IN THE MEDICAID DRUG REBATE PROGRAM OF
COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS USED FOR MEDICATION-
ASSISTED TREATMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (29) of subsection (a)--
(A) by moving the margin of such paragraph 2 ems to the
right; and
(B) by striking ``subject to paragraph (2)'' and inserting
``subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)''; and
(2) in subsection (ee), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Application of rebate requirements.--The requirements
of section 1927 shall apply to any drug or biological product
described in paragraph (1)(A) that is--
``(A) furnished as medical assistance in accordance with
subsection (a)(29) and section 1902(a)(10)(A); and
``(B) a covered outpatient drug (as defined in section
1927(k), except that, in applying paragraph (2)(A) of such
section to a drug described in paragraph (1)(A), such drug
shall be deemed a prescribed drug for purposes of subsection
(a)(12)).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1927(d)(7) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(d)(7)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(D) Drugs and biological products described in subsection
(ee)(1)(A) of section 1905 that are furnished as medical
assistance in accordance with subsection (a)(29) of such
section and section 1902(a)(10)(A).''.
(c) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the
enactment of section 1006(b) of the SUPPORT for Patients and
Communities Act (Public Law 115-271; 132 Stat. 3914).
SEC. 2602. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.
Section 1941(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396w-1(b)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2021'' and inserting
``2023''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``$1,960,000,000'' and
inserting ``$3,446,000,000''.
DIVISION D--OTHER MATTERS
TITLE I--EMERGENCY STOPGAP USCIS STABILIZATION ACT
SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Emergency Stopgap USCIS
Stabilization Act''.
SECTION 4102. EXPANSION OF PREMIUM PROCESSING.
(a) In General.--Section 286(u) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(u) Premium Fee for Certain Immigration Benefit Types.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security is
authorized to establish and collect a premium fee for the
immigration benefit types described in paragraph (2). Such
fee shall be paid in addition to any other fees authorized by
law, deposited as offsetting receipts in the Immigration
Examinations Fee Account established under subsection (m),
and used for the purposes described in paragraph (4).
``(2) Immigration benefit types.--Subject to reasonable
conditions or limitations, the Secretary shall establish a
premium fee under paragraph (1) in connection with--
``(A) employment-based nonimmigrant petitions and
associated applications for dependents of the beneficiaries
of such petitions;
``(B) employment-based immigrant petitions filed by or on
behalf of aliens described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of
section 203(b);
``(C) applications to change or extend nonimmigrant status;
``(D) applications for employment authorization; and
``(E) any other immigration benefit type that the Secretary
deems appropriate for premium processing.
``(3) Amount of fee.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (C), with
respect to an immigration benefit type designated for premium
processing by the Secretary on or before August 1, 2020, the
premium fee shall be $2,500, except that the premium fee for
a petition for classification of a nonimmigrant described in
subparagraph (H)(ii)(b) or (R) of section 101(a)(15) shall be
$1,500.
``(B) Other immigration benefit types.--With respect to an
immigration benefit type designated for premium processing
but not described in subparagraph (A), the initial premium
fee shall be established by regulation, which shall include a
detailed methodology supporting the proposed premium fee
amount.
``(C) Biennial adjustment.--The Secretary may adjust a
premium fee under subparagraph (A) or (B) on a biennial basis
by the percentage (if any) by which the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers for the month of June preceding the
date on which such adjustment takes effect exceeds the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the same
month of the second preceding calendar year. The provisions
of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall not
apply to an adjustment authorized under this subparagraph.
``(4) Use of fee.--Fees collected under this subsection may
only be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
to--
``(A) provide the services described in paragraph (5) to
premium processing requestors;
``(B) make infrastructure improvements in adjudications
processes and the provision of information and services to
immigration and naturalization benefit requestors;
``(C) respond to adjudication demands, including by
reducing the number of pending immigration and naturalization
benefit requests; and
``(D) otherwise offset the cost of providing adjudication
and naturalization services.
``(5) Premium processing services.--The Secretary--
``(A) may suspend the availability of premium processing
for designated immigration benefit requests only if
circumstances prevent the completion of processing of a
significant number of such requests within the required
period; and
``(B) shall ensure that premium processing requestors have
direct and reliable access to current case status information
as well as the ability to communicate with the premium
processing units at each service center or office that
provides premium processing services.''.
(b) Expansion to New Benefit Requests.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the requirement to set a
fee by regulation under section 286(u)(3)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)(3)(B)), as
amended by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security
may set a fee under that section without regard to the
provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, if
such fee is consistent with the following:
(A) For a petition for classification under section
203(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1153(b)(1)(C)), or a petition for classification under
section 203(b)(2) involving a waiver under section
203(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the fee is set at an amount not
greater than $2,500 and the required processing timeframe is
not greater than 45 days.
(B) For an application under section 248 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1258) to change status to a
classification described in subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) of
section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), the
fee is set at an amount not greater than $1,750 and the
required processing timeframe is not greater than 30 days.
(C) For an application under section 248 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1258) to change status to be
classified as a dependent of a nonimmigrant described in
subparagraph (E), (H), (L), (O), (P), or (R) of section
101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), or to extend
such classification, the fee is set at an amount not greater
than $1,750 and the required processing timeframe is not
greater than 30 days.
(D) For an application for employment authorization, the
fee is set at an amount not greater than $1,500 and the
required processing timeframe is not greater than 30 days.
(2) Clarification.--The required processing timeframe for
each of the applications and petitions described in paragraph
(1) shall not commence until the date that all prerequisites
for adjudication are received by the Secretary of Homeland
Security.
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(c) Other Benefit Requests.--In implementing the amendments
made by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall develop and implement processes to ensure that the
availability of premium processing, or its expansion to
additional immigration benefit requests, does not result in
an increase in processing times for immigration benefit
requests not designated for premium processing or an increase
in regular processing of immigration benefit requests so
designated.
SEC. 4103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall provide to the appropriate Committees a 5-year plan,
including projected cost estimates, procurement strategies,
and a project schedule with milestones, to accomplish each of
the following:
(1) Establish electronic filing procedures for all
applications and petitions for immigration benefits.
(2) Accept electronic payment of fees at all filing
locations.
(3) Issue correspondence, including decisions, requests for
evidence, and notices of intent to deny, to immigration
benefit requestors electronically.
(4) Improve processing times for all immigration and
naturalization benefit requests.
(b) Semi-annual Briefings.--Not later than 180 days after
submission of the plan described in subsection (a), and on a
semi-annual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall advise the
appropriate Committees on the implementation status of such
plan.
(c) Appropriate Committees Defined.--In this section, the
term ``appropriate Committees'' means--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the
Judiciary, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the
Judiciary, and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
TITLE II--UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION EXTENSION
SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``United States Parole
Commission Extension Act of 2020''.
SEC. 4202. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 1984.
For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act
of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98-473; 98 Stat.
2032), as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18,
United States Code, and the United States Parole Commission,
each reference in such section to ``33 years'' or ``33-year
period'' shall be deemed a reference to ``35 years'' or ``35-
year period'', respectively.
SEC. 4203. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT.
Section 3 of the United States Parole Commission Extension
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-274) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``2021'' and inserting
``2022''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) District of Columbia Report for Succeeding Fiscal
Years.--For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2022, not later
than 90 days after the end of the fiscal year, the United
States Parole Commission shall report to the Committees on
the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives the
items in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (c), for
the fiscal year.''.
TITLE III--ANTITRUST CRIMINAL PENALTY ENHANCEMENT AND REFORM PERMANENT
EXTENSION ACT
SEC. 4301. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Antitrust Criminal Penalty
Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act''.
SEC. 4302. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Conspiracies among competitors to fix prices, rig bids,
and allocate markets are categorically and irredeemably
anticompetitive and contravene the competition policy of the
United States.
(2) Cooperation incentives are important to the efforts of
the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to
prosecute and deter the offenses described in paragraph (1).
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act, and the amendments
made by this Act, is to strengthen public and private
antitrust enforcement by providing incentives for antitrust
violators to cooperate fully with government prosecutors and
private litigants through the repeal of the sunset provision
of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act
of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note).
SEC. 4303. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.
(a) Repeal.--Section 211 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty
Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is
repealed.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Revival and restoration.--
(A) In general.--Sections 212, 213, and 214 of the
Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004
(15 U.S.C. 1 note) as in effect on June 21, 2020, and as
amended by the laws described in subparagraph (B), are
revived and restored.
(B) Laws.--The laws described in this subparagraph are:
(i) Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act
of 2004 Extension Act (Public Law 111-30; 123 Stat. 1775).
(ii) The Act entitled ``An Act to amend the Antitrust
Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 to extend
the operation of such Act, and for other purposes'', approved
June 9, 2010 (Public Law 111-90; 124 Stat. 1275).
(2) Definitions.--Section 212 of the Antitrust Criminal
Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note)
is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (6); and
(B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6).
(c) Applicability.--
(1) Markers and agreements before sunset.--Notwithstanding
the repeal under subsection (a), section 211(b) of the
Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004
(15 U.S.C. 1 note), as in effect on the day before the date
of enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to any
person who received a marker or entered into an antitrust
leniency agreement on or before June 22, 2020.
(2) Markers and agreements after sunset.--The repeal under
subsection (a) shall apply to any person who received a
marker or entered into an antitrust leniency agreement on or
after June 23, 2020.
TITLE IV--COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
SEC. 4401. HEAD START DESIGNATION RENEWAL SYSTEM.
Notwithstanding section 638 of the Head Start Act (42
U.S.C. 9833), if the Secretary of Health and Human Services--
(1) is required to make a determination under paragraph (6)
of section 641(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a(c)) whether to
renew the designation of a Head Start agency for which such
determination under the schedule developed pursuant to
paragraph (9)(C) of such section 641(c) is required to be
made before December 31, 2020; and
(2) cannot make such determination in accordance with such
schedule because the Secretary lacks any information
described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section
641(c)(1) of such Act required for the purpose of making such
determination;
then before December 31, 2020, the Secretary shall extend for
not more than 2 years the 5-year period otherwise applicable
to the designation of such Head Start agency under such Act.
TITLE V--BUDGETARY EFFECTS
SEC. 4501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
(a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of
division B and each succeeding division shall not be entered
on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d)
of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
(b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of
division B and each succeeding division shall not be entered
on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section
4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
(c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding
Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the
joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference
accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(8)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985, the budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding
division shall not be estimated--
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an
appropriation Act.
TITLE VI--NUTRITION AND COMMODITIES PROGRAMS
SEC. 4601. P-EBT PROGRAM EXTENSION.
Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
(Public Law 116-127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``fiscal year 2020'' and inserting ``fiscal
years 2020 and 2021''; and
(B) by inserting ``or has reduced the number of days or
hours that students attend the school'' after ``school is
closed'';
(2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by inserting
``and, as applicable, households with children eligible for
assistance under subsection (h)'' after ``children'';
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``or has reduced the
number of days or hours that students attend the school''
after ``school that is closed'';
(4) in subsection (f)--
(A) by striking ``To facilitate'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--To facilitate''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Simplifying assumptions for school year 2020-2021.--A
State agency may use simplifying assumptions and the best
feasibly available data to provide benefits to and establish
benefit levels and eligibility periods for eligible children
and children eligible for assistance under subsection (h) for
purposes of this section.'';
(5) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections
(i) and (j), respectively;
(6) by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
``(h) Assistance for Children in Child Care.--
``(1) In general.--Beginning on October 1, 2020, subject to
an approved State agency
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plan under subsection (b) or an approved amendment to such a
plan, in any case in which, during a public health emergency
designation, a covered child care facility is closed or has
reduced attendance or hours for at least 5 consecutive days,
or 1 or more schools in the area of a covered child care
facility are closed or have reduced attendance or hours for
at least 5 consecutive days, each household containing at
least 1 child enrolled in such a covered child care facility
and the supplemental nutrition assistance program established
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq.) shall be eligible to receive assistance, in accordance
with paragraph (2), until covered child care facilities or
schools in the area reopen or operate at full attendance and
hours, as applicable, as determined by the State agency.
``(2) Assistance.--A household shall receive benefits under
paragraph (1) in an amount that is equal to at least 1
breakfast and 1 lunch at the free rate for each child
enrolled in a covered child care facility for each day that
the child does not attend the facility because the facility
is closed or operating with reduced attendance or hours.
``(3) State option.--A State shall not be required to
provide assistance under this subsection in order to provide
assistance to eligible children under a State agency plan
under subsection (b).'';
(7) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)--
(A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (3), by inserting a
paragraph heading, the text of which comprises the term
defined in that paragraph;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as
paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively;
(C) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)
the following:
``(1) Covered child care facility.--The term `covered child
care facility' means--
``(A) an organization described in subparagraph (A) or (B)
of section 17(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)); and
``(B) a family or group day care home.'';
(D) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by inserting
``or reduced attendance or hours'' after ``closure'';
(E) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)
the following:
``(3) Free rate.--The term `free rate' means--
``(A) with respect to a breakfast, the rate of a free
breakfast under the school breakfast program under section 4
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and
``(B) with respect to a lunch, the rate of a free lunch
under the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).''; and
(F) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) State.--The term `State' has the meaning given the
term in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)).''; and
(8) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated), by inserting
``(including all administrative expenses)'' after ``this
section''.
SEC. 4602. 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, 2020'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2021''.
(b) Physical Presence Waiver Under WIC During Certain
Public Health Emergencies.--Section 2203(c) of the Families
First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 42 U.S.C.
1786 note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2021''.
(c) Administrative Requirements Waiver Under WIC.--Section
2204(c) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
(Public Law 116-127) is amended by striking ``September 30,
2020'' and inserting ``September 30, 2021''.
(d) 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. 4603. SNAP FLEXIBILITIES.
(a) Extension of Existing SNAP Flexibilities for COVID-
19.--
(1) State options.--
(A) A State agency (as defined in section 3(s) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(s))) shall have the
option, without prior approval from the Secretary of
Agriculture--
(i) to extend certification periods under section 3(f) of
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(f)) for not
more than 6 months and adjust periodic report requirements
under section 6(c)(1)(D)(i) of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(c)(1)(D)(i)) for some or all
participating households with certification periods set to
expire or periodic reports due on or before June 30, 2021,
consistent with the extensions and adjustments provided in
the Food and Nutrition Service's April 22, 2020, blanket
approval for extending certification and adjusting periodic
reports, unless otherwise provided in this subparagraph;
(ii) to allow household reporting requirements under
section 273.12(a)(5)(iii) of title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations to satisfy the recertification requirements under
section 273.14 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations
for some or all participating households with recertification
periods set to expire on or before December 31, 2021; and
(iii) to adjust the interview requirements under sections
273.2 and 273.14(b) of title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations for some or all household applications or
recertifications through June 30, 2021, consistent with the
adjustments provided in the Food and Nutrition Service's
March 26, 2020, blanket approval for adjusting interview
requirements, unless otherwise provided in this subparagraph.
(B) Not later than 5 days after exercising an option under
subparagraph (A), a State agency shall notify the Secretary
of Agriculture in writing of the option exercised, the
categories of households affected by the option, and the
duration of such option.
(2) Adjustment.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall allow a
State agency to suspend the requirements under sections
275.11(b)(1) and (2), 275.12, and 275.13 of title 7 of the
Code of Federal Regulations from June 1, 2020, through
September 30, 2021, consistent with the waivers provided in
the Food and Nutrition Service's April 30, 2020, blanket
approval for waiver of quality control reviews, unless
otherwise provided in this paragraph.
(3) Report.--Section 2302 of the Families First Coronavirus
Response Act (Public Law 116-127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
``(c) Report.--Not later than June 30, 2022, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall submit, to the Committee on Agriculture
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a report
containing the following information:
``(1) A description of any information or data supporting
State agency requests under this section and any additional
measures that State agencies requested that were not approved
by the Secretary of Agriculture;
``(2) An evaluation of the use of all waivers, adjustments,
and other flexibilities in the operation of the supplemental
nutrition assistance program (as defined in section 3 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)), in effect
under this Act, the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.), or any other Act, to respond to the COVID-19
public health emergency; and
``(3) A recommendation of any additional waivers or
flexibilities needed in the operation of the supplemental
nutrition assistance program to respond to public health
emergencies with pandemic potential.''.
(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. 4604. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS TO FOSSIL FUEL REFINERS
AND IMPORTERS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not use
any funds, facilities, or authorities of the Commodity Credit
Corporation or the Department of Agriculture--
(1) to provide a payment to a refiner or importer (as those
terms are defined in section 80.2 of title 40, Code of
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)); or
(2) to otherwise support, directly or indirectly, a refiner
or importer (as so defined) in meeting any requirements
under--
(A) the renewable fuel program under section 211(o) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)); or
(B) any other provision of law that requires the blending
of fossil fuel with renewable fuel.
(b) The exclusion in (a) shall not apply to any payments or
support to producers, refiners, or importers of biofuel (as
defined in 7 U.S.C. 8101).
(c) Moratorium on Authorities Relating to Exchanges of
Agricultural Products for Petroleum Products.--The
authorities under the ninth and tenth sentences of section
4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15
U.S.C. 714b(h)) (relating to the availability of agricultural
products for the Secretary of Energy to exchange for
petroleum products and the terms and conditions of those
exchanges, respectively) shall not be used during the 180-day
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
DIVISION E--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENSIONS
SEC. 5001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans
Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2020''.
TITLE I--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HEALTH CARE
SEC. 5101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF
COPAYMENTS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND NURSING HOME
CARE.
Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``September 30, 2022''.
SEC. 5102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NURSING HOME
CARE TO CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE CONNECTED
DISABILITIES.
Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``September 30, 2022''.
SEC. 5103. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF REAL
PROPERTY.
Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``September 30, 2022''.
SEC. 5104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON
ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CARE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS
RECEIVING HEALTH CARE.
(a) Extension of Authority.--Subsection (e) of section 205
of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of
2010
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(Public Law 111-163; 124 Stat. 1144; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``September 30, 2022''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (h) of
such section is amended by striking ``and 2020'' and
inserting ``2020, 2021, and 2022''.
SEC. 5105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS FOR
TRANSPORTATION OF HIGHLY RURAL VETERANS.
Section 307(d) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus
Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 Stat.
1154; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by striking ``2020''
and inserting ``2022''.
SEC. 5106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON
COUNSELING IN RETREAT SETTINGS FOR WOMEN
VETERANS NEWLY SEPARATED FROM SERVICE.
(a) Extension of Authority.--Subsection (d) of section 203
of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of
2010 (Public Law 111-163; 124 Stat. 1143; 38 U.S.C. 1712A
note) is amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and
inserting ``September 30, 2022''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (f) of
such section is amended by striking ``and 2020'' and
inserting ``2020, 2021, and 2022''.
SEC. 5107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON
GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESIDENCY.
(a) In General.--Subsection (d) of section 403 of the VA
MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-182; 132 Stat. 1474; 38
U.S.C. 7302 note) is amended by striking ``August 7, 2024''
and inserting ``August 7, 2031''.
(b) Technical Correction.--Subsection (a)(1) of such
section is amended by striking ``authorized under'' and all
that follows through the period at the end and inserting
``authorized under section 7302 of title 38, United States
Code, at covered facilities.''.
SEC. 5108. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF INTERNET
WEBSITE ON STAFFING AND VACANCIES.
Not later than October 31, 2022, and October 31, 2024, and
as frequently thereafter as the Inspector General of the
Department of Veterans Affairs considers appropriate, the
Inspector General shall--
(1) review the administration of the internet website
required by section 505(a)(1) of the VA MISSION Act of 2018
(Public Law 115-182; 132 Stat. 1477; 38 U.S.C. 301 note);
(2) develop recommendations for such legislative or
administrative action as the Inspector General considers
appropriate for such administration; and
(3) submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report on--
(A) the findings of the Inspector General with respect to
the most recent review conducted under paragraph (1); and
(B) the recommendations most recently developed under
paragraph (2).
SEC. 5109. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF PAYMENTS AND
ALLOWANCES FOR BENEFICIARY TRAVEL IN CONNECTION
WITH VETERANS RECEIVING CARE FROM VET CENTERS.
Section 104(a) of the Honoring America's Veterans and
Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-
154; 126 Stat. 1169), as most recently amended by section 5
of the Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities
Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-61; 133 Stat. 1116), is further
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``September 30, 2021''.
TITLE II--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO BENEFITS
SEC. 5201. EXTENSION OF SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE
TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting ``September
30, 2022''.
SEC. 5202. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW.
(a) Extension of Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act
of 2020.--Section 2 of the Student Veteran Coronavirus
Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-140) is amended by
striking ``December 21, 2020'' and inserting ``December 21,
2021''.
(b) Extension of Period for Continuation of Department of
Veterans Affairs Educational Assistance Benefits for Certain
Programs of Education Converted to Distance Learning by
Reason of Emergencies and Health-related Situations.--Section
1(b) of Public Law 116-128 is amended by striking ``December
21, 2020'' and inserting ``December 21, 2021''.
SEC. 5203. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN REGIONAL OFFICE
IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting ``September
30, 2022''.
SEC. 5204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDIVIDUALS TO
AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
FACILITIES.
Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting
``September 30, 2022''.
SEC. 5205. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCREASE IN NUMBER OF
JUDGES ON UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR
VETERANS CLAIMS.
Section 7253(i)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``January 1, 2021'' and inserting
``January 1, 2026''.
TITLE III--EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HOMELESS VETERANS
SEC. 5301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS.
Section 2021(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2022''.
SEC. 5302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS AND HOMELESS VETERANS
WITH CHILDREN REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2022''.
SEC. 5303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REFERRAL AND COUNSELING
SERVICES FOR VETERANS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS
TRANSITIONING FROM CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.
Section 2023(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``September 30, 2020'' and inserting ``September
30, 2022''.
SEC. 5304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND
REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND
HOMELESS VETERANS.
(a) General Treatment.--Section 2031(b) of title 38, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``September 30, 2020''
and inserting ``September 30, 2022''.
(b) Additional Services at Certain Locations.--Section
2033(d) of such title is amended by striking ``September 30,
2020'' and inserting ``September 30, 2022''.
SEC. 5305. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN
FAMILIES IN PERMANENT HOUSING.
Section 2044(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``through 2021'' and
inserting ``and 2020''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(H) $420,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and
2022.''.
SEC. 5306. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR
HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2022''.
TITLE IV--EXTENSIONS OF OTHER AUTHORITIES AND OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 5401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE UNDER THE OFFICE
OF NATIONAL VETERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS AND
SPECIAL EVENTS.
Section 322(d)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2022''.
SEC. 5402. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE REPORTS TO
CONGRESS REGARDING EQUITABLE RELIEF IN THE CASE
OF ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR.
Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by striking ``December 31, 2020'' and inserting ``December
31, 2022''.
SEC. 5403. EXTENSION AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR
ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS FOR DISABLED VETERANS
AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (g)(1) of
section 521A of title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``appropriated $8,000,000'' and inserting
the following: ``appropriated amounts as follows:
``(A) $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through
2020.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and
2022.''.
(b) Extension.--Subsection (l) of such section is amended
by striking ``2020'' and inserting ``2022''.
SEC. 5404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT
WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REGARDING
ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DISEASES AND EXPOSURE TO
DIOXIN AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN
HERBICIDES.
Section 3 of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-
4; 38 U.S.C. 1116 note) is amended by striking ``September
30, 2020'' and inserting ``September 30, 2022''.
SEC. 5405. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY RELATING
TO VENDEE LOAN PROGRAM.
Section 3733(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) During the period that begins on October 1, 2020, and
ends on September 30, 2025, the Secretary shall carry out the
provisions of this subsection as if--
``(A) the references in the first sentence of paragraph (1)
to `65 percent' and `may be financed by a loan' were
references to `85 percent' and `shall be of property marketed
with financing to be', respectively;
``(B) the second sentence of paragraph (1) were repealed;
and
``(C) the reference in paragraph (2) to `September 30,
1990,' were a reference to `September 30, 2025,'.''.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from
Indiana (Mr. Visclosky) and the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Moolenaar)
each will control 20 minutes.
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The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Indiana.
General Leave
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all
Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their
remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 8337, currently under
consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from Indiana?
There was no objection.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, obviously, we are here to consider a continuing
resolution to allow the Federal Government to continue its operations,
H.R. 8337.
At the outset of my remarks, I do want to thank the staff of the
Appropriations Committee for all of their diligent work in some very
difficult negotiations to bring us to this moment. People tend not to
appreciate their good work.
This is a terrible way to govern the United States of America. I
regret that I believe most of my colleagues here feel that a continuing
resolution does no damage. It does serious damage to the agencies, to
the budgeting process, and to fiscal discipline.
We should be having consideration today of 12 conference reports 8
days away from the beginning of the next fiscal year. The committee has
completed consideration of all 12 appropriations bills. This body has
passed 10 of them. Unfortunately, the other body has not acted at all.
This resolution would take us to December 11.
I would point out there are anomalies in this continuing resolution.
The majority have been submitted and requested by the Office of
Management and Budget.
Additionally, there are some other anomalies where there were no
government expenses to continue in 2020; for example, possible
transition of cost; additionally, authorization legislation to continue
programs which might expire on September 30, again, with the agreement
of the authorizing committees.
Some Members are upset at this moment that items have not been
included, but negotiations have taken place in good faith. We have an
agreement, and I would ask for this body's support of the legislation.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MOOLENAAR. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman from Indiana's concerns
about the process, and I share those concerns as well. But as it goes,
we are voting on this today.
By passing this short-term continuing resolution, we will provide
critical support for farmers and ranchers, extend the nutrition program
that has been a lifeline during this pandemic for low-income students
who are out of school, ensure critical military operations continue,
support vital transportation programs by extending the FAST Act, extend
the National Flood Insurance Program, ensure that there are no delays
in the Department of Veterans Affairs' electronic health records
system, and allow agencies experiencing operational challenges during
the pandemic continued funding.
So, I think it is important that we support this legislation and move
forward, and hopefully, we will get to a better agreement as we
continue negotiations.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I do have requests for time, but no one
is here, so I reserve the balance of my time at this moment.
Mr. MOOLENAAR. Madam Speaker, I continue to reserve the balance of my
time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I see Ms. Granger, who is the ranking
member on the full committee, might be seeking recognition, so I
reserve the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the gentlewoman from
Texas (Ms. Granger) will now control the time.
There was no objection.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 8337, a short-term
continuing resolution through December 11.
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every aspect of
American life. During this unprecedented time, it is more critical than
ever that the Federal Government remain open and functioning. By
passing this short-term CR, we will provide critical support for
farmers and ranchers, extend the nutrition program that has been a
lifeline during the pandemic for low-income students who are out of
school, ensure critical military operations continue, support vital
transportation programs by extending the FAST Act, extend the National
Flood Insurance Program, ensure that there are no delays in the
Department of Veterans Affairs' electronic health records system, and
allow agencies experiencing operational challenges during the pandemic
to continue functioning.
As an appropriator, it pains me to have to consider anything short of
a full-year appropriations bill for the next fiscal year. But I remain
hopeful that passing this CR will allow the government to continue
operating and give the House and the Senate time to work out our
differences after the election.
The alternative would have been an unnecessary and costly government
shutdown. I think most sides agree that that would be devastating and
disastrous for our economy, our national security, our veterans, and
our public health.
I look forward to passing this bill today, moving it through the
Senate, and sending it to the President's desk.
Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), who is the majority leader.
Mr. HOYER. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want
to thank the ranking member for her leadership and always trying to be
responsible. I thank Mr. Visclosky and the Appropriations Committee for
their work.
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this agreement between the two
parties and between the administration and the Congress. I am hopeful
that it will pass overwhelmingly.
I have a little statement here, which I will submit. But because we
want to get this business done, briefly I want to say to the
Appropriations Committee: Congratulations for doing your work. I know
there was controversy and everybody didn't support it, but we passed 10
of the appropriations bills almost 2 months ago, clearly sufficient
time to have reached agreement and passed the appropriation bills, not
a CR. A CR is a recognition of failure, failure to get our work done in
a timely fashion, and I regret that.
I take some credit for passing 10 bills last year in June and 10
bills this year in July. I pushed the Appropriations Committee pretty
hard. The staff worked hard; Members worked hard; and we got our bills
done.
The Senate has not marked up a single bill in committee. There is no
bill out of committee, and there are no bills on the floor, which means
the Senate has essentially abandoned the appropriations process. Madam
Speaker, that is not the way that the Congress of the United States
ought to work.
I am for this. It was tough to get to. We have an agreement, and I am
hopeful that everybody here will vote for it so we do not shut down the
House of Representatives--excuse me--the Government of the United
States, not just the House of Representatives.
That is, in my view, an unacceptable alternative ever, and we reached
an agreement today. There was a lot of to-ing and fro-ing. A lot of
people wanted this, a lot of people wanted that, a lot of people didn't
want this, and a lot of people didn't want that. But we have an
agreement that will keep the government functioning for the people from
now until December 11.
What, Madam Speaker, I would urge is every one of us would from now
until hopefully before December 11--that is a Friday, we are scheduled
to break for Christmas and the holidays--I am hopeful that everyone
will put their heads together to get the appropriations process done.
We will probably do it in an omnibus, not single appropriations bills,
which is not a good way to do it either.
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When I joined the Appropriations Committee--and Mr. Visclosky's
Congressman that he worked for was on the committee with me--we passed
one bill at a time.
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The Senate passed one bill at the time, and we came to conference and
sat down together, the members of the Defense Subcommittee, the members
of the Treasury-Postal Subcommittee, and the Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. We came
together individually, and we worked out agreements between the two
bodies.
That is the way it ought to work. It is not working that way. In a
world of alternatives, this is the best we have, so we need to take it
and keep the government funded.
Madam Speaker, I look forward to working with members of the
Committee on Appropriations on both sides of the aisle to effect an
omnibus that we can all be proud of. We won't all agree with all of it,
but at least we can say, ``This is the work product of the people's
House and the United States Senate,'' and pass it and feel that we have
done our job for the people.
Madam Speaker, this Continuing Resolution is a result of the kind of
cooperation that the American people expect from all of us.
It is also an example for how we ought to spend the coming days:
Working toward an agreement on the HEROES Act to mitigate the continued
economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, a Continuing Resolution is not how Congress should operate.
The House did its job, passing nearly all of the appropriation bills
before the end of July.
The Republican-controlled Senate, however, failed to do its job.
It has not only failed to pass a single appropriation bill--it hasn't
even introduced one.
Senate Republicans have had months to do their part to prevent a
shutdown, yet here we are just eight days before the end of the fiscal
year.
So, the House today will continue to do its job and govern
responsibly by voting on this clean Continuing Resolution, which would
keep the government open through December 11 at current funding levels.
I say this C.R. us ``clean'' not because it is free from anything
other a date change, but because is reflects a bipartisan agreement
between on the issues it contains.
This C.R. includes funding for highway and transit programs and the
National Flood Insurance Program for another year.
It includes funding to protect seniors from rising Medicare premiums
and to keep other vital health care priorities funded, such as
community health centers.
It also includes funding for children who rely on school lunch
programs to continue accessing nutritious meals.
I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to join in passing
this Continuing Resolution and showing the American people that we will
not let their government go dark in the middle of a deadly pandemic and
economic crisis.
I urge the Senate to pass this Continuing Resolution and get to work
without delay on full-year appropriation bills.
The House is doing its job.
It's time for the Republican Senate to start doing its job as well.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from
Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis).
Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Madam Speaker, I thank Ranking Member
Granger. I appreciate her leadership during this trying time of a
pandemic.
Madam Speaker, the last thing that the United States of America needs
right now in the midst of a pandemic is a lapse in government funding
that was set to expire at the end of this month. We need to do better
when it comes to bipartisan agreements.
I am extremely disappointed that it took us this long to get the CCC,
the Commodity Credit Corporation, replenished in this agreement and not
held hostage by the majority. Our farmers, our producers in middle
America that don't know what the market conditions are going to be like
when they harvest their crops, they needed the certainty of knowing
that the United States Government was going to fully fund the risk
management programs that we put in place in a bipartisan way.
I also say thank you to those who were negotiating with Ranking
Member Granger for also including language that provides the USDA with
waiver authority that provides kids, our students, with free meals.
That is something I have been working on over the last few weeks with
my colleagues, Congresswoman Spanberger, Congressman Bacon, and
Congressman Costa.
With this language, we now give our schools, families, and school
nutrition professionals certainty throughout the upcoming school year
in the midst of a pandemic where many may not be able to get that hot
meal that they have been used to getting during the normal school year.
Madam Speaker, I look forward to working with Sonny Perdue, Secretary
Perdue, and the USDA to implement this important language.
Madam Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this package.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman
from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the chairwoman of the Energy and Water
Subcommittee.
Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
Madam Speaker, it is with frustration that I rise in support of
today's short-term continuing resolution and urge my colleagues to do
so as well.
Once again, we need a means to keep the lights on for the Federal
Government. The American people need and deserve more from their
collective elected leaders. We are in the middle of an economic crisis
and global pandemic when many are unsure they can keep their own lights
on.
This 11-week extension puts our Federal agencies on autopilot. They
can't begin new programs or respond to shifting priorities. It
handcuffs our ability to respond to America's twin crises. It blocks
investments in national security, fails to assist schools struggling to
safely educate America's youth, fails the millions of families standing
in long lines desperate for food assistance, and leaves millions
questioning whether they even have a home tomorrow. It is a complete
and total dereliction of duty for today and tomorrow.
The lack of action from our Senate colleagues, for the second year in
a row, who deep-sixed their fiscal responsibility and leadership
brought us here today. Our Senate friends have not even started the
appropriation process. Not a single bill was considered in their
committees. But they have time for another judicial confirmation.
Madam Speaker, I commend Chairwoman Lowey's leadership, and Speaker
Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer for their prioritization and passage
in the House of 10 of our 12 annual appropriations spending bills--all
managed with the unknown and lack of Presidential leadership in
establishing a Federal response to the COVID pandemic. The Senate
achieved nothing. Nothing.
While Senate Republican strategists are squeezed in rooms over there
thinking about a Supreme Court nominee before election day, they ignore
their top responsibility of Congress' funding responsibility. Our
Senate Republican colleagues have 11 weeks to draft and pass 12 bills,
but not a single word on how they plan to achieve this monumental task.
The Energy and Water portion of the continuing resolution contains
commonsense, necessary extensions to keep certain programs operating
for the next 11 weeks.
Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this short-term
resolution.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman
from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), the chairwoman of the Military
Construction-Veterans Affairs Subcommittee.
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for
yielding.
Madam Speaker, I rise to support passage of the continuing
resolution, but I am frustrated that we find ourselves here yet again.
Yet again, the Democratic House did its job. We passed our bills to
fund most Federal agencies in July. It is now September. The end of the
fiscal year is in 8 days, but Leader McConnell and the Republican
Senate have not moved a single one of the 12 appropriations bills that
we are supposed to pass every year.
As an Appropriations subcommittee chair, I feel compelled to call out
this gross dereliction of duty. A CR is obviously not ideal. But the
bill before us
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today keeps government functioning and includes fixes to facilitate
coronavirus relief, which we should have done completely separately and
more significantly.
The bill allows the Small Business Administration to continue to
process disaster loans, which are a lifeline for many struggling small
businesses. It allows FEMA access to fiscal year 2021 funding for the
Disaster Relief Fund, to allow them to respond to emergencies and
natural disasters.
I am particularly proud that we increase funding for the Veterans
Electronic Health Record Modernization to support the increased number
of deployments of the modernized system at planned sites going into
fiscal year 2021, ensuring the 10-year modernization remains
on schedule and on budget.
Notably, the bill also includes legislation to prevent USCIS
employees from being furloughed and allow the agency to continue doing
its job: adjudicating applications for work visas, asylum, and
citizenship, even if that job has been greatly hindered by Trump and
his enablers. The bill also includes reporting requirements to ensure
accountability.
Democrats also worked hard all day today in order to secure $8
billion in vital funding for nutrition assistance. It is absurd that we
even had to fight to get Republicans to agree to an expansion of free
meals for food-insecure children, but here we are.
Madam Speaker, finally, let's be clear. The fact that we are passing
a CR without having already passed an additional COVID stimulus bill
represents cruelty and gross incompetence of the highest order.
In May, the House passed the HEROES Act. We did our job. We need to
keep the government open, but we also need additional COVID relief for
the American people.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I have no further requests for time on
our side, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I have no other speakers, and I yield
back the balance of my time.
Mr. VISCLOSKY. Madam Speaker, I simply ask our colleagues to support
the continuing resolution, and I, too, yield back the balance of my
time.
Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, I am disappointed that we have
to do this, pass a stop gap Continuing Resolution. But it must be done.
The alternative is to shut down the government while our people are
worried about their health, their jobs and their homes.
Under Chairwoman Lowey's leadership, the House did its job. We passed
ten appropriations bills this summer, doing our jobs to meet the needs
of the American people. We did this even in the face of a pandemic
which forced us to adopt novel ways of working. Meanwhile, the other
body has not marked up even one bill.
People across the country are waiting for their government to take
action. Action to fight the pandemic. Action to take belated action to
dismantle systemic racism in our society. Action to end endless wars.
Action just to do our most fundamental job of keeping the government
running.
I urge my colleagues to support this continuing resolution.
Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as a senior member of the Committees
on the Judiciary, on Homeland Security, and on the Budget, I rise in
support of H.R. 8337, a bill that provides funding to continue the
operations of the federal government through December 11, 2020, and
avoids a wasteful and irresponsible shutdown, and also the underlying
bill.
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 116th 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 over the past two years, under the leadership of Speaker Pelosi,
the House has passed nearly 600 bills, including legislation to 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.
For example, in this Congress the House has passed and sent to the
Senate the following major legislative bills:
H.R. 1, For The People Act;
H.R. 2, Moving Forward Act;
H.R. 3, The Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act;
H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act
H.R. 5, Equality Act;
H.R. 6, The American Dream & Promise Act;
H.R. 7, Paycheck Fairness Act;
H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act;
H.R. 9, Climate Action Now Act;
H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act;
H.R. 1425, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act;
H.R. 1585, Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act; and
H.R. 7120, George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
These along with many, many others are among the 340 bills sitting on
Majority Leader McConnell's desk awaiting Senate action.
Madam Speaker, in truth the Republican-controlled Senate has been
missing in action for much of the 116th Congress.
Whether it the urgent need to fortify our election systems from
confirmed foreign interference, notably from Vladimir Putin's Russia,
or lower prescription drugs prices and expanding and protecting the
right of all Americans to affordable, accessible, high quality health
care, fixing our broken immigration system, or holding a wayward
Executive to account, has failed American people in its basic duty to
promote the general welfare and provide for the common defense.
Nowhere is this more apparent than its failure to take up and vote on
the HEROES Act passed by the House in May of this year to address the
devastating budgetary and fiscal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic which
the President exacerbated by his incompetent response to the crisis.
The numbers are heartbreaking.
As of September 21, 2020, the number of lives lost to COVID-19 has
passed another grim milestone and now exceeds 200,000.
As of September 20, 2020, there were 6,812,470 cases of COVID-19,
which along with the number of lives lost leads the world.
When President Obama left office on January 20, 2017, unemployment
was at 4.7 percent; today, due to the mismanagement of the COVID-19
pandemic by President Trump and Republicans, unemployment is nearly
double at 8.4 percent.
When Trump took office in January 2017, there were 241,000 initial
unemployment insurance (UI) claims for the week ending January 28, 2017
and at the beginning of the 116th Congress in January 2019: there were
236,000 initial UI claims.
Today, due to the mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic by President
Trump and Republicans, there were 860,000 initial UI claims for the
week ending September 12, 2020.
Approximately 30 million Americans have lost the job they had just
months ago because of this Administration's ineptitude and cavalier
regard for the well-being of the American people.
Madam Speaker, during President Obama's last full year in office in
2016, the deficit was $585 billion but under the mismanagement of the
current Administration, we have seen the deficit balloon nearly seven-
fold to $3.3 trillion.
Continuing this Administration's unbroken chain of woe, in 2019,
after repeated attempts by Republicans to undermine and sabotage the
Affordable Care Act, there were 33.2 million uninsured Americans, 5
million more than when President Obama left office.
It has been estimated by reputable experts that from February 2020
through May 2020 alone, an estimated 5.4 million Americans became
uninsured because of unprecedented job loss caused by the Republican
mismanagement of this pandemic.
Given the wreckage to the economy and the damage to the lives and
livelihoods of the American people, it is unconscionable that this
Administration is pursuing a lawsuit to strike down the Affordable Care
Act, which would take health care coverage away from 20 million
Americans and take away protections for 132 million persons who have
pre-existing conditions.
Madam Speaker, this country desperately needs and wants change.
While I believe that November 3, will herald that the change we need
is coming, we must keep our ship of state afloat before we can right
the course.
That is why I reluctantly support the Continuing Resolution that will
be before us.
Madam Speaker, let me briefly list several of the programs vital to
Americans that are protected or extended by H.R. 8337.
Section 103. Same Terms and Conditions for Continuing Appropriations
as FY 2020.
Section 103 states that appropriations are under the same terms and
conditions, including relevant authorities and prohibitions, as the
fiscal year 2019 appropriations bills.
Section 106. End Date of CR.
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Section 106 provides that the CR ends at the earlier of the enactment
of a full-year appropriations bill or December 11, 2020.
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 117. Summer EBT.
Section 117 allows the Food and Nutrition Service to spend at a
higher rate during the CR to ensure the Summer EBT program is fully
operational by May 2021.
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 124. Census Bureau Funding.
Section 124 specifies the rate of funding during the period of the
continuing resolution for the Census Bureau's Periodic Censuses and
Programs account and the 2020 Decennial Census Program.
Section 129. Extension for District of Columbia Voucher School
Accreditation.
Section 129 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 130. District of Columbia Local Funds
Section 130 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 131. Additional Funding for Presidential Inauguration
Activities
Section 131 provides additional funding to the District of Columbia
for activities related to the Presidential Inauguration.
Section 132. Increased Flexibility to Process Certain SBA Loans.
Section 132 allows the Small Business Administration flexibility to
spend at the rate necessary to accommodate potential demand increases
for commitments for 7(a) business loans and for the Small Business
Investment Company (SBIC) program.
Section 133. Increased Flexibility to Process SBA Disaster Loans.
Section 133 allows a higher spending rate for the Small Business
Administration to continue to process and service new and existing
disaster loans, particularly given the increased demand.
Section 134. Additional Funding for Presidential Transition Office
Space.
Section 134 provides funding for Presidential transition services
including the provision of office space suitable for staff to support
the ingoing and outgoing administrations.
Section 139. Extension of Certain Bankruptcy Judgeships.
Section 139 extends the term of certain bankruptcy judgeships.
Section 140. Extension of Authority to Provide Paid Leave.
Section 140 extends the authority to allow reimbursement to
qualifying contractors for the costs of providing paid leave to
employees during the pandemic.
Section 145. Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).
Section 145 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 146. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Section 146 continues the authorization for the NFIP through
September 30, 2021.
Section 149. Maintaining Funding for the TANF and Child Care
Entitlement to States Programs.
Section 149 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.
Section 161. Technical Correction on Veterans Benefits.
Section 161 provides a technical correction to the Fiscal Year 2021
advance appropriation provided in division F of Public Law 116-94 for
the Department of Veterans Affairs Compensation and Pensions account,
to ensure that funds for veterans' benefits may remain available until
expended.
Section 162. Increasing Veterans Electronic Health Record
Modernization Funding.
Section 162 increases the funding available to the Veterans
Electronic Health Record Modernization during the period of the
continuing resolution to successfully deploy the health record system
at planned sites during the first fiscal quarter.
Section 163. Providing Funding for the Veterans Canteen Service.
Section 163 allows a transfer of funds from the CARES Act to maintain
the operations of the Veterans Canteen Service.
Section 169. National Infrastructure Investments (BUILD).
Section 169 assists state, local, and tribal governments and other
applicants who were awarded BUILD grants in fiscal years 2017 and 2018,
Section 169 provides increased flexibilities by extending obligation
deadlines.
Section 172. Housing for the Elderly.
Section 172 allows HUD to obligate funding under the CR formula for
Housing for the Elderly programs at a rate for operations necessary to
maintain project rental assistance for the elderly and to continue the
Integrated Wellness in Supportive Housing (IWISH) demonstration
program.
Section 2101. Community Health Centers, National Health Service
Corps, and Teaching health centers that operate graduate medical
education.
Section 2101 extends funding for Community Health Centers, National
Health Service Corps, and the Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical
Education Program through December 11, 2020.
Section 2102. Diabetes programs.
Section 2102 extends funding for the Special Diabetes Program and the
Special Diabetes Program for Indians through December 11, 2020.
Section 2203. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-
income programs.
Section 2203 extends funding through December 11, 2020 for low-income
Medicare beneficiary outreach, enrollment, and education activities
provided through State Health Insurance Assistance Programs, Area
Agencies on Aging, Aging and Disability Resource Centers, and the
National Center for Benefits and Outreach and Enrollment.
Section 2302. Extension of spousal impoverishment protections.
Section 2302 extends protections against impoverishment for the
spouses of individuals receiving home- and community-based services
(HCBS) through December 11, 2020.
Section 2303. Delay of DSH reductions.
Section 2303 delays implementation of the allotment reductions for
Medicaid disproportionate share hospitals through December 11, 2020.
Section 2304. Extension of Community Mental Health Services
Demonstration Program.
Section 2304 extends the authorization for the certified community
behavioral health clinics demonstration through December 11, 2020.
Finally, Division B of the bill contains provisions in the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
including a one-year extension for surface transportation programs at
fiscal year 2020 levels and provisions shoring up the Airport and
Airway Trust Fund.
I strongly support this legislation and urge all Members to join me
in voting for its passage.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky) that the House suspend the rules
and pass the bill, H.R. 8337.
The question was taken.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution
965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 359,
nays 57, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 14, as follows:
[Roll No. 198]
YEAS--359
Abraham
Adams
Aderholt
Aguilar
Allen
Allred
Amodei
Arrington
Axne
Bacon
Baird
Balderson
Barr
Barragan
Bass
Beatty
Bera
Bergman
Beyer
Bilirakis
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NC)
Bishop (UT)
Blumenauer
Blunt Rochester
Bonamici
Bost
Boyle, Brendan F.
Brady
Brindisi
Brooks (IN)
Brown (MD)
Brownley (CA)
Buchanan
Bucshon
Burgess
Bustos
Butterfield
Calvert
Carbajal
Cardenas
Carson (IN)
Carter (GA)
Carter (TX)
Cartwright
Case
Casten (IL)
Castor (FL)
Castro (TX)
Chabot
Cheney
Chu, Judy
Cicilline
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Cisneros
Clark (MA)
Clarke (NY)
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Cole
Collins (GA)
Comer
Conaway
Connolly
Cook
Cooper
Correa
Costa
Courtney
Cox (CA)
Craig
Crawford
Crenshaw
Crist
Crow
Cuellar
Cunningham
Curtis
Davids (KS)
Davidson (OH)
Davis (CA)
Davis, Danny K.
Davis, Rodney
Dean
DeFazio
DeGette
DeLauro
DelBene
Delgado
Demings
DeSaulnier
Deutch
Diaz-Balart
Dingell
Doggett
Doyle, Michael F.
Emmer
Engel
Escobar
Eshoo
Espaillat
Evans
Ferguson
Finkenauer
Fitzpatrick
Fleischmann
Fletcher
Flores
Fortenberry
Foster
Foxx (NC)
Frankel
Fudge
Gabbard
Gallego
Garamendi
Garcia (CA)
Garcia (IL)
Garcia (TX)
Gianforte
Gibbs
Golden
Gomez
Gonzalez (OH)
Gonzalez (TX)
Gottheimer
Granger
Graves (GA)
Graves (LA)
Graves (MO)
Green, Al (TX)
Grijalva
Guest
Guthrie
Haaland
Hagedorn
Harder (CA)
Harris
Hartzler
Hastings
Hayes
Heck
Herrera Beutler
Higgins (NY)
Hill (AR)
Himes
Holding
Horn, Kendra S.
Horsford
Houlahan
Hoyer
Hudson
Huffman
Huizenga
Hurd (TX)
Jackson Lee
Jacobs
Jayapal
Jeffries
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (LA)
Johnson (OH)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson (TX)
Joyce (OH)
Joyce (PA)
Kaptur
Katko
Keating
Kelly (IL)
Kelly (MS)
Kennedy
Khanna
Kildee
Kilmer
Kim
Kind
King (NY)
Kinzinger
Kirkpatrick
Krishnamoorthi
Kuster (NH)
Kustoff (TN)
LaMalfa
Lamb
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Latta
Lawrence
Lawson (FL)
Lee (CA)
Lee (NV)
Lesko
Levin (CA)
Levin (MI)
Lieu, Ted
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren
Lowenthal
Lowey
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lujan
Luria
Lynch
Malinowski
Maloney, Sean
Marchant
Matsui
McAdams
McBath
McCarthy
McCaul
McCollum
McEachin
McGovern
McHenry
McKinley
McNerney
Meeks
Meng
Mfume
Miller
Mitchell
Moolenaar
Moore
Morelle
Moulton
Mucarsel-Powell
Murphy (FL)
Murphy (NC)
Nadler
Napolitano
Neal
Neguse
Newhouse
Norcross
Nunes
O'Halleran
Omar
Palazzo
Pallone
Panetta
Pappas
Pascrell
Payne
Pelosi
Pence
Perlmutter
Peters
Peterson
Phillips
Pingree
Pocan
Porter
Posey
Pressley
Price (NC)
Quigley
Raskin
Reed
Rice (NY)
Richmond
Roby
Rodgers (WA)
Roe, David P.
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rooney (FL)
Rose (NY)
Rose, John W.
Rouda
Rouzer
Roybal-Allard
Ruiz
Ruppersberger
Rush
Rutherford
Ryan
Sanchez
Sarbanes
Scalise
Scanlon
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schneider
Schrader
Schrier
Schweikert
Scott (VA)
Scott, Austin
Scott, David
Serrano
Sewell (AL)
Shalala
Sherman
Sherrill
Shimkus
Simpson
Sires
Slotkin
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (WA)
Smucker
Soto
Spanberger
Speier
Stanton
Stefanik
Stevens
Stewart
Stivers
Suozzi
Swalwell (CA)
Takano
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tipton
Titus
Tlaib
Tonko
Torres (CA)
Torres Small (NM)
Trahan
Trone
Turner
Underwood
Upton
Van Drew
Vargas
Veasey
Vela
Velazquez
Visclosky
Wagner
Walberg
Walden
Walorski
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watkins
Watson Coleman
Webster (FL)
Welch
Wenstrup
Westerman
Wexton
Wild
Williams
Wilson (FL)
Womack
Woodall
Yarmuth
Young
Zeldin
NAYS--57
Amash
Armstrong
Babin
Banks
Biggs
Brooks (AL)
Buck
Budd
Burchett
Cline
Cloud
DesJarlais
Duncan
Estes
Fulcher
Gaetz
Gallagher
Gohmert
Gooden
Gosar
Green (TN)
Griffith
Grothman
Hern, Kevin
Hice (GA)
Higgins (LA)
Hollingsworth
Jordan
Keller
King (IA)
LaHood
Lamborn
Long
Loudermilk
Massie
Mast
McClintock
Mooney (WV)
Norman
Olson
Palmer
Rice (SC)
Roy
Sensenbrenner
Smith (MO)
Spano
Steil
Steube
Taylor
Tiffany
Timmons
Walker
Waltz
Weber (TX)
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Yoho
ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1
Ocasio-Cortez
NOT VOTING--14
Byrne
Dunn
Kelly (PA)
Maloney, Carolyn B.
Marshall
Meuser
Mullin
Perry
Reschenthaler
Riggleman
Stauber
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Wright
{time} 2014
Mr. OLSON changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
Mr. NEGUSE changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and
the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
MEMBERS RECORDED PURSUANT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 965, 116TH CONGRESS
Chu, Judy (Takano)
DeSaulnier (Matsui)
Engel (Pallone)
Frankel (Clark (MA))
Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
Hayes (Courtney)
Huffman (Thompson (CA))
Jayapal (Raskin)
Kildee (Butterfield)
Kim (Davids (KS))
Kind (Beyer)
Kirkpatrick (Gallego)
Langevin (Lynch)
Lawrence (Raskin)
Lawson (FL) (Evans)
Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
Lipinski (Cooper)
Lofgren (Jeffries)
Lowenthal (Beyer)
Lowey (Tonko)
Meng (Clark (MA))
Moore (Beyer)
Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
Napolitano (Correa)
Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
Pingree (Clark (MA))
Pocan (Raskin)
Porter (Wexton)
Richmond (Fudge)
Rooney (FL) (Beyer)
Roybal-Allard (Cardenas)
Rush (Underwood)
Serrano (Jeffries)
Speier (Scanlon)
Watson Coleman (Pallone)
Welch (McGovern)
Wilson (FL) (Adams)
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