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<dc:title>116 HR 2740 RH: Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:title>Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.</dc:title>
<currentChamber value="HOUSE">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</currentChamber>
<action><date date="2019-05-15"><inline class="smallCaps">May </inline>15, 2019</date><actionDescription><sponsor bioGuideId="D000216">Ms. <inline class="smallCaps">DeLauro</inline></sponsor>, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</actionDescription></action></preface>
<main changed="notChanged" id="ID3F54C6107CE743A8878D0BC760C31247" styleType="traditional-inline"><longTitle><docTitle>A BILL</docTitle><officialTitle>Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.</officialTitle></longTitle><enactingFormula><i>Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, </i></enactingFormula><section id="H700B320C6BB34755A49F835C261D1F43" class="inline"><content class="inline">That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely:</content></section>
<title identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI" id="H98F2282255274F5D815238E771CD5DDA" styleType="traditional-inline"><num value="I">TITLE I</num><heading class="block">DEPARTMENT OF LABOR</heading>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H81CCF4974B624FDEB5429AA573C6D5DA"><heading>Employment and Training Administration</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3B4E42B525464FAEB35D7FF61F74A160"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">training and employment services</inline></heading><chapeau>For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as “WIOA”) and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,977,615,000, plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts provided:</chapeau>
<paragraph id="H93FD2E22D9324FA89D78B30F3814F319" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>for grants to States for adult employment and training activities, youth activities, and dislocated worker employment and training activities, $2,967,360,000 as follows:</chapeau>
<subparagraph id="H950A3745C29E4C7C918E3F168A07AA26" class="indent2"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>$900,000,000 for adult employment and training activities, of which $188,000,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and of which $712,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6C13DCD79AC457DB73341DE8949362F" class="indent2"><num value="B">(B) </num><content>$964,000,000 for youth activities, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA40001DE48B3427B81FBFF6CD2B008A5" class="indent2"><num value="C">(C) </num><content>$1,103,360,000 for dislocated worker employment and training activities, of which $243,360,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and of which $860,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021:</content></subparagraph>
<continuation class="indent0" role="paragraph"><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the funds available for allotment to outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and</proviso></continuation></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE416234A4B61406E92C022462413548F" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>for national programs, $1,010,255,000 as follows:</chapeau>
<subparagraph id="HBA2F1361456841E2B3AF868932B01BFB" class="indent2"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>$370,859,000 for the dislocated workers assistance national reserve, of which $170,859,000 shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, and of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds provided to carry out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to provide assistance to a State for statewide or local use in order to address cases where there have been worker dislocations across multiple sectors or across multiple local areas and such workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State workforce development plan with emerging economic development needs; and train such eligible dislocated workers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance and demonstration projects, respectively, that provide assistance to new entrants in the workforce and incumbent workers: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds provided under this subparagraph, the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this title as “Secretary”) may reserve not more than 7 percent of such funds to provide technical assistance and carry out additional activities related to the transition to the WIOA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided under this subparagraph, $150,000,000 shall be for training and employment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in such section) and 170 of the WIOA for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs at community colleges, defined as public institutions of higher education, as described in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act and at which the associate’s degree is primarily the highest degree awarded, with other eligible institutions of higher education, as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act, eligible to participate through consortia, with community colleges as the lead grantee: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall follow the requirements for the program in the committee report accompanying this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any grant funds used for apprenticeships shall be used to support only apprenticeship programs registered under the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in Section 3(7)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;</proviso></content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1965039BF200438B84393774DDC9622D" changed="notChanged" class="indent2"><num value="B">(B) </num><content>$55,000,000 for Native American programs under section 166 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1C87259640554D05A415C66F1FF5FD88" changed="notChanged" class="indent2"><num value="C">(C) </num><content>$98,896,000 for migrant and seasonal farmworker programs under section 167 of the WIOA, including $91,722,000 for formula grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for employment and training services), $6,588,000 for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for permanent housing), and $586,000 for other discretionary purposes, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law or related regulation, the Department of Labor shall take no action limiting the number or proportion of eligible participants receiving related assistance services or discouraging grantees from providing such services;</proviso></content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6276BDA0842C4B7D8F73996A5D36A60B" class="indent2"><num value="D">(D) </num><content>$127,500,000 for YouthBuild activities as described in section 171 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B489A62C83D41B5A09D5CD7ED847020" class="indent2"><num value="E">(E) </num><content>$100,000,000 for ex-offender activities, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to national and regional intermediaries for activities that prepare young, formerly incarcerated individuals, including those who have dropped out of school or other educational programs, with a priority for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas;</proviso></content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1D0CE793694414F9F1815751A6F19E5" changed="notChanged" class="indent2"><num value="F">(F) </num><content>$8,000,000 for the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A89EC633E864D63B0511DEB2A37B922" changed="notChanged" class="indent2"><num value="G">(G) </num><content>$250,000,000, to expand opportunities through apprenticeships only registered under the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be available to the Secretary to carry out activities through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts and other arrangements, with States and other appropriate entities, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided to carry out this subparagraph, not less than 20 percent shall be for making competitive contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements to national apprenticeship intermediaries, not less than 20 percent shall be for competitive contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements to local apprenticeship intermediaries, and not less than 50 percent shall be used to fund grants to States.</proviso></content></subparagraph></paragraph></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H9D43E8E693F64434AEE5F523451A3964"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">job corps</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H80959151D7A543DA8E553E92FF96255E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><chapeau>To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, including Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the purchase of real property for training centers as authorized by the WIOA, $1,868,655,000, plus reimbursements, as follows:</chapeau>
<paragraph id="HD43318C6944F42F69DCE788A6A71A140" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>$1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD6478F8A0204294BAD8644C4F5526BF" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>$233,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023, and which may include the acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items of equipment: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational needs of such centers or to achieve administrative efficiencies: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funds transferred pursuant to the preceding provision shall not be available for obligation after June 30, 2021: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and</proviso></content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7360BAED7E4B409AAE061079D97B9C77" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>$32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020:</chapeau>
<continuation class="indent0" role="section"> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no funds from any other appropriation shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps centers.</proviso></continuation></paragraph></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HEE2610F9B467418481002212F418120D" changed="notChanged"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">community service employment for older americans</inline></heading><content class="block">To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as “OAA”), $463,800,000, which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HC8EEDDB77DA54DF7BEDE5190B0E77A4E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">federal unemployment benefits and allowances</inline></heading><content class="block">For payments during fiscal year 2020 of trade adjustment benefit payments and allowances under part I of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment and case management services, allowances for job search and relocation, and related State administrative expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, allowances, training, employment and case management services, and related State administration provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, $680,000,000 together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 2020: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this heading may remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<ref href="/us/usc/t19/s2317/c">19 U.S.C. 2317(c)</ref>).</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HB14396135DC945CEB83D35C6A472BF65"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">state unemployment insurance and employment service operations</inline></heading><chapeau>For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,381,695,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (“the Trust Fund”), of which:</chapeau>
<paragraph id="H91B83C7D61C54E27ADAD11F05C2A765D" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>$2,618,230,000 from the Trust Fund is for grants to States for the administration of State unemployment insurance laws as authorized under title III of the Social Security Act (including not less than $175,000,000 to carry out reemployment services and eligibility assessments under section 306 of such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in such section, including those who are profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for such services and assessments: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is specified for grants under section 306 of the Social Security Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $58,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II) of such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence), the administration of unemployment insurance for Federal employees and for ex-service members as authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8501–8523">5 U.S.C. 8501–8523</ref>, and the administration of trade readjustment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, and shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2020, except that funds used for automation shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2020, and for State obligation through September 30, 2022, or, if the automation is being carried out through consortia of States, for State obligation through September 30, 2026, and for expenditure through September 30, 2027, and funds for competitive grants awarded to States for improved operations and to conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance improper payment reviews and provide reemployment services and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2020, and for obligation by the States through September 30, 2022, and funds for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be available for obligation by the State through September 30, 2021, and funds used for unemployment insurance workloads experienced through September 30, 2020 shall be available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2020: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds available under this paragraph for grants to States for administering claims under State unemployment compensation laws that remain unallocated at the end of the fiscal year as a result of state workloads in administering such claims not supporting the allocation, the Secretary shall use such funds (other than funds specified for other activities in this paragraph) for supplemental grant funding opportunities to States in order to improve operations and modernize State Unemployment Insurance systems and such funds shall remain available for Federal obligation through December 31, 2020;</proviso></content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E4F1A9BCEA04A28AF73BCFE194CB5CF" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>$12,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities necessary to support the administration of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19D35E7C54FE48F49C68552631DD542C" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>$658,587,000 from the Trust Fund, together with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B77F922BAF74D709AD718E4AE7F2A0F" class="indent1"><num value="4">(4) </num><content>$22,318,000 from the Trust Fund is for national activities of the Employment Service, including administration of the work opportunity tax credit under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H331646BD8CAF4518A1946BB502FFB738" class="indent1"><num value="5">(5) </num><content>$70,560,000 from the Trust Fund is for the administration of foreign labor certifications and related activities under the Immigration and Nationality Act and related laws, of which $56,278,000 shall be available for the Federal administration of such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for grants to States for the administration of such activities; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69950ECFC0DF4036B2B276CA4E431428" class="indent1"><num value="6">(6) </num><chapeau>$62,653,000 from the General Fund is to provide workforce information, national electronic tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021:</chapeau>
<continuation class="indent0" role="subsection"><proviso><i>Provided</i>, That to the extent that the Average Weekly Insured Unemployment (“AWIU”) for fiscal year 2020 is projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 1,758,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such State to assist other States in carrying out activities under such title III if the other States include areas that have suffered a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State Information Data Exchange System: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to establish a national one-stop career center system, or which are used to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That States awarded competitive grants for improved operations under title III of the Social Security Act, or awarded grants to support the national activities of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, may award subgrants to other States and non-State entities under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to the grants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated under this Act for activities authorized under title III of the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwithstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under the final rule entitled “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards” at <ref href="/us/cfr/t2/pt200">part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary, at the request of a State participating in a consortium with other States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the Social Security Act to other States participating in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemployment Insurance Information Technology Support Center in order to carry out activities that benefit the administration of the unemployment compensation law of the State making the request: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may collect fees for the costs associated with additional data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and local governments, public and private institutions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s9a">29 U.S.C. 9a</ref>, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the information collection and reporting needs of such entities, which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2021, for such purposes.</proviso></continuation></paragraph></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HBFE02D8C10314A9D9DC34B12077015EE"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">advances to the unemployment trust fund and other funds</inline></heading><content class="block">For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8509">5 U.S.C. 8509</ref>, and to the “Federal Unemployment Benefits and Allowances” account, such sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2021.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HA6B65CDEDF694983B821DB408A921835"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">program administration</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses of administering employment and training programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed $49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HC789284CA9C340BEACE7F8228F5B5E52"><heading>Employee Benefits Security Administration</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H8D5C689C24F343DA8634C7F5E4486E1C"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Security Administration, $183,155,000, of which up to $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 2021, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforcement litigation.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H86AFE473708E4BAAABC6D51AF4063A81"><heading>Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H6290026C49814A4C891F40250A465A44"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">pension benefit guaranty corporation fund</inline></heading><content class="block">The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“Corporation”) is authorized to make such expenditures, including financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9104">31 U.S.C. 9104</ref>, as may be necessary in carrying out the program, including associated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2020, for the Corporation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal year 2020 shall be available for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of $452,858,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That to the extent that the number of new plan participants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2020, an amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall remain available until expended for obligations for administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional terminated participants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be incurred and shall remain available until expended for obligation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination or termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer program related expenses after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That to the extent the Corporation’s expenses exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or identity monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a security incident or privacy breach, an additional amount shall remain available until expended for obligations for such expenses, not to exceed an additional $100 per affected individual.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HECD7FE20A0E64D929C7365276CDBBB1B"><heading>Wage and Hour Division</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H44A057E0A1804AEAA4DE7642EA197EC7"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Division, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for inspection services rendered, $298,131,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HA653AF769E9547229A842B0EFCA14FD5"><heading>Office of Labor-management Standards</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H9BC9C7D43CE1415DBCF6A65E729CF89A"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Management Standards, $40,187,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HACD91D133490475E84712995D42CE77A"><heading>Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF8D482F0CEF54D80B011E56F15B6B539"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, $120,000,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H95B3F73FBB9D43C488B571A40409C80C"><heading>Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3D59728A61F0479CAFCCD7FFFD419C76"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, $118,609,000, together with $2,173,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3BCA4A6F37B64E2EA5D2B6BF089D0775"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">special benefits</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H96A4BC2FE2F04494AA818453107F63C5"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><chapeau>For the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s81">5 U.S.C. 81</ref>; continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading “<headingText>Civilian War Benefits</headingText>” in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the War Claims Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t50/app2012">50 U.S.C. App. 2012</ref>); obligations incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1701/etseq">42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.</ref>); and 50 percent of the additional compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, $234,600,000, together with such amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ Compensation Fund established under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8147/a">5 U.S.C. 8147(a)</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That amounts appropriated may be used under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8104">5 U.S.C. 8104</ref> by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That balances of reimbursements unobligated on September 30, 2019, shall remain available until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and expenses: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition there shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality required under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s8147/c">5 U.S.C. 8147(c)</ref> to pay an amount for its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration for employees of such fair share entities through September 30, 2020: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of those funds transferred to this account from the fair share entities to pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, $74,777,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as follows:</proviso></chapeau>
<paragraph id="H52AAD8C643C84B59B171DF8B47521234" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>For enhancement and maintenance of automated data processing systems operations and telecommunications systems, $24,540,000;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6CCCF0FD4BE4156929986785AC3DC9C" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>For automated workload processing operations, including document imaging, centralized mail intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB1AE117934844FD9491B8B38B8D7568" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>For periodic roll disability management and medical review, $25,535,000;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9BF89BDA20EF4BD38AB90333FA94E585" class="indent1"><num value="4">(4) </num><content>For program integrity, $1,734,000; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6B44BF4677747C285C994D9CC5E5506" class="indent1"><num value="5">(5) </num><chapeau>The remaining funds shall be paid into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:</chapeau>
<continuation class="indent0" role="subsection"><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s81">5 U.S.C. 81</ref>, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as such regulations may prescribe.</proviso></continuation></paragraph></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H44B634414CF24993AF8B0FA1005B8060"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">special benefits for disabled coal miners</inline></heading><content>
<p>For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/107/275">Public Law 107–275</ref>, $20,970,000, to remain available until expended.</p>
<p>For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts as may be necessary.</p>
<p>For making benefit payments under title IV for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3522CA5499D4458D864FED55A64DAED3"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">administrative expenses, energy employees occupational illness compensation fund</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $59,846,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may require that any person filing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such claim such identifying information (including Social Security account number) as may be prescribed.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H43B1CD21A021428D8F33A90B072E2CF0"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">black lung disability trust fund</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HCE6175BF92604ED79FC2B9D535C8F05F"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content class="block">Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund (the “Fund”), to remain available until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2020 for expenses of operation and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed $38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, “Salaries and Expenses”; not to exceed $32,844,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, “Salaries and Expenses”; not to exceed $330,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, “Office of Inspector General”; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the Treasury.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H5C8A39B8524B46E5B78FC09AEFE386B4"><heading>Occupational Safety and Health Administration</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H0C4797620E844EE495DA0325F5738BFB"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, $660,908,000, including not to exceed $123,233,000 which shall be the maximum amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the “Act”), which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupational safety and health programs required to be incurred under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training institute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational safety and health training and education: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, to collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions of <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s9a">29 U.S.C. 9a</ref>, to administer national and international laboratory recognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and products used by workers in the workplace: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $12,690,000 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of which not less than $4,500,000 is for Susan Harwood Training Capacity Building Developmental grants, as described in Funding Opportunity Number SHTG–FY–16–02 (referenced in the notice of availability of funds published in the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 (<ref href="/us/fr/81/30568">81 Fed. Reg. 30568</ref>)) for program activities starting not later than September 30, 2020 and lasting for a period of 12 months: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $3,500,000 shall be for Voluntary Protection Programs.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HD5BCB17B126D41859ED92A3E36D57B8A"><heading>Mine Safety and Health Administration</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H01F3F78888294022BACDD1928E18743B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health Administration, $417,290,000, including purchase and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine safety and health education and training activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees collected for the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for such activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other contributions from public and private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to promote health and safety education and training in the mining community through cooperative programs with States, industry, and safety associations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a principal safety association and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safety and Health Administration officials as officers in local chapters or in the national organization: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funds available to the Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the event of a major disaster.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H75FA46AB1BF64E43A686659C271CC932"><heading>Bureau of Labor Statistics</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H04F7774074F74A85A8F46EBE5F29E1BE"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content>
<p>For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Federal, and local agencies and their employees for services rendered, $600,800,000, together with not to exceed $65,000,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. </p>
<p>In addition, $10,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 2024, for costs associated with the physical move of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ headquarters, including replication of space, furniture, fixtures, equipment, and related costs, as well as relocation of the data center to a shared facility.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H8A7A4D04768C4A36A221D585FC4BC52D"><heading>Office of Disability Employment Policy</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H33F897383E8B4A939DFF93282B667613"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of people with disabilities, $38,500,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HABAAC93724C64CAF9CDC65608A7738AA"><heading>Departmental Management</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HAF98F32217D544AF828F2A558BD3507B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HD69777A946484CCB850EF8109EF91506"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $382,631,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $89,825,000 for the Bureau of International Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through December 31, 2020: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to administer or operate international labor activities, bilateral and multilateral technical assistance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, grants, subgrants and other arrangements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $53,825,000 shall be for programs to combat exploitative child labor internationally and not less than $36,000,000 shall be used to implement model programs that address worker rights issues through technical assistance in countries with which the United States has free trade agreements or trade preference programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $8,040,000 shall be used for program evaluation and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2021: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds available for program evaluation may be used to administer grants for the purpose of evaluation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair and open competition: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds available for program evaluation may be transferred to any other appropriate account in the Department for such purpose: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the workforce: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, not less than $4,994,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H858D460900C7410BA19EC60743816D5D"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">veterans employment and training</inline></heading><chapeau>Not to exceed $256,341,000 may be derived from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, of which:</chapeau>
<paragraph id="H55DABDA63DD443659F36204B3C45BCF1" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>$180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State grants under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4102A/b/5">38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5)</ref> to support disabled veterans’ outreach program specialists under section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ employment representatives under section 4104(b) of such title, and for the expenses described in section 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obligation by the States through December 31, 2020, and not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal expenditures for data systems and contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and performance information: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, in addition, such funds may be used to support such specialists and representatives in the provision of services to transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have participated in the Transition Assistance Program and have been identified as in need of intensive services, to members of the Armed Forces who are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers of such wounded, ill, or injured members;</proviso></content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD43CCABB3E084274AE9F5F3AF35A1039" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>$29,379,000 is for carrying out the Transition Assistance Program under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4113">38 U.S.C. 4113</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1144">10 U.S.C. 1144</ref>;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40058F4AA9384431AD2467075C3DA8CD" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>$43,548,000 is for Federal administration of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 2021A and 2023 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, up to $500,000 may be used to carry out the Hire VETS Act (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dO">division O of Public Law 115–31</ref>); and</proviso></content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD5DDA5D6C99449C8C5E2962CD04975B" class="indent1"><num value="4">(4) </num><content>$3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Employment and Training Services Institute under <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4109">38 U.S.C. 4109</ref>:</content></paragraph>
<continuation class="indent0" role="appropriations-small"> <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may reallocate among the appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropriation from which such reallocation is made.</proviso></continuation></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H6906AAEC3D664A0BA122243EF34FBF05"><content>In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, $60,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 30, 2020, to provide services under such section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That services provided under sections 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to services to homeless veterans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 may include, in addition to services to the individuals described in subsection (e) of such section, services to veterans recently released from incarceration who are at risk of homelessness: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract support to allow for the tracking of participant and performance information: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of <ref href="/us/usc/t38">title 38, United States Code</ref>, such funds shall be available for expenditure pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1553">31 U.S.C. 1553</ref>. 

<p>In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall remain available until expended: <i>Provided</i>, That such sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for such purposes, including funds available under paragraph (3) of this heading: <i>Provided further</i>, That section 2(d) of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/31">Public Law 115–31</ref>; <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4100">38 U.S.C. 4100 note</ref>) shall not apply.</p></proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HC923BCC9F0754DE19203AE2E0D5723AA"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">information technology modernization</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for Department of Labor centralized infrastructure technology investment activities related to support systems and modernization, $37,000,000, which shall be available through September 30, 2021.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H5170E58FCFAD47888D7D10E87B72E802"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading><content class="block">For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $90,461,000, together with not to exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Employment Security Administration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HDFF8F1D4BADB4F25B91F7A34984D64F8"><heading>General Provisions</heading></appropriations>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s101" id="HB28C24E6DD694119AD08D834DDF58DE9" styleType="traditional"><num value="101"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 101. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any proration as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.</content></section>
<appropriations level="small" id="H5730FB6A615F44D3B4AC607B9E122271"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading></appropriations>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s102" id="HFF1610765EBB4BF2AACF0B4E86C143C5" styleType="traditional"><num value="102"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 102. </inline></num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s103" id="H5A15421EABB4495B9BE8289385D47849" styleType="traditional"><num value="103"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 103. </inline></num><content class="inline">In accordance with Executive Order 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced or indentured child labor in industries and host countries already identified by the United States Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s104" id="H7D2D45D291774DD9AC44452717F74FE7" styleType="traditional"><num value="104"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 104. </inline></num><content class="inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds made available to the Department of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (<ref href="/us/usc/t29/s2916a">29 U.S.C. 2916a</ref>) may be used for any purpose other than competitive grants for training individuals who are older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school within a local educational agency in the occupations and industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to support such training.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s105" id="HFD5A2AB23E0D4B11B69D88AFA9759DCB" styleType="traditional"><num value="105"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 105. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act under the heading “<headingText>Employment and Training Administration</headingText>” shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into account factors including the relative cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local government employees, and the size of the organizations that administer Federal programs involved including Employment and Training Administration programs.</content></section>
<appropriations level="small" id="H2F2CD3DFD2D342C0BC171DEF748295E2"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading></appropriations>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s106" id="H7F2694292CB240B789D57AAAC85A033D" styleType="traditional"><num value="106"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 106. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s106/a" id="HB5B00F33C4354F588F0118038AFE1084" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer funds made available to the Employment and Training Administration by this Act, either directly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance services to grantees to “Program Administration” when it is determined that those services will be more efficiently performed by Federal employees: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this section shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA.</proviso></content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s106/b" id="HA31269FF39FC4D78BC6C46DE047646BE" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary appropriation made available to the Employment and Training Administration by this Act to “Program Administration” in order to carry out program integrity activities relating to any of the programs or activities that are funded under any such discretionary appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding proviso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the “Office of Job Corps” account to paragraph (3) of such account to carry out program integrity activities related to the Job Corps program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds transferred under the authority provided by this subsection shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2021.</proviso></content></subsection></section>
<appropriations level="small" id="H05932894064243D198A25EB7A3650F47"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading></appropriations>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s107" id="H7AAFC5200BC4412EAFAE208A9EABEFC3" styleType="traditional"><num value="107"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 107. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s107/a" id="H0EDBFC25B1974902BFD10069960CA920" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Secretary may reserve not more than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under this section shall be transferred to “Departmental Management” for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for obligation through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s107/b" id="H1A78463E9D444F7D8967A7DB1195FF0D" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: “Training and Employment Services”, “Job Corps”, “Community Service Employment for Older Americans”, “State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations”, “Employee Benefits Security Administration”, “Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs”, “Wage and Hour Division”, “Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs”, “Office of Labor Management Standards”, “Occupational Safety and Health Administration”, “Mine Safety and Health Administration”, “Office of Disability Employment Policy”, funding made available to the “Bureau of International Labor Affairs” and “Women’s Bureau” within the “Departmental Management, Salaries and Expenses” account, and “Veterans Employment and Training”.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s108" id="HDAC92294BE5A475A9E8C57B9326713B3" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="108"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 108. </inline></num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to $2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value determined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for the purpose of training apprentices in those programs.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s109" id="H1724B9B82994452FB986280A27946BF1" styleType="traditional"><num value="109"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 109. </inline></num><content class="inline">Funds made available in prior Acts under the heading “<headingText>Department of Labor—Employment and Training Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations</headingText>” for fiscal years 2015 through 2019 for automation acquisitions that are being carried out through consortia of States shall be available for expenditure for six fiscal years after the final fiscal year that such funds are available to incur new obligations.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s110" id="H1C85FDE2C5534BF18DEB2D6B220F6F17" styleType="traditional"><num value="110"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 110. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s110/a" id="HE483E5939F9A410E8958CFC1304B8323" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Act entitled “An Act to create a Department of Labor”, approved March 4, 1913 (<ref href="/us/stat/37/736/ch141">37 Stat. 736, chapter 141</ref>) shall be applied as if the following text is part of such Act: 
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<subsection id="HAD579E5264DF4BAB823F0D7A47411A21" class="indent0"><num value="a">“(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">In General</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Labor is authorized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents to—</chapeau>
<paragraph id="HB12B127E5C054AB4ABC92B4CF02A4B6A" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1) </num><content>provide protection for the Secretary of Labor during the workday of the Secretary and during any activity that is preliminary or postliminary to the performance of official duties by the Secretary;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80972B0D295547B4A9C006F37C9273B2" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2) </num><content>provide protection, incidental to the protection provided to the Secretary, to a member of the immediate family of the Secretary who is participating in an activity or event relating to the official duties of the Secretary;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51F9B35A3C784705A4A77E5BF8E6EAE6" class="indent1"><num value="3">“(3) </num><content>provide continuous protection to the Secretary (including during periods not described in paragraph (1)) and to the members of the immediate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5152426E8A147AE969EE5A2F0929E11" class="indent1"><num value="4">“(4) </num><content>provide protection to the Deputy Secretary of Labor or another senior officer representing the Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance with guidelines established by the Secretary.</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCC8893203D2D46708F64F5A7FB1E5FBA" class="indent0"><num value="b">“(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authorities</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Secretary of Labor may authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the duties authorized under subsection (a), to—</chapeau>
<paragraph id="H7F76032476564D3598A6B906BEB98DB0" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1) </num><content>carry firearms;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF0623FF2880B4B948621D28A3574839C" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2) </num><content>make arrests without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the presence of such officer or special agent;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19F33B6559824BCCA475651EA132299C" class="indent1"><num value="3">“(3) </num><content>perform protective intelligence work, including identifying and mitigating potential threats and conducting advance work to review security matters relating to sites and events;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2731BDD272194D7CA4636ACE99C322A6" class="indent1"><num value="4">“(4) </num><content>coordinate with local law enforcement agencies; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CFB04AAA79D41BC9FC93EC9128340E7" class="indent1"><num value="5">“(5) </num><content>initiate criminal and other investigations into potential threats to the security of the Secretary, in coordination with the Inspector General of the Department of Labor.</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H24A83C75EF874503AB8EEF268163660B" class="indent0"><num value="c">“(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Compliance With Guidelines</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A law enforcement officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this section in accordance with any—</chapeau>
<paragraph id="H14430314215246A9804CAD3CEFFF83F1" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1) </num><content>guidelines issued by the Attorney General; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EEBFE7448CD4F6B8AC3F9D5126A829E" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2) </num><content>guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of Labor.”</content></paragraph></subsection></quotedContent><inline role="after-quoted-block">.</inline></content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s110/b" id="HDCF20DC94C0D469C9B3480893823E960" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>This section shall be effective on the date of enactment of this Act.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s111" id="HB565A265956048C4AA6ECF4269C9940D" styleType="traditional"><num value="111"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 111. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, including an agreement or partnership to construct a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is situated. Any sale or other disposition will not be subject to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation relating to the disposition of Federal real property, including but not limited to <ref href="/us/usc/t40/ch5/schIII">subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United States Code</ref> and <ref href="/us/usc/t42/ch119/schV">subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 of the United States Code</ref>. The net proceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be available until expended to carry out the Job Corps Program on Treasure Island.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tI/s112" id="HD3311F324B7B4470A114A0795F28F30C" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="112"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 112. </inline></num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (<ref href="/us/pl/114/287">Public Law 114–287</ref>), the proceeds from the sale of any Job Corps facility under such Act shall be transferred to the Secretary pursuant to section 158(g) of the WIOA.</content></section>
<appropriations level="small" id="HD4A446D5EA944249939829EFACBCBC32"><content class="block">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2020</shortTitle>”.</content></appropriations></title>
<title identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII" id="H3F70F2E0D4C04A7EBC551FC14C2788B1" styleType="traditional-inline"><num value="II">TITLE II</num><heading class="block">DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES</heading>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HAC640265AFEA4FC3AD76137F63A2A925"><heading>Health Resources and Services Administration</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HD046442A9A8F420EA35B36915445522C"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">primary health care</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health Service Act (referred to in this Act as the “PHS Act”) with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,676,522,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no more than $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for carrying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act as “HHS”) pertaining to administrative claims made under such law.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF5BA7983068948FB8BFE869E5C948488"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">health workforce</inline></heading><content>
<p>For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,244,942,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That sections 751(j)(2) and 762(k) of the PHS Act and the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for any program operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this title as the “Secretary”) may hereafter waive any of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period of a grant under such section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no funds shall be available for section 340G-1 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That fees collected for the disclosure of information under section 427(b) of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the programs authorized by such sections and shall remain available until expended for the National Practitioner Data Bank: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds transferred to this account to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments to awards made under such section and subpart: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $120,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the purposes of providing primary health services, assigning National Health Service Corps (“NHSC”) members to expand the delivery of substance use disorder treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of such Act:</proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That, within the amount made available in the previous proviso, $15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act to individuals participating in such program who provide primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, section 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if the term “<term>primary health services</term>” includes clinical substance use disorder treatment services, including those provided by masters level, licensed substance use disorder treatment counselors: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be available to make grants to establish or expand optional community-based nurse practitioner fellowship programs that are accredited or in the accreditation process, with a preference for those in Federally Qualified Health Centers, for practicing postgraduate nurse practitioners in primary care or behavioral health.</proviso></p>
<p>Of the funds made available under this heading, $40,000,000 shall remain available until expended for grants to public institutions of higher education to expand or support graduate education for physicians provided by such institutions: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, in awarding such grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institutions of higher education located in States with a projected primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That grants so awarded are limited to such public institutions of higher education in States in the top quintile of States with a projected primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by the Secretary: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the minimum amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall be not less than $1,000,000 per year: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such a grant may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such a grant awarded with respect to a year to such an institution shall be subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds in an amount that is not less than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal funds provided in the grant to such institution with respect to such year.</proviso></p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HE0704702011E43A6B1688671CB0FC7AD"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">maternal and child health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title V of the Social Security Act, $972,751,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, not more than $119,593,000 shall be available for carrying out special projects of regional and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H544AE1A53224405C97DD6249E123D055"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">ryan white hiv/aids program</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, $2,435,157,000, of which $2,009,200,000 shall remain available to the Secretary through September 30, 2022, for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which not less than $912,017,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $175,000,000 shall be for the Minority AIDS Initiative under section 2693 of such Act, of which $56,664,000 shall be allocated under subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section and $74,376,000 shall be allocated under subsection (b)(2)(C) of such section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $70,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary for carrying out a program of grants and contracts under title XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending the nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants issued under such section 311(c) administered in conjunction with title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limitation on administrative expenses.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H2563F67B69D64EB4A72DB111835FFB6F"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">health care systems</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $123,693,000, of which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facilities renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease Center.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H6436666B23FC44AF8503D04484F7BBF1"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">rural health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $317,794,000, of which $59,000,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants program: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, $19,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and adoption of health information technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and implementation of telehealth services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use of electronic health records to coordinate rural veterans care between rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record system: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS Act, $12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of Rural Health: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $10,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2022, to support the Rural Residency Development Program.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF6C5F4D8299A47788FADF3857FFBE92F"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">family planning</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, $400,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall carry out section 1001 of the PHS Act solely in accordance with any regulations or other conditions or instructions established by the Secretary pursuant to the authority under section 1006 of the PHS Act that applied as of January 18, 2017, to grants and contracts awarded under section 1001 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further, </i>That amounts provided to said projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity (including the publication or distribution of literature) that in any way tends to promote public support or opposition to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H6E775F411C3E466BAD802D928AD5238E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">program management</inline></heading><content class="block">For program support in the Health Resources and Services Administration, $155,250,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds made available under this heading may be used to supplement program support funding provided under the headings “Primary Health Care”, “Health Workforce”, “Maternal and Child Health”, “Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program”, “Health Care Systems”, and “Rural Health”.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H079E6B48F350452C9ED7F1BF750E886B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">vaccine injury compensation program trust fund</inline></heading><content class="block">For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Trust Fund (the “Trust Fund”), such sums as may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed $11,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the Secretary.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H0DC12E77D12948F0A16C2E1F81B95550"><heading>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H2BE9BC5EC7F544BD94134AF43357B3AD"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">immunization and respiratory diseases</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immunization and respiratory diseases, $499,758,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H6B732201135A46EFA294DA1AFC21D462"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">hiv/aids, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, $1,335,197,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HEF44935FBE8643B8A53890F2F28BE5A0"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, $592,622,000:<proviso><i> Provided</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading to pay for the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other related costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Federal or State quarantine law, up to $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HBD9FC9FB726A47BE9543C97A20ECF2AB"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">chronic disease prevention and health promotion</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention and health promotion, $1,080,121,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds made available under this heading may be available for making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to continue and expand community specific extension and outreach programs to combat obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the proportional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available under this heading.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H0DEDADD0C9D74DE8938A0205D1DF4484"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental disabilities, disabilities and health, $161,560,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H55F0F1A4556041158E236541E364659D"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">public health scientific services</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health informatics, and workforce development, $603,897,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3E10360F875048D5A57BA47F8E3B9F43"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">environmental health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to environmental health, $226,350,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H03728A2472EC43D8A09ACB4AE2269F1F"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">injury prevention and control</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to injury prevention and control, $697,559,000, of which $25,000,000 is provided for firearm injury and mortality prevention research.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HD99B23AEE6F04674813B3A9C7CF2B1A0"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute for occupational safety and health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, $346,300,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H6E97C3762B0742978BDFB54FC7C31AED"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">energy employees occupational illness compensation program</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That this amount shall be available consistent with the provision regarding administrative expenses in <ref href="/us/pl/106/554/dB/tI/s151/b">section 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H45E7EFCB8C8247DEA9D575B5C7D5C56E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">global health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to global health, $523,621,000, of which: (1) $128,421,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) $99,762,000 shall be available for global public health protection: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H15EB2B94972B457AA6C2E0E83E10693A"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">public health preparedness and response</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS Act with respect to public health preparedness and response, and for expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and chemical threats to civilian populations, $880,200,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this title as “CDC”) or the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff without reimbursement for up to 180 days to support an activation of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so long as the Director or Administrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority and a full report within 30 days after use of this authority which includes the number of staff and funding level broken down by the originating center and number of days detailed. </proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H25E4833057F0442CA42CCBBDABB9F51E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">buildings and facilities</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HAD9599B7980B4478A873DEDD61911FB2"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content class="block">For acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, $30,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2024: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in addition to the amount provided, for a new CDC research support building and all related material handling, utility, transportation, and personnel support infrastructure at the Chamblee campus, including necessary acquisition of real property, equipment, construction, demolition, installation, activation, renovation, and improvements, $225,000,000, which shall be derived by transfer from the Fund established by <ref href="/us/pl/110/161">Public Law 110-161</ref>, division G, title II, section 223 and shall remain available until September 30, 2024: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds previously set aside by CDC for repair and upgrade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety research facility: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition, the prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned to former employees in accounts of CDC made available for Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the amounts made available under this heading to support the replacement of the mine safety research facility.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HAE1BDD6D26D84C21B3D76A17A8D5CB2C"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">cdc-wide activities and program support</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H27598F639D1F4DC3B7CB8C7847590C47"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities and program support for activities funded in other appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $163,570,000, of which up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to the reserve of the Working Capital Fund authorized under this heading in <ref href="/us/pl/112/74/dF">division F of Public Law 112–74</ref>: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading and in all other accounts of the CDC: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by <ref href="/us/pl/115/245/dB/s231">section 231 of division B of Public Law 115-245</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funds made available by this Act to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to support the purchase, hire, maintenance, and operation of an aircraft for use and support of the activities of CDC: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, municipalities, or other organizations under authority of section 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the period of detail or assignment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That CDC may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC in this Act for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of CDC: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition, such sums as may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That with respect to the previous proviso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program and the Respirator Certification Program shall be available through September 30, 2021.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HAB52C5C390E8496BB88BCE28D70EF6CF"><heading>National Institutes of Health</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HD366152C3806488A8DCF0BCA7B5436F1"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national cancer institute</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to cancer, $6,249,165,000, of which up to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improvements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Federally Funded Research and Development Center in Frederick, Maryland.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H52D5364FABEC43ED939C81B8EBFE143F"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national heart, lung, and blood institute</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, and blood and blood products, $3,658,822,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H52E43A2ED2F2447481B71DD7A0D5539B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of dental and craniofacial research</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, $484,350,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H856098CC6FA240999D98980CA57CD9BE"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney disease, $2,129,027,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H66C4582837884F949E00DFA49DE936EE"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of neurological disorders and stroke</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, $2,315,571,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H57514DF7DA2745C2827CB5DEB570A609"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of allergy and infectious diseases</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, $5,808,268,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H0355D53863874BEBAD25C776F6881CB1"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of general medical sciences</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to general medical sciences, $3,033,183,000, of which $1,146,821,000 shall be from funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That not less than $381,573,000 is provided for the Institutional Development Awards program.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HAEF97725F34D4D4282BB6804A0243733"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to child health and human development, $1,580,084,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H664CCC85FD4942E7BE2A41D1E2A26A26"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national eye institute</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, $835,465,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H0C1FD645A9CE48D5A8A5A0706614BD6E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of environmental health sciences</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to environmental health sciences, $812,570,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF5F9187F3A76488DAD415340E9BCC5FD"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute on aging</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to aging, $3,286,107,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H007E7CA3028C45AF958D09EB75798E69"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, $634,637,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H13339A2DB8C84A198F67571BBBBB2B63"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute on deafness and other communication disorders</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to deafness and other communication disorders, $497,590,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H8436D4A1344340988FCF46AB26844973"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of nursing research</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to nursing research, $170,958,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H76A8F1DF1AAF46ED84537DBEB9ECCEFD"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, $551,278,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HDC0784554B574D79998AC310308A5B73"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute on drug abuse</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,489,237,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H36B53609434A4B5BA02A73CF20B31884"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of mental health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to mental health, $1,891,704,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H43CD21B66AE74DACB646404CFD812AEB"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national human genome research institute</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to human genome research, $603,710,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HBE2E5AF4DF624698BAC0D437093E4CFD"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute of biomedical imaging and bioengineering</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering research, $408,498,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H2D06923535FF4283AD1EA003D6338F70"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national center for complementary and integrative health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, $153,632,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H1C7E91BF080A4340AA3BB1C0807407E1"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national institute on minority health and health disparities</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to minority health and health disparities research, $341,244,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H8CC1BDF2884D4FD98F6EC2C645860B91"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">john e. fogarty international center</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of title IV of the PHS Act), $84,926,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HBDE9D835EF144EB4A7D8C48B22203069"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national library of medicine</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to health information communications, $463,599,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amounts available for improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2021: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in fiscal year 2020, the National Library of Medicine may enter into personal services contracts for the provision of services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (referred to in this title as “NIH”).</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H61B27718A1754975B8E0A967C21CBF43"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national center for advancing translational sciences</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS Act with respect to translational sciences, $845,783,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That up to $80,000,000 shall be available to implement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures Acceleration Network.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HEEAD8ECF6031456C8ABC7DA2B967FC95"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of the director</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H60D537D2E7BC44CFBF02A16121FE9035"><content>
<p>For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of the Director, NIH, $2,049,992,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funding shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal year in which they are deposited: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $165,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $617,761,000 shall be available for the Common Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the NIH: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of the PHS Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s283K">42 U.S.C. 283K</ref>), relating to biomedical and behavioral research facilities.</proviso></p>
<p>In addition to other funds appropriated for the Common Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund described in <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s9008">section 9008 of title 26, United States Code</ref>, for the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF596B0AAE8B745AFBD9F545C4B0C0F4C"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">buildings and facilities</inline></heading><content class="block">For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, $200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2024.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H893BA207128B4AC49E9A6A6F538DA2D0"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">nih innovation account, cures act</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H14042E64CC2E443185E852EE74F61A16"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes described in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, $492,000,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the National Institutes of Health to other accounts of the National Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided in such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That upon a determination by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Account: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the transfer authority provided under this heading is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HC864341384B84D5B9E5F1B3A3297B1DA"><heading>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H4DF18F0EE1B94AAFA05F74EE915C7C95"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">mental health</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and section 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, $1,622,974,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $70,887,000 shall be for the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds otherwise available for mental health activities and to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out the Children’s Mental Health Services program may be used to carry out demonstration grants or contracts for early interventions with persons not more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing a first episode of psychosis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That section 520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated in this Act for fiscal year 2020: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the total amount each State receives for carrying out section 1911 of the PHS Act, the State shall expend at least 10 percent of such total amount to support evidence-based programs that address the needs of individuals with early serious mental illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of the age at onset, and shall expend at least five percent of such total amount for evidence-based crisis care programs addressing the needs of individuals with serious mental illnesses and children with serious mental and emotional disturbances: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $150,000,000 shall be available until September 30, 2022, for grants to communities and community organizations who meet criteria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/113/93/s223/a">section 223(a) of Public Law 113–93</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H4929676B69EE4AEDB4541CA8A3A1CA0D"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">substance abuse treatment</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse treatment, title XIX of such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and prevention, and section 3203 of the Support for Patients and Communities Act, $3,761,056,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $1,500,000,000 shall be for State Opioid Response Grants for carrying out activities pertaining to opioids undertaken by the State agency responsible for administering the substance abuse prevention and treatment block grant under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300x–21/etseq">42 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of such amount $50,000,000 shall be made available to Indian Tribes or tribal organizations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That 15 percent of the remaining amount shall be for the States with the highest mortality rate related to opioid use disorders: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided for State Opioid Response Grants not more than 2 percent shall be available for Federal administrative expenses, training, technical assistance, and evaluation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount not reserved by the previous three provisos, the Secretary shall make allocations to States, territories, and the District of Columbia according to a formula using national survey results that the Secretary determines are the most objective and reliable measure of drug use and drug-related deaths: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall submit the formula methodology to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not less than 15 days prior to publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That prevention and treatment activities funded through such grants may include education, treatment (including the provision of medication), behavioral health services for individuals in treatment programs, referral to treatment services, recovery support, and medical screening associated with such treatment: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That each State, as well as the District of Columbia, shall receive not less than $4,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the following amounts shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection and evaluation activities, and further that the total available under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate substance abuse treatment programs: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject to section 241 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H321BCE24EE234C27A3DD3718F1D211B5"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">substance abuse prevention</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with respect to substance abuse prevention, $212,469,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HD3F9D2C355AF4074ADE20221E1405A34"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">health surveillance and program support</inline></heading><content class="block">For program support and cross-cutting activities that supplement activities funded under the headings “Mental Health”, “Substance Abuse Treatment”, and “Substance Abuse Prevention” in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, $128,830,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness and technical assistance activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a public or private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until expended for such purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That amounts made available in this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available through September 30, 2021: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds made available under this heading may be used to supplement program support funding provided under the headings “Mental Health”, “Substance Abuse Treatment”, and “Substance Abuse Prevention”.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H505A08095D3F4E30821C7B85846589A5"><heading>Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H070708C664394BEBA6168E445FE1632F" changed="notChanged"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">healthcare research and quality</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, $339,809,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $18,408,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2020: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition, amounts received from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until September 30, 2021.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H7C4938F169694F6C901090786ED0E525"><heading>Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H253D71113C384A1CB06BA8B4C1D9CD5B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">grants to states for medicaid</inline></heading><content>
<p>For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $273,188,478,000, to remain available until expended.</p>
<p>In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 2020, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2020 for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.</p>
<p>In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $139,903,075,000, to remain available until expended.</p>
<p>Payment under such title XIX may be made for any quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quarter.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3CAF47460B3946669AA89C7CC4D0A4CB"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">payments to the health care trust funds</inline></heading><content>
<p>For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, <ref href="/us/pl/97/248/s278/d/3">section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248</ref>, and for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $410,796,100,000.</p>
<p>In addition, for making matching payments under section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H8CDE04876D3548168D2D8B461F4369EF"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">program management</inline></heading><content>
<p>For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibilities of the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services, not to exceed $3,984,744,000, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall be credited to this account and remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That all funds derived in accordance with <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">31 U.S.C. 9701</ref> from organizations established under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees in fiscal year 2020 from Medicare Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That amounts available under this heading for quality improvement organizations (as defined in section 1152 of the Social Security Act) may not exceed the amount provided under this heading in division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/141">Public Law 115-141</ref>) for such organizations. </proviso></p>
<p>In addition, the Secretary shall obligate not less than $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 out of amounts collected through the user fees on participating health insurance issuers pursuant to <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s156.50">section 156.50 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (or any successor regulations) to carry out the navigator program (as described in section 1311(i) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s18031/i">42 U.S.C. 18031(i)</ref>), and to carry out outreach and educational activities, for purposes of informing potential enrollees in qualified health plans (as defined in section 1301(a) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s18021/a">42 U.S.C. 18021(a)</ref>) offered through an Exchange established or operated by the Secretary within a State, of the availability of coverage under such plans and financial assistance for coverage under such plans: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That awards under such program shall be based solely on an entity’s demonstrated capacity to carry out each of the duties specified in section 1311(i)(3) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not less than $15,000,000 shall be obligated for national television and not less than $15,000,000 shall be obligated for internet search advertising for purposes of carrying out such outreach and educational activities: <i>Provider further</i>, That not less than $30,000,000 of the funds made available in this paragraph shall be obligated for advertising during the final two weeks of the open enrollment period specified by the Secretary pursuant to section 1311(c)(6)(B) of such Act occurring during 2019: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no amounts collected through such user fees shall be available for expenditures for promoting health insurance coverage or a group health plan (as such terms are defined in section 2791 of the PHS Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s300gg-91">42 U.S.C. 300gg-91</ref>)) that is not a qualified health plan.</proviso></p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H02230B513B9D45D0AA3D8BC8E27FB4B3"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">health care fraud and abuse control account</inline></heading><content class="block">In addition to amounts otherwise available for program integrity and program management, $786,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, of which $610,000,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services program integrity activities, of which $93,000,000 shall be for the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which $83,000,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2020 shall include measures of the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the funds provided by this appropriation: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the amount provided under this heading, $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $475,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall provide not less than $18,000,000 from amounts made available under this heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 2020 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care fraud and abuse.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H60E26BE71477439C9374453AD5D32AC6"><heading>Administration for Children and Families</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H5F6D1049407D4C04B717FB0AB35B49E9"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs</inline></heading><content>
<p>For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,890,000,000, to remain available until expended; and for such purposes for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $1,400,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p>
<p>For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HECE161764414406DAA9B1C4E8166516E" changed="notChanged"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">low income home energy assistance</inline></heading><content class="block">For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s8621/etseq">42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.</ref>), $3,840,304,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $2,988,000 may be reserved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of program activities for compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures and the Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organizations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $3,637,316,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated to each State and territory in amounts equal to the amount each State and territory was allocated in fiscal year 2018 pursuant to allocations made from amounts appropriated under this heading in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (<ref href="/us/pl/115/141">Public Law 115-141</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further,</i> that $37,280,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated as though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2020 was less than $1,975,000,000.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H7D78227CFBEA42C78A97C829CEAB37AF"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">refugee and entrant assistance</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H38D9E964327B4C52B47F531718DC7ED5"><content>
<p>For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (“TVPA”), and the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $2,411,701,000, of which $2,364,446,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2022 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That amounts available under this heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation with respect to activities under such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not less than $190,000,000 shall be used for legal services, child advocates, and post-release services: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce the Memorandum of Agreement Among the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security Regarding Consultation and Information Sharing in Unaccompanied Alien Children Matters, dated April 13, 2018: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made available in this account, including the following: costs, capacity, and timelines for existing grants and contracts; costs for expanding capacity through use of community-based residential care placements (including long-term and transitional foster care and small group homes) through new or modified grants and contracts; costs and services to be provided for legal services, child advocates, and post-release services; program administration; and the average number of weekly referrals and discharge rate assumed in the spend plan: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such plan shall be updated to reflect changes and expenditures and submitted to the Committees every 60 days thereafter. </proviso></p>
<p>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, or the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (as those law are in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and including provisions of other statutes amended or added by those laws, as so in effect), or the Stipulated Settlement Agreement in Flores v. Reno (U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 1997).</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HA4E5006C0872429299E80EF3CD5C7E8B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">payments to states for the child care and development block grant</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (“CCDBG Act”), $7,676,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That all funds made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s618">42 U.S.C. 618</ref>), including funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $156,780,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organizations.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H867E340B7CDB4531A8B502BBDD478E89" changed="notChanged"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">social services block grant</inline></heading><content class="block">For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3F31780856D54F8D9EBC3AF1FBD32513"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">children and families services programs</inline></heading><chapeau>For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services Block Grant Act (“CSBG Act”); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, the Assets for Independence Act, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, $13,967,468,000, of which $75,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, shall be for grants to States for adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions and legal guardianships completed before September 30, 2020: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $11,563,095,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start Act, of which, notwithstanding section 640 of such Act:</proviso></chapeau>
<paragraph id="HB7E1478EC4D04F13B535D3D79A943A1D" changed="notChanged" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>$217,000,000 shall be available for a cost of living adjustment, and with respect to any continuing appropriations act, funding available for a cost of living adjustment shall not be construed as an authority or condition under this Act;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF2A1E5523BF40D18A64C4AB4BEC08FF" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>$25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the Secretary to supplement activities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal System, established under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, and such funds shall not be included in the calculation of “base grant” in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F2F6EC9E5CA423DAA90546C38D87688" changed="notChanged" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>$1,330,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise available under such section 640 for such purposes, shall be available through March 31, 2021, for Early Head Start programs as described in section 645A of such Act, for conversion of Head Start services to Early Head Start services as described in section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, for discretionary grants for high quality infant and toddler care through Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, to entities defined as eligible under section 645A(d) of such Act, for training and technical assistance for such activities, and for up to $26,000,000 in Federal costs of administration and evaluation;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87D69B77AEA54870A7287A93944835D9" changed="notChanged" class="indent1"><num value="4">(4) </num><content>$750,000,000 shall be available for quality improvement consistent with section 640(a)(5) of such Act; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H879FAAD6612F4D119C5EA8BF9F429795" class="indent1"><num value="5">(5) </num><content>$8,000,000 shall be available for the purposes of re-establishing the Tribal Colleges and Universities Head Start Partnership Program consistent with section 648(g) of such Act:</content></paragraph>
<continuation class="indent0" role="subsection"><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may reduce the reservation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $350,000,000 shall be available until December 31, 2020 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall be available for technical assistance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such section 9212: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $796,000,000 shall be for making payments under the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $36,000,000 shall be for sections 680 and 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than $25,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less than $11,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding section 675C(a)(3) of such Act, to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under such Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit such assets acquired with, and program income derived from, grant funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity investments and other debt instruments, and program income may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these procedures shall apply to such grant funds made available after November 29, 1999: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private business enterprises owned by community development corporations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $175,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, of which $5,000,000 shall be allocated notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out section 309 of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the percentages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this heading: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $1,864,000 shall be for a human services case management system for federally declared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case management contract and Federal costs of administering the system: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, including grants to States to support data collection for a study of the system’s effectiveness.</proviso></continuation></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H490EAFF34D2B45A695BFAECEE8B2D51E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">promoting safe and stable families</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, $79,765,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of such section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds available to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $20,000,000 shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That section 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous proviso by substituting “5 percent” for “3.3 percent”, and notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may be used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating practices to meet the criteria specified in section 471(e)(4)(C): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the reservation in section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the minimum grant award for kinship navigator programs in the case of States and territories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall be $25,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That section 437(b)(4) of such Act shall be applied by substituting “fiscal year 2020” for “fiscal year 2018”.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF9F3CB4F5AA843808D7E56A917B9812F"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">payments for foster care and permanency</inline></heading><content>
<p>For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of the Social Security Act, $5,744,000,000.</p>
<p>For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $3,000,000,000.</p>
<p>For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H42A84768C26549439E27284D605F49AF"><heading>Administration for Community Living</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HB71050A2B88A4926BA06926FA190AD5D"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">aging and disability services programs</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H85201A105B3A46969484F20B3ECC2F3A"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (“OAA”), the RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy and program activities that assist individuals with disabilities, $2,294,343,000, together with $55,000,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for grants to States under section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention and health promotion programs and activities which have been demonstrated through rigorous evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of amounts made available under this heading to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for developing and implementing evidence-based practices for enhancing senior nutrition: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds made available under this heading to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to support alternative financing programs that provide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That applicants shall provide an assurance that, and information describing the manner in which, the alternative financing program will expand and emphasize consumer choice and control: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That State agencies and community-based disability organizations that are directed by and operated for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s10802">42 U.S.C. 10802</ref>)) to continue to pursue any legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an individual or group of individuals with a developmental disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s15002/8/A">20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)</ref>) that is attributable to a mental impairment (or a combination of mental and physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy the closure of State operated intermediate care facilities for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable public notice of the action has been provided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifically awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare and residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who are affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting such legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the limitations in the immediately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither competent to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to public guardianship.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H67757AC1AFBB40CF9179BA64F40ACC7B"><heading>Departmental Management</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HCB62F664E9A04E9FB6F7472CAD2311BE"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">general departmental management</inline></heading><content>
<p>For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general departmental management, including hire of six passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, functions of the Departmental Appeals Board authorized in title XVIII of the Social Security Act, the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, $474,169,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out national health or human services research and evaluation activities: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be for the Departmental Appeals Board: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds made available under this heading, $110,000,000 shall be for making competitive grants to public and private entities, as well as continuing to fund through fiscal year 2020 grants awarded for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, to fund medically accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated with administering and evaluating such grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available funds shall be for training and technical assistance, outreach, and additional program support activities, and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for research and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That amounts made available under this heading for programs to reduce teen pregnancy shall not be made available by interagency agreement or otherwise to any agency within the Department of Health and Human Services other than the Office of the Secretary to carry out or support such programs:</proviso><proviso><i> Provided further</i>, That of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention approaches: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds provided in this Act for embryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, through grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative services deemed necessary for such adoptions: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such services shall be provided consistent with <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s59.5/a/4">42 CFR 59.5(a)(4)</ref>. </proviso></p>
<p>For an additional amount for prize competitions (as authorized by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s3719">15 U.S.C. 3719</ref>)), $10,000,000.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HECFEC2F97051421D9A25E5672DAD2D32"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of medicare hearings and appeals</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals, $182,381,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021, to be transferred in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H55B19AEE327C4970BBB1AE53FA2ED01A"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of the national coordinator for health information technology</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the development and advancement of interoperable health information technology, $60,367,000 shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H1909C49CE16740CE9ACF44030061725A"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $85,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of such amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing protective services to the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support cases for which non-payment is a Federal offense under <ref href="/us/usc/t18/s228">18 U.S.C. 228</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HC701D8F547B34FC2A4DEB00F83E7501B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office for civil rights</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, $38,798,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H62A4033B900A44B8AFCB8F196013357A"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">retirement pay and medical benefits for commissioned officers</inline></heading><content class="block">For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical care of dependents and retired personnel under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required during the current fiscal year.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H99CCF17973784DE2A39215D63940BCDD"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">public health and social services emergency fund</inline></heading><content>
<p>For expenses necessary to support activities related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and for other public health emergencies, $1,083,458,000, of which $566,700,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for expenses necessary to support advanced research and development pursuant to section 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative expenses of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds provided under this heading for the purpose of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be in addition to any other funds available for such purpose: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That products purchased with funds provided under this heading may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support emergency operations shall remain available through September 30, 2022.</proviso></p>
<p>For expenses necessary for procuring security countermeasures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act), $735,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p>
<p>For expenses necessary to carry out section 319F-2(a) of the PHS Act, $920,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p>
<p>For an additional amount for expenses necessary to prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, $270,000,000, of which $225,000,000 shall be available until expended, for activities including the development and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may be used for the construction or renovation of privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics.</proviso></p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HBAC136D5D1754F4590B49E12022DC3E2"><heading>General Provisions</heading></appropriations>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s201" id="H09E0647980CC46E5A8424DB7B98C3BCC" styleType="traditional"><num value="201"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 201. </inline></num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in this title shall be available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and representation expenses when specifically approved by the Secretary.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s202" id="HB933543C65FB4F478CD89635FA090D1A" styleType="traditional"><num value="202"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 202. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level II.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s203" id="H4C55BAEE8FFE49D79095980690C62698" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="203"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 203. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for other taps and assessments made by any office located in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the planned uses of such funds.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s204" id="H62734268A35B4AE7AA7B95319FF4817D" styleType="traditional"><num value="204"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 204. </inline></num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for programs authorized under such Act shall be made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in this title.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s205" id="HB53D0A86CCBE435D842EDEBF48BC9542" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="205"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 205. </inline></num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s206" id="H4FBCC1C7D25B4E2B9A4E83AC2FF0F2AB" styleType="traditional"><num value="206"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 206. </inline></num><content class="inline">In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2020 under section 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual who has been awarded such contract has not received funds due under the contract.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s207" id="HE040E52445604AD19080C1CE0CCECB4C" styleType="traditional"><num value="207"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 207. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be made available to any entity under title X of the PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the Secretary that it encourages family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services and that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s208" id="HFA984E643A334102B4A2BF9CAE72F4A8" styleType="traditional"><num value="208"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 208. </inline></num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, rape, or incest.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s209" id="H6B305CF4EF7E404C867133723BA50A19" styleType="traditional"><num value="209"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 209. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the Secretary denies participation in such program to an otherwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Organization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide referrals for abortions: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such entity’s enrollees): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That nothing in this section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage organization described in this section shall be responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain information about all Medicare covered services.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s210" id="HF8D77612459E4A1282E70C6785996C80" styleType="traditional"><num value="210"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 210. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s211" id="HAEAAEDC7F36A43EF97F3A4AECA9B7900" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="211"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 211. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall make available through assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided by the Agency for International Development, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the World Health Organization.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s212" id="HD97DD1BC8DCE4B748DC10495FEDDC952" styleType="traditional"><num value="212"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 212. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">In order for HHS to carry out international health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2020:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s212/1" id="HF01FC1B7EC7C417993186765D1B243EA" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary may exercise authority equivalent to that available to the Secretary of State in section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to ensure that the authority provided in this section is exercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable statutes administered by the Department of State.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s212/2" id="HE1B956718558497B99C4989340EC1B04" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>The Secretary is authorized to provide such funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of acquisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and management of facilities outside of the United States for the use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply with applicable regulation governing location, setback, and other facilities requirements and serve the purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as necessary to conduct programs of assistance for international health activities, including activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, and other health activities abroad.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s212/3" id="HDD9854B18BFD4FF08BB9B2EA96CF545D" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>The Secretary is authorized to provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, and <ref href="/us/usc/t22/s4081">22 U.S.C. 4081</ref> through 4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to provide locality-based comparability payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that would be payable to such personnel under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s5304">section 5304 of title 5, United States Code</ref> if such personnel’s official duty station were in the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection shall be on the same basis as that provided under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/ch63/schI">subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code</ref>, or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serving in the Foreign Service.</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s213" id="HDE615D2149C740BF9A93F9A22C6ED068" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="213"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 213. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Director of the NIH, jointly with the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s214" id="HBB9FE3BEF3C34630B86AB7097D3118F6" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="214"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 214. </inline></num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available in this Act for NIH, the amount for research related to the human immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, shall be made available to the “Office of AIDS Research” account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s215" id="H0C6A3E7D8D984E1EA28DB0A656EB5F21" styleType="traditional"><num value="215"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 215. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s215/a" id="H4A59392E12CE47F69BF6DC706D6908DC" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Authority</inline>.—</heading><content>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of NIH (“Director”) may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research identified pursuant to or research and activities described in such section 402(b)(12).</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s215/b" id="HA3892114B3EB429799CA5A3976F2B6C1" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Peer Review</inline>.—</heading><content>In entering into transactions under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer review procedures (including consultation with appropriate scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appropriate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review procedures that would otherwise be required under sections 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 494 of the PHS Act.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s216" id="H9A47202821B54AA2978FBA652347D879" styleType="traditional"><num value="216"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 216. </inline></num><content class="inline">Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s217" id="H3D4A5BBA536B483A9007F54A60CBDB14" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="217"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 217. </inline></num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 percent of the amount made available for National Research Service Awards (“NRSA”) shall be made available to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration to make NRSA awards for research in primary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made available for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make NRSA awards for health service research.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218" id="H420BA7B70A234EEE981F7A2CF7F70056" styleType="traditional"><num value="218"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 218. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/a" id="H7433F5E77D9B43478E41BDDE45B87A1A" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”) may enter into a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 program years, for purchase of research services or of security countermeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s247d–6b/c/1/B">42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)</ref>), if—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/a/1" id="H3CBEA8C877DA4EBD8E054AE3B5D32A56" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>funds are available and obligated—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/a/1/A" id="H4C7B94D0FBD24F0CA040B40FF0AB898A" class="indent2"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>for the full period of the contract or for the first fiscal year in which the contract is in effect; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/a/1/B" id="H3BE20A3CE37D401F9983EBFF26A79186" class="indent2"><num value="B">(B) </num><content>for the estimated costs associated with a necessary termination of the contract; and</content></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/a/2" id="H0C6AA1908C0D4AA68F242ADABBBDE15A" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>the Secretary determines that a multi-year contract will serve the best interests of the Federal Government by encouraging full and open competition or promoting economy in administration, performance, and operation of BARDA’s programs.</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/b" id="H4AC1596848D3425192FDFD0463521D7E" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>A contract entered into under this section—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/b/1" id="H183E29812AC944AEA51BD64E3068BE75" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>shall include a termination clause as described by subsection (c) of <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s3903">section 3903 of title 41, United States Code</ref>; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s218/b/2" id="H519163A735014B849353643C4AF55EED" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>shall be subject to the congressional notice requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219" id="H0B8C76A9035946498D99C838807240D1" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="219"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 219. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/a" id="HB093A7994D5C4DA3A1A2925B18783419" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal year 2021 budget justification and on Departmental Web sites information concerning the employment of full-time equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/b" id="H229EA9A169384E0F8E77CE7A43714EFD" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>With respect to employees or contractors supported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following information:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/b/1" id="HCD472B52492943A9AA724E34DD38476F" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>For each such fiscal year, the section of such Act under which such funds were appropriated, a statement indicating the program, project, or activity receiving such funds, the Federal operating division or office that administers such program, and the amount of funding received in discretionary or mandatory appropriations.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/b/2" id="HBA7A7982B2A743CAB6F2388A5B7CB170" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>For each such fiscal year, the number of full-time equivalent employees or contracted employees assigned to each authorized and funded provision detailed in accordance with paragraph (1).</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/c" id="H353266C3F45E4EF0B3DD4371DFD87A4B" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>In carrying out this section, the Secretary may exclude from the report employees or contractors who—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/c/1" id="H25200DFC7FCB486995178709BC4E3A1F" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>are supported through appropriations enacted in laws other than the ACA and work on programs that existed prior to the passage of the ACA;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/c/2" id="H9C355C70C94A4205986BA9A8D08C764E" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>spend less than 50 percent of their time on activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; or</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s219/c/3" id="HB6203DB2DC0E4472BDB14CDE67D74C97" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>work on contracts for which FTE reporting is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed-price contracts.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s220" id="HE4CD3A270CEC4D2BA7F14D80144570B5" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="220"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 220. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Secretary shall publish, as part of the fiscal year 2021 budget of the President submitted under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1105/a">section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code</ref>, information that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 2021. Such information shall include, for each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified under the heading “<headingText>Health Insurance Exchange Transparency</headingText>” in the committee report accompanying this Act.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s221" id="H10E62FD789694610B4FF9FE8AF9F6ACE" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="221"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 221. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to the “Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services—Program Management” account, may be used for payments under <ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s1342/b/1">section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148</ref> (relating to risk corridors).</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s222" id="H71652CC32D7F4A53BB22BB3A36D647EF" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="222"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 222. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s222/a" id="HDEDDB8DF9D5C4249A65F71C97BC7769C" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the amounts specified, and for the activities specified under the heading “<headingText>Prevention and Public Health Fund</headingText>” in the committee report accompanying this Act.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s222/b" id="HFD18A6D734E04495A13895F13A85B10B" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the Secretary may not further transfer these amounts.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s222/c" id="HCE589A3D70DC40B9933AE87E3627C2A9" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><content>Funds transferred for activities authorized under section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available without reference to section 2821(b) of such Act.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s223" id="H88F861FA49F3474E9E2A39CC9BCDC800" styleType="traditional"><num value="223"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 223. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">Effective during the period beginning on November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2022, any provision of law that refers (including through cross-reference to another provision of law) to the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as if—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s223/1" id="H210A6EE4C9014EC4A4DF645545433581" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>such reference to such current recommendations were a reference to the recommendations of such Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention last issued before 2009; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s223/2" id="HB28731CC544B4399B4EDE4F290B23A06" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>such recommendations last issued before 2009 applied to any screening mammography modality under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1395x/jj">42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)</ref>).</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s224" id="HB939FCA3707546D993EEA7C584AC49AC" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="224"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 224. </inline></num><content class="inline">In making Federal financial assistance, the provisions relating to indirect costs in <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/pt75">part 75 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, including with respect to the approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human Services or to any department or agency may be used to develop or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in such quarter.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s225" id="H484B578D84A14FE2B201BACB0465E31B" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="225"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 225. </inline></num><content class="inline">The NIH Director may transfer funds specifically appropriated for opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, pain management, and addiction treatment to other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on Appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the transfer authority provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s226" id="H1F55FCFE00294079B2EAD524F5F94AB2" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="226"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 226. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s226/a" id="HAE72C8E5DAEB4329AC527707A2B8B585" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s226/a/1" id="H4EC27E0F0DE444A9B4EDE0D9BF21D55F" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the Exchanges established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enrollments during the open enrollment period; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s226/a/2" id="HC4873352CE384DA39007F3977B4BCA87" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>Notification of any new or competitive grant awards, including supplements, authorized under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act.</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s226/b" id="H233F7726B23C4F4BB25FFC62AB0AA835" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>The Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in advance of any public release of enrollment information or the award of such grants.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s227" id="H176DCC9C34EA41F4AD42AA98EE823D74" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="227"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 227. </inline></num><content class="inline">Not later than the 15th day of each month, the Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a report on staffing described in the committee report accompanying this Act.</content></section>
<section role="definitions" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s228" id="HB80C81B2179F41B4A8AE41F28AA580FC" styleType="traditional"><num value="228"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 228. </inline></num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in this Act that are available for salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services shall also be available to pay travel and related expenses of such an employee or of a member of his or her family, when such employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that are the subject of a determination of a public health emergency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be adequately addressed in that location at that time. For purposes of this section, the term “<term>U.S. territory</term>” means Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s229" id="H2BCD625DC89A4BB2AA100846A16307DE" styleType="traditional"><num value="229"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 229. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Department of Health and Human Services may accept donations from the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and other groups independent of the Federal Government for the care of unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s279/g/2">6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)</ref>)) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration for Children and Families, including medical goods and services, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s230" id="HAB0896B15BEC4A6D97E051F2E6EC9CEB" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(rescission)</inline></heading><num value="230"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 230. </inline></num><content class="inline">Of the unobligated balances made available by <ref href="/us/pl/114/10/s301/b/3">section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114-10</ref>, $4,300,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s231" id="H62469ACC2E7E4200BA0164F3094B2344" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="231"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 231. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or Member of the House of Representatives from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s279/g/2">6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)</ref>)). Nothing in this section shall be construed to require such a Senator or Member to provide prior notice of the intent to enter such a facility for such purpose.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s232" id="H8ECACFC273374664B24F38FEB24610F9" styleType="traditional"><num value="232"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 232. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">To the extent practicable, and so long as it is appropriate and in the best interest of the child, in cases where the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for the care of siblings who are unaccompanied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s279/g/2">6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)</ref>), the Director of the Office shall place the siblings—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s232/1" id="H5DE6018C05144BA8B94F75159893888D" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>in the same facility; or</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s232/2" id="H1998F8CB0F4446BA8476CC87A79B8ED0" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>with the same sponsor.</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233" id="HD112498DFDC346029A8CBE14C1C0F9AF" styleType="traditional"><num value="233"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 233. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/a" id="H0A5F1A45CC224F18A30BBEA1031A0767" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds provided by this Act or provided by any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or to any other official of a Federal agency funded by this Act may be used to facilitate the Secretary of Homeland Security placing in detention, removing, referring for a decision whether to initiate removal proceedings, or initiating removal proceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s279/g">6 U.S.C. 279(g)</ref>)) based on information shared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, or information shared by an unaccompanied alien child himself or herself with the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Health and Human Services.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b" id="HD30368DC2ABB4CFD954BA0554DA35F04" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subsection (a) shall not apply if a background check of a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor reveals—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/1" id="HC9824F81B0BA47E6ADC0DF0F61777658" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><chapeau>a felony conviction or pending felony charge that relates to—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/1/A" id="HE20D44E08B6F4D7B9B8056CC79350824" class="indent2"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>an aggravated felony (as defined in section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/43">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)</ref>));</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/1/B" id="H1CA0BEC9138C4E44A4C55259CD5C5D55" class="indent2"><num value="B">(B) </num><content>child abuse;</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/1/C" id="H860EE5026B8A4411949BEBF9B3934C30" class="indent2"><num value="C">(C) </num><content>sexual violence or abuse; or</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/1/D" id="HEAE01B6AA50C49A2980696A28CCB9E6C" class="indent2"><num value="D">(D) </num><content>child pornography;</content></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/2" id="H867192CA0A214D6A8F6D4993CF6E68D4" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>an association with any business that employs a minor who—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/2/A" id="H81BB28D8FEA8475BBC1960532142C554" class="indent2"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>is unrelated to the sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/2/B" id="H15B4ED0E5CDE4BCFABFD5042630F1077" class="indent2"><num value="B">(B) </num><chapeau>is—</chapeau>
<clause identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/2/B/i" id="H138146FEC6C1453DA49066B03CD2B65B" class="indent3"><num value="i">(i) </num><content>not paid a legal wage; or</content></clause>
<clause identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/2/B/ii" id="H79CFCB2DEBCD460AA7294EC5FAC895CB" class="indent3"><num value="ii">(ii) </num><content>unable to attend school due to employment; or</content></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s233/b/3" id="HE54D414E1D60468183E0F5AD71491611" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>an association with the organization or implementation of prostitution.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234" id="H4F16ADD0A9504E12841475BF1B544251" styleType="traditional"><num value="234"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 234. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to house unaccompanied alien children (as such term is defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<ref href="/us/usc/t6/s279/g">6 U.S.C. 279(g)</ref>)) in—</chapeau>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234/a" id="HD2826ED51AB040B28B94CB4E244BF530" class="indent0"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>soft-sided dormitories; or</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234/b" id="H20519905382B4A80B53C7354753EB87C" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>an influx facility that is not State-licensed for the care of dependent minors, except in the case that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that housing unaccompanied alien children in such a facility is necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx of such children or an emergency, provided that—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234/b/1" id="H04905BA05AA54A5FA9FB167C8E17061F" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>any such influx facility that remains in operation for more than three consecutive months shall fully comply with the requirements listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settlement Agreement, regardless of the status of the underlying settlement agreement, as well as the standard staffing ratio requirements for youth care workers, mental health providers, and clinicians to children that permanent facilities are required to meet, including those in section 4.4.1 of the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) Policies and Procedures Guide for “Children Entering the United States Unaccompanied”;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234/b/2" id="HA88B33317F8B45FE86DF92A9C877D6D8" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>the Secretary of Health and Human Services may grant a one-month waiver for an influx facility’s non-compliance with paragraph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress on the facility’s good-faith efforts and progress towards compliance;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234/b/3" id="HB6C2205AC4D244E09E21E905C6DD8B33" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>not more than three consecutive waivers under paragraph (2) may be granted to any one facility;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234/b/4" id="HDA8A9A376B2A4763B62AB6B5DE6B85DB" class="indent1"><num value="4">(4) </num><content>ORR shall ensure full adherence to the monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Policies and Procedures Guide; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s234/b/5" id="HFFE2094E4E6A47579D0ED06F5FDCCDC6" class="indent1"><num value="5">(5) </num><content>for any such influx facility in operation for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall conduct a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring visit during the first three months of operation, with quarterly monitoring visits thereafter.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s235" id="H4A11F98AA62146BEBB15BF5FA29CC1F1" styleType="traditional"><num value="235"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 235. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and weekly thereafter, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and make publicly available online, a report with respect to children who were separated from their parents or legal guardians by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of whether or not such separation was pursuant to an option selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subsequently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and transferred to the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services (ORR) during the previous week. Each report shall contain the following information:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s235/1" id="H235CD8E4747540E58DF8782CCB6E3158" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The number and ages of children so separated at or between ports of entry, to be reported by sector where separation occurred.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s235/2" id="HF8221101DB4F43AAAA0D62AF569E59B1" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>The documented cause of separation, as reported by DHS when each child was referred.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s235/3" id="H52A17B9668F6446A8723BC28E66D51D5" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>The custody status of the parents or legal guardians from whom the child was separated.</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s236" id="HB52DE1382AED4517A1F8FDE79075C83B" styleType="traditional"><num value="236"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 236. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s236/a" id="H1139865FED0842A7B455B62BCAC73E34" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available by this Act may be awarded to any organization, including under the Federal Foster Care program under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act, that does not comply with subsections (c) and (d) of <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s75.300">section 75.300 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref> (prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation).</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s236/b" id="HEC17B550218C44FDBEB0038DA5C871F4" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Health and Human Services to grant an exception from either such subsection for any Federal grantee.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s237" id="HFF45421BA3E54D79AE9D8A78A6C98921" styleType="traditional"><num value="237"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 237. </inline></num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated under this Act, any previous appropriations Act, or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that are available for salaries and expenses of employees of the Department of Health and Human Services shall also remain available for obligation for the primary and secondary schooling of eligible dependents of HHS personnel stationed in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and other territories or possessions of the United States at costs not in excess of those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s238" id="HCB3D8360B3E445EB9FC13D48290657C4" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="238"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 238. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to the revision to <ref href="/us/cfr/t42/s447.10">section 447.10 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, contained in the proposed rule entitled “Medicaid Program; Reassignment of Medicaid Provider Claims” (<ref href="/us/fr/83/32252">83 Fed. Reg. 32252</ref> (July 12, 2018)).</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s239" id="H1B3897387E574D319B5DD5581017349A" styleType="traditional"><num value="239"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 239. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this bill or otherwise made available to the Department of Health and Human Services shall be used to publish the proposed regulation in the Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions relating to the Medicaid Nonemergency Medical Transportation benefit for Medicaid beneficiaries expected to be published for comment in May 2019 and promulgated in Fall 2019 (RIN: 0938–AT81).</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tII/s240" id="H273DD2D3F0664F5D9B6195D354BE8B2F" styleType="traditional"><num value="240"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 240. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the rule entitled “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority” issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (RIN 0945–AA10).</content></section>
<appropriations level="small" id="H2B02AAA5240B4F2AA6AC1AA3CA570D07"><content class="block">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2020</shortTitle>”.</content></appropriations></title>
<title identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII" id="HB0E4AD3850A2461ABBEC564328D29574" styleType="traditional-inline"><num value="III">TITLE III</num><heading class="block">DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION</heading>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H100152A411474FC19D89916568E1ED85"><heading>Education for the Disadvantaged</heading><content class="block">For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as “ESEA”) and section 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as “HEA”), $17,563,802,000, of which $6,638,625,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for academic year 2020–2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education (referred to in this title as “Secretary”) on October 1, 2019, to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $4,519,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 1125 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $4,519,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of part B of title II: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $50,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H0E48B8DD546F467094ECD77062A6A08F"><heading>Impact Aid</heading><content class="block">For carrying out programs of financial assistance to federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the ESEA, $1,498,112,000, of which $1,351,242,000 shall be for basic support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with disabilities under section 7003(d), $17,406,000, shall be for construction under section 7007(a), $76,313,000 shall be for Federal property payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance under section 7008: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment for an eligible local educational agency under section 7003(a) for school year 2019–2020, children enrolled in a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty (so long as such children reside on Federal property as described in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, shall be considered as eligible students under such section, provided such students remain in average daily attendance at a school in the same local educational agency they attended prior to their change in eligibility status.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H2645B0C1E339494DB8208D8253CC9FCF"><heading>School Improvement Programs</heading><content class="block">For carrying out school improvement activities authorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $6,016,470,000, of which $4,174,902,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and remain available through September 30, 2021, and of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for academic year 2020-2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $378,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $1,321,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $40,000,000 shall be for part B of title VI and may be used for construction, renovation, and modernization of any elementary school, secondary school, or structure related to an elementary school or secondary school, run by the Department of Education of the State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian student body: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $36,453,000 shall be for part C of title VI and shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and also may be used for construction: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $60,400,000 shall be available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services provided under this section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supplemental Education Grants program for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementation of these grants: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $180,840,000 shall be for part B of title V: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $1,320,000,000 shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H72E1F23B1B234D219EAC673353D4BFFF"><heading>Indian Education</heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, $186,374,000, of which $67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 of part A of title VI and $13,000,000 shall be for subpart 3 of part A of title VI.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HA0925460E88B49B58F1A31DE10E80174"><heading>Innovation and Improvement</heading><content class="block">For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $1,223,815,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $304,815,000 shall be for subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 2241: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $619,000,000 shall be for parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall be made available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 4601(b), $300,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2020 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV, of which $170,000,000 shall be for social and emotional learning grants, and $125,000,000 shall be used for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics, including computer science education grants.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H3CCDC2999C984DE18EF80E18AC0CEC49"><heading>Safe Schools and Citizenship Education</heading><content class="block">For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $240,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $120,000,000 shall be available for section 4631, of which up to $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) program: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $40,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $80,000,000 shall be available through December 31, 2020, for section 4624.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HF352D18231794A9EA4D79580C3A5CD82"><heading>English Language Acquisition</heading><content class="block">For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, $980,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, to carry out activities under section 3111(c)(1)(C).</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HFE56BD25B7C74A478641031F2E68287F"><heading>Special Education</heading><content class="block">For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, $14,523,544,000, of which $4,975,709,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for academic year 2020–2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during fiscal year 2019, increased by the amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2019: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the basis of the States’ relative populations of children aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabilities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free appropriate public education under this part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ relative populations of those children who are living in poverty: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading made funds available for such a distribution: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed under the second proviso to local educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire reduction is applied: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 611 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the maximum amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State would have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under section 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1234a">20 U.S.C. 1234a</ref>): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary may use funds made available for the State Personnel Development Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program performance under such subpart: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That States may use funds reserved for other State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, other public agencies, and private non-profit organizations to carry out activities authorized by those sections: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, notwithstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each State in an amount equal to the maximum amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative populations of infants and toddlers except that no such State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HA2BE6E3DFC6E499696499A45FEC81BEF"><heading>Rehabilitation Services</heading><content class="block">For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller National Center Act, $3,752,076,000, of which $3,610,040,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities as defined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, including activities aimed at improving the education and post-school outcomes of children receiving Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) and their families that may result in long-term improvement in the SSI child recipient’s economic status and self-sufficiency: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That States may award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public and private, nonprofit entities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any funds made available subsequent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain available until September 30, 2021.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H14BB0575883D42409286AD46EDD18C8B"><heading>Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HEBA164D4A4844CB390B705E3E48A2FDC"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">american printing house for the blind</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $39,000,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H5C5C29882FB143F2823188D65CF9EB6C"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">national technical institute for the deaf</inline></heading><content class="block">For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $80,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That from the total amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H58438C2E1E8D4EE6A2B2A516C2420325"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">gallaudet university</inline></heading><content class="block">For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $138,361,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That from the total amount available, the University may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program as authorized under section 207 of such Act.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H58032687078B41C683FCD8A4E0FD255E"><heading>Career, Technical, and Adult Education</heading><content class="block">For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins Act), and the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), $2,003,133,000, of which $1,212,133,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, and of which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amounts made available for the AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities under section 242.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H53B0E8A5E834484A93B3845F5B52BE12"><heading>Student Financial Assistance</heading><content>
<p>For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,937,352,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2021.</p>
<p>The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall be eligible during award year 2020–2021 shall be $5,285.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H7D8CC802B8614ECEBEF190C39150BD5A"><heading>Student Aid Administration</heading><content class="block">For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, $1,678,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall allocate new student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan servicers on the basis of their past performance compared to all loan servicers, utilizing established common metrics, and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process new and existing accounts and compliance with Federal and State law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for student loan contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary shall allow student loan borrowers who are consolidating Federal student loans to select from any student loan servicer to service their new consolidated student loan: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That in order to promote accountability and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary shall not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new Federal student loan servicing environment, including the solicitation for the FSA Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, unless such an environment provides for the participation of multiple student loan servicers that contract directly with the Department of Education: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the FSA Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal student loan servicing environment, shall include accountability measures that account for the performance of the portfolio and contractor compliance with Federal Student Aid (FSA) guidelines: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That FSA shall ensure that contracts for the Next Generation Processing and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan servicing environment, incentivize more support to borrowers at risk of delinquency or default: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations and Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on general progress related to solicitations for Federal student loan servicing contracts.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H5C54A52C397A42D593A79E3E3A475B72"><heading>Higher Education</heading><content class="block">For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Perkins Act, $2,748,533,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international development: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H7B9B672E37ED45DB8DADD8F40EAED4F1"><heading>Howard University</heading><content class="block">For partial support of Howard University, $250,000,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard University Endowment Act and shall remain available until expended.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H8434437D80154B9FB256465B019528BD"><heading>College Housing and Academic Facilities Loans Program</heading><content class="block">For Federal administrative expenses to carry out activities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 121 of the HEA, $435,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H2B4EC49711304351A61386CF67511A97"><heading>Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program Account</heading><content>
<p>For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as authorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which shall remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $212,100,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That these funds may be used to support loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limitations within section 344(a) of the HEA.</proviso></p>
<p>In addition, $20,000,000 shall be made available to provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are private Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial need for such deferment by having a score of 2.6 or less on the Department of Education’s financial responsibility test: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That during the period of deferment of such a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, and the period of deferment shall be for at least a period of 3-fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That funds available under this paragraph shall be used to fund eligible deferment requests submitted for this purpose in fiscal year 2018: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall create and execute an outreach plan to work with States and the Capital Financing Advisory Board to improve outreach to States and help additional public Historically Black Colleges and Universities participate in the program.</proviso></p>
<p>In addition, $10,000,000 shall be made available to provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are public Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial need for such deferment, which shall be determined by the Secretary of Education based on factors including, but not limited to, equal to or greater than 5 percent of the school’s annual revenue from the previous fiscal year relative to its debt service: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That during the period of deferment of such a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, and the period of deferment shall be for at least a period of 3-fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years. </proviso></p>
<p>In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, $334,000.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H19A73A7421CB49D398BA85C5E2F35A22"><heading>Institute of Education Sciences</heading><content class="block">For carrying out activities authorized by the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, $650,000,000, which shall remain available through September 30, 2021: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsecondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop such systems: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That up to $6,000,000 of the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards to public or private organizations or agencies to support activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use at the local, State, and national levels.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HA91B3BFADB95430F8DB088D676BDB9C0"><heading>Departmental Management</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HFDBA80BFD0684409BCC2233707DABCE0"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">program administration</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the Department of Education Organization Act, including rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity relating to implementing a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of Education, relative to the organization and operation of the Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2018.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H1B2C9A3831694853A32BE4A5A5A2E87E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office for civil rights</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $130,000,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H8576AB34C89A49E19F6D04EEFA33304C"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of Education Organization Act, $63,418,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H57BFE0B375764CFA9C07A8822580D390"><heading>General Provisions</heading></appropriations>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s301" id="H3CB8AF7AE63E45E2B0B3F13B3988E674" styleType="traditional"><num value="301"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 301. </inline></num><content class="inline">No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to prevent the implementation of programs of voluntary prayer and meditation in the public schools.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s302" id="H11A8AB573C4341A9A45E34ECF1258262" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="302"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 302. </inline></num><content class="inline">Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the Department of Education in this Act may be transferred between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the transfer authority granted by this section shall be available only to meet emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new program or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s303" id="HC1A2A4B77D7948959A1A8ACE0D752514" styleType="traditional"><num value="303"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 303. </inline></num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in this Act and consolidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2020, through September 30, 2021.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s304" id="HA7BF56DBFFA045F8B31D65909414CC71" styleType="traditional"><num value="304"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 304. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s304/a" id="HCB9EF5AE1471447D8FAED177821464E9" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>An institution of higher education that maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appropriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2020 may use the income from that fund to award scholarships to students, subject to the limitation in section 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be considered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject to that limitation.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s304/b" id="H9CB29432A6A647069C9845A392C8BAF3" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and V of the HEA are reauthorized.</content></subsection></section>
<section role="instruction" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s305" id="HE0390AA7860C405DB559FC10DC9FC465" styleType="traditional"><num value="305"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 305. </inline></num><content class="inline">Section 114(f) of the HEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1011c/f">20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2020</quotedText>”.</content></section>
<section role="instruction" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s306" id="H9BEB2AF388F04BDB973E56F173D14772" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="306"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 306. </inline></num><content class="inline">Section 458(a) of the HEA (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087h/a">20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> in paragraph (4) by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2019</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>2020</quotedText>”.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s307" id="HE2FBEB9D0B894A06A4F2EB4BEE46FADD" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="307"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 307. </inline></num><content class="inline">Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading “<headingText>Student Aid Administration</headingText>” may be available for payments for student loan servicing to an institution of higher education that services outstanding Federal Perkins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087aa/etseq">20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.</ref>).</content></section>
<section role="instruction" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s308" id="H8BF1DE314297463F841E8D0FFF753343" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(rescission)</inline></heading><num value="308"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 308. </inline></num><content class="inline">Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1070a/b/7/A/iv/X">20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,430,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$1,380,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s309" id="H0DBCFA28F26E44F7B94F73E22B86E354" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="309"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 309. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s309/a" id="H5796FD6A28984070BA0238ADDD81899C" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>An institution of higher education may, with explicit written consent of an applicant who has completed a FAFSA under such section 483(a), provide such information collected from the applicant’s FAFSA as is necessary to a scholarship granting organization, including a tribal organization (defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t25/s5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</ref>)), or to an organization assisting the applicant in applying for and receiving Federal, State, local, or tribal assistance, that is designated by the applicant to assist the applicant in applying for and receiving financial assistance for any component of the applicant’s cost of attendance (defined in section 472 of the HEA) at that institution.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s309/b" id="H92975874093C4EC8A22FD2C294E2BC1B" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>An organization that receives information pursuant to subsection (a) shall not sell or otherwise share such information.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s309/c" id="H728A21C4C4B3464DA42D6BE75BDA050A" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><content>This section shall be in effect until title IV of the HEA is reauthorized.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s310" id="HE54B30D40528410CA867D268E1BACE11" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="310"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 310. </inline></num><content class="inline">For an additional amount for “Department of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Account”, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be for the cost, as defined under section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of the Secretary of Education providing loan cancellation in the same manner as under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087e/m">20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)</ref>), for borrowers of loans made under part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) except some, or all, of the 120 required payments under section 455(m)(1)(A) do not qualify for purposes of the program because they were monthly payments made in accordance with graduated or extended repayment plans as described under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 455(d)(1) or the corresponding repayment plan for a consolidation loan made under section 455(g) and that were less than the amount calculated under section 455(d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the total loan volume, including outstanding principal, fees, capitalized interest, or accrued interest, at application that is eligible for such loan cancellation by such borrowers shall not exceed $500,000,000: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall develop and make available a simple method for borrowers to apply for loan cancellation under this section within 60 days of enactment of this Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall provide loan cancellation under this section to eligible borrowers on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the date of application and subject to both the limitation on total loan volume at application for such loan cancellation specified in the first proviso and the availability of appropriations under this section: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no borrower may, for the same service, receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this section and section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall inform all borrowers who have submitted an Employment Certification Form and are in the incorrect repayment program about the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and requirements for qualification under the program.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIII/s311" id="HB3F825181BA740A9B601DD9D3757EB70" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="311"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 311. </inline></num><content class="inline">Of the amounts made available under this title under the heading “<headingText>Student Aid Administration</headingText>”, $2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1087e/m">20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)</ref>), to ensure that borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancellation: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the filing of employment certification by providing improved outreach and information such as outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring prominent access to program requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire payment certification process electronically and on a centralized website.</proviso></content></section>
<appropriations level="small" id="HB9BCDA4E69BE48A2A96806AE7C074925"><content class="block">This title may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="title">Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2020</shortTitle>”.</content></appropriations></title>
<title identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV" id="H1423C4ECE5BD41F89B72CE557FED4598" styleType="traditional-inline"><num value="IV">TITLE IV</num><heading class="block">RELATED AGENCIES</heading>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HB8B5EC9F0902490C9E19914DE6AEB0D7"><heading>Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H7AC14E2C5B3B4A41B708C12839E3481B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred to in this title as “the Committee”) established under <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s8502">section 8502 of title 41, United States Code</ref>, $9,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit agency designated pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t41/s8503/c">section 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code</ref>, to perform requirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, the Committee shall enter into a written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary to implement <ref href="/us/usc/t41/ch85">chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code</ref>: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such agreement shall include the elements listed under the heading “<headingText>Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Elements</headingText>” in the explanatory statement described in <ref href="/us/pl/114/113/s4">section 4 of Public Law 114–113</ref> (in the matter preceding division A of that consolidated Act): </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That any such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under section 51–3.5 of <ref href="/us/cfr/t41">title 41, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, prior to executing a written agreement with the Committee: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That no less than $1,650,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H84C49861DDD3492EBF3CF57977C59F12"><heading>Corporation for National and Community Service</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H1726941062B344A7B5C9415DF04AB033"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">operating expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Corporation for National and Community Service (referred to in this title as “CNCS”) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (referred to in this title as “1973 Act”) and the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to in this title as “1990 Act”), $829,665,000, notwithstanding sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That of the amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; (2) $17,538,000 shall be available to provide assistance to State commissions on national and community service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $33,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (4) $6,400,000 shall be available for expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the local community.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF2DAF4A112564DE8B9D523A75CF988E0"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">payment to the national service trust</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H60538D49604845C1A69DA276A3BE9229" changed="notChanged"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content class="block">For payment to the National Service Trust established under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $218,691,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the amount provided within “Operating Expenses” allocated to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary to support the activities of national service participants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That amounts appropriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the requirement to apportion funds under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s1513/b">31 U.S.C. 1513(b)</ref>.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H3F2A6B469CC24FAABD7FA89C672A15D6"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses of administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employment of experts and consultants authorized under <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s3109">5 U.S.C. 3109</ref>, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $83,737,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H29CA5634DB924FA2A8C35A999D4E1937"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, $6,013,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H4FDC8F8A6E9B47629A54A37A2FAF8C8E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">administrative provisions</inline></heading></appropriations>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s401" id="H7D9932270A3B468A810B19D8AF281604" styleType="traditional"><num value="401"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 401. </inline></num><content class="inline">CNCS shall make any significant changes to program requirements, service delivery or policy only through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal year 2020, during any grant selection process, an officer or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any covered grant selection information regarding such selection, directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive such information. </content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s402" id="H3B435B32FA1F4643B3CDB735A774AA30" styleType="traditional"><num value="402"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 402. </inline></num><content class="inline">AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share requirement as provided in <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s2521.60">section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s2521.70">section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations</ref>. </content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s403" id="HE8FB328CC89F4598880D9F3DF171E1AB" styleType="traditional"><num value="403"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 403. </inline></num><content class="inline">Donations made to CNCS under section 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to supplement and not supplant current programs and operations. </content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s404" id="HCEFDCAD62F8A4E5DB7A757DDEACCA7DA" styleType="traditional"><num value="404"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 404. </inline></num><content class="inline">In addition to the requirements in section 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 101 of the Act.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s405" id="H3912DDE7F1774245B5D1B60878A6E102" styleType="traditional"><num value="405"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 405. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">For the purpose of carrying out section 189D of the 1990 Act—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s405/1" id="HEB45261C06234FEF82C4E7C86301BCA2" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>entities described in paragraph (a) of such section shall be considered “qualified entities” under section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 (“NCPA”);</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s405/2" id="H7A291D672F7145C8BF9E4A7B384AC29F" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>individuals described in such section shall be considered “volunteers” under section 3 of NCPA; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s405/3" id="H0232FDE9FE0D4FAFB1EF955543DC6B99" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>State Commissions on National and Community Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history record information, consistent with <ref href="/us/pl/92/544">Public Law 92–544</ref>. </content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tIV/s406" id="HCFAA6BA21DCD4D91BCA3558D3339AA27" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="406"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 406. </inline></num><content class="inline">Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully completes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours during a period of not more than one year may receive a national service education award having a value of 70 percent of the value of a national service education award determined under section 147(a) of the Act. </content></section>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H86062EA3DE63497BB4ADDF4B6F20ACCA"><heading>Corporation for Public Broadcasting</heading><content>
<p>For payment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (“CPB”), as authorized by the Communications Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2022, $495,000,000: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government officials or employees: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available or used to aid or support any program or activity from which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, or sex: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB.</proviso></p>
<p>In addition, for the costs associated with <amendingAction type="substitute">replacing</amendingAction> and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system and other technologies and services that create infrastructure and efficiencies within the public media system, $20,000,000.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HEF7890FD88DB4BAB8D7234ECFE6DDAFC"><heading>Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HFDB7D54717864C19BED9728F69054AB9"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (“Service”) to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, $48,200,000, including up to $900,000 to remain available through September 30, 2021, for activities authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s3302">31 U.S.C. 3302</ref>, fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other conflict resolution services and technical assistance, including those provided to foreign governments and international organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited to and merged with this account, and shall remain available until expended: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That fees for arbitration services shall be available only for education, training, and professional development of the agency workforce: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Director of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HAF3AA9635ACC44389B4361F5001B56F5"><heading>Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H363D6DA1B6A749E9906A679D85691A9B"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HDEA21D4FCA2941E7931CFEE1C1914CCD"><heading>Institute of Museum and Library Services</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HF707513745D443FC8145B637821B5AC9"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of museum and library services: grants and administration</inline></heading><content class="block">For carrying out the Museum and Library Services Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American History and Culture Act, $267,000,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HEC6E2C6CCE3C4AB0AAF8BDE83DC8A7D5"><heading>Medicaid and Chip Payment and Access Commission</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HD5BB5A1C38874724BD56C60A74EBA0C1"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the Social Security Act, $8,480,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H0032AB39890F447B8DFD10C49819EE18"><heading>Medicare Payment Advisory Commission</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HC50B225B43244D03A466EA63D25A34B8"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the Social Security Act, $12,645,000, to be transferred to this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H7E7DB0DACB6E43C2AA17F774D4C9965F"><heading>National Council on Disability</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H181B867F1AD249148037C7DC6BA6A22E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the National Council on Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, $3,450,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="HCC199D3F768747EDBE9E467000F2F568"><heading>National Labor Relations Board</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H9355CF9244BF42AA925E7160962CB57E"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the National Labor Relations Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, $341,500,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H371838372156406CA47B1DD54EFDE4A7"><heading>National Mediation Board</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HCA838517328041D4BBCB5F003E581671"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards appointed by the President, $15,800,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H49FDC2FD04364D1495199EB64CC6E1DB"><heading>Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H615E9FD036DE459F9B68FC45C75A4E5A"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">salaries and expenses</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H0FC6A267E5014A709CEE848DAD225FF8"><heading>Railroad Retirement Board</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H9EA048363EBA446B800C56D33A8F3552"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">dual benefits payments account</inline></heading><content class="block">For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, $16,000,000, which shall include amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 224(c)(1)(B) of <ref href="/us/pl/98/76">Public Law 98–76</ref>; and in addition, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by which the product of recipients and the average benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment of vested dual benefits: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That the total amount provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal year.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H665A31648247431A935BC34C5C0CB721"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">federal payments to the railroad retirement accounts</inline></heading><content class="block">For payment to the accounts established in the Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, which shall be the maximum amount available for payment pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/98/76/s417">section 417 of Public Law 98–76</ref>.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HE1BA45CDF56C43F49D046953692CF581"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">limitation on administration</inline></heading><content class="block">For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement Board (“Board”) for administration of the Railroad Retirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, $135,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insurance administration fund: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted service: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the previous proviso shall not change the status under Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to hire students attending qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have recently completed qualifying educational programs using current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office of Personnel Management: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $13,460,000, to remain available until expended, shall be used to supplement, not supplant, existing resources devoted to operations and improvements for the Board’s Information Technology Investment Initiatives.</proviso></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HEE4712548E974EB3A13C42971535899D"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">limitation on the office of inspector general</inline></heading><content class="block">For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more than $11,500,000, to be derived from the railroad retirement accounts and railroad unemployment insurance account.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="intermediate" id="H1571470DDE8C4C70AAFE8ED4FAB0EC4D"><heading>Social Security Administration</heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H07A3CD61CB6D4F9C901F8155F3D3103D"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">payments to social security trust funds</inline></heading><content class="block">For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,000,000.</content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H432F0FD210874560A37BDEDCF2108BB4"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">supplemental security income program</inline></heading><content>
<p>For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Security Act, <ref href="/us/pl/92/603/s401">section 401 of Public Law 92–603</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/93/66/s212">section 212 of Public Law 93–66</ref>, as amended, and <ref href="/us/pl/95/216/s405">section 405 of Public Law 95–216</ref>, including payment to the Social Security trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $41,938,540,000, to remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That any portion of the funds provided to a State in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That not more than $101,000,000 shall be available for research and demonstrations under sections 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and remain available through September 30, 2022.</proviso></p>
<p>For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary.</p>
<p>For making benefit payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $19,900,000,000, to remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H24639138BC5F4CD686C506DF107350DB"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">limitation on administrative expenses</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HDD11417CC85B463C903E793652F9FA4C"><content>
<p>For necessary expenses, including the hire of two passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official reception and representation expenses, not more than $12,940,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That $2,400,000 shall be for the Social Security Advisory Board: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $45,000,000 shall remain available until expended for information technology modernization, including related hardware and software infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative expenses directly associated with information technology modernization: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That $50,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for activities to address the disability hearings backlog within the Office of Hearings Operations: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That unobligated balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end of fiscal year 2020 not needed for fiscal year 2020 shall remain available until expended to invest in the Social Security Administration information technology and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll administrative expenses associated solely with this information technology and telecommunications infrastructure: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances available under the authority in the previous proviso: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That reimbursement to the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security Administration pursuant to <ref href="/us/usc/t5/s7131">5 U.S.C. 7131</ref>, and for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after such expenditures are made.</proviso></p>
<p>Of the total amount made available in the first paragraph under this heading, not more than $1,582,000,000, to remain available through March 31, 2021, is for the costs associated with continuing disability reviews under titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-related continuing disability reviews to determine whether earnings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs and operations of the Social Security Administration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $1,309,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That, of the additional new budget authority described in the preceding proviso, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to the “Office of Inspector General”, Social Security Administration, for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability investigation units: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: </proviso><proviso><i>Provided further</i>, That the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that were required by <ref href="/us/pl/104/121/s103/d/2">section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121</ref> for fiscal years 1996 through 2002.</proviso></p>
<p>In addition, $130,000,000 to be derived from administration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security Act or <ref href="/us/pl/93/66/s212/b/3">section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66</ref>, which shall remain available until expended: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections in fiscal year 2020 exceed $130,000,000, the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2021 only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts.</proviso></p>
<p>In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security Protection Act, which shall remain available until expended.</p></content></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="HCBEED9E40B8B41588903CB88C77E8CB8"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">office of inspector general</inline></heading></appropriations>
<appropriations level="small" id="H93F8E4DB1CC0409F95E86C0D5D100622"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(including transfer of funds)</inline></heading><content>
<p>For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, $30,000,000, together with not to exceed $75,500,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.</p>
<p>In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred from the “Limitation on Administrative Expenses”, Social Security Administration, to be merged with this account, to be available for the time and purposes for which this account is available: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That notice of such transfers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.</proviso></p></content></appropriations></title>
<title identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV" id="HEECD459A47CE4792884D413667C91475"><num value="V">TITLE V</num><heading class="block">GENERAL PROVISIONS</heading>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s501" id="H367349A17A784842BADF7EF6357ABB7C" styleType="traditional"><heading><inline class="smallCaps">(transfer of funds)</inline></heading><num value="501"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 501. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts corresponding to current appropriations provided in this Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they were originally appropriated.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s502" id="H9232B37B777B4385874726AA1B498836" styleType="traditional"><num value="502"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 502. </inline></num><content class="inline">No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s503" id="HB541DD865266404AB9DCDE753E54615F" styleType="traditional"><num value="503"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 503. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s503/a" id="HD0EE7B5B55F34928A1197F1D068469EC" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s4002">section 4002 of Public Law 111–148</ref> shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic communication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation before the Congress or any State or local legislature or legislative body, except in presentation to the Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State or local government, except in presentation to the executive branch of any State or local government itself.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s503/b" id="H3F692EA1FCC64CD1A92D28E61EC4608A" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>No part of any appropriation contained in this Act or transferred pursuant to <ref href="/us/pl/111/148/s4002">section 4002 of Public Law 111–148</ref> shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administrative action, or Executive order proposed or pending before the Congress or any State government, State legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships or participation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal government in policymaking and administrative processes within the executive branch of that government.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s503/c" id="HC135E2069EE846AF8F56BBF84D8FECA5" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><content>The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction on any legal consumer product, including its sale or marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or promotion of gun control.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s504" id="H678F97DE8AD0450991F22902E6E59E36" styleType="traditional"><num value="504"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 504. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor and Education are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official reception and representation expenses; the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for “Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and Expenses”; and the Chairman of the National Mediation Board is authorized to make available for official reception and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds available for “National Mediation Board, Salaries and Expenses”.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s505" id="H96FF5421910F4E8F82CA129C8BA830C6" styleType="traditional"><num value="505"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 505. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s505/1" id="HC8E841C3BF7E4B0C93EFD024C80B66C2" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s505/2" id="HA1C0F28450714FF6B7AD22B2DEF2D8CC" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s505/3" id="H089E96CAB5764EF490FA2BF9E989B801" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s506" id="H6DF35882F0C64151B2951D9C7138EA35" styleType="traditional"><num value="506"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 506. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s506/a" id="H8CA64D6D8C0A4603919191473DB9985A" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s506/b" id="H0A6FB0408F8740568DC84B5360398F06" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.</content></subsection>
<subsection role="definitions" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s506/c" id="H22A7EFA2962B459AAEA2515676AF5D21" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><content>The term “<term>health benefits coverage</term>” means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507" id="HB072CFFE777249E48546236CE1E8D57A" styleType="traditional"><num value="507"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 507. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/a" id="HE92FE084783C45F49BAA5A93A27A9A46" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/a/1" id="HCD97EE6E33074256A09AC4D2C2EC7AA1" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/a/2" id="HAB6DE474CDD24828B3C89FDB80A752F5" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed.</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/b" id="H77AACCEA88B24ADB8C6BE089D40BC7A7" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds).</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/c" id="H4391B4495DEE4439978FE878D6A00874" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><content>Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds).</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/d" id="HD936D571C1CE4D7183780A20E418C972" class="indent0"><num value="d">(d)</num><paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/d/1" id="H1836C65BE86745D9AA6986EB37062555" class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.</content></paragraph>
<paragraph role="definitions" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s507/d/2" id="HB2DD42603091494AABAFF461E9C81BDD" class="indent0"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>In this subsection, the term “<term>health care entity</term>” includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.</content></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s508" id="HD79EF4E6A04E4911B6D9000CD1CA6E94" styleType="traditional"><num value="508"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 508. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s508/a" id="HCBE180B285E845DFBE62732BF48A80A1" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s508/a/1" id="HD2D593860D1046469400C128E0C9C4AE" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s508/a/2" id="HB0639B772D5949668747329A7F5428A6" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/s46.204/b">45 CFR 46.204(b)</ref> and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s289g/b">42 U.S.C. 289g(b)</ref>).</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection role="definitions" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s508/b" id="H3003F5221FF24610AA0874F26EF45F60" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>For purposes of this section, the term “<term>human embryo or embryos</term>” includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under <ref href="/us/cfr/t45/pt46">45 CFR 46</ref> as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s509" id="HD553A81DCC07494AA59A870BABCB3E2F" styleType="traditional"><num value="509"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 509. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s509/a" id="H03E58AA3C00C405E88DC80D7A1B486E4" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s509/b" id="H1E4FB426C9414686A097B4AD6A12C992" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s510" id="H2BFEE5DD349D4B27BE0CB582BCBA60C8" styleType="traditional"><num value="510"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 510. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), until legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s511" id="HE856055E02E04E00B9F5217337E93CD4" styleType="traditional"><num value="511"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 511. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew a contract with an entity if—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s511/1" id="H9C0F624EB93F4F01B578134829241F04" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>such entity is otherwise a contractor with the United States and is subject to the requirement in <ref href="/us/usc/t38/s4212/d">38 U.S.C. 4212(d)</ref> regarding submission of an annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employment of certain veterans; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s511/2" id="H39DB983DC0B348228C76AD430E1FC44B" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>such entity has not submitted a report as required by that section for the most recent year for which such requirement was applicable to such entity.</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s512" id="H7BE8EAC02D044170AE806D294AD12CE4" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="512"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 512. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s513" id="H20E24555643246C4B7AEE8E6160B33C5" styleType="traditional"><num value="513"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 513. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act may be made available to any library covered by paragraph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514" id="H376F170CD1B442479B37B6822FA4FE71" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="514"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 514. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/a" id="HF72A513FDD144F4EA28319CFC5EE7A4C" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/a/1" id="H26595207A76A4188BAFF6D04CB44C78B" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>creates new programs;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/a/2" id="H888F098C32F347CA93260C1FB9EDF484" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>eliminates a program, project, or activity;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/a/3" id="HF2C4E8A80F3F43D29D1FD6A74CD7F676" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/a/4" id="H0A8E9E3C24E3482CB1BD07B5405FCACD" class="indent1"><num value="4">(4) </num><chapeau>contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees;</chapeau>
<continuation class="indent0" role="subsection">unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such reprogramming.</continuation></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/b" id="H467CD2CFC64644D0A6FA26DE45150C2F" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/b/1" id="H709A3C36D9904437AFE9052B6AA194A2" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>augments existing programs, projects (including construction projects), or activities;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/b/2" id="H29C5257885EF4342BF66E1C05966FA6C" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/b/3" id="H0568F228445E4970B85ECCC97115E80C" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><chapeau>results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;</chapeau>
<continuation class="indent0" role="subsection">unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of such reprogramming.</continuation></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/c" id="H044F7E25CB2F477B8D1E58959D0C4201" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>None of the funds provided under this Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure that—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/c/1" id="H9B30330CCF6F40FAA30819D97D83E404" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>relocates an office or employees;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/c/2" id="H860F4F2F2F364D0481A39A8E7B20FF87" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>reorganizes or renames offices; or</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s514/c/3" id="H9311C48FBE3C4EAB875C2CB916A83A03" class="indent1"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>reorganizes programs or activities;</content></paragraph>
<continuation class="indent0" role="subsection">unless the relocation, renaming, or reorganization was included in the President’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal, including the accompanying justification documents submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and such committees are consulted at least 15 days in advance of such relocation, renaming, or reorganization.</continuation></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s515" id="H81F9B4CBD319430085E8023BB0DBFA64" styleType="traditional"><num value="515"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 515. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s515/a" id="H6DA9959D6589454DA86541291EA134DC" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to request that a candidate for appointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or the position that the candidate holds with respect to political issues not directly related to and necessary for the work of the committee involved.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s515/b" id="H0820885EFFFA44B5A85C3BE8FD8B3654" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s516" id="H72C36109F58F4616B6B1F23D41288430" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="516"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 516. </inline></num><content class="inline">Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, each department and related agency funded through this Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the program, project, and activity level any funding allocations for fiscal year 2020 that are different than those specified in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the joint explanatory statement accompanying this Act or the fiscal year 2020 budget request.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s517" id="H3155C51AB2AE4B83A3ACA6C234E550E9" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="517"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 517. </inline></num><content class="inline">The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements exceeding $500,000, individually or in total at the program, project, or activity level, in value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2020, but not to include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental purpose, including a justification for issuing the award on a non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which the report is submitted.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s518" id="H0AC993A6B2914EBFB14C7C882C18A31D" styleType="traditional"><num value="518"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 518. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of administering Social Security benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage based on work performed under a social security account number that is not the claimant’s number and the performance of such work under such number has formed the basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s519" id="H7A9E492F2AB94C68B579B01D9389F3C8" styleType="traditional"><num value="519"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 519. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of employees of the Social Security Administration to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any agreement between the United States and Mexico establishing totalization arrangements between the social security system established by title II of the Social Security Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise be payable but for such agreement.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s520" id="H33AAC6896A544105B57E1473CF7868B5" styleType="traditional"><num value="520"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 520. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s520/a" id="H2AD698B360B643A8AA38E0B6960636F1" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s520/b" id="HA6F859268088471CBD2B47033894FC65" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s521" id="H48F60E98F1F04983A2C70CF9346B7CCF" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="521"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 521. </inline></num><chapeau class="inline">For purposes of carrying out Executive Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to conference attendance and expenditures:</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s521/1" id="HB633B2A024F34BA294256F816A276390" class="indent1"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>the operating divisions of HHS shall be considered independent agencies; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s521/2" id="H52283618952043F0B4EA026A02E403F6" class="indent1"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>attendance at and support for scientific conferences shall be tabulated separately from and not included in agency totals.</content></paragraph></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s522" id="HEF62CB6430E94E559EB2746805F7CDAD" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="522"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 522. </inline></num><content class="inline">Federal agencies funded under this Act shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for advertising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet postings, that the communication is printed, published, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this requirement shall be derived from amounts made available to the agency for advertising or other communications regarding the programs and activities of the agency.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s523" id="H0CF30AC7963241AD9900142147820546" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="523"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 523. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s523/a" id="HDE617B9ABD57491096F7D2B55D4C4781" class="inline"><num value="a">(a) </num><content>Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of <ref href="/us/pl/113/76/dH/s526">section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76</ref>, except that in carrying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting “Fiscal Year 2020” for “Fiscal Year 2014” in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting “September 30, 2024” for “September 30, 2018” each place it appears: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That such pilots shall include communities that have experienced civil unrest.</proviso></content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s523/b" id="HB7F079A196BB4D52BAC1EEB2304873BE" class="indent0"><num value="b">(b) </num><content>In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by <ref href="/us/pl/113/76/dH/s526">section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/113/235/dG/s524">section 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/114/113/dH/s525">section 525 of division H of Public Law 114–113</ref>, <ref href="/us/pl/115/31/dH/s525">section 525 of division H of Public Law 115–31</ref>, and <ref href="/us/pl/115/141/dH/s525">section 525 of division H of Public Law 115–141</ref>.</content></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s523/c" id="H2D874C85A36349CBB5D4524BA8BB1311" class="indent0"><num value="c">(c) </num><content>Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such authorities.</content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s524" id="HF6461CB54A6B4359B12CDA2F67847DD5" changed="notChanged" styleType="traditional"><num value="524"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 524. </inline></num><content class="inline">Not later than 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of fiscal year 2020, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and the Social Security Administration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the status of balances of appropriations: <proviso><i>Provided</i>, That for balances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts attributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which balances were derived.</proviso></content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s525" id="H12AF99C807E542038C07CC0939CF856B" styleType="traditional"><num value="525"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 525. </inline></num><content class="inline">Of the unobligated balances made available for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, $7,715,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this fiscal year.</content></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526" id="H07EE0316F58B4C8F8B48887E6B1D9EEF" styleType="traditional"><num value="526"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 526. </inline></num><subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/a" id="H9D5E092D07D84600BBB5C433861F74B9" class="inline"><num value="a">(a)</num><paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/a/1" id="H888B74E2C085418A919DBC807673EC7E" class="inline"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>The Secretary of Homeland Security, after appropriate consultation with the Secretary of Labor and appropriate employers, shall develop, through notice and comment rulemaking, a process to provide quarterly allocation of visas issued pursuant to petitions submitted by employers for individuals to be admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15/H/ii/b">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)</ref>).</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/a/2" id="H40D19E7C7ACA489F98A6DD454A847E95" class="indent0"><num value="2">(2) </num><chapeau>In developing the process described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that—</chapeau>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/a/2/A" id="H29F2230137244DBA82785310B84662C0" class="indent1"><num value="A">(A) </num><content>all such petitions are submitted to the Secretary not later than 45 days before the first day of the quarter during which the requested beneficiaries are expected to begin their employment with the employer; and</content></subparagraph>
<subparagraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/a/2/B" id="H56370446B015433DA12D452FC40E2C68" class="indent1"><num value="B">(B) </num><content>all decisions to approve or deny a petition are made not later than 15 days before the first date of employment specified in the petition.</content></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/b" id="H4EED209F9B3949929799A562094998AB" class="indent-1"><num value="b">(b) </num><chapeau>Subject to subsection (c), for fiscal year 2021, and every fiscal year thereafter, of the visas authorized under section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1184/g/1/B">8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)</ref>), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall issue—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/b/1" id="H50FBB1349161494392AFE47B808D9F59" class="indent0"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>not more than 14 percent to aliens whose employment is scheduled to begin during the first quarter of the fiscal year;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/b/2" id="H35578BEBCC2F438F8176C6FFED02CF57" class="indent0"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>not more than 45 percent (plus any visas authorized, but not issued, under paragraph (1)) to aliens whose employment is scheduled to begin during the second quarter of the fiscal year;</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/b/3" id="HF4D05BC611CB415890F6548515CE4502" class="indent0"><num value="3">(3) </num><content>not more than 39 percent (plus any visas authorized, but not issued, under paragraphs (1) and (2)) to aliens whose employment is scheduled to begin during the third quarter of the fiscal year; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/b/4" id="H62F3BA85662747CABF18EB8ED268631C" class="indent0"><num value="4">(4) </num><content>not more than 2 percent (plus any visas authorized, but not issued, under paragraph (1), (2), and (3)) to aliens whose employment is scheduled to begin during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/c" id="H76F48EDBCAB445068D45014085334032" class="indent-1"><num value="c">(c) </num><chapeau>Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole and unreviewable discretion, and after consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall—</chapeau>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/c/1" id="H12C8E24FE24C485D8C179CBDE6C1BA2A" class="indent0"><num value="1">(1) </num><content>compare the quarterly allocation of visas under subsection (b) to the actual need for individuals to be admitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15/H/ii/b">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)</ref>) in each quarter; and</content></paragraph>
<paragraph identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/c/2" id="HC3D57C6ACF4846A4AF0C4CD7AACE311B" class="indent0"><num value="2">(2) </num><content>adjust the quarterly allocation of such visas accordingly.</content></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/d" id="HF84692922F8B4195BFAA50C3107E39EA" class="indent0"><num value="d">(d) </num><content>For each calendar quarter subject to the visa allocation process set forth in subsection (b) or (c), if the total number of visas requested by employers whose petitions meet the standards for approval exceeds the total number of visas available for such employers, the Secretary shall ensure that each such petition is approved for a minimum number of visas, which shall be calculated based on the ratio between the total number of visas requested by such employers and the total number of visas available.</content></subsection>
<subsection role="instruction" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/e" id="H2EB042E954594C94A2517C3CC5397ED8" class="indent-1"><num value="e">(e) </num><content>Effective October 1, 2020, section 214(g)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1184/g/10">8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(10)</ref>) is <amendingAction type="repeal">repealed</amendingAction>.</content></subsection>
<subsection role="instruction" identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s526/f" id="H29F8CF6DCC3D4279A8DE902896ECE99C" class="indent0"><num value="f">(f) </num><content>Section 214(c)(14)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<ref href="/us/usc/t8/s1184/c/14/C">8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14)(C)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> to read as follows:
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<subparagraph id="H9DB5EF4A9663491C8F8832B5184DFCE5" class="indent0"><num value="C">“(C) </num><chapeau>In determining the level of penalties to be assessed under subparagraph (A), the highest penalties shall be reserved for—</chapeau>
<clause id="H2B0B5D4F27104444B234DEA1F097EFE3" class="indent1"><num value="i">“(i) </num><content>willful failures to meet any of the conditions of the petition that involve harm to United States workers; and</content></clause>
<clause id="H236AD2FEAD274A28BDFE2E53782CE741" class="indent1"><num value="ii">“(ii) </num><content>willful misrepresentations of the number of necessary nonimmigrants in an application for temporary labor certification in support of a petition for nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b).”</content></clause></subparagraph></quotedContent><inline role="after-quoted-block">.</inline></content></subsection></section>
<section identifier="/us/bill/116/hr/2740/tV/s527" id="H395AB23F82434FCF89CE9A4AD329FF6E" styleType="traditional"><num value="527"><inline class="smallCaps">Sec. 527. </inline></num><content class="inline">None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to replace or diminish the quality of care provided by Medicare Advantage (as established in Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter XVIII, Part C of the United States Code) and the TRICARE program (as defined in <ref href="/us/usc/t10/s1072">Section 1072 of Title 10 of the United States Code</ref>).</content></section>
<appropriations level="small" id="H17B5DEC5F8B34D67B4401EFE5A01BD0E"><content class="block">This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020</shortTitle>”.</content></appropriations></title></main>
<endorsement orientation="landscape"><relatedDocument role="calendar" href="/us/116/hcal/Union/39">Union Calendar No. 39</relatedDocument><congress value="116">116th CONGRESS</congress><session value="1">1st Session</session><dc:type>H. R. </dc:type><docNumber>2740</docNumber><relatedDocument role="associated-bill" href="/us/hrpt/116/62" value="CRPT-116hrpt62">[Report No. 116–62]</relatedDocument><longTitle><docTitle>A BILL</docTitle><officialTitle>Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.</officialTitle></longTitle><action><date date="2019-05-15"><inline class="smallCaps">May </inline>15, 2019</date><actionDescription>Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</actionDescription></action></endorsement></bill>