Highlights
This bill provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019, and extends several expiring authorities and programs.
It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2020 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires after November 21, 2019.
The bill also provides a pay raise for the military, repeals a rescission of state highway funding, and modifies the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.
Full Summary
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019
DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020
(Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019.
It funds most programs and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility or additional appropriations for
This section also has the effect of further extending through December 20, 2019, several authorities and programs that were extended in the existing CR, including the
DIVISION B--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS AND OTHER MATTERS
TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS
(Sec. 1101) This title extends (1) the Community Health Center Fund, which provides enhanced funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps; and (2) payments to teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs.
(Sec. 1102) The title also extends the Special Diabetes Program, which is administered by the National Institutes of Health, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, which is administered by the Indian Health Service.
TITLE II--OTHER HEALTH EXTENDERS
(Sec. 1201) This title extends funding for sexual-risk avoidance education.
(Sec. 1202) The title also extends funding for personal-responsibility education.
TITLE III--MEDICAID EXTENDERS
(Sec. 1301) This title extends the Medicaid demonstration program for certified community behavioral health clinics.
(Sec. 1302) The title also continues to apply an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for U.S. territories under Medicaid.
(Sec. 1303) The title delays certain reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital allotments.
TITLE IV--MEDICARE EXTENDERS
(Sec. 1401) This title extends funding for certain Medicare quality-measurement activities.
(Sec. 1402) The title also extends funding for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, and technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment.
(Sec. 1403) The title delays termination of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, which supports comparative clinical effectiveness research and related efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate and disseminate such research.
TITLE V--HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS
(Sec. 1501) This title extends demonstration projects addressing health-professions workforce needs.
(Sec. 1502) The title also extends Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program grants to states and related assistance grants to U.S. territories.
TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS POLICIES
(Sec. 1601) This title extends a provision that prohibits the Indian Health Service from disbursing funds for health care services to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native village corporation that is located within the area served by an Alaska Native regional health entity.
(Sec. 1602) The title also reduces funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund beginning in FY2025 for state activities relating to mechanized claims systems.
TITLE VII--OTHER MATTERS
United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification Act
(Sec. 1701) This section authorizes a third round of payments from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to compensate two new categories of claimants: (1) spouses and dependents of 9/11 victims, and (2) victims of the Iran hostage crisis who were held hostage for less than 444 days.
(Sec 1702) This section repeals a provision in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) that would permanently rescind $7.569 billion in highway funding from the states in FY2020.
(Sec. 1703) This section extends certain provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that address authorities for wiretaps and accessing business records during foreign intelligence and terrorism investigations.
TITLE VIII--BUDGETARY EFFECTS
(Sec. 1801) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010, (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules.
It also requires any debit on the statutory PAYGO scorecard for 2020 that remains at the end of the first session of the 116th Congress to be moved to the scorecard for 2021.
[116th Congress Public Law 69]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020, AND FURTHER HEALTH
EXTENDERS ACT OF 2019
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Public Law 116-69
116th Congress
An Act
Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, and for
other purposes. <<NOTE: Nov. 21, 2019 - [H.R. 3055]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of
2019.>>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Further Continuing Appropriations
Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020
DIVISION B--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS AND OTHER MATTERS
Title I--Public Health Extenders
Title II--Other Health Extenders
Title III--Medicaid Extenders
Title IV--Medicare Extenders
Title V--Human Services Extenders
Title VI--Miscellaneous Policies
Title VII--Other Matters
Title VIII--Budgetary Effects
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this
Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of that division.
DIVISION <<NOTE: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020.>> A--
FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020
Sec. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of
Public Law 116-59) <<NOTE: Ante, p. 1093.>> is amended--
(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and
inserting ``December 20, 2019'';
(2) by striking section 122 <<NOTE: Ante, p. 1098.>> and
inserting the following:
``Sec. 122. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 104, amounts are
provided for `Department of Commerce--Bureau of the Census--Periodic
Censuses and Programs' at a rate for operations of $7,284,319,000, of
which not less than $90,000,000 is for the delivery of Mobile
Questionnaire Assistance Centers: Provided, That such amounts may be
apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the
schedule and deliver the required data according to statutory deadlines
in the 2020 Decennial Census Program: Provided further, That the third
proviso under such heading in
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title I of Division C of Public Law 116-6 shall not apply during the
period covered by this Act.'';
(3) in section 136, <<NOTE: Ante, p. 1100.>> by striking
``$18,397,500'' and inserting ``$26,574,167'' and by striking
``$631,000'' and inserting ``$1,209,111'';
(4) in section 138, <<NOTE: Ante, p. 1101.>> by striking
``$20,000,000'' and inserting ``$30,000,000''; and
(5) by inserting after section 145 the following new
sections:
``Sec. 146. Amounts made available by section 101 for `Department
of Agriculture--Domestic Food Programs--Food and Nutrition Service--
Commodity Assistance Program' may be apportioned up to the rate for
operations necessary to maintain the current program caseload for the
Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
``Sec. 147. Adjustments for Certain Rates of Pay for the Uniformed
Services.--
``Amounts made available in applicable accounts by section 101--
``(1) for monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed
services under section 203(a) of title 37, United States Code,
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
provide monthly pay consistent with section 4 of Executive Order
13866 of March 28, 2019; and
``(2) for monthly cadet or midshipmen pay for cadets or
midshipmen under section 203(c) of title 37, United States Code,
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
provide monthly pay consistent with section 4 of Executive Order
13866 of March 28, 2019.
``Sec. 148. In addition to amounts provided in section 101, amounts
are provided for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program authorized by
chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, at a rate for operations of
$400,000, to be used solely for administrative expenses.
``Sec. 149. Notwithstanding <<NOTE: Maya M. Rockeymoore.>> any
other provision of this Act, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal
year 2020 for payment to Maya M. Rockeymoore, widow of Elijah E.
Cummings, late a Representative from the State of Maryland, $174,000.
``Sec. 150. Notwithstanding <<NOTE: Reports. Time periods.>>
section 251(a)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 and the timetable in section 254(a) of such Act, the final
sequestration report for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 254(f)(1)
of such Act and any order for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section
254(f)(5) of such Act shall be issued, for the Congressional Budget
Office, 10 days after the date specified in section 106(3), and for the
Office of Management and Budget, 15 days after the date specified in
section 106(3).''.
This division may be cited as the ``Further Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2020''.
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DIVISION B--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS AND OTHER MATTERS
TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS
SEC. 1101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, THE NATIONAL
HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING
HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GME
PROGRAMS.
(a) Community Health Centers.--Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(1)(F)) is
amended by--
(1) striking ``$569,863,014'' and inserting
``$887,671,223''; and
(2) striking ``November 21, 2019'' and inserting ``December
20, 2019''.
(b) National Health Service Corps.--Section 10503(b)(2) of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b-2(b)(2)(G))
is amended--
(1) by striking ``$44,164,384'' and inserting
``$68,794,521''; and
(2) by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and inserting
``December 20, 2019''.
(c) Teaching Health Centers That Operate Graduate Medical Education
Programs.--Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$18,021,918'' and inserting
``$28,072,603''; and
(2) by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and inserting
``December 20, 2019''.
(d) <<NOTE: Time period.>> Application of Provisions.--Amounts
appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this section for the
period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on December 20, 2019,
shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 115-245 for
funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 256).
(e) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (4) of section 3014(h) of title
18, United States Code, as amended by section 1101(e) of division B of
Public Law 116-59, is amended by striking ``and section 1101(d) of
division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health
Extenders Act of 2019'' and inserting ``, section 1101(d) of division B
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of
2019, and section 1101(d) of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019''.
SEC. 1102. DIABETES PROGRAMS.
(a) Type I.--Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254c-2(b)(2)(D)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$21,369,863'' and inserting
``$33,287,671''; and
(2) by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and inserting
``December 20, 2019''.
(b) Indians.--Section 330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254c-3(c)(2)(D)) is amended--
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(1) by striking ``$21,369,863'' and inserting
``$33,287,671''; and
(2) by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and inserting
``December 20, 2019''.
TITLE II--OTHER HEALTH EXTENDERS
SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and
inserting ``December 20, 2019''; and
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``November 21,
2019'' and inserting ``December 20, 2019''; and
(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ``$10,684,931 for the
period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending November 21, 2019''
and inserting ``$16,643,836 for the period beginning October 1,
2019, and ending December 20, 2019''.
SEC. 1202. EXTENSION OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and
inserting ``December 20, 2019''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``November
21, 2019'' and inserting ``December 20, 2019''; and
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ``$10,684,931 for the
period beginning October 1, 2019, and ending November 21, 2019''
and inserting ``$16,643,836 for the period beginning October 1,
2019, and ending December 20, 2019''.
TITLE III--MEDICAID EXTENDERS
SEC. 1301. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014
(42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and
inserting ``December 20, 2019''.
SEC. 1302. TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
PERCENTAGE FOR TERRITORIES UNDER
MEDICAID PROGRAM.
Subsection (ff) of section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396d) is amended by striking ``November 21, 2019'' and inserting
``December 20, 2019''.
SEC. 1303. DELAY OF REDUCTIONS IN MEDICAID DSH ALLOTMENTS.
Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-
4(f)(7)(A)) is amended by striking ``November 22, 2019'' each place it
appears and inserting ``December 21, 2019''.
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TITLE IV--MEDICARE EXTENDERS
SEC. 1401. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE ENDORSEMENT,
INPUT, AND SELECTION.
(a) In General.--Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``$1,069,000 for the
period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on November 21,
2019'' and inserting ``$1,665,000 for the period beginning on
October 1, 2019, and ending on December 20, 2019''; and
(2) in the third sentence, by striking ``November 21, 2019''
and inserting ``December 20, 2019''.
(b) <<NOTE: 42 USC 1395aaa note.>> Effective Date.--The amendments
made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of
2019 (Public Law 116-59).
SEC. 1402. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-
INCOME PROGRAMS.
(a) Additional Funding for State Health Insurance Programs.--
Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for
Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b-3 note), as amended
by section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Public Law 111-148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of
2012 (Public Law 112-240), section 1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform
Act of 2013 (Public Law 113-67), section 110 of the Protecting Access to
Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-93), section 208 of the Medicare
Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-10), section
50207 of division E of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law
115-123), and section 1402 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020,
and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-59), is amended--
(1) in clause (ix), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (x), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (x) the following new clause:
``(xi) for the period beginning on November
22, 2019, and ending on December 20, 2019, of
$1,033,000.''.
(b) Additional Funding for Area Agencies on Aging.--Subsection
(b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
(1) in clause (ix), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (x), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (x) the following new clause:
``(xi) for the period beginning on November
22, 2019, and ending on December 20, 2019, of
$597,000.''.
(c) Additional Funding for Aging and Disability Resource Centers.--
Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended--
(1) in clause (ix), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (x), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (x) the following new clause:
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``(xi) for the period beginning on November
22, 2019, and ending on December 20, 2019, of
$397,000.''.
(d) Additional Funding for Contract With the National Center for
Benefits and Outreach Enrollment.--Subsection (d)(2) of such section
119, as so amended, is amended--
(1) in clause (ix), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) in clause (x), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after clause (x) the following new clause:
``(xi) for the period beginning on November
22, 2019, and ending on December 20, 2019, of
$953,000.''.
SEC. 1403. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE OF PATIENT-CENTERED
OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRUST FUND.
Section 9511(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 <<NOTE: 26 USC
9511.>> is amended by striking ``November 21'' and inserting ``December
20''.
TITLE V--HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS
SEC. 1501. EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO ADDRESS HEALTH
PROFESSIONS WORKFORCE NEEDS.
Activities authorized by section 2008 of the Social Security Act
shall continue through December 20, 2019, in the manner authorized for
fiscal year 2019, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United
States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such
sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and payments may be
made pursuant to this authority through the date so specified at the pro
rata portion of the total amount authorized for such activities in
fiscal year 2019.
SEC. 1502. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
FAMILIES PROGRAM AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
Activities authorized by part A of title IV and section 1108(b) of
the Social Security Act shall continue through December 20, 2019, in the
manner authorized for fiscal year 2019, and out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
hereby appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose.
TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS POLICIES
SEC. 1601. ALASKA NATIVE REGIONAL HEALTH ENTITIES.
Section 424(a) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76), as amended by section 428
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-
141), <<NOTE: 128 Stat. 343.>> shall be applied by substituting
``December 20, 2019'' for ``October 1, 2019''.
SEC. 1602. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.
Section 1941(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w-1(b)) is
amended in paragraph (3)(A) by striking ``$2,387,000,000'' and inserting
``$1,960,000,000''.
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TITLE VII--OTHER MATTERS
SEC. 1701. <<NOTE: United States Victims of State
Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification
Act. 34 USC 10101 note.>> UNITED STATES
VICTIMS OF STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM
FUND CLARIFICATION ACT.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``United States
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification Act''.
(b) Technical Corrections to the USVSST Fund.--
(1) In general.--The Justice for United States Victims of
State Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) <<NOTE: Time period. Effective date.>> in
paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``section.'' and
inserting ``section, except that, during the 1-
year period beginning on the date of enactment of
the United States Victims of State Sponsored
Terrorism Fund Clarification Act, the Special
Master may utilize an additional 5 full-time
equivalent Department of Justice personnel.''; and
(ii) <<NOTE: Deadline. Procedures. Guidance.>> in
paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``Such notice is''
and inserting the following: ``Not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of the United
States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund
Clarification Act, the Special Master shall
update, as necessary as a result of the enactment
of such Act, such procedures and other guidance
previously issued by the Special Master. Such
notice and any updates to that notice or other
guidance are'';
(B) in subsection (c)--
(i) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``January
20, 1981'' and all that follows through
``Columbia'' and inserting ``January 20, 1981'';
and
(ii) <<NOTE: Time periods.>> in paragraph
(3)(A)--
(I) in clause (i)(II), by striking
the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``, except that any United
States person with an eligible claim
described in paragraph (2)(B) who did
not have an eligible claim before the
date of enactment of the United States
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism
Fund Clarification Act shall have 90
days from the date of enactment of such
Act to submit an application for
payment.''; and
(II) in clause (ii), by striking the
period at the end and inserting the
following: ``, unless the final judgment
was awarded to a 9/11 victim, 9/11
spouse, or 9/11 dependent before the
date of enactment of the United States
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism
Fund Clarification Act, in which case
such United States person shall have 90
days from the date of enactment of such
Act to submit an application for
payment.'';
(C) in subsection (d)--
(i) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking clauses
(i) and (ii) and inserting the following:
``(i) Pro rata basis.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B) and subject to the limitations
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described in clause (ii), the Special Master shall
carry out paragraph (1), by--
``(I) dividing all available funds
in half and allocating 50 percent of the
available funds to non-9/11 related
victims of state sponsored terrorism and
the remaining 50 percent of the
available funds to 9/11 related victims
of state sponsored terrorism;
``(II) further dividing the funds
allocated to non-9/11 related victims of
state sponsored terrorism on a pro rata
basis, based on the amounts outstanding
and unpaid on eligible claims, until
such amounts have been paid in full or
the Fund is closed; and
``(III) further dividing the funds
allocated to 9/11 related victims of
state sponsored terrorism on a pro rata
basis, based on the amounts outstanding
and unpaid on eligible claims, until
such amounts have been paid in full or
the Fund is closed.
``(ii) Limitations.--The limitations described
in this clause are as follows:
``(I) In the event that a United
States person has an eligible claim that
exceeds $20,000,000, the Special Master
shall treat that claim as if it were for
$20,000,000 for purposes of this
section.
``(II) In the event that a non-9/11
related victim of state sponsored
terrorism and the immediate family
members of such person have claims that
if aggregated would exceed $35,000,000,
the Special Master shall, for purposes
of this section, reduce such claims on a
pro rata basis such that in the
aggregate such claims do not exceed
$35,000,000.
``(III) In the event that a 9/11
victim, 9/11 spouse, or 9/11 dependent
and the immediate family members of such
person (who are also 9/11 victims, 9/11
spouses, or 9/11 dependents) have claims
that if aggregated would exceed
$35,000,000, the Special Master shall,
for purposes of this section, reduce
such claims on a pro rata basis such
that in the aggregate such claims do not
exceed $35,000,000.
``(IV) In the event that a 9/11
family member and the family members of
such person (who are also 9/11 family
members) have claims that if aggregated
would exceed $20,000,000, the Special
Master shall, for purposes of this
section, reduce such claims on a pro
rata basis such that in the aggregate
such claims do not exceed
$20,000,000.''; and
(ii) in paragraph (4)--
(I) by striking ``On'' and inserting
the following:
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), on''; and
(II) by adding at the end the
following:
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``(B) <<NOTE: Time period. Deadline.>> Third round
payments.--The Special Master shall authorize third-
round payments to satisfy eligible claims under this
section not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180
days, after the date of enactment of the United States
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification
Act. The Special Master shall accept applications from
eligible applicants (consistent with the deadlines for
application submission prescribed in subsection (c)(3))
until the date that is 90 days after the date of
enactment of the United States Victims of State
Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification Act.'';
(D) in subsection (e)--
(i) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii)--
(I) by striking ``One-half'' and
inserting ``Seventy-five percent''; and
(II) by striking ``one-half'' and
inserting ``seventy-five percent''; and
(ii) in paragraph (6), by striking ``2026''
each place the term appears and inserting
``2030'';
(E) in subsection (f)(1)--
(i) by inserting ``representing a non-9/11
related victim of state sponsored terrorism''
after ``No attorney''; and
(ii) <<NOTE: Effective date.>> by adding at
the end the following: ``After the date of
enactment of the United States Victims of State
Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification Act, no
attorney representing a 9/11 related victim of
state sponsored terrorism shall charge, receive,
or collect, and the Special Master shall not
approve, any payment of fees and costs that in the
aggregate exceeds 15 percent of any payment made
under this section after the date of enactment of
such Act.''; and
(F) in subsection (j)--
(i) in paragraph (6), by striking ``(including
payments from the September 11th Victim
Compensation Fund (49 U.S.C. 40101 note))''; and
(ii) <<NOTE: Definitions.>> by adding at the
end the following:
``(9) Non-9/11 related victim of state sponsored
terrorism.--The term `non-9/11 victim of state sponsored
terrorism' means a United States person who has an eligible
claim under subsection (c) that is unrelated to the acts of
international terrorism carried out on September 11, 2001.
``(10) 9/11 related victim of state sponsored terrorism.--
The term `9/11 related victim of state sponsored terrorism'
means a 9/11 victim, 9/11 spouse, 9/11 dependent, or 9/11 family
member.
``(11) 9/11 dependent.--The term `9/11 dependent' means a
United States person who has an eligible claim under subsection
(c) who at the time of a 9/11 victim's death was--
``(A) a dependent, as defined in section 104.3 of
title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor
thereto, of the 9/11 victim; or
``(B) the child of the 9/11 victim who has not,
before the date of enactment of the United States
Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification
Act, received payment from the Fund.
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``(12) 9/11 family member.--The term `9/11 family member'
means the immediate family member of an individual described in
section 405(c) of the Air Transportation Safety and System
Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) who is not a 9/11
dependent or a 9/11 spouse.
``(13) 9/11 spouse.--The term `9/11 spouse' means a United
States person who has an eligible claim under subsection (c) who
is a spouse, as defined in section 104.3 of title 28, Code of
Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto, of an individual
described in section 405(c) of the Air Transportation Safety and
System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note).
``(14) 9/11 victim.--The term `9/11 victim' means a United
States person who has an eligible claim under subsection (c) who
is an individual described in section 405(c)(2) of the Air
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C.
40101 note).''.
(c) <<NOTE: 34 USC 20144 note.>> Rule of Construction.--A
determination by the Special Master before the date of enactment of the
United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification
Act that an award or award determination under section 405 of the Air
Transportation Safety and Stabilization Act (49 U.S.C. 40101 note) was
controlling for purposes of the Fund (pursuant to subsection
(d)(3)(A)(ii)(III) of the Justice for United States Victims of State
Sponsored Terrorism Act (34 U.S.C. 20144(d)(3)(A)(ii)(III)), as such
section was in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this
Act) shall not prejudice a claim of a 9/11 victim, 9/11 spouse, or 9/11
dependent.
(d) <<NOTE: 34 USC 20144 note.>> Applicability.--This section and
the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1702. REPEAL OF RESCISSION.
(a) In General.--Section 1438 of the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94;
129 Stat. 1432) is repealed.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of
the FAST Act (Public Law 114-94; 129 Stat. 1312) is amended by striking
the item relating to section 1438.
SEC. 1703. SUNSETS.
(a) Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and
Reauthorization Act of 2005 <<NOTE: 50 USC 1805 and note, 1861-1863.>>
(50 U.S.C. 1805 note) is amended by striking ``December 15, 2019'' and
inserting ``March 15, 2020''.
(b) Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking
``December 15, 2019'' and inserting ``March 15, 2020''.
TITLE VIII--BUDGETARY EFFECTS
SEC. 1801. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
(a) Statutory Paygo Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this
division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained
pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
(b) Senate Paygo Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of this division
shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of
section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
[[Page 133 STAT. 1144]]
(c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding Rule 3 of
the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory
statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report
105-217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this division
shall not be estimated--
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an
appropriation Act.
(d) PAYGO Annual Report.--For the purposes of the annual report
issued pursuant to section 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010
(2 U.S.C. 934) after adjournment of the first session of the 116th
Congress, and for determining whether a sequestration order is necessary
under such section, the debit for the budget year on the 5-year
scorecard, if any, and the 10-year scorecard, if any, shall be deducted
from such scorecard in 2020 and added to such scorecard in 2021.
Approved November 21, 2019.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 3055 (S. 2584):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 116-101 (Comm. on Appropriations).
SENATE REPORTS: No. 116-
127 (Comm. on Appropriations) accompanying S. 2584.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 165 (2019):
June 19-21, 24, 25, considered and passed House.
Oct. 22, 23, 28-31, considered and passed Senate, amended.
Nov. 19, House concurred in Senate amendment with an
amendment.
Nov. 21, Senate concurred in House amendment.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 708, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Lowey motion to concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment to H.R. 3055.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 192 (Roll no. 631).(text: CR H9035-9037)
Roll Call #631 (House)On motion that the House agree with an amendment to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 231 - 192 (Roll no. 631). (text: CR H9035-9037)
Roll Call #631 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6734-6736)
Motion by Senator Paul to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3055 with an amendment (SA 1250) made in Senate. (CR S6734)
Motion by Senator McConnell to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3055 made in Senate. (CR S6735)
Enacted as Public Law 116-69
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Cloture motion on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3055 presented in Senate. (CR S6735)
Cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3055 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 75 - 19. Record Vote Number: 364. (CR S6735)
Roll Call #364 (Senate)Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3055 by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 20. Record Vote Number: 365.
Roll Call #365 (Senate)Senate agreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. 3055 by Yea-Nay Vote. 74 - 20. Record Vote Number: 365.
Roll Call #365 (Senate)Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 116-69.
Became Public Law No: 116-69.