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G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML7Sec. 8003. Funding for supply chain modernization.Sec. 8004. Funding for state homes.Sec. 8005. Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs office of inspectorgeneral.Sec. 8006. Covid–19 veteran rapid retraining assistance program.Sec. 8007. Prohibition on copayments and cost sharing for veterans duringemergency relating to COVID–19.TITLE IX—COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANSSubtitle A—Crisis Support for Unemployed WorkersSec. 9001. Short title.PART 1—EXTENSIONOFCARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONSSec. 9011. Extension of pandemic unemployment assistance.Sec. 9012. Extension of emergency unemployment relief for governmental entities and nonprofit organizations.Sec. 9013. Extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation.Sec. 9014. Extension of full Federal funding of the first week of compensableregular unemployment for States with no waiting week.Sec. 9015. Extension of emergency State staffing flexibility.Sec. 9016. Extension of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation.Sec. 9017. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States with programs in law.Sec. 9018. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation agreements for States without programs in law.PART 2—EXTENSIONOFFFCRA UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONSSec. 9021. Extension of temporary assistance for States with advances.Sec. 9022. Extension of full Federal funding of extended unemployment compensation.PART 3—DEPARTMENTOFLABOR FUNDING FOR TIMELY, ACCURATE,EQUITABLE PAYMENTANDSec. 9031. Funding for administration.Sec. 9032. Funding for fraud prevention, equitable access, and timely paymentto eligible workers.Subtitle B—Emergency Assistance to Families Through Home VisitingProgramsSec. 9101. Emergency assistance to families through home visiting programs.Subtitle C—Emergency Assistance to Children and FamiliesSec. 9201. Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund.Subtitle D—Elder Justice and Support GuaranteeSec. 9301. Additional funding for aging and disability services programs.Subtitle E—Support to Skilled Nursing Facilities in Response to COVID–19Sec. 9401. Providing for infection control support to skilled nursing facilitiesthrough contracts with quality improvement y 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00007Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML8Sec. 9402. Funding for strike teams for resident and employee safety in skillednursing facilities.Subtitle F—Preserving Health Benefits for WorkersSec. 9500. Short title.Sec. 9501. Preserving health benefits for workers.Subtitle G—Promoting Economic SecurityPART 1—2021 RECOVERY REBATESTOINDIVIDUALSSec. 9601. 2021 recovery rebates to individuals.PART 2—CHILD TAX CREDITSec. 9611. Child tax credit improvements for 2021.Sec. 9612. Application of child tax credit in possessions.PART 3—EARNED INCOME TAX CREDITSec. 9621. Strengthening the earned income tax credit for individuals with noqualifying children.Sec. 9622. Taxpayer eligible for childless earned income credit in case of qualifying children who fail to meet certain identification requirements.Sec. 9623. Credit allowed in case of certain separated spouses.Sec. 9624. Modification of disqualified investment income test.Sec. 9625. Application of earned income tax credit in possessions of the UnitedStates.Sec. 9626. Temporary special rule for determining earned income for purposesof earned income tax credit.PART 4—DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCESec. 9631. Refundability and enhancement of child and dependent care taxcredit.Sec. 9632. Increase in exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance.PART .FORPAID SICKANDFAMILY LEAVEExtension of credits.Increase in limitations on credits for paid family leave.Expansion of leave to which paid family leave credits applies.Paid leave credits allowed for leave for COVID-vaccination.Application of non-discrimination rules.Reset of limitation on paid sick leave.Credits allowed against employer hospital insurance tax.Application of credits to certain governmental employers.Gross up of credit in lieu of exclusion from tax.Effective date.PART 6—EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDITSec. 9651. Extension of employee retention credit.PART 7—PREMIUM TAX CREDITg:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00008Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML9Sec. 9661. Improving affordability by expanding premium assistance for consumers.Sec. 9662. Temporary modification of limitations on reconciliation of tax credits for coverage under a qualified health plan with advance payments of such credit.Sec. 9663. Application of premium tax credit in case of individuals receivingunemployment compensation during 2021.PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONSSec. 9671. Repeal of election to allocate interest, etc. on worldwide basis.Sec. 9672. Tax treatment of targeted EIDL advances.Sec. 9673. Tax treatment of restaurant revitalization grants.Subtitle H—PensionsSec. 9700. Short title.Sec. 9701. Temporary delay of designation of multiemployer plans as in endangered, critical, or critical and declining status.Sec. 9702. Temporary extension of the funding improvement and rehabilitationperiods for multiemployer pension plans in critical and endangered status for 2020 or 2021.Sec. 9703. Adjustments to funding standard account rules.Sec. 9704. Special financial assistance program for financially troubled multiemployer plans.Sec. 9705. Extended amortization for single employer plans.Sec. 9706. Extension of pension funding stabilization percentages for single employer plans.Sec. 9707. Modification of special rules for minimum funding standards forcommunity newspaper plans.Sec. 9708. Cost of living adjustment freeze.Subtitle I—Child Care for WorkersSec. 9801. Child care assistance.3TITLE I—COMMITTEE ONAGRICULTURESubtitle A—Agriculture4SEC. 1001. FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN AND AGRICULTURE PAN-1256DEMIC RESPONSE.(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-7 wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of8 Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the9 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 4,000,000,000, to10 remain available until expended, to carry out this section.g:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00009Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML101(b) USEOFFUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture2 shall use the amounts made available pursuant to sub3 section (a)—45(1) to purchase food and agricultural commodities;6(2) to purchase and distribute agricultural com-7modities (including fresh produce, dairy, seafood,8eggs, and meat) to individuals in need, including9through delivery to nonprofit organizations and10through restaurants and other food related entities,11as determined by the Secretary, that may receive,12store, process, and distribute food items;13(3) to make grants and loans for small or14midsized food processors or distributors, seafood15processing facilities and processing vessels, farmers16markets, producers, or other organizations to re-17spond to COVID–19, including for measures to pro-18tect workers against COVID–19;19(4) to make loans and grants and provide other20assistance to maintain and improve food and agricul-21tural supply chain resiliency; and22(5) to make payments for necessary expenses23related to losses of crops (including losses due to24high winds or derechos) pursuant to title I of the25Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disasterg:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00010Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML111Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20), as amended2by section 116 of the Continuing Appropriations3Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–59) and as further4amended by subsection (c) of section 791 of the5Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20206(Public Law 116–94) for crop losses in crop year72020.8(c) ANIMAL HEALTH.—9(1) COVID–1910Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct monitoring11and surveillance of susceptible animals for incidence12of SARS–CoV–2.13(2) INTERGOVERNMENTALCOOPERATION.—Ac-14tivities conducted under paragraph (1) shall be con-15sistent with guidance provided by the World16Organisation for Animal Health.17(3) FUNDING.—Out of the amounts made avail-18able under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use19 300,000,000 to carry out this subsection.20(d) OVERTIME FEES.—21(1) SMALLESTABLISHMENT; VERY SMALL ES-22TABLISHMENT DEFINITIONS.—The23tablishment’’ and ‘‘very small establishment’’ have24the meaning given those terms in the final rule enti-25tled ‘‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis andg:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 2008ANIMAL SURVEILLANCE.—The16:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000terms ‘‘small es-(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00011Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML121Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’’ published2in the Federal Register on July 25, 1996 (61 Fed.3Reg. twithstanding6and subject to the availability of funds under para-7graph (3), the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce8the amount of overtime inspection costs borne by9federally-inspected small establishments and very10small establishments engaged in meat, poultry, or11egg products processing and subject to the require-12ments of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (2113U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection14Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the Egg Products15Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.), for inspec-16tion activities carried out during the period of fiscal17years 2021 through 2030.any other provision of law18(3) FUNDING.—Out of the amounts made avail-19able under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use20 100,000,000 to carry out this subsection.21SEC. 1002. EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR RURAL HEALTH2223CARE.(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in this24 section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use the funds25 made available by this section to establish an emergencyg:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00012Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML131 pilot program not later than 150 days after the date of2 enactment of this Act to provide grants to eligible appli3 cants (as defined in section 3570.61(a) of title 7, Code4 of Federal Regulations) to be awarded by the Secretary5 based on needs related to the COVID–19 pandemic.6(b) USES.—An eligible applicant to whom a grant is7 awarded under this section may use the grant funds for8 costs, including those incurred prior to the issuance of the9 grant, as determined by the Secretary, on facilities which10 primarily serve rural areas (as defined in section11 343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel12 opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C)), which are located13 in a rural area, the median household income of the popu14 lation to be served by which is less than the greater of15 the poverty line or the applicable percentage (determined16 under section 3570.63(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regu17 lations) of the State nonmetropolitan median household18 income, and for which the performance of construction19 work shall meet the condition set forth in section 9003(f)20 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 200221 (7 U.S.C. 8103(f)), to—22(1) increase capacity for vaccine distribution;23(2) provide drugs or medical supplies to in-24crease medical surge capacity;g:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00013Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML141(3) reimburse for COVID–19-related expenses2and lost revenue to maintain capacity, including ex-3penses and revenue losses incurred prior to the4awarding of the grant;56(4) increase telehealth capabilities, includingunderlying health care information systems;7(5) construct temporary or permanent struc-8tures to provide health care services, including vac-9cine administration or testing;1011(6) support staffing needs for vaccine administration or testing; and12(7) engage in any other efforts determined to13be critical to address the COVID–19 pandemic, in-14cluding nutritional assistance to vulnerable individ-15uals, as approved by the Secretary.16(c) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise17 available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal18 year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise19 appropriated, 500,000,000, to remain available until20 September 30, 2023, to carry out this section, of which21 not more than 3 percent may be used by the Secretary22 for administrative purposes and not more than 2 percent23 may be used by the Secretary for technical assistance as24 defined in section 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm25 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)).g:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00014Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML151SEC. 1003. PANDEMIC PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION FUNDS.2In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are3 appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in4 the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 47,500,000, to5 remain available until expended, for necessary administra6 tive expenses associated with carrying out this subtitle.7SEC. 1004. FUNDING FOR THE USDA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR8GENERAL FOR OVERSIGHT OF COVID—19-RE-9LATED PROGRAMS.10In addition to amounts otherwise made available,11 there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any12 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,13 2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022,14 to carry out audits, investigations, and other oversight ac15 tivities authorized under the Inspector General Act of16 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) of projects and activities carried out17 with funds made available to the Department of Agri18 culture related to the COVID–19 pandemic.19SEC. 1005. FARM LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-2021ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS.(a) PAYMENTS.—22(1) APPROPRIATION.—For the purposes of ad-23dressing the longstanding and widespread discrimi-24nation against socially disadvantaged farmers and25ranchers in farm loan programs and across the De-26partment of Agriculture, as documented for decadesg:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00015Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML161by Congress and Federal agencies, and alleviating2discriminatory barriers preventing socially disadvan-3taged farmers and ranchers from fully participating4in the American farm economy, in addition to5amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to6the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of amounts7in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such8sums as may be necessary, to remain available until9expended, for the cost of loan modifications and pay-10ments under this section.11(2) PAYMENTS.—Using a simplified process to12be determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall13provide a payment in an amount equal to 120 per-14cent of the outstanding indebtedness of each socially15disadvantaged farmer or rancher as of January 1,162021, to pay off the loan directly or to the socially17disadvantaged farmer or rancher (or a combination18of both), on each—19(A) direct farm loan made by the Secretary20to the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher;21and22(B) farm loan guaranteed by the Secretary23the borrower of which is the socially disadvan-24taged farmer or rancher.g:\VHLC\021821\021821.236.xmlFebruary 18, 2021 (4:34 p.m.)VerDate Nov 24 200816:34 Feb 18, 2021Jkt 000000(789706 25)PO 00000Frm 00016Fmt 6652Sfmt D\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\YA

G:\M\17\YARMUT\YARMUT 003.XML171(3) EFFECT2any other provision of law, the provision of a pay-3ment under paragraph (2) to a socially disadvan-4taged farmer or rancher shall not affect the eligi-5bility of such farmer or rancher for a farm loan6after the date on which the payment is provided.7(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:89(1) FARMLOAN.—Theterm ‘‘farm loan’’means—10(A) a loan administered by the Farm Serv-11ice Agency under subtitle A, B, or C of the12Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act13(7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.); and14(B) a Commodity Credit Corporation Farm15Storage Facility Loan.16(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means17the Secretary of Agriculture.18(3) SOCIALLYDISADVANTAGEDFARMEROR19RANCHER.—The20er or rancher’’ has the meaning given the term in21section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-22tion, and Trade Act of

nursing facilities. Subtitle C—Children's Health Insurance Program Sec. 3201. Mandatory coverage of COVID-19 vaccines and administration and treatment under CHIP. Sec. 3202. Modifications to certain coverage under CHIP for pregnant and postpartum women. Subtitle D—Other Provisions CHAPTER 1—ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND RATEPAYER