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HR 266 — Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act

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The changes made to the bill involve increasing the funding amounts related to the Paycheck Protection Program and similar economic relief efforts. Specifically, the funding for section 1102(b)(1) is raised from "$349,000,000,000" to "$659,000,000,000," and the amount in section 1107(a)(1) is increased from "$349,000,000,000" to "$670,335,000,000." This adjustment is intended to provide additional resources for coronavirus response initiatives, reflecting an increased commitment to support economic recovery efforts.

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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress] [From the U.S.
[116th Congress Public Law 139] [From the U.S.
Government Publishing Office] [H.R.
Government Publishing Office] [[Page 619]] PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM AND HEALTH CARE ENHANCEMENT ACT [[Page 134 STAT.
266 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)] <DOC> In the Senate of the United States, April 21, 2020.
620]] Public Law 116-139 116th Congress An Act Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R.
<<NOTE:
266) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the following AMENDMENT:
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Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
24, 2020 - [H.R.
SECTION 1.
266]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE:
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.
15 USC 9001 note.>> SECTION 1.
(a) Increased Authority for Commitments and Appropriations for Paycheck Protection Program.--Title I of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended-- (1) in section 1102(b)(1), by striking ``$349,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$659,000,000,000'';
(a) Increased Authority for Commitments and Appropriations for Paycheck Protection Program.--Title I of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended-- (1) <<NOTE:
and (2) in section 1107(a)(1), by striking ``$349,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$670,335,000,000''.
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(b) Increased Authorization for Emergency EIDL Grants.--Section 1110(e)(7) of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$20,000,000,000''.
293.>> in section 1102(b)(1), by striking ``$349,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$659,000,000,000'';
(c) Eligibility of Agricultural Enterprises for Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Emergency Grants.--Section 1110(a)(2) of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the end;
and (2) <<NOTE:
Ante, p.
301.>> in section 1107(a)(1), by striking ``$349,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$670,335,000,000''.
(b) Increased Authorization for Emergency EIDL Grants.--Section 1110(e)(7) of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, [[Page 134 STAT.
621]] Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) <<NOTE:
Ante, p.
308.>> is amended by striking ``$10,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$20,000,000,000''.
(c) Eligibility of Agricultural Enterprises for Economic Injury Disaster Loans and Emergency Grants.--Section 1110(a)(2) of division A of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) <<NOTE:
Ante, p.
306.>> is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the end;
and (C) by adding at the end the following:
and (C) <<NOTE:
``(x) the term `community development financial institution' has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of (12 U.S.C.
Definitions.>> by adding at the end the following:
``(x) the term `community development financial institution' has the meaning given the term in section 103 of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C.
and ``(II) credit unions with consolidated assets of not less than $10,000,000,000 and less than $50,000,000,000.
and [[Page 134 STAT.
622]] ``(II) credit unions with consolidated assets of not less than $10,000,000,000 and less than $50,000,000,000.
DIVISION B--ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely:
DIVISION <<NOTE:
Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response.>> B--ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely:
Provided further, That recipients of payments under this paragraph in this Act shall submit reports and maintain documentation as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Secretary'') determines are needed to ensure compliance with conditions that are imposed by this paragraph in this Act for such payments, and such reports and documentation shall be in such form, with such content, and in such time as the Secretary may prescribe for such purpose:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Provided further, That ``eligible health care providers'' means public entities, Medicare or Medicaid enrolled suppliers and providers, and such for- profit entities and not-for-profit entities not otherwise described in this proviso as the Secretary may specify, within the United States (including territories), that provide diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19:
Reports.
Provided further, That the Secretary shall, on a rolling basis, review applications and make payments under this paragraph in this Act:
Records.
Determination.>> recipients of payments under this paragraph in this Act shall submit reports and maintain documentation as the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this paragraph as the ``Secretary'') determines are needed to ensure compliance with conditions that are imposed by this paragraph in this Act for such payments, and such reports and documentation shall be in such form, with such content, and in such time as [[Page 134 STAT.
623]] the Secretary may prescribe for such purpose:
Provided further, That ``eligible <<NOTE:
Definition.>> health care providers'' means public entities, Medicare or Medicaid enrolled suppliers and providers, and such for-profit entities and not-for-profit entities not otherwise described in this proviso as the Secretary may specify, within the United States (including territories), that provide diagnoses, testing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases of COVID-19:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Review.>> the Secretary shall, on a rolling basis, review applications and make payments under this paragraph in this Act:
Provided further, That, in this paragraph, the term ``payment'' means a pre-payment, prospective payment, or retrospective payment, as determined appropriate by the Secretary:
<<NOTE:
Definition.>> Provided further, That, in this paragraph, the term ``payment'' means a pre-payment, prospective payment, or retrospective payment, as determined appropriate by the Secretary:
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Provided further, That, not later than 3 years after final payments are made under this paragraph in this Act, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall transmit a final report on audit findings with respect to this program to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further, That, <<NOTE:
Provided further, That nothing in this paragraph limits the authority of the Inspector General or the Comptroller General to conduct audits of interim payments at an earlier date:
Reports.>> not later than 3 years after final payments are made under this paragraph in this Act, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall transmit a final report on audit findings with respect to this program to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on obligation of funds, including obligations to such eligible health care providers summarized by State of the payment receipt:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Provided further, That such reports shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days until funds are expended:
Audits.>> nothing in this paragraph limits the authority of the Inspector General or the Comptroller General to conduct audits of interim payments at an earlier date:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Reports.>> not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate on obligation of funds, including obligations to such eligible health care providers summarized by State of the payment receipt:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Updates.
Time period.>> such reports shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days until funds are expended:
For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', $25,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses to research, develop, validate, manufacture, purchase, administer, and expand capacity for COVID-19 tests to effectively monitor and suppress COVID-19, including tests for both active infection and prior exposure, including molecular, antigen, and serological tests, the manufacturing, procurement and distribution of tests, testing equipment and testing supplies, including personal protective equipment needed for administering tests, the development and validation of rapid, molecular point-of-care tests, and other tests, support for workforce, epidemiology, to scale up academic, commercial, public health, and hospital laboratories, to conduct surveillance and contact tracing, support development of COVID-19 testing plans, and other related activities related to COVID-19 testing:
For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', $25,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses to research, develop, validate, manufacture, purchase, administer, and expand capacity for COVID-19 tests to effectively monitor and suppress COVID-19, including tests for both active infection and prior exposure, including molecular, antigen, and serological tests, the manufacturing, procurement and distribution of tests, testing equipment and testing supplies, including personal protective equipment needed for administering tests, the development and validation of rapid, molecular point-of-care tests, and other tests, support for workforce, epidemiology, to scale up academic, commercial, [[Page 134 STAT.
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, not less than $11,000,000,000 shall be for States, localities, territories, tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or health service providers to tribes for necessary expenses to develop, purchase, administer, process, and analyze COVID-19 tests, including support for workforce, epidemiology, use by employers or in other settings, scale up of testing by public health, academic, commercial, and hospital laboratories, and community- based testing sites, health care facilities, and other entities engaged in COVID-19 testing, conduct surveillance, trace contacts, and other related activities related to COVID-19 testing:
624]] public health, and hospital laboratories, to conduct surveillance and contact tracing, support development of COVID-19 testing plans, and other related activities related to COVID-19 testing:
Provided, That of the amount appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, not less than $11,000,000,000 shall be for States, localities, territories, tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or health service providers to tribes for necessary expenses to develop, purchase, administer, process, and analyze COVID-19 tests, including support for workforce, epidemiology, use by employers or in other settings, scale up of testing by public health, academic, commercial, and hospital laboratories, and community-based testing sites, health care facilities, and other entities engaged in COVID-19 testing, conduct surveillance, trace contacts, and other related activities related to COVID-19 testing:
Provided further, That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Governor or designee of each State, locality, territory, tribe, or tribal organization receiving funds pursuant to this Act shall submit to the Secretary its plan for COVID-19 testing, including goals for the remainder of calendar year 2020, to include:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Deadline.
Testing plan.>> not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Governor or designee of each State, locality, territory, tribe, or tribal organization receiving funds pursuant to this Act shall submit to the Secretary its plan for COVID-19 testing, including goals for the remainder of calendar year 2020, to include:
(2) month-by-month estimates of laboratory and testing capacity, including related to workforce, equipment and supplies, and available tests;
<<NOTE:
Estimates.>> (2) month-by-month estimates of laboratory and testing capacity, including related to workforce, equipment and supplies, and available tests;
Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit such formula methodology identified in the first proviso under this paragraph in this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate one day prior to awarding such funds:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Provided further, That such funds identified in the first and second provisos under this paragraph in this Act shall be allocated within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act:
Methodologies.>> the Secretary shall submit such formula methodology identified in the first proviso under this paragraph in this Act to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate one day prior to awarding such funds:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Deadline.>> such funds identified in the first and second provisos under this paragraph in this Act shall be allocated within 30 days of the date of enactment of this Act:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, not less than $306,000,000 shall be transferred to the ``National Institutes of Health--National Cancer Institute'' to develop, validate, improve, and implement serological testing and associated technologies for the purposes specified under this paragraph in this Act:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this paragraph in [[Page 134 STAT.
625]] this Act, not less than $306,000,000 shall be transferred to the ``National Institutes of Health--National Cancer Institute'' to develop, validate, improve, and implement serological testing and associated technologies for the purposes specified under this paragraph in this Act:
Provided further, That the amount appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may be used for construction, alteration, renovation, or equipping of non-federally owned facilities for the production of diagnostic, serologic, or other COVID-19 tests, or related supplies, where the Secretary determines that such a contract is necessary to secure, or for the production of, sufficient amounts of such tests or related supplies:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Determination.
Contracts.>> the amount appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may be used for construction, alteration, renovation, or equipping of non-federally owned facilities for the production of diagnostic, serologic, or other COVID-19 tests, or related supplies, where the Secretary determines that such a contract is necessary to secure, or for the production of, sufficient amounts of such tests or related supplies:
Provided further, That products purchased with funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act:
Provided further, That products purchased with funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may, at the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in [[Page 134 STAT.
626]] the Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, $225,000,000 shall be used to provide additional funding for COVID-19 testing and related expenses, through grants or other mechanisms, to rural health clinics as defined in section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act, with such funds also available to such entities for building or construction of temporary structures, leasing of properties, and retrofitting facilities as necessary to support COVID-19 testing:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, $225,000,000 shall be used to provide additional funding for COVID- testing and related expenses, through grants or other mechanisms, to rural health clinics as defined in section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act, with such funds also available to such entities for building or construction of temporary structures, leasing of properties, and retrofitting facilities as necessary to support COVID-19 testing:
Provided further, That such funds shall be distributed using the procedures developed for the Provider Relief Fund authorized under the third paragraph under this heading in division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136);
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Contracts.
Requirements.>> such funds shall be distributed using the procedures developed for the Provider Relief Fund authorized under the third paragraph under this heading in division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136);
Provided further, That not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with other appropriate departments and agencies, shall issue a report on COVID-19 testing:
<<NOTE:
Provided further, That such report shall include data on demographic characteristics, including, in a de- identified and disaggregated manner, race, ethnicity, age, sex, geographic region and other relevant factors of individuals tested for or diagnosed with COVID-19, to the extent such information is available:
Coordination.
Provided further, That such report shall include information on the number and rates of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as a result of COVID-19:
Reports.>> Provided further, That not later than 21 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with other appropriate departments and agencies, shall issue a report on COVID-19 testing:
Provided further, That such report shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and updated and resubmitted to such Committees, as necessary, every 30 days until the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency first declared by the Secretary on January 31, 2020:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Provided further, That not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a report on the number of positive diagnoses, hospitalizations, and deaths as a result of COVID-19, disaggregated nationally by race, ethnicity, age, sex, geographic region, and other relevant factors:
Data.>> such report shall include data on demographic characteristics, including, in a de-identified and disaggregated manner, race, ethnicity, age, sex, geographic region and other relevant factors of individuals tested for or diagnosed with COVID-19, to the extent such information is available:
Provided further, That such report shall include epidemiological analysis of such data:
Provided further, That such <<NOTE:
Provided further, That not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with other departments and agencies, as appropriate, shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on a COVID-19 strategic testing plan:
Data.>> report shall include information on the number and rates of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as a result of COVID-19:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Updates.
Time period.>> such report shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and updated and resubmitted to such Committees, as necessary, every 30 days until the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency first declared by the Secretary on January 31, 2020:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Reports.
Data.>> not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a report on the number of positive diagnoses, hospitalizations, and deaths as a result of COVID-19, disaggregated nationally by race, ethnicity, age, sex, geographic region, and other relevant factors:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Analysis.>> such report shall include epidemiological analysis of such data:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Coordination.
Reports.
Testing plan.>> not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with other departments and agencies, as appropriate, [[Page 134 STAT.
627]] shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate, the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on a COVID-19 strategic testing plan:
Provided further, That such plan shall include estimates of testing production that account for new and emerging technologies, as well as guidelines for testing:
Provided further, That <<NOTE:
Testing estimates and guidelines.>> such plan shall include estimates of testing production that account for new and emerging technologies, as well as guidelines for testing:
Provided further, That such plan shall be updated every 90 days until funds are expended:
<<NOTE:
Updates.
Time period.>> Provided further, That such plan shall be updated every 90 days until funds are expended:
The requirements, authorities, and conditions described in sections 18108, 18109, and 18112 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) shall apply to funds appropriated in this Act to the Department of Health and Human Services.
The <<NOTE:
Applicability.>> requirements, authorities, and conditions described in sections 18108, 18109, and 18112 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116-136) shall apply to funds appropriated in this Act to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Department of Health and Human Services'', except for the amounts specified in the first paragraph and the first and second provisos in the second paragraph under the heading ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', may be transferred to, and merged with, other appropriation accounts under the headings ``Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'', ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', ``Food and Drug Administration'', and ``National Institutes of Health'' to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus following consultation with the Office of Management and Budget:
Funds <<NOTE:
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified 10 days in advance of any such transfer:
Consultation.>> appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Department of Health and Human Services'', except for the amounts specified in the first paragraph and the first and second provisos in the second paragraph under the heading ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', may be transferred to, and merged with, other appropriation accounts under the headings ``Centers for Disease Control and Prevention'', ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', ``Food and Drug Administration'', and ``National Institutes of Health'' to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus following consultation with the Office of Management and Budget:
Provided further, That, upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation by this Act are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation:
Provided, That <<NOTE:
Notification.
Time period.>> the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified 10 days in advance of any such transfer:
<<NOTE:
Determination.>> Provided further, That, upon a determination that all or part of the funds transferred from an appropriation by this Act are not necessary, such amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation:
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', up to $6,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds made available under the heading ``Office of the Secretary, Office of Inspector General'', and shall remain available until expended, for oversight of activities supported with funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally:
Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund'', up to $6,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with, funds made [[Page 134 STAT.
Provided, That the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to obligating such funds:
628]] available under the heading ``Office of the Secretary, Office of Inspector General'', and shall remain available until expended, for oversight of activities supported with funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally:
Provided, That <<NOTE:
Consultation.>> the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to obligating such funds:
Sec.
[[Page 134 STAT.
629]] Sec.
In this Act, the term ``coronavirus'' means SARS-CoV-2 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential.
In <<NOTE:
Definition.>> this Act, the term ``coronavirus'' means SARS-CoV-2 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential.
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
Each <<NOTE:
President.>> amount designated in this Act by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
This division may be cited as the ``Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response''.
[[Page 134 STAT.
Attest:
630]] This division may be cited as the ``Additional Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Response''.
Secretary.
Approved April 24, 2020.
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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 28 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 264, H.R. 265, H.R. 266 and H.R. 267. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rule provides one hour of debate, orders the previous question, and allows one motion to commit on each bill. The rule waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of January 15, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  4. Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

  5. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 28. (consideration: CR H469-498)

  6. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 264, H.R. 265, H.R. 266 and H.R. 267. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. The rule provides one hour of debate, orders the previous question, and allows one motion to commit on each bill. The rule waives the requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a report from the Committee on Rules on the same day it is presented to the House with respect to any resolution reported through the legislative day of January 15, 2019, relating to a measure making or continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019.

  7. DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 266.

  8. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  9. Mr. Calvert moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H497)

  10. Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Calvert motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to decrease the Bureau of Land Management, Management of Lands and Resources account by $6 million and increase the Wildland Fire Management account by a similar amount; and to increase the Forest Service, Forest and Rangeland Research account by $15 million, and decrease the Capital Improvement and Maintenance account by a similar amount.

  11. The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

  12. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to recommit with instructions, the Chair put the question on the motion, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Calvert demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion to recommit with instructions until a time to be announced.

  13. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H502-503)

  14. On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 190 - 229 (Roll no. 26).

  15. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 27).(text: CR H469-487)

  16. On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 240 - 179 (Roll no. 27). (text: CR H469-487)

  17. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  18. Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

  19. Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.

  20. Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S2183-2186)

  21. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.

  22. Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S2184-2186)

  23. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  24. Mr. Neal moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H1920-1952, H1954-1955)

  25. DEBATE - Pursuant to the order of the House of April 23, 2020, the House proceeded with 2 hours of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 266.

  26. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 266, the Chair put the question on the motion, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Brady demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the motion until a time to be announced.

  27. Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 388 - 5, 1 Present (Roll no. 104).(text of Senate amendment: CR H1920-1923)

  28. On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 388 - 5, 1 Present (Roll no. 104). (text of Senate amendment: CR H1920-1923)

  29. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  30. Presented to President.

  31. Presented to President.

  32. Signed by President.

  33. Signed by President.

  34. Became Public Law No: 116-139.

  35. Became Public Law No: 116-139.

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