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PUBLIC LAW 116ā260āDEC. 27, 2020
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
* Editorial note: Part 1 contains pages 134 Stat. 1182 through 134 Stat. 2247. See note at the
end.
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134 STAT. 1182
PUBLIC LAW 116ā260āDEC. 27, 2020
Public Law 116ā260
116th Congress
An Act
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021,
providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the āāConsolidated Appropriations
Act, 2021āā.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement.
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations.
Sec. 6. Availability of funds.
Sec. 7. Adjustments to compensation.
Sec. 8. Definition.
Sec. 9. Office of Management and Budget Reporting Requirement.
DIVISION AāAGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāAgricultural Programs
Title IIāFarm Production and Conservation Programs
Title IIIāRural Development Programs
Title IVāDomestic Food Programs
Title VāForeign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VIāRelated Agency and Food and Drug Administration
Title VIIāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION BāCOMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartment of Commerce
Title IIāDepartment of Justice
Title IIIāScience
Title IVāRelated Agencies
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION CāDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāMilitary Personnel
Title IIāOperation and Maintenance
Title IIIāProcurement
Title IVāResearch, Development, Test and Evaluation
Title VāRevolving and Management Funds
Title VIāOther Department of Defense Programs
Title VIIāRelated Agencies
Title VIIIāGeneral Provisions
Title IXāOverseas Contingency Operations
Consolidated
Appropriations
Act, 2021.
Dec. 27, 2020
[H.R. 133]
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PUBLIC LAW 116ā260āDEC. 27, 2020
DIVISION DāENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāCorps of EngineersāCivil
Title IIāDepartment of the Interior
Title IIIāDepartment of Energy
Title IVāIndependent Agencies
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION EāFINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartment of the Treasury
Title IIāExecutive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the President
Title IIIāThe Judiciary
Title IVāDistrict of Columbia
Title VāIndependent Agencies
Title VIāGeneral ProvisionsāThis Act
Title VIIāGeneral ProvisionsāGovernment-wide
Title VIIIāGeneral ProvisionsāDistrict of Columbia
Title IXāGeneral ProvisionāEmergency Funding
DIVISION FāDEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight
Title IIāSecurity, Enforcement, and Investigations
Title IIIāProtection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery
Title IVāResearch, Development, Training, and Services
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION GāDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartment of the Interior
Title IIāEnvironmental Protection Agency
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION HāDEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartment of Labor
Title IIāDepartment of Health and Human Services
Title IIIāDepartment of Education
Title IVāRelated Agencies
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION IāLEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāLegislative Branch
Title IIāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION JāMILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartment of Defense
Title IIāDepartment of Veterans Affairs
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāOverseas Contingency Operations
Title VāGeneral Provisions
DIVISION KāDEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartment of State and Related Agency
Title IIāUnited States Agency for International Development
Title IIIāBilateral Economic Assistance
Title IVāInternational Security Assistance
Title VāMultilateral Assistance
Title VIāExport and Investment Assistance
Title VIIāGeneral Provisions
Title VIIIāNita M. Lowey Middle East Partnership for Peace Act of 2020
Title IXāEmergency Funding and Other Matters
DIVISION LāTRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
Title IāDepartment of Transportation
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PUBLIC LAW 116ā260āDEC. 27, 2020
Title IIāDepartment of Housing and Urban Development
Title IIIāRelated Agencies
Title IVāGeneral ProvisionsāThis Act
DIVISION MāCORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
DIVISION NāADDITIONAL CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF
DIVISION OāEXTENSIONS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
Title IāImmigration Extensions
Title IIāCommission on Black Men and Boys Corrections
Title IIIāU.S. Customs and Border Protection Authority to Accept Donations Exten-
sion
Title IVāLivestock Mandatory Reporting Extension
Title VāSoil Health and Income Protection Pilot Program Extension
Title VIāUnited States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act Technical
Corrections
Title VIIāDeputy Architect of the Capitol Amendments
Title VIIIāPandemic Response Accountability Committee Amendments
Title IXāAdjustment of Status for Liberian Nationals Extension
Title XāClean Up the Code Act of 2019
Title XIāAmendments to Provisions Relating to Child Care Centers
Title XIIāAlaska Natives Extension
Title XIIIā Open Technology Fund Opportunity to Contest Proposed Debarment
Title XIVāBudgetary Effects
DIVISION PāNATIONAL BIO AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY ACT OF 2020
DIVISION QāFINANCIAL SERVICES PROVISIONS AND INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
DIVISION RāPROTECTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OF PIPELINES AND
ENHANCING SAFETY ACT OF 2020
DIVISION SāINNOVATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
DIVISION TāSMITHSONIAN AMERICAN WOMENāS HISTORY MUSEUM ACT
AND NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN LATINO
DIVISION UāHOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
PROVISIONS
DIVISION VāAIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION, SAFETY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY
DIVISION WāINTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021
DIVISION XāSUPPORTING FOSTER YOUTH AND FAMILIES THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC
DIVISION YāAMERICAN MINER BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT
DIVISION ZāENERGY ACT OF 2020
DIVISION AAāWATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2020
DIVISION BBāPRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
PROVISIONS
DIVISION CCāHEALTH EXTENDERS
DIVISION DDāMONTANA WATER RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT
DIVISION EEāTAXPAYER CERTAINTY AND DISASTER TAX RELIEF ACT OF
2020
DIVISION FFāOTHER MATTER
Title IāContinuing Education at Affected Foreign Institutions and Modification of
Certain Protections for Taxpayer Return Information
Title IIāPublic Lands
Title IIIāForeign Relations and Department of State Provisions
Title IVāSenate Sergeant at Arms Cloud Services
Title Vā Repeal of Requirement to Sell Certain Federal Property in Plum Island,
New York
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134 STAT. 1185
PUBLIC LAW 116ā260āDEC. 27, 2020
Title VIā Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children
Title VIIāFAFSA Simplification
Title VIIIāAccess to Death Information Furnished to or Maintained by the Social
Security Administration
Title IXāTelecommunications and Consumer Protection
Title XāBankruptcy Relief
Title XIāWestern Water and Indian Affairs
Title XIIāHorseracing Integrity and Safety
Title XIIIāCommunity Development Block Grants
Title XIVāCOVIDā19 Consumer Protection Act
Title XVāAmerican COMPETE Act
Title XVIāRecording of Obligations
Title XVIIāSudan Claims Resolution
Title XVIIIāTheodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Conveyance Act of 2020
Title XIXāUnited States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act
Title XXāConsumer Product Safety Commission Port Surveillance
Title XXIāCOVIDā19 Regulatory Relief and Work From Home Safety Act
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to āāthis
Actāā contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as
referring only to the provisions of that division.
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the
House section of the Congressional Record on or about December
21, 2020, and submitted by the Chairwoman of the Committee
on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with
respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions
A through L of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement
of a committee of conference.
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2021.
SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
(a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President
subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such
designations to the Congress.
(b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for
Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if
applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all
such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment
shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments
for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2021.
SEC. 8. DEFINITION.
In divisions A through M of this Act, the term āācoronavirusāā
means SARSāCoVā2 or another coronavirus with pandemic poten-
tial.
5 USC 5547 note.
2 USC 4501 note.
President.
1 USC 1 note.
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134 STAT. 1186
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SEC. 9. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT.
Notwithstanding the āā7 calendar daysāā requirement in section
251(a)(7)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(a)(7)(B)), for any appropriations Act
for fiscal year 2021 enacted before January 1, 2021, the Office
of Management and Budget shall transmit to the Congress its
report under that section estimating the discretionary budgetary
effects of such Acts not later than January 15, 2021.
DIVISION AāAGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT,
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PROCESSING, RESEARCH, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$46,998,000, of which not to exceed $5,101,000 shall be available
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $1,324,000
shall be available for the Office of Homeland Security; not to exceed
$7,002,000 shall be available for the Office of Partnerships and
Public Engagement, of which $1,500,000 shall be for 7 U.S.C.
2279(c)(5); not to exceed $22,321,000 shall be available for the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, of which
$21,440,000 shall be available for Departmental Administration
to provide for necessary expenses for management support services
to offices of the Department and for general administration, secu-
rity, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical
and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That funds made
available by this Act to an agency in the Administration mission
area for salaries and expenses are available to fund up to one
administrative support staff for the Office; not to exceed $3,908,000
shall be available for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-
sional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs to carry out the
programs funded by this Act, including programs involving intergov-
ernmental affairs and liaison within the executive branch; and
not to exceed $7,342,000 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nications: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any office
shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: Provided
further, That not to exceed $22,000 of the amount made available
under this paragraph for the immediate Office of the Secretary
shall be available for official reception and representation expenses,
not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided
further, That the amount made available under this heading for
Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed from applicable
Reimbursements.
Agriculture,
Rural
Development,
Food and Drug
Administration,
and Related
Agencies
Appropriations
Act, 2021.
Estimates.
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134 STAT. 1187
PUBLIC LAW 116ā260āDEC. 27, 2020
appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding
of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551ā558: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading for the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations and Intergov-
ernmental Affairs may be transferred to agencies of the Department
of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the
agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available under
this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congressional
Relations may
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