PUBLIC LAW 116–139—APR. 24, 2020
PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
AND HEALTH CARE ENHANCEMENT ACT
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134 STAT. 620
PUBLIC LAW 116–139—APR. 24, 2020
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.
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 ‘‘Paycheck Protection Program
and Health Care Enhancement Act’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
DIVISION A—SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
Sec. 101. Amendments to the Paycheck Protection Program, economic injury dis-
aster loans, and emergency grants.
Sec. 102. Emergency designation.
DIVISION B—ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE
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 A—SMALL BUSINESS
PROGRAMS
SEC. 101. AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM,
ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOANS, AND EMERGENCY
GRANTS.
(a) INCREASED AUTHORITY FOR COMMITMENTS AND APPROPRIA-
TIONS 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’’; and
(2) 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,
Ante, p. 301.
Ante, p. 293.
Paycheck
Protection
Program and
Health Care
Enhancement
Act.
15 USC 9001
note.
Apr. 24, 2020
[H.R. 266]
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134 STAT. 621
PUBLIC LAW 116–139—APR. 24, 2020
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) 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) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(F) an agricultural enterprise (as defined in section
18(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 647(b)) with
not more than 500 employees.’’.
(d) SET ASIDE FOR INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS, CREDIT
UNIONS,
AND
COMMUNITY
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Section
7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the end
and inserting a semicolon; and
(C) 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 Regu-
latory Improvement Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4702));
‘‘(xi) the term ‘community financial institutions’
means—
‘‘(I)
a
community
development
financial
institution;
‘‘(II) a minority depository institution, as
defined in section 308 of the Financial Institutions
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989
(12 U.S.C. 1463 note);
‘‘(III) a development company that is certified
under title V of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.); and
‘‘(IV) an intermediary, as defined in section
7(m)(11); and
‘‘(xii) the term ‘credit union’ means a State credit
union or a Federal credit union, as those terms are
defined, respectively, in section 101 of the Federal
Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752).’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(S) SET-ASIDE FOR INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS,
CREDIT UNIONS, AND COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
‘‘(i) INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND CREDIT
UNIONS.—In making loan guarantees under this para-
graph after the date of enactment of this clause, the
Administrator
shall
guarantee
not
less
than
$30,000,000,000 in loans made by—
‘‘(I)
insured
depository
institutions
with
consolidated
assets
of
not
less
than
$10,000,000,000 and less than $50,000,000,000;
and
Definitions.
Ante, p. 306.
Ante, p. 308.
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‘‘(II) credit unions with consolidated assets of
not less than $10,000,000,000 and less than
$50,000,000,000.
‘‘(ii) COMMUNITY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SMALL
INSURED
DEPOSITORY
INSTITUTIONS,
AND
CREDIT
UNIONS.—In making loan guarantees under this para-
graph after the date of enactment of this clause, the
Administrator
shall
guarantee
not
less
than
$30,000,000,000 in loans made by—
‘‘(I) community financial institutions;
‘‘(II) insured depository institutions with
consolidated assets of less than $10,000,000,000;
and
‘‘(III) credit unions with consolidated assets
of less than $10,000,000,000.’’.
SEC. 102. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided under this division
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
(b) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this division is
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
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:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and Social Services
Emergency Fund’’, $75,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses to reimburse,
through grants or other mechanisms, eligible health care providers
for health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attrib-
utable to coronavirus: Provided, That these funds may not be used
to reimburse expenses or losses that have been reimbursed from
other sources or that other sources are obligated to reimburse:
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
Reports.
Records.
Determination.
Additional
Emergency
Appropriations
for Coronavirus
Response.
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the Secretary may prescribe for such purpose: 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: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall, on a rolling basis, review applica-
tions and make payments under this paragraph in this Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph in
this Act shall be available for building or construction of temporary
structures, leasing of properties, medical supplies and equipment
including personal protective equipment and testing supplies,
increased workforce and trainings, emergency operation centers,
retrofitting facilities, and surge capacity: Provided further, That,
in this paragraph, the term ‘‘payment’’ means a pre-payment,
prospective payment, or retrospective payment, as determined
appropriate by the Secretary: Provided further, That payments
under this paragraph in this Act shall be made in consideration
of the most efficient payment systems practicable to provide emer-
gency payment: Provided further, That to be eligible for a payment
under this paragraph in this Act, an eligible health care provider
shall submit to the Secretary an application that includes a state-
ment justifying the need of the provider for the payment and
the eligible health care provider shall have a valid tax identification
number: 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 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 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 such reports
shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days
until funds are expended: Provided further, That such amount
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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 expo-
sure, including molecular, antigen, and serological tests, the manu-
facturing, 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,
Updates.
Time period.
Reports.
Audits.
Reports.
Definition.
Review.
Definition.
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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 nec-
essary expenses to develop, purchase, administer, process, and ana-
lyze 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 enti-
ties engaged in COVID–19 testing, conduct surveillance, trace con-
tacts, and other related activities related to COVID–19 testing:
Provided further, That of the amount identified in the preceding
proviso, not less than $2,000,000,000 shall be allocated to States,
localities, and territories according to the formula that applied
to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agree-
ment in fiscal year 2019, not less than $4,250,000,000 shall be
allocated to States, localities, and territories according to a formula
methodology that is based on relative number of cases of COVID–
19, and not less than $750,000,000 shall be allocated in coordination
with the Director of the Indian Health Service, to tribes, tribal
organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or health service
providers to tribes: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health
and Human Services (referred to in this paragraph as the ‘‘Sec-
retary’’) may satisfy the funding thresholds outlined in the first
and second provisos under this paragraph in this Act by making
awards through other grant or cooperative agreement mechanisms:
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 pursu-
ant 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: (1) the number of tests needed, month-by-month, to
include diagnostic, serological, and other tests, as appropriate; (2)
month-by-month estimates of laboratory and testing capacity,
including related to workforce, equipment and supplies, and avail-
able tests; and (3) a description of how the State, locality, territory,
tribe, or tribal organization will use its resources for testing,
including as it relates to easing any COVID–19 community mitiga-
tion policies: 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 Appropria
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