WUHAN Rescissions Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6657 To rescind certain appropriations made in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 1, 2020 Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. BUCK, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. SPANO, and Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To rescind certain appropriations made in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Working Under Hu- 4 manity’s Actual Needs Rescissions Act’’ or the ‘‘WUHAN 5 Rescissions Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6657.IH H6657 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6657 IH SEC. 2. RESCINDING CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS IN THE 1 CARES ACT. 2 (a) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.—Of the unobli- 3 gated balances made available to the Department of Com- 4 merce under title II of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 5 Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020 (Public Law 6 116–136), $20,000,000 from ‘‘National Institute of 7 Standards and Technology—National Oceanic and Atmos- 8 pheric Administration—Operations, Research, and Facili- 9 ties’’ are rescinded. 10 (b) DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.—The following unob- 11 ligated balances made available to the Department of Jus- 12 tice under title II of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 13 Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020 (Public Law 14 116–136) are rescinded: 15 (1) $60,000,000 from ‘‘Science—National Aer- 16 onautics and Space Administration—Safety, Secu- 17 rity and Mission Services’’. 18 (2) $50,000,000 from ‘‘Related Agencies— 19 Legal Services Corporation—Payment to the Legal 20 Services Corporation’’. 21 (c) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.—Of the unobli- 22 gated balances made available to the Department of the 23 Interior under title IV of division B of the Coronavirus 24 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020 (Public Law 25 116–136), $12,500,000 from ‘‘Bureau of Reclamation— 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6657.IH H6657 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 6657 IH Water and Related Resources (Including Transfer of 1 Funds)’’ are rescinded. 2 (d) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.—The 3 following unobligated balances made available to the Envi- 4 ronmental Protection Agency under title VII of division 5 B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 6 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–136) are rescinded: 7 (1) $3,910,000 from ‘‘Environmental Protec- 8 tion Agency—Environmental Programs and Man- 9 agement’’. 10 (2) $300,000 from ‘‘Environmental Protection 11 Agency—Buildings and Facilities’’. 12 (3) $770,000 from ‘‘Environmental Protection 13 Agency—Hazardous Substance Superfund’’. 14 (e) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.—The following 15 unobligated balances made available to the Department of 16 Agriculture under title VII of division B of the 17 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020 18 (Public Law 116–136) are rescinded: 19 (1) $3,000,000 from ‘‘Forest Service—Forest 20 and Rangeland Research’’. 21 (2) $26,800,000 from ‘‘Forest Service—Capital 22 Improvement and Maintenance’’. 23 (f) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERV- 24 ICES.—The following unobligated balances made available 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6657.IH H6657 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 6657 IH to the Department of Health and Human Services under 1 title VII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 2 Economic Security Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–136) are 3 rescinded: 4 (1) $78,000 from ‘‘Other Related Agencies—In- 5 stitute of American Indian and Alaska Native Cul- 6 ture and Arts Development—Payment to the Insti- 7 tute’’. 8 (2) $7,500,000 from ‘‘Smithsonian Institute— 9 Salaries and Expenses’’. 10 (3) $25,000,000 from ‘‘John F. Kennedy Cen- 11 ter for the Performing Arts—Operations and Main- 12 tenance’’. 13 (4) $75,000,000 from ‘‘National Foundation on 14 the Arts and Humanities—National Endowment for 15 the Arts—Grants and Administration’’. 16 (5) $75,000,000 from ‘‘National Foundation on 17 the Arts and Humanities—National Endowment for 18 the Humanities—Grants and Administration’’. 19 (g) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—The following 20 unobligated balances made available to the Department of 21 Education under title VIII of division B of the 22 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020 23 (Public Law 116–136) are rescinded: 24 (1) $7,000,000 from ‘‘Gallaudet University’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6657.IH H6657 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 6657 IH (2) $13,000,000 from ‘‘Howard University’’. 1 (3) $75,000,000 from ‘‘Corporation for Public 2 Broadcasting’’. 3 (4) $50,000,000 from ‘‘Institute of Museum 4 and Library Service—Office of Museum and Library 5 Services: Grants and Administration—Institute of 6 Museum and Library Services’’. 7 (h) LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.—Of the unobligated bal- 8 ances made available to the Legislative Branch under title 9 IX of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco- 10 nomic Security Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–136), 11 $25,000,000 from ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries 12 and Expenses’’ are rescinded. 13 (i) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—The following unobli- 14 gated balances made available to the Department of State 15 under title XI of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 16 and Economic Security Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–136) 17 are rescinded: 18 (1) $258,000,000 from ‘‘Bilateral Economic As- 19 sistance—Funds Appropriated to the President— 20 International Disaster Assistance’’. 21 (2) $350,000,000 from ‘‘Department of State— 22 Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 23 (3) $88,000,000 from ‘‘Independent Agencies— 24 Peace Corps’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6657.IH H6657 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 6657 IH (j) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.—The fol- 1 lowing unobligated balances made available to the Depart- 2 ment of Transportation under title XII of division B of 3 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, 4 2020 (Public Law 116–136) are rescinded: 5 (1) $492,000,000 from ‘‘Federal Railroad Ad- 6 ministration—Northeast Corridor Grants to the Na- 7 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation (Including 8 Transfer of Funds)’’. 9 (2) $526,000,000 from ‘‘Federal Railroad Ad- 10 ministration—National Network Grants to the Na- 11 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation (Including 12 Transfer of Funds)’’. 13 (3) $25,000,000,000 from ‘‘Federal Transit 14 Administration—Transit Infrastructure Grants’’. 15 (k) DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEL- 16 OPMENT.—The following unobligated balances made avail- 17 able to the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- 18 ment under title XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 19 Relief, and Economic Security Act, 2020 (Public Law 20 116–136) are rescinded: 21 (1) $65,000,000 from ‘‘Community Planning 22 and Development—Housing Opportunities for Per- 23 sons with AIDS’’. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6657.IH H6657 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 6657 IH (2) $2,500,000 from ‘‘Fair Housing and Equal 1 Opportunity—Fair Housing Activities’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:06 May 02, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6657.IH H6657 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS