ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
FOR CORONAVIRUS HEALTH RESPONSE
AND AGENCY OPERATIONS
Total Discretionary Appropriations: $306.066 Billion
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies – $20.457 Billion
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies – $4.747 Billion
Defense – $29.400 Billion
Energy and Water Development - $307 Million
Financial Services and General Government – $2.469 Billion
Homeland Security – $3.014 Billion
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – $1.605 Billion
Legislative Branch - $78 Million
Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies – $226.202 Billion
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs – (No New Funding)
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs – $4.435 Billion
Transportation, HUD, and Related Agencies – $13.351 Billion

 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies – $20.457 Billion
USDA/Office of The Secretary - $20 billion. The proposal provides additional funding to
support agricultural producers, growers, and processors impacted by COVID-19.
Farm Service Agency – $76.4 million. The proposal provides additional funding to support
temporary staff and overtime costs resulting from increased volume of applications in response
to COVID-19.
Rural Development – $133.4 million
Salaries And Expenses – $20 million. The proposal provides for administrative
expenses such as overtime and information technology needs.
Rental Assistance Program – $113.4 million. The proposal provides Rental Assistance
(RA) to all currently assisted wage earning residents if they lost all wages and were
unable to pay rent.
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) – $250 thousand. The proposal provides additional funding
to cover the cost of staff overtime for FNS employees.
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) – $2 million. The proposal provides additional funding to
cover the cost of repatriating FAS employees stationed abroad.
Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection – $245 million. The proposal provides additional
funding to cover salary expenses to offset the decrease in user fee revenue caused by business
disruptions.

 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies – $4.747 Billion
Department of Commerce—$968 million
Bureau of the Census – $448 million. The bill provides additional funding for field operations
and data processing related to the 2020 Decennial Census.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – $20 million. The bill provides $20
million to ensure continuity of operations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System, which enables realtime operational modeling and forecasting of weather across the United States.
Assistance To Fishery Participants – $500 million. The bill provides $500 million to direct
financial assistance to all manner of fishers, fishery participants, and communities that have been
affected by the coronavirus.
Department of Justice—$2.279 billion
U.S. Marshals Service – $80 million. The bill provides $80 million to the U.S. Marshals
Service, Federal Prisoner Detention account, in support of United States prisoners and detainees
as authorized by 18 U.S.C. 4013.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – $1.963 billion. The bill provides $1.963 billion to the
FBI, for personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, testing capacity, the Criminal Justice
Information Services (CJIS), and construction. Funds are also provided to bolster the capacity of
CJIS’ National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS).
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) – $36.4 million. The bill
provides $36.4 million to ATF, for personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, testing
capacity, and remote workforce infrastructure. Funds are also provided to support ATF’s
responsibilities with respect to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)
and the transfer of firearms.
Bureau of Prisons – $200 million. The bill provides $200 million to the Federal Bureau of
Prisons, for inmate medical services, personal protective equipment, quarantine expenses,
residential reentry centers and home confinement expansion, and additional staff costs.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)—$1.5 billion. The bill provides funding
support to NASA to cover current funding claims, and submitted contractor claims yet to be finalized,
based upon Section 3610 of the CARES Act.
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Science - $224 million
Aeronautics - $28.7 million
Space Technology - $29.8 million
Exploration - $818.2 million
Space Operations - $181.7 million
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Engagement - $4.9 million
Safety, Security and Mission Services - $91.7 million
Construction and Environmental Compliance and Restoration - $121.1 million

 Defense – $29.400 Billion
Operation and Maintenance - $2,607,275,000. The proposal provides funding to enable the
construction and sustainment of temporary facilities intended to provide separation for
individuals and units deploying to or returning from OCONUS locations; for the purchase of
non-medical PPE to procure supplies for non-Defense Health Agency needs; for enhancements
that maximize teleworking and distance learning and training capabilities; and to support
necessary COVID-related investments in other on base facilities to ensure implementation of
appropriate safety measures.
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Army - $882 million
Navy - $458 million
Marine Corps - $136 million
Air Force - $969 million
Defense-Wide - $112 million
Army Reserve - $8 million
Army National Guard - $30 million
Air National Guard - $12 million

Procurement - $83,807,000. The proposal provides funding to support enhancements that
maximize teleworking, distance learning, and training capabilities, including the procurement of
equipment to facilitate those efforts.
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Army - $49 million
Navy - $35 million
Defense-Wide - $484 million

Coronavirus Defense Production Act Purchases - $5,300,000,000. The proposal supports
Defense Industrial Base capacity and throughput initiatives that support the workforce,
operations, facilities and equipment of critical industrial partners and fragile small business
providers essential to national defense who are at risk due to COVID-19 impacts.
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation - $22,425,000. The proposal provides funding
to support additional technological investments across the services including the evaluation of
certain technologies to support digital training capabilities, solutions for classified services, and
collection capture and transmission capabilities, among others.
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Air Force - $1.5 million
Defense-Wide - $21 million

 Revolving and Management Funds - $1,783,500,000. The proposal provides funding for the
Defense Working Capital Funds which require an infusion of cash in order to remain financially
solvent and avoid furloughs during the operational slowdown associated with the COVID-19
pandemic.
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Army - $600 million
Navy - $660 million
Air Force - $524 million

Other Department of Defense Programs - $705,000,000. The proposal funds the Defense
Health Program to complete expansion efforts of manufacturing capability in order to maximize
the number of doses of a variety of prophylactics and therapeutics in the minimum amount of
time to protect the Warfighter population and for the Department to acquire medical PPE for the
Defense Health Agency for medical personnel and patients in response to COVID-19.
General Provisions:
Provides $10.849 billion to support claims for payments pursuant to Section 3610 of the
CARES Act.
Extends the availability of funding provided in the CARES Act for an additional 12 months.
Provides $8.050 billion for procurement and acquisition efforts to support the defense
industrial base.

 Energy and Water Development - $307.3 Million
Department of Energy – $307.3 million
Office of Science – $306 million. The proposal provides funding to further support
COVID-19-related research and development activities, including equipment,
enabling technologies, and personnel at national laboratory scientific user facilities;
and for related cybersecurity and information technology needs.
Departmental Administration – $1.3 million. The proposal provides funding to
replenish Personal Protective Equipment provided to other federal agencies at the onset
of the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure sufficient supplies are available at
Department of Energy facilities and national laboratories.

 Financial Services and General Government – $2.469 Billion
Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service – $2 billion
Business Systems Modernization – $2 billion. The proposal provides $2 billion to
modernize information technology systems at the Internal Revenue Service to enhance
taxpayer service and strengthen cybersecurity protections.
General Services Administration - $377 million
Construction Activities – $377 million. The proposal provides $377 million for the
West Wing 2 Modernization and Pennsylvania Screening Facility to provide a 21st
century secure and reliable facility, inclusive of all U.S. Secret Service directed upgrades,
and enhance the West Wing's future pandemic response capabilities and resiliencies.
National Archives and Records Administration – $92 million
Records Center Revolving Fund – $92 million. The proposal provides $92 million to
offset the loss to the Records Center Revolving Fund due to reduced user fees charges
collected by the Fund resulting from COVID-19.
Federal Communications Commission - $1 billion
The proposal provides $1 billion for the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks
Reimbursement Program to provide small telecommunications providers funds to offset
the cost of removing prohibited equipment that pose national security risks to their
networks and replacing it with more secure technology. (*This provision scores as
mandatory funding, and is therefore not included in discretionary funding totals in this
summary.)
General Provision:
Clarifies that the jurisdiction of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee
includes both divisions of the CARES Act and subsequent coronavirus relief packages.

 Homeland Security – $3.014 Billion
Transportation Security Administration – $208 million. The proposal provides $208 million
for enhanced cleaning and investments in technology necessary to reduce physical contact with
travelers.
Secret Service – $73 million. The proposal provides $73 million for construction and enhanced
security screening and inspection equipment required to safely screen individuals for entrance to
secure facilities.
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – $53 million. The proposal provides
funding to remediate vulnerabilities and enhance Federal network security as a result of
increased attacks targeting Federal networks for agencies involved in coronavirus vaccine
development.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) – $150 million. The proposal provides
$150 million to enhance operations and improve networks and facilities to respond to an
unprecedented number of active disaster declarations, including those in all states and territories.
FEMA Grants – $930 million. The proposal provides $930 million for emergency grant
programs, including $365,000,000 for Assistance to Firefighter Grants, $365,000,000 for
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants, and $200,000,000 for the
Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
General Provisions:
Ensures funding recommended within this title shall be used for purposes prescribed in
this title.
Provides $1.6 billion Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to account for fee shortfalls
to continue immigration processing and customs-related activities normally funded by
fees.
Authorizes $1.222 billion in loan authority for United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services to address its current revenue shortfall by borrowing funds from the United
States Treasury. (*This provision scores as mandatory funding, and is therefore not
included in discretionary funding totals in this summary.)
Rescinds unnecessary funds provided to CBP for temporary facilities in the Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern
Border Act, 2019.

 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies – $1.605 Billion
Indian Health Service - $1.605 billion
Indian Health Services – $605 million. The proposal provides funding to support
critical health care needs and operations in Indian Country, including through Indian
Health Service, Tribal, and Urban Indian health programs.
Indian Health Facilities – $1 billion. The proposal provides funding to assist with
sanitation, isolation or quarantine space, and other medical equipment needs related to the
coronavirus in Indian Country.
General Provision:
Requires the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service to provide a spend
plan and subsequent reports regarding funding made available by the CARES Act and
this Act, respectively.

 Legislative Branch - $77.676 Million
Senate – $6.345 million. The proposal provides funding for the Senate Sergeant at Arms
to cover technology costs associated with teleworking and remote hearing capabilities,
and to support costs associated with emergency needs related to coronavirus.
Office of the Attending Physician (OAP) – $400,000. The proposal includes $400,000
for the OAP to purchase medical supplies and protective equipment.
U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) – $1.26 million. The proposal includes $1.26 million for
the USCP to purchase personal protective equipment for USCP personnel and to cover
increased costs associated with hiring a new officer recruit class.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) – $600,000. The proposal includes $600,000 for
CBO to pay for technology costs associated with increased teleworking and for access to
critical commercial data to further support the analysis CBO provides to Congress of the
pandemic’s impact on the economy.
Architect of the Capitol (AOC) – $43.9 million. The proposal includes funding and
authority for the AOC to purchase in bulk and distribute cleaning supplies and personal
protective equipment across the Capitol campus. Authority is also provided for the AOC
to utilize its specialized cleaning contracts for facilities within the Capitol campus. The
proposal also provides funding to continue contract payments, including contract costs
for salaries of Senate and Capitol Visitor Center Restaurant Associates employees.
Library of Congress (LOC) – $6.98 million. The proposal provides funding for the
Library’s costs associated with increased teleworking and to help the LOC address
collections backlogs as it resumes normal operations. Funding is also provided for
salaries normally paid from several revolving funds, but which have experienced
shortfalls in revenue due to coronavirus.
Government Publishing Office (GPO) – $6.891 million. The proposal includes $6.891
million to GPO for emergency pay costs incurred and other costs associated with
emergency needs related to coronavirus.
Government Accountability Office (GAO) – $11.3 million. The proposal provides
funding for GAO to conduct monitoring and oversight over federal agency coronavirus
response and recovery efforts, as well as federal agency management of coronavirus
funds. Funding is also provided to support increased teleworking and to reimburse
salaries of GAO’s child care center staff.

 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies –
$226.202 Billion
Department of Labor – $2.5 billion
Dislocated Worker Grants – $500 million. The proposal provides $500 million
specifically for employment and training activities, including individual training
accounts, incumbent worker training, transitional jobs, customized training, and on-thejob training.
WIOA State Grants – $450 million. The proposal provides $450 million for adult,
youth, and dislocated state grants for states and communities to respond to the workforce
impacts and layoffs resulting from the coronavirus.
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Operations – $1.15
billion. The proposal provides $1.15 billion for states to process unemployment claims
and make needed IT upgrades to their unemployment systems.
Employment Service – $350 million. The proposal provides $350 million for reemployment services, job search assistance, placement assistance for job seekers, and
services offered to employers such as referral of job seekers and special recruitment
services.
Program Management – $10.6 million. The proposal provides $10.6 million for the
Department of Labor to implement the paid leave and emergency Unemployment
Insurance stabilization activities.
Office of the Inspector General – $5 million. The proposal provides $5 million for
oversight activities.
General Provision (Department of Labor):
The proposal extends the obligation period for VETS funding through September 30,
2022.
Department of Health and Human Services – $118.4 billion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – $3.4 billion. The proposal provides $3.4
billion to CDC, including $1.5 billion to continue supporting state, local, and territorial
public health needs; $500 million to enhance seasonal influenza vaccination efforts; $200
million to enhance global public health security efforts; and $200 million to modernize
public health data reporting.

 National Institutes of Health – $15.5 billion.
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$290 million for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
$200 million for National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases
$480.56 million for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
$172.68 million for Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development
$200 million for National Institute of Mental Health
$64.33 million for National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities
$1.22 billion for National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
$12.91 billion for the Office of the Director:
o $10.1 billion to reopen NIH-funded research laboratories and reconstitute lost
research
o $1.24 billion for the ACTIV public-private partnership to prioritize and speed
the development of treatments and vaccines
o $240 million to provide resources targeted young researchers who need
additional research time as post-doctoral candidates because of lost
research/training due to COVID-19
o $1.33 billion for COVID-19 specific research to smaller ICs at the direction
of the NIH Director

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – $4.5 billion. The
proposal provides $4.5 billion including:
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Mental Health Services Block Grant - $2 billion, of which, no less than 50
percent of funds shall be directed to behavioral health providers
Substance Abuse and Prevention Treatment Block Grant - $1.5 billion
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics - $600 million
Suicide Prevent Programs - $50 million
Project AWARE - $100 million to support mental health once children return to
school
Emergency Grants to States - $250 million for flexible emergency grants to
states

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services – $150 million. The proposal includes
$150 million for CMS to increase survey frequency of skilled nursing facilities and
nursing facilities.
Administration for Children and Families – $16.7 billion. The proposal provides
$16.7 billion, including:
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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - $1.5 billion to help low income
households pay home heating and cooling bills

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Child Care and Development Block Grant - $5 billion for child care, including
direct support for child care providers to help ensure working parents have access to
child care so they can work or return to work
Back to Work Child Care Grants - $10 billion
Children and Families Services Programs - $190 million for family violence
prevention and child welfare programs, to support services for particularly vulnerable
families and populations.

Administration for Community Living – $75 million. The proposal provides $75 million
for services targeted to older Americans and the disability community, including caregiver
support, protection and advocacy, and home and community based support services.
Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund – $78.1 billion. The proposal
provides $87.1 billion, including:

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Provider Relief Fund - $25 billion
Testing - $16 billion for testing, contact tracing, and surveillance in states. This
new funding, when combined with approximately $9 billion that remains
unallocated from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement
Act, would make $25 billion available for these purposes.
BARDA - $20 billion for vaccine, therapeutic, and diagnostic development
Vaccine Distribution - $6 billion to develop and execute a new COVID-19
vaccination distribution campaign coordinated through CDC
Strategic National Stockpile - $2 billion
Community Health Centers - $7.6 billion
Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education - $250 million
Rural Health Clinics - $225 million
Poison Control Centers - $5 million
Direct Workers Training - $5 million

General Provisions (Department of Health and Human Services):
Waives certain hiring restrictions for coronavirus appointments.
Provides flexibility for contracts related to coronavirus work.
Exempts restrictions for premium and overtime pay for employees performing
coronavirus-related work.
Makes a technical fix to supply service contracts.
Provides flexibility for the Secretary to transfer funds between agencies with the
exception of the Provider Relief Fund and testing, contract tracing, and surveillance
funds.
Provides $6 million for the Office of the Inspector General.

 Extends the obligation period for FY2015 National Institutes of Health grants through
FY2021.
Makes a technical correction to the CARES Act to allow Community Services Block
Grant funds to be allocated to all states as intended.

Department of Education – $105.1 billion
Education Stabilization Fund – $105 billion. The proposal provides $105 billion to help
get students back to school and provide for the continued learning of all students in
elementary and secondary education and higher education, as follows:
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$1 billion for the Bureau of Indian Education and outlying areas;
$5 billion for the Governors Emergency Education Relief Fund;
$70 billion for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund; and
$29 billion for the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.

General Provisions (Education Stabilization Fund):
Authorizes funding for the Governors Emergency Education Relief Fund, which
provides flexible funding to Governors to be used for early childhood education,
elementary and secondary education, or higher education, based on the needs of the
state.
Authorizes funding for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief
Fund, which provides grants to states, including funding allocated to school districts
based on existing formulas, and proportional funding for private schools based on the
number of children attending private schools in the state. Of the funding allocated
directly to school districts and private schools, one-third would be available to all
school districts and private schools immediately. The remaining two-thirds would be
available specifically to help schools with the additional costs to reopen for in-person
instruction, with funding awarded based on certain minimum opening requirements
and other criteria established by the state.
Authorizes funding for the Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) Fund, which
provides grants directly to institutions of higher education, largely based on full-time
equivalent enrollment of Pell grant recipients, to support both additional institutional
expenses related to COVID-19 and additional student financial aid needs. Institutions
that paid the endowment tax in 2019 would receive decreased allocations and could
only use funding for student aid. Within the HEER fund, $2.9 billion is for additional
and dedicated funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority
Serving Institutions.

 Authorizes assistance to non-public schools.
Provides for the continued payment of school employees.
Establishes definitions related to the Education Stabilization Fund.
Requires states to maintain their funding for education at least at the same
proportional levels as in 2019 as a condition for receiving Education Stabilization
Fund grants.
Program Administration Costs – $120 million. The proposal provides $120 million for
additional federal administrative costs, including additional costs associated with conducting
the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
General Provisions (Department of Education):
The proposal extends the time the National Technical Institute for the Deaf has to expend
prior year funding.
The proposal extends the time Gallaudet University has to expend prior year funding.
The proposal extends the time certain grantees under the Investing in Innovation program
have to expend prior year funding.
The proposal extends the time certain grantees under the Rehabilitation Services program
have to expend prior year funding.
Related Agencies – $175 million
Corporation for Public Broadcasting – $175 million. The proposal provides $175
million for stabilization grants to maintain programming services and to preserve small
and rural public telecommunication stations.
General Provisions:
The proposal requires a spend plan for all Departments within 30 days of enactment and
details on any contracts that exceed $5 million.
The proposal modifies authority provided in the CARES Act regarding extending the
availability of fiscal year 2020 funding for the Corporation for National and Community
Service.

 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs – No new funding.
General Provisions:
Allows transfers of previously appropriated CARES funds to the Veterans Benefits
Administration, the National Cemetery Administration, and the Board of Veterans
Appeals to address the increased backlog due to the coronavirus response.
Allows transfers of previously appropriated CARES funds to the Canteen Service
Revolving Fund to offset losses incurred through reduced collections due to the
coronavirus response.
Allows transfers of previously appropriated CARES funds to the Veterans Benefits
Administration and Information Technology Systems accounts to support necessary
updates in the administration of education benefits due to the coronavirus response.
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct new grant competitions to support
state efforts to modify or alter existing facilities due to the coronavirus response utilizing
previously appropriated CARES funds.
Clarifies the Secretary of Veterans Affairs’ ability to increase grants and per diem
payments to support homeless veterans during a public health emergency utilizing
previously appropriated CARES funds.
Ensures the eligibility of National Guard members who respond to the coronavirus
emergency and later die from COVID-19 for veterans' survivors benefits.

 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs – $4.435 Billion
Department of State – $425 million. The proposal provides $425 million for Consular and
Border Security Programs to mitigate the impact of declining visa and passport revenue.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) – $4.01 billion
Operating Expenses – $10 million. The proposal provides $10 million to support
emergency response capabilities and other surge support associated with responding to
coronavirus domestically and abroad.
Global Health Programs – $3 billion. The proposal provides $3 billion to provide the
United States contribution to GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance.
International Disaster Assistance – $1 billion. The proposal provides $1 billion to
support vaccine distribution abroad, including through the World Food Programme.
General Provisions:
Enables the Department of State and USAID to address the adverse impacts of the
coronavirus pandemic globally as well as notification and reporting requirements for the
expenditure of emergency funds.
For the Department of State: raises the loan cap for the Repatriation Loans Program
Account, as requested by the Department; addresses the loss of Department of State visa
and passport fees by extending the use of visa and passport security fees already collected
to fund consular affairs through FY 2021; provides temporary authority to pay education
allowances of dependents of employees who are on ordered or authorized departure until
employees can return to diplomatic posts; and extends authority to continue to pay
allowances and other expenses beyond the 180 statutory time limit up to September 30,
2021.
For the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC): extends MCC compacts for up to an
additional year.

 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies –
$13.351 Billion
Department of Transportation – $10.151 billion
Office of the Secretary – $26.2 million. The proposal provides $26.2 million for the
Office of the Secretary’s increased administrative expenses to implement activities
related to coronavirus, including telework and cybersecurity needs, CARES Act
oversight, improving the transportation operations center and purchasing PPE.
Essential Air Service (EAS) – $75 million. The proposal provides $75 million to
maintain existing EAS service to rural communities, which is necessary to offset the
reduction in overflight fees that help pay for the EAS program.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Operations – $50 million. The proposal
provides $50 million for the FAA’s administrative costs related to air traffic control
tower cleanings, janitorial services and supplies, and IT costs resulting from employees
working from home.
Airport Improvement Program (AIP) – $10 billion. The proposal provides $10 billion
to FAA’s AIP to maintain operations at our nation’s airports that are facing a record drop
in passengers. Funding will be distributed by statutory entitlement and enplanements
formulas and may be used for operating expenses and debt service. Funding is also set
aside to maintain Contract Tower operations.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Safety Operations
and Programs – $238,500. The proposal provides additional funding for increased
administrative expenses to implement activities related to coronavirus.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) – $3.2 billion
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance – $2.2 billion. The proposal provides $2.2 billion to
maintain current Section 8 voucher rental assistance for low-income families who are
experiencing a loss of income from the coronavirus. Without this funding, Public
Housing Agencies (PHAs) will have to implement shortfall prevention measures,
including reducing or terminating rental assistance for voucher holders. These actions
would impact seniors and the disabled who represent 54 percent of all voucher holders.
Public Housing Operating Fund – $1 billion. The proposal provides $1 billion for
assistance to Public Housing Agencies to maintain their public housing programs and
help contain the spread of coronavirus in public housing properties. This funding
supplements coronavirus-related reduced tenant rent payments.
General Provisions:

 Extends the obligation period for 2018 BUILD grant funding through September 30,
2021.
Directs HUD to renew all projects with existing grants expiring during calendar year
2021 funded through the Continuum of Care program.