Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (P.L. 116-69)

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress
of the
United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen

H.R. 3055

An Act

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2020, 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 "Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019".

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DIVISION A — FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020

SEC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116-59) is amended —

(1) by striking the date specified in section 106(3) and inserting "December 20, 2019";

(2) by striking section 122 and inserting the following:

"SEC. 122. Notwithstanding sections 101 and 104, amounts are provided for 'Department of Commerce — Bureau of the Census — Periodic Censuses and Programs' at a rate for operations of $7,284,319,000, of which not less than $90,000,000 is for the delivery of Mobile Questionnaire Assistance Centers: Provided, That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the schedule and deliver the required data according to statutory deadlines in the 2020 Decennial Census Program: Provided further, That the third proviso under such heading in title I of Division C of Public Law 116-6 shall not apply during the period covered by this Act.";

(3) in section 136, by striking "$18,397,500" and inserting "$26,574,167" and by striking "$631,000" and inserting "$1,209,111";

(4) in section 138, by striking "$20,000,000" and inserting "$30,000,000"; and

(5) by inserting after section 145 the following new sections:

"SEC. 146. Amounts made available by section 101 for 'Department of Agriculture — Domestic Food Programs — Food and Nutrition Service — Commodity Assistance Program' may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain the current program caseload for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program.

"SEC. 147. ADJUSTMENTS FOR CERTAIN RATES OF PAY FOR THE UNIFORMED SERVICES. —

"Amounts made available in applicable accounts by section 101 —

"(1) for monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services under section 203(a) of title 37, United States Code, may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to provide monthly pay consistent with section 4 of Executive Order 13866 of March 28, 2019; and

"(2) for monthly cadet or midshipmen pay for cadets or midshipmen under section 203(c) of title 37, United States Code, may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to provide monthly pay consistent with section 4 of Executive Order 13866 of March 28, 2019.

"SEC. 148. In addition to amounts provided in section 101, amounts are provided for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program authorized by chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, at a rate for operations of $400,000, to be used solely for administrative expenses.

"SEC. 149. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2020 for payment to Maya M. Rockeymoore, widow of Elijah E. Cummings, late a Representative from the State of Maryland, $174,000.

"SEC. 150. Notwithstanding section 251(a)(1) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the timetable in section 254(a) of such Act, the final sequestration report for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 254(f)(1) of such Act and any order for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 254(f)(5) of such Act shall be issued, for the Congressional Budget Office, 10 days after the date specified in section 106(3), and for the Office of Management and Budget, 15 days after the date specified in section 106(3).".

This division may be cited as the "Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020".

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SEC. 1403. EXTENSION OF TERMINATION DATE OF PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH TRUST FUND.

Section 9511(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking "November 21" and inserting "December 20".

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