Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 appropriations to the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice (DOJ); science agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF); and several related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Commerce for the International Trade Administration, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, Economic and Statistical Analysis, the Bureau of the Census, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Departmental Management. The bill provides appropriations to DOJ for General Administration; the U.S. Parole Commission; Legal Activities; the U.S. Marshals Service; the National Security Division; Interagency Law Enforcement; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and the Federal Prison System. The bill also provides appropriations to DOJ for State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, including the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs, and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The bill provides appropriations for science agencies, including the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Space Council, NASA, and the NSF. The bill provides appropriations to related agencies, including the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute. The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 appropriations to the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice (DOJ); science agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF); and several related agencies. The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Commerce for the International Trade Administration, the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Economic Development Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency, Economic and Statistical Analysis, the Bureau of the Census, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Departmental Management. The bill provides appropriations to DOJ for General Administration; the U.S. Parole Commission; Legal Activities; the U.S. Marshals Service; the National Security Division; Interagency Law Enforcement; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and the Federal Prison System. The bill also provides appropriations to DOJ for State and Local Law Enforcement Activities, including the Office on Violence Against Women, the Office of Justice Programs, and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS). The bill provides appropriations for science agencies, including the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Space Council, NASA, and the NSF. The bill provides appropriations to related agencies, including the Commission on Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Legal Services Corporation, the Marine Mammal Commission, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and the State Justice Institute. The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

Highlights This bill provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019, and extends several expiring authorities and programs. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2020 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires after November 21, 2019. The bill also provides a pay raise for the military, repeals a rescission of state highway funding, and modifies the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. Full Summary Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019. It funds most programs and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility or additional appropriations for the 2020 Census; the Indian Health Service; Ebola preparedness and response activities; the Commodity Supplemental Food Program; a 3.1% pay raise for the military; the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program; and a death gratuity to Maya M. Rockeymoore, the widow of the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings. This section also has the effect of further extending through December 20, 2019, several authorities and programs that were extended in the existing CR, including the the National Flood Insurance Program, several authorities related to immigration, the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act, the Department of Education's National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. DIVISION B--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS AND OTHER MATTERS TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS (Sec. 1101) This title extends (1) the Community Health Center Fund, which provides enhanced funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps; and (2) payments to teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs. (Sec. 1102) The title also extends the Special Diabetes Program, which is administered by the National Institutes of Health, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, which is administered by the Indian Health Service. TITLE II--OTHER HEALTH EXTENDERS (Sec. 1201) This title extends funding for sexual-risk avoidance education. (Sec. 1202) The title also extends funding for personal-responsibility education. TITLE III--MEDICAID EXTENDERS (Sec. 1301) This title extends the Medicaid demonstration program for certified community behavioral health clinics. (Sec. 1302) The title also continues to apply an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for U.S. territories under Medicaid. (Sec. 1303) The title delays certain reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital allotments. TITLE IV--MEDICARE EXTENDERS (Sec. 1401) This title extends funding for certain Medicare quality-measurement activities. (Sec. 1402) The title also extends funding for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, and technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment. (Sec. 1403) The title delays termination of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, which supports comparative clinical effectiveness research and related efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate and disseminate such research. TITLE V--HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS (Sec. 1501) This title extends demonstration projects addressing health-professions workforce needs. (Sec. 1502) The title also extends Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program grants to states and related assistance grants to U.S. territories. TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS POLICIES (Sec. 1601) This title extends a provision that prohibits the Indian Health Service from disbursing funds for health care services to any Alaska Native village or Alaska Native village corporation that is located within the area served by an Alaska Native regional health entity. (Sec. 1602) The title also reduces funding available to the Medicaid Improvement Fund beginning in FY2025 for state activities relating to mechanized claims systems. TITLE VII--OTHER MATTERS United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund Clarification Act (Sec. 1701) This section authorizes a third round of payments from the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to compensate two new categories of claimants: (1) spouses and dependents of 9/11 victims, and (2) victims of the Iran hostage crisis who were held hostage for less than 444 days. (Sec 1702) This section repeals a provision in the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) that would permanently rescind $7.569 billion in highway funding from the states in FY2020. (Sec. 1703) This section extends certain provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that address authorities for wiretaps and accessing business records during foreign intelligence and terrorism investigations. TITLE VIII--BUDGETARY EFFECTS (Sec. 1801) This section exempts the budgetary effects of this division from (1) the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) Act of 2010, (2) the Senate PAYGO rule, and (3) certain budget scorekeeping rules. It also requires any debit on the statutory PAYGO scorecard for 2020 that remains at the end of the first session of the 116th Congress to be moved to the scorecard for 2021.

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 This bill provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019, and extends several expiring health programs. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2020 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires after November 21, 2019. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations to various programs, including the 2020 Census, the Indian Health Service, Ebola preparedness and response activities, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program. The bill temporarily extends several authorities and programs, including several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs; the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and related programs; certain provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; the National Flood Insurance Program; several authorities related to immigration; the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act; the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; the Export-Import Bank of the United States; and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The bill also provides a pay raise for the military, repeals a rescission of state highway funding, and modifies the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 This bill provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019, and extends several expiring health programs. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2020 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires after November 21, 2019. The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations to various programs, including the 2020 Census, the Indian Health Service, Ebola preparedness and response activities, the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, and the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program. The bill temporarily extends several authorities and programs, including several public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs; the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and related programs; certain provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; the National Flood Insurance Program; several authorities related to immigration; the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act; the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity; the Export-Import Bank of the United States; and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. The bill also provides a pay raise for the military, repeals a rescission of state highway funding, and modifies the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.

Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice; science-related agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); the Department of Agriculture; the Food and Drug Administration; the Department of the Interior; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Forest Service; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and several additional related and independent agencies. The bill also specifies restrictions and requirements for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

Commerce, Justice, Science, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 5 of the 12 regular FY2020 appropriations bills: the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020; and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department of Commerce; the Department of Justice; science-related agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); the Department of Agriculture; the Food and Drug Administration; the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; the Department of the Interior; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Forest Service; the military construction activities of the Department of Defense; the Department of Veterans Affairs; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and several additional related and independent agencies. The bill provides appropriations to compensate certain low-wage employees of government contractors who were affected by the partial government shutdown that began on December 22, 2018. The bill also specifies restrictions and requirements for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.