Section 1 Short Title
This Act may be cited as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021”.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
AN ACT
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, providing coronavirus emergency response and relief, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Table of Contents
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.
Sec. 4 Explanatory Statement
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in the House section of the Congressional Record on or about December 21, 2020, and submitted by the Chairwoman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through L of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a committee of conference.
Sec. 5 Statement of appropriations
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.
Sec. 6 Availability of funds
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress.
Sec. 7 Adjustments to compensation
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2021.
Sec. 8 Definition
In divisions A through M of this Act, the term “coronavirus” means SARS–CoV–2 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential.
Sec. 9 Office of management and budget reporting requirement
Notwithstanding the “7 calendar days” requirement in section 251(a)(7)(B) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(a)(7)(B)), for any appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021 enacted before January 1, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget shall transmit to the Congress its report under that section estimating the discretionary budgetary effects of such Acts not later than January 15, 2021.