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Division I — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021

H.R. 133 · 116th Congress · Dec 27, 2020 · Lineage

I Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021

I Legislative Branch

Sec. 101

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act under the heading “SENATE” under the heading “Contingent expenses of the Senate” under the heading “SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT” shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining after the end of the period of availability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated paragraph under the center heading “GENERAL PROVISION” under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).

Sec. 102

Of the unobligated balances made available under the heading “Senate—Contingent Expenses of the Senate—Settlements and Awards Reserve” in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–53), $1,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded.

Sec. 103

Section 21(d) of Senate Resolution 64 of the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 1st session (agreed to on March 5, 2013), as most recently amended by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (division B of Public Law 115–244), is further amended by striking “December 31, 2020” and inserting “December 31, 2022”.

Sec. 104

(a)
In this section—
(1)
the term applicable conference means the majority or minority conference of the Senate, as applicable, that represents the Democratic party;
(2)
the term covered Congress means the 117th Congress; and
(3)
the term covered period means the period beginning on the date on which the Secretary of the applicable conference submits the letter described in subsection (b) and ending on January 3, 2023.
(b)
The Secretary of the applicable conference may, by submission of a letter to the Disbursing Office of the Senate on or after January 3, 2021, assign to the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference the following duties and authorities for the duration of the covered Congress:
(1)
The authority over any amounts made available for the Office of the Secretary of the applicable conference.
(2)
The duties and authorities of the Secretary of the applicable conference under section 3 of title I of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 6154), section 102 of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 6156), or any other provision of law.
(c)
For purposes of any individual employed by the Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference during the covered period—
(1)
any reference to the Office of the Secretary of the applicable conference in the last sentence of section 506(e) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 6314(e)) shall be deemed to refer to the Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference;
(2)
any reference to the Office of the Secretary of the applicable conference under subsection (b) of the first section of S. Res. 458 (98th Congress) shall be deemed to refer to the Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference; and
(3)
any reference to the Secretary of the applicable conference under section 207(e)(9)(M) of title 18, United States Code, shall be deemed to refer to the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference.
(d)
For purposes of any individual employed by the Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference during the covered period and with respect to any practice that occurs during the covered period, any reference to the Office of the Secretary of the applicable conference under section 220(e)(2)(C) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1351(e)(2)(C)) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference.
(e)
Nothing in this section shall be construed to have any effect on the continuation of any procedure or action initiated under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) or section 207 of title 18, United States Code.

Sec. 105

(a)
Section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 4579) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (c)(2)(A)—
(A)
in clause (i), by striking “ $500” and inserting “ $833”; and
(B)
in clause (ii), by striking “ $40,000” and inserting “ $80,000”; and
(2)
in subsection (h)(1), by striking “2 percent” each place it appears and inserting “2.5 percent”.
(b)
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on March 1, 2021.

Sec. 110

(a)
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Expenses—members’ representational allowances” shall be available only for fiscal year 2021. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2021 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b)
The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(c)
As used in this section, the term Member of the House of Representatives means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

Sec. 111

None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to make any payments from any Members' Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.

Sec. 112

The head of any Federal entity that provides assistance to the House of Representatives in the House's efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the information systems of the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the government at all stages of providing the assistance, including applying minimization procedures to limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Member information.

Sec. 113

(a)
Of the unobligated balances available from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established under House Resolution 64, Ninety Eighth Congress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $212,976 is hereby rescinded.
(b)
Of the unobligated balances available from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in the item relating to “Stationery” under the heading “House of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the House” in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $1,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
(c)
Of the unobligated balances available from prior appropriations Acts from the Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund under section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5538), $3,000,000 is hereby rescinded.

Sec. 114

(a)
Increase in lifetime limit— Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) is amended—
(1)
by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d); and
(2)
by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:

“(b) Lifetime limit on aggregate payments made on behalf of any individual—The aggregate amount of payments made on behalf of any individual under the program under this section by all employing offices of the House of Representatives may not exceed $80,000.”

(b)
Effective date; transition—
(1)
Effective date— The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(2)
Permitting additional payments on behalf of individuals whose payments reached prior limit— In promulgating regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a), the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall include regulations to permit payments to be made under the program under section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) on behalf of an individual who—
(A)
is an employee of an employing office of the House during fiscal year 2021 or any succeeding fiscal year;
(B)
prior to fiscal year 2021, had payments made on the individual’s behalf under the program under such section; and
(C)
prior to fiscal year 2021, became ineligible to have payments made on the individual’s behalf under the program because the aggregate amount of the payments made on the individual’s behalf under the program reached the limit on such aggregate amount which (under regulations promulgated by the Committee) was in effect prior to fiscal year 2021.

Sec. 115

(a)
Establishment— There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States an account for the House of Representatives to be known as the “House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account” (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Account”).
(b)
Use of funds— Funds in the Account shall be used by the House of Representatives to carry out initiatives to modernize the operations of the House, including initiatives to promote administrative efficiencies and expand the use of innovative technologies in offices of the House.
(c)
Continuing availability of funds— Funds in the Account are available without fiscal year limitation.
(d)
Authorizing transfers of funds among other house accounts— Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507(c)(2)) is amended by striking “, and “Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices”.” and inserting ““Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices”, and “House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account”.”.
(e)
Effective date— This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Sec. 116

(a)
Short title— This section may be cited as the “Communications Outreach Media and Mail Standards Act” or the “COMMS Act”.
(b)
Renaming House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards—
(1)
In general— Section 5(a) of the Act entitled “An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the proper use of the franking privilege by Members of Congress, and for other purposes”, approved December 18, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 501(a)), is amended by striking “House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards” and inserting “House Communications Standards Commission”.
(2)
Conforming amendments—
(A)
Title 39— Title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking “House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards” and inserting “House Communications Standards Commission” each place it appears in the following sections:
(i)
Section 3210(a)(5), (a)(6)(D), (b)(3), (d)(5), and (d)(6)(A).
(ii)
Section 3216(e)(1) and (e)(2).
(iii)
Section 3220(b).
(B)
Other provisions— Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 503) is amended by striking “House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards” and inserting “House Communications Standards Commission” each place it appears in subsections (a)(3), (e)(1)(B), and (f).
(3)
References in Other Documents— Any reference in any rule, regulation, or other document to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards shall be deemed to be a reference to the House Communications Standards Commission.
(c)
Authority of Commission over official mass communications—
(1)
Authority To provide guidance regarding dissemination of mass communications—
(A)
In general— Section 5(d) of the Act entitled “An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the proper use of the franking privilege by Members of Congress, and for other purposes”, approved December 18, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 501(d)), is amended—
(i)
in the first sentence, by striking “The Commission” and inserting “(1) The Commission”; and
(ii)
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(2) In addition to the guidance, assistance, advice, and counsel described in paragraph (1), the Commission shall provide—

“(A) guidance, assistance, advice, and counsel, through advisory opinions or consultations, in connection with any law and with any rule or regulation of the House of Representatives governing the dissemination of mass communications other than franked mail; and

“(B) guidance, assistance, advice, and counsel in connection with any law and with any rule or regulation of the House of Representatives governing the official content of other official communications of any quantity, whether solicited or unsolicited.”

(B)
Authority to investigate complaints— Section 5(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 501(e)) is amended—
(i)
in the first sentence, by striking “Any complaint” and all that follows through “is about to occur” and inserting the following: “Any complaint that a violation of any provision of law or any rule or regulation of the House of Representatives to which subsection (d) applies is about to occur”; and
(ii)
in the sentence beginning with “Notwithstanding any other provision of law”, by striking “a violation of the franking laws or an abuse of the franking privilege by any person listed under subsection (d) of this section as entitled to send mail as franked mail,” and inserting “a violation of any provision of law or any rule or regulation of the House of Representatives to which subsection (d) applies,”.
(C)
Mass communication defined— Section 5 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 501) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(h) In this section, the term “mass communication” means a mass mailing described in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, United States Code, or any other unsolicited communication of substantially identical content which is transmitted to 500 or more persons in a session of Congress, as provided under regulations of the Commission, except that such term does not include—

“(1) any communication from an individual described in subsection (d) to another individual described in subsection (d), a Senator, or any Federal, State, local, or Tribal government official;

“(2) any news release to the communications media;

“(3) any such mass mailing or unsolicited communication made in direct response to a communication from a person to whom the mass mailing or unsolicited communication was transmitted; or

“(4) in the case of any such unsolicited communication which is transmitted in a digital format, a communication for which the cost of the content is less than a threshold amount established under regulations of the House Communications Standards Commission.”

(2)
Authority To review all unsolicited mass communications—
(A)
Requiring review before dissemination— Section 311(f) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 503(f)) is amended—
(i)
by striking “any mass mailing” and inserting “any mass communication”;
(ii)
by striking “mail matter” and inserting “matter”; and
(iii)
by striking “such proposed mailing” and inserting “such proposed communication”.
(B)
Exception for certain communications— Section 311(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 503(f)) is amended—
(i)
by striking “A Member” and inserting “(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a Member”; and
(ii)
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of any type of mass communication which is designated as exempt from the requirements of such paragraph as provided under regulations of the House Communications Standards Commission.”

(C)
Definition— Section 311(g) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 503(g)) is amended—
(i)
by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (1);
(ii)
by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “; and”; and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) the term “mass communication” means a mass mailing described in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, United States Code, or any other unsolicited communication of substantially identical content which is transmitted to 500 or more persons in a session of Congress, as provided under regulations of the House Communications Standards Commission, except that such term does not include—

“(A) any communication from a Member of the House of Representatives to another Member of the House of Representatives, a Senator, or any Federal, State, or local government official;

“(B) any news release to the communications media;

“(C) any such mass mailing or unsolicited communication made in direct response to a communication from a person to whom the mass mailing or unsolicited communication was transmitted; or

“(D) in the case of any such unsolicited communication which is transmitted in a digital format, a communication for which the cost of the content is less than a threshold amount established under regulations of the House Communications Standards Commission.”

(3)
Conforming amendment to Rules of the House of Representatives— Clause 9 of rule XXIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting after “that session,” the following: “or any other unsolicited communication of substantially identical content which is transmitted to 500 or more persons in that session or, in the case of a digital communication of substantially identical content, which is disseminated at a cost exceeding a designated amount, as provided under regulations of the House Communications Standards Commission,”.
(d)
Revision to mass mailing notice on taxpayer funding— Section 311(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 506(a)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “(a) Each mass mailing” and inserting “(a)(1) Each mass mailing”;
(2)
by striking “the following notice:” and all that follows through “or a notice” and inserting “one of the notices described in paragraph (2) or a notice”; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(2) The notices described in this paragraph are as follows:

“(A) “Paid for with official funds from the office of _____.”, with the blank filled in with the name of the Member sending the mailing.

“(B) “Paid for by the funds authorized by the House of Representatives for District __ of _____.”, with the first blank filled in with the name of the congressional district number, and the second blank filled in with the name of the State, of the Member sending the mailing.

“(C) “Paid for by official funds authorized by the House of Representatives.””

(e)
Revisions to restrictions on mail matter considered frankable—
(1)
Expressions of congratulations— Section 3210(a)(3)(F) of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking “to a person who has achieved some public distinction”.
(2)
Biographical information related to official and representational duties— Section 3210(a)(3)(I) of such title is amended by striking “publication or in response to a specific request therefor” and inserting the following: “publication, in response to a specific request therefor, or which relates to the Member’s or Member-elect’s official and representational duties,”.
(3)
Photos and likenesses included in newsletters or general mass mailings— Section 3210(a)(3) of such title is amended—
(A)
by adding “or” at the end of subparagraph (H);
(B)
in subparagraph (I), by striking “; or” and inserting a period; and
(C)
by striking subparagraph (J).
(4)
Clarification of ability of Members to use franked mail To send personal messages to constituents— Section 3210(a)(4) of such title is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “, except that nothing in this paragraph may be construed to prohibit the use of the franking privilege for the transmission of matter which is purely personal to a recipient who is a constituent of a Member of Congress and which is related to the official business, activities, and duties of the Member.”.
(5)
Uniform blackout period for all Members of Congress—
(A)
Uniform period— Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of such title is amended—
(i)
in clause (i), by striking “(or, in the case of a Member of the House, fewer than 90 days)”; and
(ii)
in clause (ii)(II), by striking “90 days” and inserting “60 days”.
(B)
Effective date— The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the regularly scheduled general election for Federal office held in November 2020 and each succeeding election for public office.
(6)
Information on certain matters— Section 3210(a)(6)(E) of such title is amended—
(A)
by striking “or” at the end of clause (ii);
(B)
by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting “; or”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(iv) providing information exclusively on competitions which are officially sanctioned by the House of Representatives or Senate, nominations to military service academies, official employment listings for positions in the House of Representatives (including listings for positions in the Wounded Warrior Program or the Gold Star Family Fellowship Program), or natural disasters or other threats to public health and life safety.”

(f)
Effective date— Except as provided in subsection (e)(5)(B), this section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to communications disseminated on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

Sec. 117

(a)
Authorization— Section 101(a) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341(a)) is amended—
(1)
by striking “a Member” and inserting “a Member or Member-elect”; and
(2)
by striking “the Member” and inserting “the Member or Member-elect”.
(b)
Regulations— Section 101(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 5341(d)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: “, including regulations establishing under subsection (a) the official and representational duties during a Congress of a Member-elect of the House of Representatives who is not an incumbent Member re-elected to the ensuing Congress.”.
(c)
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to Members-elect of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress and each succeeding Congress.

Sec. 120

Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by striking “ $60,000” and inserting “ $80,000”.

Sec. 130

None of the funds made available in this Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or award payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project and/or program.

Sec. 140

(a)
In general— For fiscal year 2021, the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed $252,552,000.
(b)
Activities— The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

II General Provisions

Sec. 201

No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Sec. 202

No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2021 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

Sec. 203

Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

Sec. 204

The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing law.

Sec. 205

Amounts available for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.

Sec. 206

None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

Sec. 207

(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)).
(b)
At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.

Sec. 208

(a)
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used to acquire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation for a high or moderate impact information system, as defined for security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 199, “Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems” unless the agency, office, or other entity acquiring the equipment or system has—
(1)
reviewed the supply chain risk for the information systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform acquisition decisions for high or moderate impact information systems within the Federal Government;
(2)
reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive awardee against available and relevant threat information provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and
(3)
in consultation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high or moderate impact system, including any risk associated with such system being produced, manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities identified by the United States Government as posing a cyber threat, including but not limited to, those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federation.
(b)
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be used to acquire a high or moderate impact information system reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has—
(1)
developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any identified risks;
(2)
determined, in consultation with NIST and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition of such telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high or moderate impact system is in the vital national security interest of the United States; and
(3)
reported that determination to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high or moderate impact system intended for acquisition and a detailed description of the mitigation strategies identified in paragraph (1), provided that such report may include a classified annex as necessary.

Sec. 209

(a)
None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
(b)
Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities or other official government activities.

Sec. 210

All agencies and offices funded by this division that contract with a food service provider or providers shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable items, and increase recycling and composting opportunities.

Sec. 211

There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, for the same purposes and under the same authorities and conditions as amounts made available under the heading “Joint Items—Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2021” in division E of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94).

Sec. 212

In addition to the amounts appropriated under this Act under the heading “Office of the Attending Physician”, there is hereby appropriated to the Office of the Attending Physician $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for response to COVID–19, including testing, subject to the same terms and conditions as the amounts appropriated under such heading.

Sec. 213

For an additional amount for “Salaries and Expenses”, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall be for audits and investigations, as authorized by this title: Provided, That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan specifying funding estimates and a timeline for such audits and investigations: Provided further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.