Institute Of Museum And Library Services
office of museum and library services: grants and administration
For an additional amount for “Institute of Museum and Library Services”, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including grants to States, territories, tribes, museums, and libraries, to expand digital network access, purchase internet accessible devices, provide technical support services, and for operational expenses: Provided, That any matching funds requirements for States, tribes, libraries, and museums are waived for grants provided with funds made available under this heading in this Act: 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.
Railroad Retirement Board
limitation on administration
For an additional amount for “Limitation on Administration”, $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including the expeditious dispensation of railroad unemployment insurance benefits, and to support full-time equivalents and overtime hours as needed to administer the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Provided, 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.
Higher Education
For an additional amount for “Higher Education”, $10,150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, of which $11,000,000 shall be transferred to “National Technical Institute for the Deaf” to help defray expenses (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, sign language and captioning costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) directly caused by coronavirus and to enable emergency financial aid to students for expenses directly related to coronavirus and the disruption of university operations (which may include food, housing, transportation, technology, health care, and child care), of which
$20,000,000 shall be transferred to “
Howard University” to help defray expenses (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) directly related to coronavirus and to enable grants to students for expenses directly related to coronavirus and the disruption of university operations (which may include food, housing, transportation, technology, health care, and child care), of which
$11,000,000 shall be transferred to
“Gallaudet University” to help defray expenses (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, sign language and captioning costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) directly related to coronavirus and to enable grants to students for expenses directly related to coronavirus and the disruption of university operations (which may include food, housing, transportation, technology, health care, and child care), and of which the remaining amounts shall be used to carry out parts A and B of title III, parts A and B of title V, subpart 4 of part A of title VII, and part B of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”) as follows:
(1) $1,708,000,000 for parts A and B of title III, parts A and B of title V, and subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the HEA to address needs directly related to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount shall be allocated by the Secretary proportionally to such programs covered under this paragraph and based on the relative share of funding appropriated to such programs in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (
Public Law 116–94) and distributed to institutions of higher education as follows:
(A) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (B), for eligible institutions under part B of title III and subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall allot to each eligible institution an amount using the following formula:
(i) 70 percent according to a ratio equivalent to the number of Pell Grant recipients in attendance at such institution at the end of the school year preceding the beginning of that fiscal year and the total number of Pell Grant recipients at all such institutions;
(ii) 20 percent according to a ratio equivalent to the total number of students enrolled at such institution at the end of the school year preceding the beginning of that fiscal year and the number of students enrolled at all such institutions; and
(iii) 10 percent according to a ratio equivalent to the total endowment size at all eligible institutions at the end of the school year preceding the beginning of that fiscal year and the total endowment size at such institutions;
(B) For eligible institutions under section 326 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall allot to each eligible institution an amount in proportion to the award received from funding for such institutions in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (
Public Law 116–94);
(C) For eligible institutions under section 316 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall allot funding according to the formula in section 316(d)(3) of the Higher Education Act;
(D) Notwithstanding section 318(f) of the Higher Education Act, for eligible institutions under section 318 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary shall allot funding according to the formula in section 318(e) of the Higher Education Act;
(E) Except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), for eligible institutions under part A of title III of the Higher Education Act and parts A and B of title V, the Secretary shall issue an application for eligible institutions to demonstrate unmet need, and the Secretary shall allow eligible institutions to apply for funds under one of the programs for which they are eligible.
(2) $8,400,000,000 for part B of title VII of the HEA for institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 or 102(c) of the HEA) to address needs directly related to coronavirus as follows:
(A) $7,000,000,000 shall be provided to private, nonprofit institutions of higher education—
(i) by reserving an amount necessary to make the minimum grants described in the second to last proviso under this heading; and
(ii) from amounts not reserved under clause (i), by apportioning—
(I) 75 percent according to the relative share of enrollment of Federal Pell Grant recipients who are not exclusively enrolled in distance education courses prior to the coronavirus emergency; and
(II) 25 percent according to the relative share of the total enrollment of students who were not Federal Pell Grant recipients who are not exclusively enrolled in distance education courses prior to the coronavirus emergency.
(B) $1,400,000,000 shall be for institutions of higher education with unmet need related to the coronavirus, including institutions of higher education that offer their courses and programs exclusively through distance education:
Provided, That funds shall be used to make payments to such institutions to provide emergency grants to students who attended such institutions at any point during the coronavirus emergency and for any component of the student’s cost of attendance (as defined under section 472 of the HEA), including tuition, food, housing, course materials, technology, health care, and child care): Provided further, That institutions of higher education may use such funds to defray expenses (including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) incurred by institutions of higher education: Provided further, That such payments shall not be used to increase endowments or provide funding for capital outlays associated with facilities related to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious worship: Provided further, That any private, nonprofit institution of higher education that is not otherwise eligible for a grant of at least $1,000,000 under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of this heading and has a total enrollment of at least 500 students shall be eligible to receive, from amounts reserved under paragraph (2)(A)(i), an amount equal to whichever is the lesser of the total loss of revenue and increased costs associated with the coronavirus or $1,000,000: Provided further, That of the funds provided under paragraph 2(B), the Secretary shall make an application available for institutions of higher education to demonstrate unmet need, which shall include for this purpose a dramatic decline in revenue as a result of campus closure, exceptional costs or challenges implementing distance education platforms due to lack of a technological infrastructure, serving a large percentage of students who lack access to adequate technology to move to distance education, serving a region or community that has been especially impacted by increased unemployment and displaced workers, serving communities or regions where the number of coronavirus cases has imposed exceptional costs on the institution, and other criteria that the Secretary shall identify after consultation with institutions of higher education or their representatives: Provided further, That no institution may receive an award unless it has submitted an application that describes the impact of the coronavirus on the institution and the ways that the institution will use the funds to ameliorate such impact: Provided further, That the Secretary shall brief the Committees on Appropriations fifteen days in advance of making any application available for funds under paragraph (2)(B): 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.
United States Fish And Wildlife Service
resource management
For an additional amount for “Resource Management”, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended for research; listing injurious species; electronic permitting system development; operation and maintenance; law enforcement interdiction and inspections; and other support activities, as described in sections 190402, 190403, and 190404 of division S of this Act: Provided, That amounts may be transferred to “Surveys, Investigations and Research” in the United States Geological Survey; “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration” in the Department of Commerce; and the “Center for Disease Control” in the Department of Health and Human Services: 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.
state and tribal wildlife grants
For an additional amount for “State and Tribal Wildlife Grants”, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a onetime grant program as described in section 190405 of division S of this Act: Provided, 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.
These proposals through out the HEROES Act are not important as un-employement and PPP. Like why out of all the schools why is Howard specifically getting 20 mil and Gauladet 11 mil. Why is that really important/ That could be done in a separate stimulus update. Or even 5 million going to Museum and LIbrary Services. For what ppl are barely allowed to gather outside rather inside a museum . The Dems are just trying to put everyones issue in the stimulus at once, but all those issues are nothing compared to what the ppl and small businesses need. You can't fix everyone's issue at once especially with debt.
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SD unemployment is DOUBLE what it was a year ago and the money is coming from FEMA with the state option. State turns down the 100 option and they ain't on the hook for shit. And miss me with 'our grandchildren will pay' shit.
