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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 1974
55 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
66 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
77 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
88 MARCH10, 2025
99 Ms. D
1010 ELAUROintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
1111 mittee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budg-
1212 et, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
1313 case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
1414 the committee concerned
1515 A BILL
1616 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
1717 ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
1818 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
1919 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2020 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2121 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Further Additional 4
2222 Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 5
2323 2025’’. 6
2424 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 7
2525 Sec. 1. Short Title.
2626 Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
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3030 DIVISION A—FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING
3131 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025
3232 DIVISION B—EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS
3333 DIVISION A—FURTHER ADDITIONAL 1
3434 CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 2
3535 S
3636 EC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 3
3737 (division A of Public Law 118–83) is further amended— 4
3838 (1) by striking the date specified in section 5
3939 106(3) and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; 6
4040 (2) in section 156(b) to read as follows: 7
4141 ‘‘(b) Amounts made available by section 101 to the 8
4242 Department of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding 9
4343 and Conversion, Navy’ may be apportioned up to the rate 10
4444 for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class Submarine’ 11
4545 in an amount not to exceed $3,341,300,000.’’; and 12
4646 (3) by adding after section 169 the following 13
4747 new sections: 14
4848 ‘‘S
4949 EC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, section 15
5050 521(b)(1) of division C of Public Law 118–42 shall not 16
5151 apply during the period covered by this Act. 17
5252 ‘‘S
5353 EC. 171. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, 18
5454 amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 19
5555 of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding and Conver-20
5656 sion, Navy’ may be apportioned up to the rate of oper-21
5757 ations necessary for ‘Completion of Prior Year Ship-22
5858 building Programs’ in an amount not to exceed 23
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6262 $1,930,024,000 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost in-1
6363 creases for the following programs in the following 2
6464 amounts: 3
6565 ‘‘(1) 2013/2025: Carrier Replacement Program, 4
6666 $236,000,000; 5
6767 ‘‘(2) 2016/2025: DDG 51 Program, 6
6868 $10,509,000; 7
6969 ‘‘(3) 2017/2025: Virginia Class Submarine Pro-8
7070 gram, $219,370,000; 9
7171 ‘‘(4) 2017/2025: DDG 51 Program, 10
7272 $115,600,000; 11
7373 ‘‘(5) 2017/2025: Littoral Combat Ship Pro-12
7474 gram, $8,100,000; 13
7575 ‘‘(6) 2017/2025: LHA Replacement Program, 14
7676 $115,397,000; 15
7777 ‘‘(7) 2018/2025: Virginia Class Submarine Pro-16
7878 gram, $73,634,000; 17
7979 ‘‘(8) 2018/2025: DDG 51 Program, 18
8080 $107,405,000; 19
8181 ‘‘(9) 2018/2025: Littoral Combat Ship Pro-20
8282 gram, $12,000,000; 21
8383 ‘‘(10) 2018/2025: LPD 17 (Flight II) Amphib-22
8484 ious Transport Dock Program, $19,158,000; 23
8585 ‘‘(11) 2018/2025: Oceanographic Ships Pro-24
8686 gram, $18,000,000; 25
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9090 ‘‘(12) 2018/2025: Ship to Shore Connector Pro-1
9191 gram, $14,694,000; 2
9292 ‘‘(13) 2019/2025: Littoral Combat Ship Pro-3
9393 gram, $27,900,000; 4
9494 ‘‘(14) 2019/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 5
9595 $49,995,000; 6
9696 ‘‘(15) 2019/2025: Ship to Shore Connector Pro-7
9797 gram, $33,345,000; 8
9898 ‘‘(16) 2020/2025: CVN Refueling Overhauls, 9
9999 $669,171,000; 10
100100 ‘‘(17) 2020/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 11
101101 $151,837,000; 12
102102 ‘‘(18) 2020/2025: Towing, Salvage, and Rescue 13
103103 Ship Program, $978,000; 14
104104 ‘‘(19) 2021/2025: Towing, Salvage, and Rescue 15
105105 Ship Program, $17,375,000; 16
106106 ‘‘(20) 2022/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 17
107107 $13,222,000; 18
108108 ‘‘(21) U2022/2025: Towing, Salvage, and Res-19
109109 cue Ship Program, $4,234,000; and 20
110110 ‘‘(22) 2023/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 21
111111 $12,100,000. 22
112112 ‘‘S
113113 EC. 172. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-23
114114 vided by section 101, for ‘Federal Emergency Manage-24
115115 ment Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’, there is appro-25
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119119 priated $750,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal 1
120120 year 2025, to remain available until expended, for major 2
121121 disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-3
122122 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4
123123 5121 et seq.): Provided, That such amount is designated 5
124124 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 6
125125 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-7
126126 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and shall 8
127127 be available only if the President subsequently so des-9
128128 ignates such amount and transmits such designation to 10
129129 the Congress. 11
130130 ‘‘S
131131 EC. 173. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-12
132132 vided by section 101, there is appropriated $1,650,000 for 13
133133 the ‘Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation—Salaries and 14
134134 Expenses’ to remain available until expended to carry out 15
135135 responsibilities under the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement 16
136136 Act of 1974. 17
137137 ‘‘S
138138 EC. 174. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18
139139 this Act, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2025, 19
140140 for payment to Ashley Paige Turner, beneficiary of Syl-20
141141 vester Turner, late a Representative from the State of 21
142142 Texas, $174,000.’’. 22
143143 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Additional 23
144144 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 24
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148148 DIVISION B—EXTENSIONS AND 1
149149 OTHER MATTERS 2
150150 TITLE I—HEALTH EXTENSIONS 3
151151 Subtitle A—Public Health 4
152152 Extenders 5
153153 SEC. 2101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, 6
154154 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND 7
155155 TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 8
156156 GME PROGRAMS. 9
157157 (a) E
158158 XTENSION FOR COMMUNITYHEALTHCEN-10
159159 TERS.—Section 10503(b)(1)(I) of the Patient Protection 11
160160 and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(I)) is 12
161161 amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 13
162162 ‘‘, and $132,602,740 for the period beginning on April 1, 14
163163 2025, and ending on April 11, 2025; and’’. 15
164164 (b) E
165165 XTENSION FOR THE NATIONALHEALTHSERV-16
166166 ICECORPS.—Section 10503(b)(2)(J) of the Patient Pro-17
167167 tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b– 18
168168 2(b)(2)(J)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and $10,963,593 19
169169 for the period beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on 20
170170 April 11, 2025’’ before the period at the end. 21
171171 (c) T
172172 EACHINGHEALTHCENTERSTHATOPERATE 22
173173 G
174174 RADUATEMEDICALEDUCATIONPROGRAMS.—Section 23
175175 340H(g)(1)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 24
176176 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and 25
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180180 $6,058,748 for the period beginning on April 1, 2025, and 1
181181 ending on April 11, 2025’’ before the period at the end. 2
182182 (d) A
183183 PPLICATION OFPROVISIONS.—Amounts appro-3
184184 priated pursuant to the amendments made by this section 4
185185 shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public 5
186186 Law 118–47 for funds for programs authorized under sec-6
187187 tions 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act 7
188188 (42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.). 8
189189 (e) C
190190 ONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 9
191191 3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 10
192192 by striking ‘‘and section 3101(d) of the Health Extensions 11
193193 and Other Matters Act, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12
194194 3101(d) of the Health Extensions and Other Matters Act, 13
195195 2025, and section 2101(d) of the Further Additional Con-14
196196 tinuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025’’. 15
197197 SEC. 2102. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS. 16
198198 (a) E
199199 XTENSION OFSPECIALDIABETESPROGRAMS 17
200200 FORTYPEI DIABETES.—Section 330B(b)(2)(F) of the 18
201201 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(F)) 19
202202 is amended by inserting ‘‘, and $4,798,658 for the period 20
203203 beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on April 11, 21
204204 2025’’ before the period at the end. 22
205205 (b) E
206206 XTENDINGFUNDING FORSPECIALDIABETES 23
207207 P
208208 ROGRAMS FORINDIANS.—Section 330C(c)(2)(F) of the 24
209209 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(F)) is 25
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213213 amended by inserting ‘‘, and $4,798,658 for the period 1
214214 beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on April 11, 2
215215 2025’’ before the period at the end. 3
216216 SEC. 2103. NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY EXTENSIONS. 4
217217 (a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service 5
218218 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8)) is amended by striking 6
219219 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 7
220220 (b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Serv-8
221221 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by strik-9
222222 ing ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 10
223223 (c) Section 319L–1(b) of the Public Health Service 11
224224 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(b)) is amended by striking 12
225225 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 13
226226 (d)(1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service 14
227227 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking 15
228228 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 16
229229 (2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 17
230230 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking 18
231231 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 19
232232 (3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 20
233233 Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking 21
234234 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 22
235235 (e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Serv-23
236236 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by 24
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240240 striking ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 1
241241 2025’’. 2
242242 Subtitle B—Medicare 3
243243 SEC. 2111. EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOS-4
244244 PITAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN 5
245245 LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS. 6
246246 (a) I
247247 NGENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social 7
248248 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amended— 8
249249 (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre-9
250250 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and in-10
251251 serting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; 11
252252 (2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 12
253253 (A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 13
254254 by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting 14
255255 ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; 15
256256 (B) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘March 16
257257 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 17
258258 (C) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘April 1, 18
259259 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; and 19
260260 (3) in subparagraph (D)— 20
261261 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 21
262262 striking ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 22
263263 11, 2025’’; and 23
264264 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘March 31, 24
265265 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 25
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269269 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 1
270270 provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human 2
271271 Services may implement the amendments made by this 3
272272 section by program instruction or otherwise. 4
273273 SEC. 2112. EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT 5
274274 HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM. 6
275275 (a) I
276276 NGENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the So-7
277277 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amend-8
278278 ed— 9
279279 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ 10
280280 and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; and 11
281281 (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘April 1, 12
282282 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 13
283283 (b) C
284284 ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 14
285285 (1) I
286286 N GENERAL.—Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of 15
287287 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 16
288288 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended— 17
289289 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 18
290290 striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 19
291291 12, 2025’’; and 20
292292 (B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘March 31, 21
293293 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 22
294294 (2) P
295295 ERMITTING HOSPITALS TO DECLINE RE -23
296296 CLASSIFICATION.—Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omni-24
297297 bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 25
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301301 1395ww note) is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 1
302302 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 2
303303 SEC. 2113. EXTENSION OF ADD-ON PAYMENTS FOR AMBU-3
304304 LANCE SERVICES. 4
305305 Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 5
306306 1395m(l)) is amended— 6
307307 (1) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘April 1, 7
308308 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; and 8
309309 (2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘April 1, 9
310310 2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 12, 10
311311 2025’’ in each such place. 11
312312 SEC. 2114. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS-12
313313 URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 13
314314 Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 14
315315 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended— 15
316316 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘March 31, 16
317317 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 17
318318 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘March 18
319319 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 19
320320 SEC. 2115. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS-20
321321 SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 21
322322 (a) S
323323 TATEHEALTHINSURANCEASSISTANCEPRO-22
324324 GRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B)(xiv) of section 119 of the 23
325325 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 24
326326 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note) is amended by striking 25
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330330 ‘‘March 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 1
331331 2025, $23,125,000’’. 2
332332 (b) A
333333 REAAGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 3
334334 (b)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended by striking 4
335335 ‘‘March 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 5
336336 2025, $23,125,000’’. 6
337337 (c) A
338338 GING ANDDISABILITYRESOURCECENTERS.— 7
339339 Subsection (c)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended 8
340340 by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025, $8,500,000’’ and inserting 9
341341 ‘‘April 11, 2025, $8,708,333’’. 10
342342 (d) C
343343 OORDINATION OFEFFORTSTOINFORMOLDER 11
344344 A
345345 MERICANSABOUTBENEFITSAVAILABLEUNDERFED-12
346346 ERAL ANDSTATEPROGRAMS.—Subsection (d)(2)(xiv) of 13
347347 such section 119 is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025, 14
348348 $22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025, 15
349349 $23,125,000’’. 16
350350 SEC. 2116. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 17
351351 FLOOR. 18
352352 Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 19
353353 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘April 20
354354 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 21
355355 SEC. 2117. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TELEHEALTH FLEXI-22
356356 BILITIES. 23
357357 (a) R
358358 EMOVINGGEOGRAPHICREQUIREMENTS AND 24
359359 E
360360 XPANDINGORIGINATINGSITES FOR TELEHEALTH 25
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364364 SERVICES.—Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act 1
365365 (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— 2
366366 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘end-3
367367 ing March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending April 4
368368 11, 2025’’; and 5
369369 (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘ending 6
370370 on March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on April 7
371371 11, 2025’’. 8
372372 (b) E
373373 XPANDINGPRACTITIONERSELIGIBLETOFUR-9
374374 NISHTELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(4)(E) 10
375375 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E)) 11
376376 is amended by striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and 12
377377 inserting ‘‘ending on April 11, 2025’’. 13
378378 (c) E
379379 XTENDINGTELEHEALTHSERVICES FORFED-14
380380 ERALLYQUALIFIEDHEALTHCENTERS AND RURAL 15
381381 H
382382 EALTHCLINICS.—Section 1834(m)(8)(A) of the Social 16
383383 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(8)(A)) is amended by 17
384384 striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘end-18
385385 ing on April 11, 2025’’. 19
386386 (d) D
387387 ELAYING THE IN-PERSONREQUIREMENTS 20
388388 U
389389 NDERMEDICARE FOR MENTALHEALTHSERVICES 21
390390 F
391391 URNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH AND TELE-22
392392 COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.— 23
393393 (1) D
394394 ELAY IN REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL 24
395395 HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELE -25
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399399 HEALTH.—Section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of the Social 1
400400 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) is 2
401401 amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 3
402402 striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 4
403403 2025’’. 5
404404 (2) M
405405 ENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY 6
406406 RURAL HEALTH CLINICS .—Section 1834(y)(2) of the 7
407407 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(y)(2)) is 8
408408 amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting 9
409409 ‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 10
410410 (3) M
411411 ENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY 11
412412 FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS .—Section 12
413413 1834(o)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 13
414414 1395m(o)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 14
415415 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025.’’. 15
416416 (e) A
417417 LLOWING FOR THE FURNISHING OF AUDIO- 16
418418 ONLYTELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(9) of 17
419419 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(9)) is 18
420420 amended by striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and in-19
421421 serting ‘‘ending on April 11, 2025’’. 20
422422 (f) E
423423 XTENDINGUSE OFTELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT 21
424424 F
425425 ACE-TO-FACEENCOUNTERPRIOR TORECERTIFICATION 22
426426 OFELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICECARE.—Section 23
427427 1814(a)(7)(D)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24
428428 1395f(a)(7)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘ending on 25
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432432 March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on April 11, 1
433433 2025’’. 2
434434 (g) P
435435 ROGRAMINSTRUCTIONAUTHORITY.—The Sec-3
436436 retary of Health and Human Services may implement the 4
437437 amendments made by this section through program in-5
438438 struction or otherwise. 6
439439 SEC. 2118. EXTENDING ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME 7
440440 WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 8
441441 Section 1866G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 9
442442 U.S.C. 1395cc–7(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘March 10
443443 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 11
444444 SEC. 2119. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCLUSION OF AU-12
445445 THORIZED ORAL ANTIVIRAL DRUGS AS COV-13
446446 ERED PART D DRUGS. 14
447447 Section 1860D–2(e)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act 15
448448 (42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 16
449449 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 17
450450 SEC. 2120. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 18
451451 Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 19
452452 U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking 20
453453 ‘‘$1,251,000,000’’ and inserting $1,018,000,000. 21
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457457 Subtitle C—Human Services 1
458458 SEC. 2131. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTEN-2
459459 SION. 3
460460 Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 4
461461 710) is amended— 5
462462 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘March 31, 6
463463 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 7
464464 (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘March 31, 8
465465 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 9
466466 SEC. 2132. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTEN-10
467467 SION. 11
468468 Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 12
469469 713) is amended— 13
470470 (1) in subsection (a)(1)— 14
471471 (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 15
472472 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘March 31, 16
473473 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 17
474474 (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 18
475475 ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 19
476476 2025’’; and 20
477477 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘March 31, 21
478478 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 22
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482482 SEC. 2133. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAM-1
483483 ILY HEALTH INFORMATION CENTERS. 2
484484 Section 501(c)(1)(A)(viii) of the Social Security Act 3
485485 (42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A)(viii)) is amended— 4
486486 (1) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting 5
487487 ‘‘$3,200,000’’; and 6
488488 (2) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting 7
489489 ‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 8
490490 Subtitle D—Medicaid 9
491491 SEC. 2141. ELIMINATING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE 10
492492 SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT CUTS. 11
493493 Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 12
494494 U.S.C. 1396r- 4(f)(7)(A)) is amended— 13
495495 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and in-14
496496 serting ‘‘April 12’’; and 15
497497 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and in-16
498498 serting ‘‘April 12’’. 17
499499 TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS 18
500500 EXTENSIONS 19
501501 SEC. 2201. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 20
502502 WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 21
503503 Section 1(b) of Public Law 117–25 (135 Stat. 297; 22
504504 136 Stat. 2133; 136 Stat. 5984) is amended, in para-23
505505 graphs (3) and (4), by striking ‘‘March 14, 2025’’ each 24
506506 place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 25
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510510 SEC. 2202. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND AS-1
511511 SETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 2
512512 Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 3
513513 2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘March 4
514514 14, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 5
515515 SEC. 2203. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 6
516516 Section 3014 of title 18, United States Code, is 7
517517 amended by striking ‘‘March 14, 2025’’ and inserting 8
518518 ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 9
519519 SEC. 2204. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS-10
520520 TEM AUTHORIZATION. 11
521521 Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity En-12
522522 hancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended 13
523523 by striking ‘‘March 14, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 14
524524 2025’’. 15
525525 TITLE III—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 16
526526 SEC. 2301. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 17
527527 (a) S
528528 TATUTORYPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-18
529529 etary effects of this division shall not be entered on either 19
530530 PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 20
531531 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 21
532532 (b) S
533533 ENATEPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 22
534534 effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 23
535535 scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 24
536536 Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 25
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539539 •HR 1974 IH
540540 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARYEFFECTS.— 1
541541 Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 2
542542 Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 3
543543 the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-4
544544 port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 5
545545 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 6
546546 budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 7
547547 (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 8
548548 (2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-9
549549 mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 10
550550 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 11
551551 (3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 12
552552 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 13
553553 being included in an appropriation Act. 14
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