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2	2	Calendar No. 25
3	3	119THCONGRESS
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5	5	STSESSION S. 924
6	6	Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September
7	7	30, 2025, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	MARCH10, 2025
10	10	Mrs. M
11	11	URRAYintroduced the following bill; which was read the first time
12	12	M
13	13	ARCH11, 2025
14	14	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
15	15	A BILL
16	16	Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year
17	17	ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
18	18	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19	19	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20	20	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21	21	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Further Additional 4
22	22	Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 5
23	23	2025’’. 6
24	24	SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 7
25	25	Sec. 1. Short Title.
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29	29	Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
30	30	DIVISION A—FURTHER ADDITIONAL CONTINUING
31	31	APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025
32	32	DIVISION B—EXTENSIONS AND OTHER MATTERS
33	33	DIVISION A—FURTHER ADDITIONAL 1
34	34	CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2025 2
35	35	S
36	36	EC. 101. The Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 3
37	37	(division A of Public Law 118–83) is further amended— 4
38	38	(1) by striking the date specified in section 5
39	39	106(3) and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; 6
40	40	(2) in section 156(b) to read as follows: 7
41	41	‘‘(b) Amounts made available by section 101 to the 8
42	42	Department of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding 9
43	43	and Conversion, Navy’ may be apportioned up to the rate 10
44	44	for operations necessary for ‘Columbia Class Submarine’ 11
45	45	in an amount not to exceed $3,341,300,000.’’; and 12
46	46	(3) by adding after section 169 the following 13
47	47	new sections: 14
48	48	‘‘S
49	49	EC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, section 15
50	50	521(b)(1) of division C of Public Law 118–42 shall not 16
51	51	apply during the period covered by this Act. 17
52	52	‘‘S
53	53	EC. 171. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, 18
54	54	amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 19
55	55	of Defense for ‘Procurement—Shipbuilding and Conver-20
56	56	sion, Navy’ may be apportioned up to the rate of oper-21
57	57	ations necessary for ‘Completion of Prior Year Ship-22
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61	61	building Programs’ in an amount not to exceed 1
62	62	$1,930,024,000 to fund prior year shipbuilding cost in-2
63	63	creases for the following programs in the following 3
64	64	amounts: 4
65	65	‘‘(1) 2013/2025: Carrier Replacement Program, 5
66	66	$236,000,000; 6
67	67	‘‘(2) 2016/2025: DDG 51 Program, 7
68	68	$10,509,000; 8
69	69	‘‘(3) 2017/2025: Virginia Class Submarine Pro-9
70	70	gram, $219,370,000; 10
71	71	‘‘(4) 2017/2025: DDG 51 Program, 11
72	72	$115,600,000; 12
73	73	‘‘(5) 2017/2025: Littoral Combat Ship Pro-13
74	74	gram, $8,100,000; 14
75	75	‘‘(6) 2017/2025: LHA Replacement Program, 15
76	76	$115,397,000; 16
77	77	‘‘(7) 2018/2025: Virginia Class Submarine Pro-17
78	78	gram, $73,634,000; 18
79	79	‘‘(8) 2018/2025: DDG 51 Program, 19
80	80	$107,405,000; 20
81	81	‘‘(9) 2018/2025: Littoral Combat Ship Pro-21
82	82	gram, $12,000,000; 22
83	83	‘‘(10) 2018/2025: LPD 17 (Flight II) Amphib-23
84	84	ious Transport Dock Program, $19,158,000; 24
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88	88	‘‘(11) 2018/2025: Oceanographic Ships Pro-1
89	89	gram, $18,000,000; 2
90	90	‘‘(12) 2018/2025: Ship to Shore Connector Pro-3
91	91	gram, $14,694,000; 4
92	92	‘‘(13) 2019/2025: Littoral Combat Ship Pro-5
93	93	gram, $27,900,000; 6
94	94	‘‘(14) 2019/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 7
95	95	$49,995,000; 8
96	96	‘‘(15) 2019/2025: Ship to Shore Connector Pro-9
97	97	gram, $33,345,000; 10
98	98	‘‘(16) 2020/2025: CVN Refueling Overhauls, 11
99	99	$669,171,000; 12
100	100	‘‘(17) 2020/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 13
101	101	$151,837,000; 14
102	102	‘‘(18) 2020/2025: Towing, Salvage, and Rescue 15
103	103	Ship Program, $978,000; 16
104	104	‘‘(19) 2021/2025: Towing, Salvage, and Rescue 17
105	105	Ship Program, $17,375,000; 18
106	106	‘‘(20) 2022/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 19
107	107	$13,222,000; 20
108	108	‘‘(21) U2022/2025: Towing, Salvage, and Res-21
109	109	cue Ship Program, $4,234,000; and 22
110	110	‘‘(22) 2023/2025: T–AO Fleet Oiler Program, 23
111	111	$12,100,000. 24
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115	115	‘‘SEC. 172. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-1
116	116	vided by section 101, for ‘Federal Emergency Manage-2
117	117	ment Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’, there is appro-3
118	118	priated $750,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal 4
119	119	year 2025, to remain available until expended, for major 5
120	120	disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis-6
121	121	aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 7
122	122	5121 et seq.): Provided, That such amount is designated 8
123	123	by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 9
124	124	pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-10
125	125	et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and shall 11
126	126	be available only if the President subsequently so des-12
127	127	ignates such amount and transmits such designation to 13
128	128	the Congress. 14
129	129	‘‘S
130	130	EC. 173. In addition to amounts otherwise pro-15
131	131	vided by section 101, there is appropriated $1,650,000 for 16
132	132	the ‘Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation—Salaries and 17
133	133	Expenses’ to remain available until expended to carry out 18
134	134	responsibilities under the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement 19
135	135	Act of 1974. 20
136	136	‘‘S
137	137	EC. 174. Notwithstanding any other provision of 21
138	138	this Act, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2025, 22
139	139	for payment to Ashley Paige Turner, beneficiary of Syl-23
140	140	vester Turner, late a Representative from the State of 24
141	141	Texas, $174,000.’’. 25
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145	145	This division may be cited as the ‘‘Further Additional 1
146	146	Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025’’. 2
147	147	DIVISION B—EXTENSIONS AND 3
148	148	OTHER MATTERS 4
149	149	TITLE I—HEALTH EXTENSIONS 5
150	150	Subtitle A—Public Health 6
151	151	Extenders 7
152	152	SEC. 2101. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, 8
153	153	NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND 9
154	154	TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 10
155	155	GME PROGRAMS. 11
156	156	(a) E
157	157	XTENSION FOR COMMUNITYHEALTHCEN-12
158	158	TERS.—Section 10503(b)(1)(I) of the Patient Protection 13
159	159	and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(I)) is 14
160	160	amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 15
161	161	‘‘, and $132,602,740 for the period beginning on April 1, 16
162	162	2025, and ending on April 11, 2025; and’’. 17
163	163	(b) E
164	164	XTENSION FOR THE NATIONALHEALTHSERV-18
165	165	ICECORPS.—Section 10503(b)(2)(J) of the Patient Pro-19
166	166	tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b– 20
167	167	2(b)(2)(J)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and $10,963,593 21
168	168	for the period beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on 22
169	169	April 11, 2025’’ before the period at the end. 23
170	170	(c) T
171	171	EACHINGHEALTHCENTERSTHATOPERATE 24
172	172	G
173	173	RADUATEMEDICALEDUCATIONPROGRAMS.—Section 25
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177	177	340H(g)(1)(E) of the Public Health Service Act (42 1
178	178	U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and 2
179	179	$6,058,748 for the period beginning on April 1, 2025, and 3
180	180	ending on April 11, 2025’’ before the period at the end. 4
181	181	(d) A
182	182	PPLICATION OFPROVISIONS.—Amounts appro-5
183	183	priated pursuant to the amendments made by this section 6
184	184	shall be subject to the requirements contained in Public 7
185	185	Law 118–47 for funds for programs authorized under sec-8
186	186	tions 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act 9
187	187	(42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.). 10
188	188	(e) C
189	189	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 11
190	190	3014(h)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 12
191	191	by striking ‘‘and section 3101(d) of the Health Extensions 13
192	192	and Other Matters Act, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘section 14
193	193	3101(d) of the Health Extensions and Other Matters Act, 15
194	194	2025, and section 2101(d) of the Further Additional Con-16
195	195	tinuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2025’’. 17
196	196	SEC. 2102. EXTENSION OF SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS. 18
197	197	(a) E
198	198	XTENSION OFSPECIALDIABETESPROGRAMS 19
199	199	FORTYPEI DIABETES.—Section 330B(b)(2)(F) of the 20
200	200	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(F)) 21
201	201	is amended by inserting ‘‘, and $4,798,658 for the period 22
202	202	beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on April 11, 23
203	203	2025’’ before the period at the end. 24
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207	207	(b) EXTENDINGFUNDING FORSPECIALDIABETES 1
208	208	P
209	209	ROGRAMS FORINDIANS.—Section 330C(c)(2)(F) of the 2
210	210	Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(F)) is 3
211	211	amended by inserting ‘‘, and $4,798,658 for the period 4
212	212	beginning on April 1, 2025, and ending on April 11, 5
213	213	2025’’ before the period at the end. 6
214	214	SEC. 2103. NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY EXTENSIONS. 7
215	215	(a) Section 319(e)(8) of the Public Health Service 8
216	216	Act (42 U.S.C. 247d(e)(8)) is amended by striking 9
217	217	‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 10
218	218	(b) Section 319L(e)(1)(D) of the Public Health Serv-11
219	219	ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(e)(1)(D)) is amended by strik-12
220	220	ing ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 13
221	221	(c) Section 319L–1(b) of the Public Health Service 14
222	222	Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7f(b)) is amended by striking 15
223	223	‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 16
224	224	(d)(1) Section 2811A(g) of the Public Health Service 17
225	225	Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10b(g)) is amended by striking 18
226	226	‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 19
227	227	(2) Section 2811B(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 20
228	228	Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10c(g)(1)) is amended by striking 21
229	229	‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 22
230	230	(3) Section 2811C(g)(1) of the Public Health Service 23
231	231	Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–10d(g)(1)) is amended by striking 24
232	232	‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 25
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236	236	(e) Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Serv-1
237	237	ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh–11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by 2
238	238	striking ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 3
239	239	2025’’. 4
240	240	Subtitle B—Medicare 5
241	241	SEC. 2111. EXTENSION OF INCREASED INPATIENT HOS-6
242	242	PITAL PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR CERTAIN 7
243	243	LOW-VOLUME HOSPITALS. 8
244	244	(a) I
245	245	NGENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(12) of the Social 9
246	246	Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(12)) is amended— 10
247	247	(1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter pre-11
248	248	ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and in-12
249	249	serting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; 13
250	250	(2) in subparagraph (C)(i)— 14
251	251	(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 15
252	252	by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting 16
253	253	‘‘April 11, 2025’’; 17
254	254	(B) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘March 18
255	255	31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 19
256	256	(C) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘April 1, 20
257	257	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; and 21
258	258	(3) in subparagraph (D)— 22
259	259	(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 23
260	260	striking ‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 24
261	261	11, 2025’’; and 25
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265	265	(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘March 31, 1
266	266	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 2
267	267	(b) I
268	268	MPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 3
269	269	provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human 4
270	270	Services may implement the amendments made by this 5
271	271	section by program instruction or otherwise. 6
272	272	SEC. 2112. EXTENSION OF THE MEDICARE-DEPENDENT 7
273	273	HOSPITAL (MDH) PROGRAM. 8
274	274	(a) I
275	275	NGENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(5)(G) of the So-9
276	276	cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)) is amend-10
277	277	ed— 11
278	278	(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ 12
279	279	and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; and 13
280	280	(2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘April 1, 14
281	281	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 15
282	282	(b) C
283	283	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 16
284	284	(1) I
285	285	N GENERAL.—Section 1886(b)(3)(D) of 17
286	286	the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 18
287	287	1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended— 19
288	288	(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 20
289	289	striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 21
290	290	12, 2025’’; and 22
291	291	(B) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘March 31, 23
292	292	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 24
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297	297	CLASSIFICATION.—Section 13501(e)(2) of the Omni-2
298	298	bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 3
299	299	1395ww note) is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 4
300	300	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 5
301	301	SEC. 2113. EXTENSION OF ADD-ON PAYMENTS FOR AMBU-6
302	302	LANCE SERVICES. 7
303	303	Section 1834(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 8
304	304	1395m(l)) is amended— 9
305	305	(1) in paragraph (12)(A), by striking ‘‘April 1, 10
306	306	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’; and 11
307	307	(2) in paragraph (13), by striking ‘‘April 1, 12
308	308	2025’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 12, 13
309	309	2025’’ in each such place. 14
310	310	SEC. 2114. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS-15
311	311	URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 16
312	312	Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 17
313	313	U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended— 18
314	314	(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘March 31, 19
315	315	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 20
316	316	(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘March 21
317	317	31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 22
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321	321	SEC. 2115. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS-1
322	322	SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 2
323	323	(a) S
324	324	TATEHEALTHINSURANCEASSISTANCEPRO-3
325	325	GRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B)(xiv) of section 119 of the 4
326	326	Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 5
327	327	2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note) is amended by striking 6
328	328	‘‘March 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 7
329	329	2025, $23,125,000’’. 8
330	330	(b) A
331	331	REAAGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 9
332	332	(b)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended by striking 10
333	333	‘‘March 31, 2025, $22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 11
334	334	2025, $23,125,000’’. 12
335	335	(c) A
336	336	GING ANDDISABILITYRESOURCECENTERS.— 13
337	337	Subsection (c)(1)(B)(xiv) of such section 119 is amended 14
338	338	by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025, $8,500,000’’ and inserting 15
339	339	‘‘April 11, 2025, $8,708,333’’. 16
340	340	(d) C
341	341	OORDINATION OFEFFORTS TOINFORMOLDER 17
342	342	A
343	343	MERICANSABOUTBENEFITSAVAILABLEUNDERFED-18
344	344	ERAL ANDSTATEPROGRAMS.—Subsection (d)(2)(xiv) of 19
345	345	such section 119 is amended by striking ‘‘March 31, 2025, 20
346	346	$22,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025, 21
347	347	$23,125,000’’. 22
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351	351	SEC. 2116. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 1
352	352	FLOOR. 2
353	353	Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 3
354	354	U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘April 4
355	355	1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 5
356	356	SEC. 2117. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TELEHEALTH FLEXI-6
357	357	BILITIES. 7
358	358	(a) R
359	359	EMOVINGGEOGRAPHICREQUIREMENTS AND 8
360	360	E
361	361	XPANDINGORIGINATINGSITES FOR TELEHEALTH 9
362	362	S
363	363	ERVICES.—Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act 10
364	364	(42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— 11
365	365	(1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘end-12
366	366	ing March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending April 13
367	367	11, 2025’’; and 14
368	368	(2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘ending 15
369	369	on March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on April 16
370	370	11, 2025’’. 17
371	371	(b) E
372	372	XPANDINGPRACTITIONERSELIGIBLETOFUR-18
373	373	NISHTELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(4)(E) 19
374	374	of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E)) 20
375	375	is amended by striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and 21
376	376	inserting ‘‘ending on April 11, 2025’’. 22
377	377	(c) E
378	378	XTENDINGTELEHEALTHSERVICES FORFED-23
379	379	ERALLYQUALIFIEDHEALTHCENTERS AND RURAL 24
380	380	H
381	381	EALTHCLINICS.—Section 1834(m)(8)(A) of the Social 25
382	382	Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(8)(A)) is amended by 26
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386	386	striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘end-1
387	387	ing on April 11, 2025’’. 2
388	388	(d) D
389	389	ELAYING THE IN-PERSONREQUIREMENTS 3
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391	391	NDERMEDICARE FOR MENTALHEALTHSERVICES 4
392	392	F
393	393	URNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH AND TELE-5
394	394	COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY.— 6
395	395	(1) D
396	396	ELAY IN REQUIREMENTS FOR MENTAL 7
397	397	HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELE -8
398	398	HEALTH.—Section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of the Social 9
399	399	Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) is 10
400	400	amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by 11
401	401	striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 12
402	402	2025’’. 13
403	403	(2) M
404	404	ENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY 14
405	405	RURAL HEALTH CLINICS .—Section 1834(y)(2) of the 15
406	406	Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(y)(2)) is 16
407	407	amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting 17
408	408	‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 18
409	409	(3) M
410	410	ENTAL HEALTH VISITS FURNISHED BY 19
411	411	FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS .—Section 20
412	412	1834(o)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 21
413	413	1395m(o)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘April 1, 22
414	414	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 12, 2025.’’. 23
415	415	(e) A
416	416	LLOWING FOR THE FURNISHING OF AUDIO- 24
417	417	ONLYTELEHEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1834(m)(9) of 25
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421	421	the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(9)) is 1
422	422	amended by striking ‘‘ending on March 31, 2025’’ and in-2
423	423	serting ‘‘ending on April 11, 2025’’. 3
424	424	(f) E
425	425	XTENDINGUSE OFTELEHEALTHTOCONDUCT 4
426	426	F
427	427	ACE-TO-FACEENCOUNTERPRIOR TORECERTIFICATION 5
428	428	OFELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICECARE.—Section 6
429	429	1814(a)(7)(D)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 7
430	430	1395f(a)(7)(D)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘ending on 8
431	431	March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘ending on April 11, 9
432	432	2025’’. 10
433	433	(g) P
434	434	ROGRAMINSTRUCTIONAUTHORITY.—The Sec-11
435	435	retary of Health and Human Services may implement the 12
436	436	amendments made by this section through program in-13
437	437	struction or otherwise. 14
438	438	SEC. 2118. EXTENDING ACUTE HOSPITAL CARE AT HOME 15
439	439	WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 16
440	440	Section 1866G(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 17
441	441	U.S.C. 1395cc–7(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘March 18
442	442	31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 19
443	443	SEC. 2119. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCLUSION OF AU-20
444	444	THORIZED ORAL ANTIVIRAL DRUGS AS COV-21
445	445	ERED PART D DRUGS. 22
446	446	Section 1860D–2(e)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act 23
447	447	(42 U.S.C. 1395w–102(e)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 24
448	448	‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 25
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452	452	SEC. 2120. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 1
453	453	Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 2
454	454	U.S.C. 1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking 3
455	455	‘‘$1,251,000,000’’ and inserting $1,018,000,000. 4
456	456	Subtitle C—Human Services 5
457	457	SEC. 2131. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION EXTEN-6
458	458	SION. 7
459	459	Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 8
460	460	710) is amended— 9
461	461	(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘March 31, 10
462	462	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 11
463	463	(2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘March 31, 12
464	464	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 13
465	465	SEC. 2132. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION EXTEN-14
466	466	SION. 15
467	467	Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 16
468	468	713) is amended— 17
469	469	(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 18
470	470	(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter 19
471	471	preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘March 31, 20
472	472	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’; and 21
473	473	(B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking 22
474	474	‘‘March 31, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 23
475	475	2025’’; and 24
476	476	(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘March 31, 25
477	477	2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 26
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481	481	SEC. 2133. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FAMILY-TO-FAM-1
482	482	ILY HEALTH INFORMATION CENTERS. 2
483	483	Section 501(c)(1)(A)(viii) of the Social Security Act 3
484	484	(42 U.S.C. 701(c)(1)(A)(viii)) is amended— 4
485	485	(1) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting 5
486	486	‘‘$3,200,000’’; and 6
487	487	(2) by striking ‘‘April 1, 2025’’ and inserting 7
488	488	‘‘April 12, 2025’’. 8
489	489	Subtitle D—Medicaid 9
490	490	SEC. 2141. ELIMINATING CERTAIN DISPROPORTIONATE 10
491	491	SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT CUTS. 11
492	492	Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 12
493	493	U.S.C. 1396r- 4(f)(7)(A)) is amended— 13
494	494	(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and in-14
495	495	serting ‘‘April 12’’; and 15
496	496	(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘April 1’’ and in-16
497	497	serting ‘‘April 12’’. 17
498	498	TITLE II—MISCELLANEOUS 18
499	499	EXTENSIONS 19
500	500	SEC. 2201. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 20
501	501	WHISTLEBLOWER PROGRAM. 21
502	502	Section 1(b) of Public Law 117–25 (135 Stat. 297; 22
503	503	136 Stat. 2133; 136 Stat. 5984) is amended, in para-23
504	504	graphs (3) and (4), by striking ‘‘March 14, 2025’’ each 24
505	505	place it appears and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 25
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509	509	SEC. 2202. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AND AS-1
510	510	SETS FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. 2
511	511	Section 210G(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 3
512	512	2002 (6 U.S.C. 124n(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘March 4
513	513	14, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 5
514	514	SEC. 2203. ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 6
515	515	Section 3014 of title 18, United States Code, is 7
516	516	amended by striking ‘‘March 14, 2025’’ and inserting 8
517	517	‘‘April 11, 2025’’. 9
518	518	SEC. 2204. NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION SYS-10
519	519	TEM AUTHORIZATION. 11
520	520	Section 227(a) of the Federal Cybersecurity En-12
521	521	hancement Act of 2015 (6 U.S.C. 1525(a)) is amended 13
522	522	by striking ‘‘March 14, 2025’’ and inserting ‘‘April 11, 14
523	523	2025’’. 15
524	524	TITLE III—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 16
525	525	SEC. 2301. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 17
526	526	(a) S
527	527	TATUTORYPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-18
528	528	etary effects of this division shall not be entered on either 19
529	529	PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 20
530	530	the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 21
531	531	(b) S
532	532	ENATEPAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 22
533	533	effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 23
534	534	scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 24
535	535	Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 25
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539	539	(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARYEFFECTS.— 1
540	540	Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 2
541	541	Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 3
542	542	the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-4
543	543	port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 5
544	544	Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 6
545	545	budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 7
546	546	(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 8
547	547	(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Com-9
548	548	mittee on Appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) 10
549	549	of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and 11
550	550	(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 12
551	551	3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 13
552	552	being included in an appropriation Act. 14
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556	556	119
557	557	TH
558	558	CONGRESS
559	559	1
560	560	ST
561	561	S
562	562	ESSION
563	563
564	564	S. 924 A BILL
565	565	Making further continuing appropriations for the
566	566	fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for
567	567	other purposes.
568	568	M
569	569	ARCH
570	570	11, 2025
571	571	Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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