Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Research Funding and Policy

DIVISION A—KEEPING WORKERS PAID AND EMPLOYED, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS, AND ECONOMIC STABILIZATION

TITLE III—SUPPORTING AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS

Subtitle A: Health Provisions Part IV: Health Care Workforce

Sec. 3401. Reauthorization of health professions workforce programs.

Reauthorizes Title VII of the Public Health Service Act for FY2021-2025

Sec. 3404. Nursing workforce development.

Reauthorizes Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act for FY2021-2025

DIVISION B – EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS HEALTH RESPONSE AND AGENCY OPERATIONS

Title I

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Forest Service

$3,000,000 for Forest and Rangeland Research, which includes USDA Forest Service research as well as funds for Fire Science Research. The funding will prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for the reestablishment of abandoned or failed experiments associated with employee restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Title II

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership and National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

$50,000,000 for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership to assist manufacturers to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus

$10,000,000 for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing USA’’) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to support development and manufacturing of medical countermeasures and biomedical equipment and supplies.

No cost share shall be required for these provisions.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

$20,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, by supporting continuity of operations, including National Weather Service life and property related operations.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

$60,000,000 for ‘‘Safety, Security and Mission Services’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

$75,000,000 for RAPID Response Grants to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.

$1,000,000 ‘‘Agency Operations and Award Management’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including to administer research grants and other necessary expenses.

SEC. 12002. (a) Funds appropriated in this title for the National Science Foundation may be made available to restore amounts, either directly or through reimbursement, for obligations incurred by the National Science Foundation for research grants and other necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, prior to the date of enactment of this Act.

(b) Grants or cooperative agreements made by the National Science Foundation under this title, to carry out research grants and other necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for,and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, shall include amounts to reimburse costs for these purposes incurred between January 20, 2020, and the date of issuance of such grants or agreements.

 Title III

Department of Defense, Defense Health Program

$415,000,000 made available for research, development, test and evaluation to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.

Title IV

Department of Energy, Office of Science

$99,500,000 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses related to providing support and access to scientific user facilities in the Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration, including equipment, enabling technologies, and personnel associated with the operations of those scientific user

Title VII

Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology

$2,250,000 for ‘‘Science and Technology’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally. Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading in this Act, $750,000 shall be for necessary expenses for cleaning and disinfecting equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, and $1,500,000 shall be for research on methods to reduce the risks from environmental transmission of coronavirus via contaminated surfaces or materials.

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

$75,000,000 for ‘‘Grants and Administration’’, prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to be distributed in grants.

40 percent of such funds shall be distributed to state humanities councils and 60 percent of such funds shall be for direct grants.

Funds may also be used by the recipients of such grants for purposes of the general operations of such recipients and cost share is waived.

Title VIII

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$103,400,000 for the ‘‘National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.

$706,000,000 for the ‘‘National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally. Provided, That not less than $156,000,000 of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act shall be provided for the study of, construction of, demolition of, renovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, vaccine and infectious diseases research facilities of or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property.

$60,000,000 for the ‘‘National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering”, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.

$10,000,000 for the ‘‘National Library of Medicine’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.

$36,000,000 for the ‘‘National Center for
Advancing Translational Sciences’’, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.

$30,000,000 for the ‘‘Office of the Director’’ Common Fund, to prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.