Banks of Indiana Part B Amendment No. 251

Highlights This bill provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019, and extends several expiring authorities and programs. It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2020 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires after November 21, 2019. The bill also provides a pay raise for the military, repeals a rescission of state highway funding, and modifies the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. Full Summary Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 DIVISION A--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (Sec. 101) This section provides continuing FY2020 appropriations to federal agencies through December 20, 2019. It funds most programs and activities at the FY2019 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility or additional appropriations for • the 2020 Census; • the Indian Health Service; • Ebola preparedness and response activities; • the Commodity Supplemental Food Program; • a 3.1% pay raise for the military; • the Payment in Lieu of Taxes program; and • a death gratuity to Maya M. Rockeymoore, the widow of the late Congressman Elijah E. Cummings. This section also has the effect of further extending through December 20, 2019, several authorities and programs that were extended in the existing CR, including the • the National Flood Insurance Program, • several authorities related to immigration, • the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act, • the Department of Education's National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, • the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and • the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. DIVISION B--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS AND OTHER MATTERS TITLE I--PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS (Sec. 1101) This title extends (1) the Community Health Center Fund, which provides enhanced funding for community health centers and the National Health Service Corps; and (2) payments to teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs. (Sec. 1102) The title also extends the Special Diabetes Program, which is administered by the National Institutes of Health, and the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, which is administered by the Indian Health Service. TITLE II--OTHER HEALTH EXTENDERS (Sec. 1201) This title extends funding for sexual-risk avoidance education. (Sec. 1202) The title also extends funding for personal-responsibility education. TITLE III--MEDICAID EXTENDERS (Sec. 1301) This title extends the Medicaid demonstration program for certified community behavioral health clinics. (Sec. 1302) The title also continues to apply an enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for U.S. territories under Medicaid. (Sec. 1303) The title delays certain reductions to Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital allotments. TITLE IV--MEDICARE EXTENDERS (Sec. 1401) This title extends funding for certain Medicare quality-measurement activities. (Sec. 1402) The title also extends funding for state health insurance programs, area agencies on aging, aging and disability resource centers, and technical assistance related to outreach and enrollment. (Sec. 1403) The title delays termination of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust Fund, which supports comparative clinical effectiveness research and related efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate and disseminate such research. TITLE V--HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS (Sec. 1501) This title extends demonstration projects addressing health-professions workforce needs. (Sec. 1502) The title also extends Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program grants to states and related assistance grants to U.S. territories. TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS POLICIES (Sec. 1601) This title e…