Time period. 

Northern Mariana Islands. 

Time period. Guam. American Samoa. 

Deadline. Guam. American Samoa. Plans. 

Deadline. Spend plan. Funding estimates. 

(5) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this section)— 

(b) The amounts provided by the amendments made by sub- section (a) are 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. 

For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for audits and investigations related to Hurricanes Florence, Lane, and Michael, Typhoons Yutu and Mangkhut, the calendar year 2018 wildfires, earthquakes, and volcano eruptions, and other disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.): Provided , That, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Govern- ment Accountability Office shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

(4) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the following: 

‘‘(E) Subject to subparagraph (F), for the period begin- ning January 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2019, the amount of the increase otherwise provided under subparagraph (A) for the Northern Mariana Islands shall be further increased by $36,000,000.’’; and 

(A) by striking ‘‘title XIX, during’’ and inserting ‘‘title XIX— 

(B) by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (D), and (E)’’; 

(C) by striking ‘‘and the Virgin Islands’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands’’; 

(D) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(E) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(ii) for the period beginning January 1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2019, with respect to pay- ments to Guam and American Samoa from the addi- tional funds provided under subparagraph (A), the Sec- retary shall increase the Federal medical assistance percentage or other rate that would otherwise apply to such payments to 100 percent.’’; and 

(6) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(G) Not later than September 30, 2019, Guam and American Samoa shall each submit a plan to the Secretary outlining the steps each such territory shall take to collect and report reliable data to the Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T–MSIS) (or a successor system).’’. 

## GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

‘‘(i) during’’; 

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## SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

## TITLE IX 

