declared in calendar year 2020. (b) Pay exempted from otherwise applicable limits under this section shall not cause the aggregate pay for the calendar year to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an Executive agency shall not be liable for damages, fees, interests, or costs of any kind as a result of any delay occurring prior to the date of enactment of this Act in payments made pursuant to this section. (d) This section shall take effect as if enacted on December 31, 2019. (e) Amounts repurposed under this section that were previously designated by the Congress, respectively, as an emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 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 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10605. The Secretary of Homeland Security, under the authority granted under section 205(b) of the REAL ID Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–13