; and (B) to persons with disabilities. 119. HUD counseling program authorization (a) Findings The Congress finds the following: (1) The spread of COVID–19, which is now considered a global pandemic, is expected to negatively impact the incomes of potentially millions of homeowners, making it difficult for them to pay their mortgages on time. (2) Housing counseling is critical to ensuring that homeowners have the resources they need to navigate the loss mitigation options available to them while they are experiencing financial hardship. (b) Authorization There is authorized to be appropriated the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development $700,000,000 to carry out counseling services described under section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701x ). 120. Defense Production Act of 1950 (a) Increase in authorizations (1) Authorizations In addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is authorized to be appropriated in the aggregate $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and 2021 to carry out titles I and III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to produce medical ventilators, personal protection equipment, and other critically needed medical supplies and to carry out any other actions necessary to respond to the COVID–19 emergency. (2) Carryover funds Section 304(e) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 shall not apply at the close of fiscal year 2020. (3) COVID–19 emergency In this section, the term COVID–19 emergency means the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. (b) Strengthening congressional oversight