; apprenticeship program The terms apprenticeship and apprenticeship program mean an apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’) (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including any requirement, standard, or rule promulgated under such Act, as such requirement, standard, or rule was in effect on December 30, 2019. (2) Coronavirus The term coronavirus means coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–123 ). (3) COVID–19 national emergency The term COVID–19 national emergency means the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to the coronavirus. (4) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Education. 150202. COVID–19 career and technical education response flexibility (a) Retention of funds Notwithstanding section 133(b)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 29 U.S.C. 2353(b)(1) ), with respect to an eligible recipient that, due to the COVID–19 national emergency, does not expend all of the amounts that the eligible recipient is allocated for academic year 2019–2020 under section 131 or 132 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2351 ; 2352), the eligible agency that allocated such funds to the eligible recipient— (1) may authorize the eligible recipient to retain such amounts to carry out, during academic year 2020–2021, any activities described in the application of eligible recipient submitted under section 134(b) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2354(b) ) that such eligible recipient had intended to carry out during academic year 2019–2020