3.0.0 3806 2023-01-11T13:42:37Z 2023-01-11T13:42:37Z Senate S 2020-05-21 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-05-21T19:18:18Z 2020-05-21 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-05-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001079 Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] Cindy Hyde-Smith R MS N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-05-21 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2020-05-21 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2020-05-21 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2020-07-20 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-07-30 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-08-04 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2020-08-04 False Emergency Management Cardiovascular and respiratory health Cemeteries and funerals Child care and development Community life and organization Disaster relief and insurance Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care First responders and emergency personnel Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Health technology, devices, supplies Homelessness and emergency shelter Infectious and parasitic diseases Law enforcement administration and funding Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Solid waste and recycling State and local finance State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2020-05-21 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-01T15:48:46Z Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020

This bill waives cost share requirements for all federal emergency declarations and major disaster declarations during 2020.

Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide a 100% cost share in such instances. In general, FEMA disaster assistance requires a 75% cost-share commitment from the federal government with 25% provided from nonfederal sources.

The bill lists activities for which the federal cost share is waived, including

  • miscellaneous costs, such as the costs of cleaning and sanitizing public areas and buildings where individuals who have contracted COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) have been present to prevent the spread of the virus;
  • other needs assistance for uninsured, disaster-related necessary expenses and serious needs, including specified child care assistance and funeral and burial assistance;
  • mental health services;
  • medical equipment; and
  • hospital and morgue capacity expansion projects to meet actual or projected COVID-19 surge demands.
]]> Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020 Display Title Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to waive cost share requirements for certain Federal assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3806is/xml/BILLS-116s3806is.xml 2020-05-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.