[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6669 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6669

   To modify the Federal cost share of assistance provided under the 
   emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, 
relating to COVID-19, to modify the activities eligible for assistance 
       under such emergency declaration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2020

Mr. DeFazio (for himself, Mrs. Lowey, Ms. Titus, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. 
Thompson of Mississippi, and Mr. Payne) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To modify the Federal cost share of assistance provided under the 
   emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, 
relating to COVID-19, to modify the activities eligible for assistance 
       under such emergency declaration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Cost Share Adjustment 
Relief Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. COST SHARE.

    Assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the 
President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5191(b)), and under any subsequent major disaster declaration under 
section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that supersedes such emergency 
declaration, shall be at a 100 percent Federal cost share.

SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--For the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by 
the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191), the President may 
provide assistance for activities, costs, and purchases of States or 
local governments or the owners or operators of eligible private 
nonprofits, including--
            (1) activities eligible for assistance under sections 301, 
        415, 416, and 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141, 5182, 5183, 5189d);
            (2) backfill costs for first responders and other essential 
        employees who are ill or quarantined;
            (3) increased operating costs for essential government 
        services due to such emergency, including costs for 
        implementing continuity plans, and sheltering or housing for 
        first responders, emergency managers, health providers, and 
        other essential employees;
            (4) costs of providing guidance and information to the 
        public and for call centers to disseminate such guidance and 
        information;
            (5) costs associated with establishing and operating 
        virtual services;
            (6) costs for establishing and operating remote test sites;
            (7) training provided specifically in anticipation of or in 
        response to the event on which such emergency declaration is 
        predicated;
            (8) personal protective equipment and other critical 
        supplies for first responders and other essential employees;
            (9) medical equipment, regardless of whether such equipment 
        is used for emergency or inpatient care;
            (10) public health costs, including provision and 
        distribution of medicine and medical supplies; and
            (11) costs associated with maintaining alternate care 
        facilities or related facilities currently inactive but related 
        to future needs tied to the ongoing pandemic event.
    (b) Major Disaster.--The activities described in subsection (a) may 
also be eligible for assistance under any major disaster declared by 
the President under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that 
supersedes the emergency declaration described in such subsection.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to make ineligible any assistance that would otherwise be 
eligible under section 403 or 502 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5192).
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