Sec. 6. Access to support measures for vulnerable communities

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The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended— in section 102(1) ( 42 U.S.C. 5122(1) ), by inserting or pandemic after catastrophe ; in section 301 ( 42 U.S.C. 5141 ), by inserting or an emergency due to a pandemic after major disaster each place the term appears; in section 412 ( 42 U.S.C. 5179 )— by inserting or an emergency due to a pandemic after major disaster each place the term appears; in subsection (a), by inserting without regard to regular allotments before and to make surplus ; and by adding at the end the following:

In the case of an emergency due to a pandemic, for purposes of providing benefits under this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall remove or delay the requirement of an in-person interview, and if an interview occurs, provide an alternative to the in-person interview requirement for all applicants. Assistance shall be provided based on need and not lost provisions. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section, only if such sums are designated by 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 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) ). ; and in section 502(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 5192(a) )— in paragraph (7), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (8)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: provide assistance in accordance with section 412. .

Subsection (g)(2)(A) of section 6428 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 2201 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ), is amended by inserting before the period at the end or a taxpayer identification number . Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall automatically extend the immigration status and employment authorization, as applicable, of an alien described in paragraph

(2)for the same period for which the status and employment authorization was initially granted. An alien described in this paragraph is an alien (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) )) whose immigration status, including permanent, temporary, and deferred status, or whose employment authorization— expired during the 30-day period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act; or will expire not later than— one year after such date of enactment; or 90 days after the date on which the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) is rescinded. Any agency receiving funding under a coronavirus response law shall ensure that all programs and opportunities made available to the general public provide translated materials describing the programs and opportunities into the languages described in the language access plan of the Federal Emergency Management Agency dated October 1, 2016, as the languages most frequently encountered.

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