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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6687 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance to individuals aff... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Assistance for pandemics

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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 408(e) ( 42 U.S.C. 5174(e) ), by inserting or an emergency due to a pandemic after major disaster each place the term appears; in section 410 ( 42 U.S.C. 5177 )— in subsection (a), by inserting or an emergency due to a pandemic after major disaster each place the term appears; and by adding at the end the following:
In the case of an emergency due to a pandemic— assistance authorized under this section shall be made available to an individual regardless of whether the individual is entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that term is defined in section 85(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986); and the minimum weekly benefit shall be 1.5 times the national average State unemployment compensation weekly benefit for the previous year. ; 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 after the reference to the Food and Nutrition Act; 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. ; 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 unemployment assistance in accordance with section 410; and provide assistance in accordance with section 412. .
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