Sec. 200006. Clarification of assistance
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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 nonprofit organizations, including— 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); backfill costs for first responders and other essential employees who are ill or quarantined; 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; costs of providing guidance and information to the public and for call centers to disseminate such guidance and information; costs associated with establishing and operating virtual services; costs for establishing and operating remote test sites; training provided specifically in anticipation of or in response to the event on which such emergency declaration is predicated; personal protective equipment and other critical supplies for first responders and other essential employees; medical equipment, regardless of whether such equipment is used for emergency or inpatient care; public health costs, including provision and distribution of medicine and medical supplies; costs associated with maintaining alternate care facilities or related facilities currently inactive but related to future needs tied to the ongoing pandemic event; costs of establishing and operating shelters and providing services, including transportation, that help alleviate the need of individuals for shelter, including individuals transitioning out of detention; and costs of procuring and distributing food to individuals affected by the pandemic through networks established by State, local, or Tribal governments or other organizations, including restaurants and farms, and for the purchase of food directly from food producers and farmers.
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. For any emergency or major disaster described in subsection
(a)or subsection (b), the President shall provide financial assistance to an individual or household to meet disaster-related funeral expenses under section 408(e)(1) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5174(e) ). In order to facilitate activities under this section, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may provide assistance in advance to an eligible applicant if a failure to do so would prevent the applicant from carrying out such activities. Nothing in this section shall be construed to make ineligible any assistance that would otherwise be eligible under section 403, 408, or 502 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170b , 5174, 5192).
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