Sec. 5. Authorization for surge capacity for Federal Emergency Management Agency
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For fiscal years 2020 through 2022 and subject to the appropriation of funds, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 62,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees, under the Response and Recover Directorate (referred to in this section as CORE employees ) under the Office of Response and Recovery, above the level of such employees in fiscal year 2019, to address the coronavirus public health emergency and other disasters and public emergencies.
A CORE employee may be detailed, through mutual agreement and on a nonreimbursable basis, to any Federal agency or to a State, local, or Tribal government to fulfill an assignment consistent with the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), including— providing logistical support for the supply chain of medical equipment and other goods involved in COVID–19 response efforts; facilitating COVID–19 testing and surveillance activities; tracing contacts of infected individuals and the status of the individuals while being quarantined; providing nutritional assistance to vulnerable populations; and carrying out other disaster preparedness and response functions for other emergencies and natural disasters.
As soon as practicable, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall make public job announcements to fill the CORE employee positions authorized under subsection (a), which shall prioritize hiring from among the following groups of individuals: Unemployed veterans. Individuals who have become unemployed or underemployed as a result of the coronavirus public health emergency. AmeriCorps members, Peace Corps volunteers and trainees, and United States Fulbright Scholars who have had their service terms ended as a result of the coronavirus public health emergency.
Recent graduates of public health, medical, nursing, social work, or related health-services programs. The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall— hire the employees authorized under this section in accordance with section 306(b)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5149(b)(1) ); and use relevant statutory authority in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act to allow regional offices and site managers to advertise for and hire employees under this section.
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may make appropriate adjustments to the standard training course curriculum for employees under this section to include on-site trainings at regional offices of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, virtual trainings, or trainings conducted by other Federal, State, local, or Tribal agencies to fulfill functions described in subsection (b). There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency $6,500,000,000, for each of fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022, of which not less than $1,500,000,000 may be used each fiscal year for the administrative costs associated with carrying out this section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of hiring employees under this section— any individual who is authorized to work in the United States shall not be disqualified for appointment to a position under this section based solely on his or her citizenship status; and bankruptcy or poor credit determined by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be arising from the coronavirus public health emergency shall not disqualify any individual for appointment to a position under this section.
Section 403 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170b ) is amended— in subsection (a)(3)(D) by striking the subparagraph and inserting the following: provision of temporary or supplementary facilities for schools, official government polling places, and other essential community services; ; and in subsection (d)(1)— in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking or at the end; in subparagraph
(B)by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: stipends for temporary workers of the State, tribal, or local government conducting nonpartisan official election poll worker services. . The Federal Emergency Management Agency shall implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other Federal agencies as determined appropriate. In this section, the term coronavirus public health emergency has the meaning given the term in section 4(g).
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