Sec. 3. Resilience force
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For the period of fiscal years 2020 through 2022, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall appoint, administer, and expedite the training of a 62,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees, under the Response and Recover Directorate (referred to in this section as a CORE employee ) 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, to any Federal agency that is a participating agency in the White House Coronavirus Task Force, or to a State, Local, or Tribal Government to fulfill an assignment for the Task force, including— providing logistical support for the supply chain of medical equipment and other goods involved in COVID–19 response efforts; supporting COVID–19 testing and surveillance activities; 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 of the Armed Forces. Individuals who have become unemployed or underemployed as a result of the coronavirus public health emergency. AmeriCorps members, Peace Corps Volunteers, or 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. Members of communities who have experienced a disproportionately high number of COVID–19 cases. The Federal Emergency Management Agency shall hire employees under this section, pursuant to section 306 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5149 ), and make use of existing statutory authorities that permit regional offices and site managers to advertise for and hire such employees.
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 Federal Emergency Management Agency regional offices, virtual trainings, or trainings conducted by other Federal, State, local or Tribal agencies, including training described in section 2(d)(4). For the purposes of employing individuals under this section— no individual who is authorized to work in the United States, including individuals with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA)or Temporary Protected Status
(TPS)under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1254a ), shall be disqualified for appointment under this section because of citizenship or immigration status; and no individual shall be disqualified for appointment under this section because of bankruptcy or a poor credit rating determined to be the result of the Coronavirus public health emergency. 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 through 2022, not less than $1,500,000,000 of which shall be made available each such fiscal year for the administrative costs associated with carrying out this section.
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