Sec. 2. Findings

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Congress finds the following: The COVID–19 pandemic is having significantly disparate health and economic impacts on various populations. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, long-standing systemic health and social inequities have put some members of racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk of getting COVID–19, regardless of age. Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native individuals have an infection rate approximately 5 times that of non-Hispanic White individuals.

Non-Hispanic Black individuals have an infection rate of approximately 5 times that of non-Hispanic White individuals. Hispanic and Latino individuals have an infection rate of approximately 4 times that of non-Hispanic White individuals. According the Household Pulse Survey, 6 in 10 Hispanic individuals were in households that lost some employment income over the 3-month period between March and June of 2020. During that same time period, more than 50 percent of Black, multiracial, and individuals of other races were in households with employment income loss.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis surveyed leadership representing Tribal governments, Tribal enterprises, and other Tribal organizations. In that survey, over 30 percent of Tribal enterprises reported they had to lay off or furlough 80 to 100 percent of their workforce at the time of the survey.