S 3806
116th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Cemeteries and funerals
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Disaster relief and insurance
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Solid waste and recycling
Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020
Introduced: May 21, 2020
Introduced by:
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Republican
· Mississippi
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020
This bill waives cost share requirements for all federal emergency declarations and major disaster declarations during 2020.
Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide a 100% cost share in such instances. In general, FEMA disaster assistance requires a 75% cost-share commitment from the federal government with 25% provided from nonfederal sources.
The bill lists activities for which the federal cost share is waived, including
- miscellaneous costs, such as the costs of cleaning and sanitizing public areas and buildings where individuals who have contracted COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) have been present to prevent the spread of the virus;
- other needs assistance for uninsured, disaster-related necessary expenses and serious needs, including specified child care assistance and funeral and burial assistance;
- mental health services;
- medical equipment; and
- hospital and morgue capacity expansion projects to meet actual or projected COVID-19 surge demands.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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