S. 3806 · 116th Congress
Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020
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Hyde-SmithSponsor7 cosponsors · 6 D, 1 R
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This bill waives cost share requirements for all federal emergency declarations and major disaster declarations during 2020.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 21, 2020
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020
Latest action (May 21, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 21, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.