Tribal COVID–19 Disaster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6772 To waive the cost share requirement for Indian Tribes receiving disaster assistance relating to COVID–19, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 8, 2020 Mr. LUJA´N (for himself, Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. COLE, and Mr. MULLIN) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans- portation and Infrastructure A BILL To waive the cost share requirement for Indian Tribes receiv- ing disaster assistance relating to COVID–19, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal COVID–19 Dis- 4 aster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 7 sion of law, including any agreement, the Federal share 8 of assistance, including direct Federal assistance, provided 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6772.IH H6772 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6772 IH to an Indian tribal government in connection with 1 COVID–19 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 2 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) 3 shall be 100 percent of the eligible costs under such Act, 4 regardless of whether the Indian tribal government was 5 the recipient or subrecipient of the assistance. 6 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The Federal share provided by 7 subsection (a) shall apply to disaster assistance described 8 in subsection (a) applied for before, on, or after the date 9 of enactment of this Act. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:33 May 21, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6772.IH H6772 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS