Pub. L. 116-148 - Emergency Aid for Returning Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act

116th Congress

Affects: 2 U.S.C. §§ 933; 42 U.S.C. §§ 1313, 1320b-5, 204

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.42 USC 1305 note.

This Act may be cited as the “Emergency Aid for Returning Americans Affected by Coronavirus Act”.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.

(a) Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(d)) is amended by striking “fiscal years 2017 and 2018” and all that follows through the period and inserting “fiscal year 2020, the total amount of such assistance provided during such fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,000.”.

(b)(1) The amounts provided by the amendment made by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).

(b)(2) In the Senate, this section and the amendment made by this section are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

SEC. 3. LIMIT ON DIRECT CONTACT WITH REPATRIATED INDIVIDUALS DURING COVID–19 EMERGENCY PERIOD.

During the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), in providing temporary assistance under section 1113 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313), no employee of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services shall have direct, in-person contact with an individual specified in section 1113(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(a)(1)), except in the case of a uniformed member of the Regular Corps or the Ready Reserve Corps of the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service (as described in section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 204)) in an active duty status who, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has—

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(1) received appropriate training on infection prevention and control; and

(2) access to appropriate personal protective equipment.

Legislative History

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 4091:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 166 (2020):

June 29, considered and passed Senate and House.