I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6840 
To provide for the coverage of non-congregate shelter under the Public Assist-
ance program of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act for the emergency declared on March 13, 2020 relating 
to COVID-19, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 12, 2020 
Mr. TAKANO (for himself, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. 
BERA, Mr. CASE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. FUDGE, 
Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. 
NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. 
BEATTY, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. OMAR, 
Mr. ROSE of New York, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. SOTO) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide for the coverage of non-congregate shelter under 
the Public Assistance program of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the 
emergency declared on March 13, 2020 relating to 
COVID-19, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Emer-
gency Non-Congregate Housing Expansion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 403, 
406, 407, and 502 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 
5172, 5173, 5192), for the emergency declared on March 
13, 2020, by the President under section 501 of such Act 
and under any subsequent major disaster declaration 
under section 401 of such Act, the provision of non-con-
gregate shelter shall be an eligible use of assistance pro-
vided by the President under sections 403, 406, 407, or 
502 of such Act. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding sec-
tions 403, 406, 407, and 503 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170b, 5172, 5173, 5193), the Federal share of assistance 
provided under sections 403, 406, 407, or 502 that is used 
to provide non-congregate shelter in accordance with sub-
section (a) shall be 100 percent. 
(c) NON-CONGREGATE SHELTER DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘non-congregate shelter’’ means shelter 
for— 
(1) individuals who test positive for COVID–19 
that do not require hospitalization, but need isola-
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tion or quarantine (including individuals that are 
discharged from a hospital); 
(2) individuals who have been exposed to 
COVID–19 (as documented by a State or local pub-
lic health official or a medical professional) that do 
not require hospitalization, but need isolation or 
quarantine; 
(3) individuals who are asymptomatic of 
COVID–19, but have a higher risk, including indi-
viduals over 65 or individuals with certain under-
lying health conditions (including respiratory, com-
promised immunities, and chronic disease), and that 
require emergency non-congregate shelting as a so-
cial distancing measure; 
(4) first responders, healthcare workers, and 
emergency workers that do not require hospitaliza-
tion, but need isolation or quarantine (including in-
dividuals that are unable to return home as a pre-
caution against exposing the families or housemates 
of such individual to COVID–19); and 
(5) homeless individuals that have not been ex-
posed or have not tested positive for COVID–19, but 
require emergency non-congregate sheltering to ad-
here to social distancing measures. 
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