(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 
for the translation of materials on awareness, 
screening, testing, and treatment for COVID–19 
into the languages described in the language access 
plan of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
dated October 1, 2016, as the languages most fre-
quently encountered. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 7 
days after the date on which the materials described 
in paragraph (1) are made available to the public in 
English, the Director shall ensure that the trans-
lations required by that paragraph are made avail-
able to the public. 
(c) HOTLINE.—The Director shall establish an infor-
mational hotline line that provides, in the languages re-
ferred to in subsection (b)(1), information to the public 
directly on COVID–19. 
(d) INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.—With respect to 
individuals with limited English proficiency, the Director 
shall facilitate interagency coordination among agencies 
activated through the National Response Framework 
based on the language access standards established under 
the language access plans of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency and the Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
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(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 
for fiscal year 2020, to be available until expended. 
(2) 
GRANTS
AND
COOPERATIVE
AGREE-
MENTS.—Of the amount authorized to be appro-
priated under paragraph (1), not less than 
$50,000,000 shall be made available to carry out 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 6. ACCESS TO SUPPORT MEASURES FOR VULNERABLE 
COMMUNITIES. 
(a) DISASTER SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS.—The Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 102(1) (42 U.S.C. 5122(1)), by 
inserting ‘‘or pandemic’’ after ‘‘catastrophe’’; 
(2) in section 301 (42 U.S.C. 5141), by insert-
ing ‘‘or an emergency due to a pandemic’’ after 
‘‘major disaster’’ each place the term appears; 
(3) in section 412 (42 U.S.C. 5179)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or an emergency due to 
a pandemic’’ after ‘‘major disaster’’ each place 
the term appears; 
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(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘with-
out regard to regular allotments’’ before ‘‘and 
to make surplus’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ASSISTANCE DURING A PANDEMIC.—In the case 
of an emergency due to a pandemic, for purposes of pro-
viding benefits under this section, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall remove or delay the requirement of an in- 
person interview, and if an interview occurs, provide an 
alternative to the in-person interview requirement for all 
applicants. Assistance shall be provided based on need and 
not lost provisions. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section, only if such sums are des-
ignated by Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).’’; and 
(4) in section 502(a) (42 U.S.C. 5192(a))— 
(A) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) provide assistance in accordance with sec-
tion 412.’’. 
(b) ACCESS TO BENEFITS USING INDIVIDUAL TAX-
PAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.—Subsection (g)(2)(A) 
of section 6428 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as added by section 2201 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘or a 
taxpayer identification number’’. 
(c) EXTENSION OF IMMIGRATION STATUS AND EM-
PLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, including the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), the Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall automatically extend the 
immigration status and employment authorization, 
as applicable, of an alien described in paragraph (2) 
for the same period for which the status and em-
ployment authorization was initially granted. 
(2) ALIEN DESCRIBED.—An alien described in 
this paragraph is an alien (as defined in section 
101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1101(a))) whose immigration status, includ-
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ing permanent, temporary, and deferred status, or 
whose employment authorization— 
(A) expired during the 30-day period pre-
ceding the date of the enactment of this Act; or 
(B) will expire not later than— 
(i) one year after such date of enact-
ment; or 
(ii) 90 days after the date on which 
the national emergency declared by the 
President under the National Emergencies 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect 
to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID– 
19) is rescinded. 
(d) LANGUAGE ACCESS.—Any agency receiving fund-
ing under a coronavirus response law shall ensure that all 
programs and opportunities made available to the general 
public provide translated materials describing the pro-
grams and opportunities into the languages described in 
the language access plan of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency dated October 1, 2016, as the languages 
most frequently encountered. 
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