(1) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘claimant’’ means 
an individual filing a claim for compensation under 
this Act. 
(2) COLLATERAL SOURCE.—The term ‘‘collat-
eral source’’ means all compensation other than 
compensation under this Act, including life insur-
ance, pension funds, death benefit programs, and 
payments by Federal, State, local, Tribal, or terri-
torial governments. 
(3) ECONOMIC
LOSS.—The term ‘‘economic 
loss’’ means any pecuniary loss (including the loss of 
earnings or other benefits related to employment, 
medical expense loss, replacement services loss, loss 
due to death, burial costs, and loss of business or 
employment opportunities) resulting from harm due 
to COVID–19 to the extent recovery for such loss is 
allowed under applicable Federal, State, local, Trib-
al, or territorial law. 
(4) NONECONOMIC LOSSES.—The term ‘‘non-
economic losses’’ means losses for physical and emo-
tional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical im-
pairment, mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of en-
joyment of life, loss of society and companionship, 
loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic serv-
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ice), hedonic damages, injury to reputation, and all 
other nonpecuniary losses of any kind or nature. 
(5) SPECIAL MASTER.—The term ‘‘Special Mas-
ter’’ means the Special Master appointed by the Sec-
retary under section 3. 
(6) PLACE OF RESIDENCE.—The term ‘‘place of 
residence’’ means the physical location or locations 
at which the claimant resided or was residing during 
the eligibility period. 
(7) ELIGIBILITY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘eligibility 
period’’ means any time during which any Federal, 
State, Tribal, territorial, or local COVID–19 related 
emergency order or declaration (or equivalent) is or 
was in effect. 
SEC. 3. ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through a Special Master ap-
pointed by the Secretary, shall— 
(1) administer the compensation program es-
tablished under this Act; 
(2) promulgate all procedural and substantive 
rules for the administration of this Act; and 
(3) employ and supervise hearing officers and 
other administrative personnel to perform the duties 
of the Special Master under this Act. 
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(b) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTER AND DEP-
UTY SPECIAL MASTERS.—The Secretary may appoint a 
Special Master and no more than two Deputy Special 
Masters without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing appointments in the competitive 
service. Any such employee shall serve at the pleasure of 
the Secretary. The Secretary shall fix the annual salary 
of the Special Master and the Deputy Special Masters. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to pay the administrative and support costs for 
the Special Master in carrying out this Act. 
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR COMPENSA-
TION. 
(a) FILING OF CLAIM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A claimant may file a claim 
for compensation under this Act with the Special 
Master. The claim shall be on the form developed 
under paragraph (2) and shall state the factual basis 
for eligibility for compensation and the amount of 
compensation sought. 
(2) CLAIM FORM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Special Master 
shall develop a claim form that claimants shall 
use when submitting claims under paragraph 
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(1). The Special Master shall ensure that such 
form can be filed electronically, if determined to 
be practicable. 
(B) 
CONTENTS.—The 
form 
developed 
under subparagraph (A) shall request— 
(i) information from the claimant con-
cerning the harm that the claimant suf-
fered as a result of COVID–19, or in the 
case of a claim filed on behalf of a dece-
dent, information confirming the dece-
dent’s death, as a result of COVID–19; 
(ii) information from the claimant 
concerning any possible economic and non-
economic losses that the claimant suffered 
as a result of COVID–19 or that was 
caused by the death of the decedent from 
COVID–19; and 
(iii) information regarding collateral 
sources of compensation the claimant has 
received or is entitled to receive as a result 
of COVID–19. 
(3) LIMITATION.—No claim may be filed under 
paragraph (1) after the date that is 5 years after 
the end of the eligibility period. 
(b) REVIEW AND DETERMINATION.— 
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(1) REVIEW.—The Special Master shall review 
a claim submitted under subsection (a) and deter-
mine— 
(A) whether the claimant is an eligible in-
dividual under subsection (c); and 
(B) with respect to a claimant determined 
to be an eligible individual— 
(i) the extent of the harm to the 
claimant, including any economic and non-
economic losses; and 
(ii) subject to paragraph (7), the 
amount of compensation to which the 
claimant is entitled based on the harm to 
the claimant, the facts of the claim, and 
the individual circumstances of the claim-
ant. 
(2) NEGLIGENCE.—With respect to a claimant, 
the Special Master shall not consider negligence or 
any other theory of liability. 
(3) DETERMINATION.—A determination under 
this subsection shall be final and not subject to judi-
cial review. 
(4) RIGHTS OF CLAIMANT.—A claimant in a re-
view under paragraph (1) shall have— 
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