jective criteria that are made available 
to the public; 
(IV) operational costs directly re-
lated to providing services described 
in subclauses (I), (II), and (III); 
(V) local government emergency 
social service operations; and 
(VI) providing emergency social 
services to rural and frontier commu-
nities that may not have access to 
other emergency funding streams. 
(ii) 
ADMINISTERING
EMERGENCY 
SERVICES
DEFINED.—In clause (i), the 
term ‘‘administering emergency services’’ 
means— 
(I) providing basic disaster relief, 
economic, and well-being necessities to 
ensure communities are able to safely 
observe shelter-in-place and social 
distancing orders; 
(II) providing necessary supplies 
such as masks, gloves, and soap, to 
protect the public against infectious 
disease; and 
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(III) connecting individuals, chil-
dren, and families to services or pay-
ments for which they may already be 
eligible. 
(D) PROHIBITIONS.— 
(i) NO INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY DE-
TERMINATIONS
BY
GRANTEES
OR
SUB-
GRANTEES.—Neither a grantee to which 
the State provides the funds nor any sub-
grantee of such a grantee may exercise in-
dividual eligibility determinations for the 
purpose of administering short-term, non- 
cash, in-kind emergency disaster relief to 
communities. 
(ii) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN SO-
CIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT FUNDS USE 
LIMITATIONS.—The State shall use the 
funds subject to the limitations in section 
2005 of the Social Security Act, except 
that, for purposes of this clause, section 
2005(a)(2) and 2005(a)(8) of such Act 
shall not apply. 
(iii) NO SUPPLANTATION OF CERTAIN 
STATE
FUNDS.—The State may use the 
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funds to supplement, not supplant, State 
general revenue funds for social services. 
(iv) BAN ON USE FOR CERTAIN COSTS 
REIMBURSABLE BY FEMA.—The State may 
not use the funds for costs that are reim-
bursable by the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, under a contract for in-
surance, or by self-insurance. 
(b) FUNDING FOR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN 
TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) GRANTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall 
make grants to federally recognized Indian 
Tribes and Tribal organizations. 
(B) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of 
the grant for an Indian Tribe or Tribal organi-
zation shall bear the same ratio to the amount 
appropriated by paragraph (3) as the total 
amount of grants awarded to the Indian Tribe 
or Tribal organization under the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 and the 
Community Service Block Grant for fiscal year 
2020 bears to the total amount of grants 
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awarded to all Indian Tribes and Tribal organi-
zations under such Act and such Grant for the 
fiscal year. 
(2) RULES
GOVERNING
USE
OF
FUNDS.—An 
entity to which a grant is made under paragraph (1) 
shall obligate the funds not later than December 31, 
2020, and the funds shall be expended by grantees 
and subgrantees not later than December 31, 2021, 
and used in accordance with the following: 
(A) PURPOSE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The grantee shall 
use the funds only to support the provision 
of emergency services to disadvantaged 
households. 
(ii) DISADVANTAGED
DEFINED.—In 
clause (i), the term ‘‘disadvantaged’’ 
means, with respect to an entity, that the 
entity— 
(I) is an individual, or is located 
in a community, that is experiencing 
material hardship; 
(II) is a household in which there 
is a child (as defined in section 12(d) 
of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act) or a child served 
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under section 11(a)(1) of such Act, 
who, if not for the closure of the 
school attended by the child during a 
public health emergency designation 
and due to concerns about a COVID– 
19 outbreak, would receive free or re-
duced price school meals pursuant to 
such Act; 
(III) is an individual, or is lo-
cated in a community, with barriers to 
employment; or 
(IV) is located in a community 
that, as of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, is not experiencing a 56- 
day downward trajectory of— 
(aa) influenza-like illnesses; 
(bb) COVID-like syndromic 
cases; 
(cc) documented COVID–19 
cases; or 
(dd) positive test results as 
a percentage of total COVID–19 
tests. 
(B) METHODS.— 
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(i) IN GENERAL.—The grantee shall 
use the funds only for— 
(I) administering emergency serv-
ices; 
(II) providing short-term, non- 
cash, in-kind emergency disaster re-
lief; and 
(III) tribal emergency social serv-
ice operations. 
(ii) 
ADMINISTERING
EMERGENCY 
SERVICES
DEFINED.—In clause (i), the 
term ‘‘administering emergency services’’ 
means— 
(I) providing basic economic and 
well-being necessities to ensure com-
munities are able to safely observe 
shelter-in-place and social distancing 
orders; 
(II) providing necessary supplies 
such as masks, gloves, and soap, to 
protect the public against infectious 
disease; and 
(III) connecting individuals, chil-
dren, and families to services or pay-
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ments for which they may already be 
eligible. 
(C) PROHIBITIONS.— 
(i) NO INDIVIDUAL ELIGIBILITY DE-
TERMINATIONS
BY
GRANTEES
OR
SUB-
GRANTEES.—Neither the grantee nor any 
subgrantee may exercise individual eligi-
bility determinations for the purpose of ad-
ministering short-term, non-cash, in-kind 
emergency disaster relief to communities. 
(ii) BAN ON USE FOR CERTAIN COSTS 
REIMBURSABLE
BY
FEMA.—The grantee 
may not use the funds for costs that are 
reimbursable by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, under a contract for 
insurance, or by self-insurance. 
(3) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated to the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services $400,000,000 to carry 
out this subsection. 
Æ 
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