tor’’) shall continue to provide contact 
tracing guidance and resources on their 
public internet website, including contact 
tracing training plans, for Force members 
to successfully conduct contact tracing ac-
tivities under subsection (f)(1). Funded 
Entities shall determine which Force mem-
bers will be provided with contact tracing 
training to meet State, locality, territory, 
and Tribal public health needs. 
(ii) TRAINING
BY
FUNDED
ENTI-
TIES.—Funded Entities may provide con-
tact tracing training using the guidance 
and resources described in clause (i) or 
other evidence-informed programs, includ-
ing training programs carried out by the 
Association of State and Territorial Health 
Officials and by academic institutions. 
(B) ADDITIONAL
TRAINING.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director shall identify and, as nec-
essary, develop additional evidence-informed 
training resource packages to provide Force 
members the knowledge and skills necessary to 
conduct the full complement of activities de-
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scribe in subsections (f) and (g). Funded Enti-
ties shall determine which Force members will 
be provided with additional training to meet 
State, locality, territory, and Tribal public 
health needs. 
(C) SPECIALIZED
TRAINING.—In orga-
nizing the Force under this section, the Direc-
tor may elect to establish divisions of Force 
members who receive specialized comprehensive 
training, including divisions of Force members 
who have met State licensure requirements, 
have prior relevant experience, have supervisory 
skills, or demonstrated aptitude. 
(D) 
TRAINING
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
training programs under this paragraph shall— 
(i) be adaptable by Funded Entities to 
meet local needs; 
(ii) be implemented as quickly as pos-
sible by either or both of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention and Fund-
ed Entities, based on local needs and abili-
ties; 
(iii) be distance-based eLearning that 
can be accessed electronically, including by 
using a smartphone, with the goal of lim-
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iting opportunities for disease transmission 
while maximizing knowledge and skills ac-
quisition and retention among Force train-
ees; 
(iv) include refresher training at reg-
ular and frequent intervals as determined 
appropriate by the Director or Funded En-
tities; 
(v) incorporate training components 
on personal safety, including staying safe 
around animals in the context of home vis-
its, use of personal protective equipment, 
and health privacy and ethics; and 
(vi) leverage existing training and cer-
tification programs approved by States, 
territories, Tribal Nations, and community 
health worker certifying bodies. 
(E) MISCELLANEOUS.—Where determined 
necessary, the Director may— 
(i) recommend training under this 
paragraph that includes face-to-face inter-
action; 
(ii) 
collaborate 
with, 
including 
through grants or cooperative agreements, 
public universities, including nursing, med-
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ical, and veterinary schools, community 
colleges, or other career and technical edu-
cation institutes, community health cen-
ters, federally qualified health centers, 
community health worker and community 
health representative training and certifi-
cation programs, and other community- 
based organizations, federally recognized 
Minority Serving Institutions, as well as 
public health associations and State and 
local health departments, to develop and 
implement training under this subpara-
graph, particularly for skills that typically 
have licensure requirements; and 
(iii) develop training and communica-
tions materials in multiple languages. 
(F) PAYMENT DURING TRAINING.—Force 
members shall be paid for each hour spent in 
training, including refresher training. 
(G) SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH CAREER 
GROWTH.—Funded Entities shall support public 
health career development and growth of Force 
members, including by— 
(i) providing additional disaster relief 
employment and training activities de-
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scribed in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of 
section 170(d)(1) of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 
3225(d)(1)(A) and (C)) and services de-
scribed in section 7(a)(1) of the Wagner- 
Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49f(a)(1)), as ap-
propriate; 
(ii) providing opportunities for Force 
members to maintain employment, con-
tinuing education, and career advancement 
in health services or health promotion and 
advocacy roles, including community health 
worker roles, after the COVID–19 public 
health emergency has concluded, including 
by serving in roles described in subsection 
(g); and 
(iii) assisting Force members in ob-
taining other public health employment di-
rectly with the Funded Entity or with a 
unit of State, territorial, Tribal, or local 
government after the COVID–19 public 
health emergency has concluded, including 
by paying the costs of not more than 10 
percent of the total compensation provided 
by the eligible entity or unit of local gov-
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ernment to such eligible individual for a 
period of not more than the first year in 
which the individual is so employed, if such 
employment is not otherwise subsidized 
under this or any other Act. 
(6) FORCE MEMBER COMPENSATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Members of the Force 
shall be full-time employees paid directly by 
Funded Entities (and subawardees under para-
graph (9)) using funds provided by the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention under 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements 
under this section. 
(B) 
COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for fiscal year 2021 
and each fiscal year thereafter, all Force mem-
bers, including supervisors, shall be paid a wage 
and fringe benefits not less than the minimum 
wage and fringe benefits established in accord-
ance with chapter 67 of title 41, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Service Con-
tract Act’’). 
(C) AUTHORITY.—With respect to sub-
paragraph (B), the Secretary of Labor, or the 
Secretary’s authorized representative, shall have 
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the authority and functions set forth in chapter 
67 of title 41, United States Code. 
(D) METHODOLOGY.—With respect to sub-
paragraph (B), the Secretary of Labor, or the 
Secretary’s 
authorized 
representative, 
shall 
issue a nonstandard wage determination, sub-
ject to periodic revision, establishing minimum 
wages and fringe benefits for each class of 
Force members in accordance with the pre-
vailing rates for those positions or, where a col-
lective-bargaining agreement is in effect, in ac-
cordance with the rates provided for in the 
agreement, including prospective wage and 
fringe benefits increases provided under the 
agreement. 
(E) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that Force member compensation 
shall include health, retirement, and paid family 
and medical leave benefits. 
(7) SUPERVISORY
STRUCTURES.—Members of 
the Force shall receive ongoing supportive super-
vision from staff members of Funded Entities (or 
subawardees under paragraph (9)), in accordance 
with evidence-informed practices. Entities funded 
under this section may choose the most appropriate 
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supervisory structure to use based on local needs, 
and may promote Force members into supervisory 
roles. Such supervision may also be provided by Dis-
ease Intervention Specialists. Funded Entities may 
use funds awarded under grants, contacts, or coop-
erative agreements under this section to pay for 
such supervisory staff and structures in accordance 
with paragraph (6). 
(8) SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.—Members of 
the Force and their supervisors shall receive all nec-
essary supplies and equipment, including personal 
protective equipment, through Funded Entities, 
which may use funds awarded under grants, con-
tracts, or cooperative agreements under this section 
to pay for such supplies and equipment. 
(9) SUBAWARDS.—As authorized by the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, Funded Entities 
shall make subawards to local partners, including 
community health centers, labor organizations, 
labor-management partnerships, and other commu-
nity-based and nonprofit organizations, in order to 
facilitate Force member recruitment, training, man-
agement, supervision, and retention as well as to fa-
cilitate Force integration into existing public health, 
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health care, and community-based services in accord-
ance with paragraph (6). 
(10) SERVICE
IN
PUBLIC
HEALTH
EMER-
GENCY.—A Funded Entity shall assign one or more 
Force members to respond to a public health emer-
gency in the area served by such entity. Such Force 
members shall be under the supervision and manage-
ment of the involved State, locality, territory, Indian 
Tribe, Tribal organization, urban Indian health or-
ganization, health service providers to Tribes, Native 
Hawaiian health organization, community health 
center, federally qualified health center, or other 
local partner. 
(11) SERVICE POST EMERGENCY.—A Funded 
Entity may retain Force members in accordance 
with paragraph (6) to continue to work in the area 
served by the entity after a public health emergency 
has ended in order to— 
(A) prevent and respond to future public 
health crises and emergencies; and 
(B) respond to ongoing and future public 
health, community health, and health care 
needs. 
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(12) LIMITATION.—A Force member may not 
be assigned for international deployment on behalf 
of the Health Force. 
(13) FUNDING.—All costs associated with the 
service and functions of Force members under this 
section, including salary and employment benefits 
described under paragraph (6), as well as associated 
direct and indirect costs, shall be paid by the Fed-
eral Government through grants, contracts, or coop-
erative agreements to Funded Entities. 
(14) 
NONDISPLACEMENT.—Funded 
Entities 
(and subawardees under paragraph (9)) shall not 
displace an employee, including partial displacement 
such as a reduction in hours, wages, or employment 
benefits, as a result of the use by such Funded Enti-
ties (and subawardees). 
(f) ACTIVITIES TO RESPOND TO THE COVID–19 
PANDEMIC.—For the duration of the public health emer-
gency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect 
to COVID–19, Force personnel shall be trained and em-
ployed to support a testing, contact tracing, containment, 
and mitigation strategy to combat the COVID–19 pan-
demic. Such activities shall align with State licensure, 
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local regulations, scope of practice, and certification re-
quirements and evidence-informed practices and include— 
(1) conducting contact tracing, including the 
identification of cases of COVID-19 and their con-
tacts in a culturally competent, multilingual manner; 
(2) when available, supporting the administra-
tion of diagnostic, serologic, or other COVID–19 
tests and vaccinations; 
(3) providing support that addresses social, eco-
nomic, behavioral, and preventive health needs, such 
as supportive roles for care coordination, primary 
care, and palliative care, as appropriate, for individ-
uals affected by COVID–19, including those individ-
uals who are asked to voluntarily isolate or quar-
antine; and 
(4) other activities as determined appropriate 
by Funded Entities and in accordance with grant 
and cooperative agreement scope and stipulations. 
(g) ACTIVITIES POST-EMERGENCY.—After the con-
clusion of the public health emergency declared by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on Jan-
uary 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19, Force per-
sonnel shall be trained and employed to perform public 
health recovery efforts, prevent and respond to future pub-
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