,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhdj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjbj,mr4  
,takano 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,clarke of   
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,mr4 ,bera1
 ,mr4 ,case1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1  
,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,garca
 of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4     
,hastings1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,ms4 ,norton1  
,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,ms4 ,lee of        
,california1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1
 ,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,moore1 ,mrs4    
,napolitano1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,rose of  
,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 and ,mr4  
,soto7 introduced the following bill2   
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 ,t4 
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act for the     
emergency declared on ,march #ac1 #bjbj 
relating to ,,covid-#ai1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  

may be cited as the ,coronavirus        
,emergency ,non-,congregate ,housing    
,expansion ,act4  #b4 ,non-congregate   
shelter assistance  7a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding sections #djc1 #djf1   
#djg1 and #ejb of the ,robert ,t4       
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj;b1 #eagb1 #eagc1 #eaib71
 for the emergency declared on ,march   
#ac1 #bjbj1 by the ,president under     
section #eja of such ,act and under any 
subsequent major disaster declaration   
under section #dja of such ,act1 the    
provision of non-congregate shelter     
shall be an eligible use of assistance  
provided by the ,president under        
sections #djc1 #djf1 #djg1 or #ejb of   
such ,act4  7b7 ,non-,federal share     
,notwithstanding sections #djc1 #djf1   
#djg1 and #ejc of the ,robert ,t4       
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj;b1 #eagb1 #eagc1 #eaic71
 the ,federal share of assistance       

provided under sections #djc1 #djf1     
#djg1 or #ejb that is used to provide   
non-congregate shelter in accordance    
with subsection 7a7 shall be #ajj       
percent4  7c7 ,non-,congregate shelter  
defined ,in this section1 the term      
non-congregate shelter means shelter    
for-- 7#a7 individuals who test positive
 for ,,covid-#ai that do not require    
hospitalization1 but need isolation or  
quarantine 7including individuals that  
are discharged from a hospital72  7#b7  
individuals who have been exposed to    
,,covid-#ai 7as documented by a ,state  
or local public health official or a    
medical professional7 that do not       
require hospitalization1 but need       
isolation or quarantine2  7#c7          
individuals who are asymptomatic of     
,,covid-#ai1 but have a higher risk1    
including individuals over #fe or       
individuals with certain underlying     
health conditions 7including            
respiratory1 compromised immunities1 and
 chronic disease71 and that require     

emergency non-congregate shelting as a  
social distancing measure2  7#d7 first  
responders1 healthcare workers1 and     
emergency workers that do not require   
hospitalization1 but need isolation or  
quarantine 7including individuals that  
are unable to return home as a          
precaution against exposing the families
 or housemates of such individual to    
,,covid-#ai72 and  7#e7 homeless        
individuals that have not been exposed  
or have not tested positive for         
,,covid-#ai1 but require emergency      
non-congregate sheltering to adhere to  
social distancing measures4