The emergency supplemental appropriations portion of the agreement contains $330 billion in new funding to address the pandemic. This does not include the mandatory or authorizing provisions of the act (as summarized above). It includes the following:

• $100 billion for a new program to provide grants to hospitals, public entities, not-for-profit entities, and Medicare and Medicaid enrolled suppliers and institutional providers to cover unreimbursed health care related expenses or lost revenues attributable to the public health emergency resulting from the coronavirus.
• $16 billion to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile supplies of pharmaceuticals, personal protective equipment, and other medical supplies, which are distributed to state and local health agencies, hospitals and other healthcare entities facing shortages during emergencies.
• $11 billion to support research and development of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to prevent or treat the effects of coronavirus.
• $1 billion for the Defense Production Act to support domestic supply chains, enabling industry to quickly increase production of personal protective equipment, ventilators, and other medical supplies.
• $4.3 billion to the Centers for Disease Control for federal, state, and local public health agencies to respond to COVID-19, including for the purchase of personal protective equipment, laboratory testing to detect positive cases, infection control and mitigation at the local level to prevent the spread of the virus; and other public health preparedness and response activities.
• $185 million through the Health Resources and Services Administration to support rural critical access hospitals, rural tribal health and telehealth programs.
• $200 million for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for priorities such as assisting nursing homes with infection control and support states’ efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus in nursing homes.
• $45 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund, which is for state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as private non-profit organizations providing critical services. Reimbursable activities may include medical response, personal protective equipment, National Guard deployment, coordination of logistics, safety measures, and community services. This is more than double the current available funding.
• $30.75 billion for grants to provide emergency support to local school systems and higher education institutions to support ongoing functionality during the crisis.
• $25 billion for transit systems for health and safety measures but also to ensure access to employment and other essential services.
• $10 billion in grants for airports.
• $1 billion to recapitalize Amtrak.
• $3.5 billion in additional funding for Child Care Development Block Grants to provide childcare assistance to healthcare sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, and other essential workers.
• $25 billion for food assistance, including nearly $16 billion for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and nearly $9 billion for child nutrition.
• $7 billion for affordable housing and homelessness assistance programs.
• $6.5 billion for Community Development Block Grants, the Economic Development Administration, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to help mitigate local economic crises and rebuild impacted industries like tourism and manufacturing supply chains.
• $400 million in election assistance for states, including to increase the ability to vote by mail, expand early voting and online registration, and increase the safety of voting in-person through additional voting facilities and more poll-workers.
• $2 billion to strengthen response capacity for tribal governments.

1 As a reminder, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (P.L. 116-127) enacted in mid-March requires employers with less than 500 employees to grant full time employees 80 hours of sick leave if needed to deal with virus-related health issues (with part-time employees eligible for the typical number of hours they work). Employees are also eligible for up to twelve weeks of paid leave (at two-thirds the individual’s earnings) if needed to care for a family member or small child due to the virus.

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