1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Tribal COVID–19 Disaster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act”.
Tribal COVID–19 Disaster Assistance Cost Share Relief Act
A BILL
To waive the cost share requirement for Indian Tribes receiving disaster assistance relating to COVID–19, and for other purposes.
2. Disaster assistance
In general— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any agreement, the Federal share of assistance, including direct Federal assistance, provided to an Indian tribal government in connection with COVID–19 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) shall be 100 percent of the eligible costs under such Act, regardless of whether the Indian tribal government was the recipient or subrecipient of the assistance.
Applicability— The Federal share provided by subsection (a) shall apply to disaster assistance described in subsection (a) applied for before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.