Maximizing Assistance To Respond to COVID-19

Record & deadlines

1. Aug 17, 2021Signed

   Signed by the President

2. Aug 20, 2021FR published

   Published in the Federal Register · 86 FR 46759

   Federal Register PDF
3. Dec 31, 2021

   End date for 100% federal cost share coverage for eligible COVID-19 Category B work

4. Jan 20, 2020

   Retroactive start date for covered work

Key directives

• FEMA shall provide 100% Federal cost share for all work eligible under Public Assistance Category B for COVID-19 emergency protective measures
• Coverage applies to work performed from January 20, 2020 through December 31, 2021
• Includes National Guard assistance work described in January 21, 2021 memorandum
• FEMA Administrator shall publish this memorandum in the Federal Register

Who is ordered

• Secretary of Homeland Security · Department of Homeland Security
• Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency · FEMA

Prior policy

• otherPresidential Memorandum of January 21, 2021 (Extend Federal Support to Governors' Use of the National Guard to Respond to COVID-19)

What to expect

Risks & tensions

• Subject to availability of appropriations creates funding uncertainty
• Temporary measure with fixed expiration may create cliff effect for ongoing needs
• Retroactive coverage to January 2020 may involve complex reimbursement processing