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Democrats secured a massive investment in the UI program as well as critical reforms to make
the program more effective for workers. In the wake of the economic recession caused by the
coronavirus the UI program is an essential a long-term lifeline for millions of workers during
this crisis.
• Full Paycheck Replacement: $600 increase for every American, which equates to 100
percent of wages for the average American without a paycheck struggling through the
Crisis
• Waiving Waiting Weeks: Gets money in people’s pockets sooner by providing federal
incentives for states to eliminate waiting weeks.
Democrats secured an unprecedented and historic investment for our health care system in its
fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The new $150 billion fund is widely available to all types
of hospitals and providers most affected by COVID-19, and it will be available to fund whatever
is needed to defeat this virus. This includes:
• Equipment and Infrastructure: Personal and protective equipment for health care
workers, testing supplies, increased workforce and training, new construction to house
patients, emergency operation centers and more.
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• Enhanced Health Investments: Additional funding is also dedicated to delivering
Medicare payment increases to all hospitals and providers to ensure that they receive the
funding they need during this crisis, and new investments in our country’s Strategic
National Stockpile, surge capacity and medical research into COVID-19.
Tough new requirements not included in the McConnell bill have been added to government
loans lent to companies.
• No stock buybacks or dividends for the length of any loan provided by the Treasury plus
1 year.
• Real-time public reporting of Treasury transactions under the Act, including terms of
loans, investments or other assistance to corporations.
• $350 billion in loan forgiveness grants to small businesses and non-profits to maintain
existing workforce and help pay for other expenses like rent, mortgage, and utilities.
• $10 billion for SBA emergency grants of up to $10,000 to provide immediate relief for
small business operating costs.
• $17 billion for SBA to cover 6 months of payments for small businesses with existing
SBA loans.
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Protected Over 2 Million Aviation Industry Jobs
• Democrats secured direct payroll payments to keep millions of airline workers on the job
and receiving paychecks.
• Airline companies will be prohibited from stock buybacks and dividends for the entire
life of the grant plus one year.
• Democrats fought to double cash payments to the working class Americans from $600 to
$1,200
• The full payment is available for individuals making up to $75,000 (individual) and
$150,000 (married).
• The value begins decreasing and then phases out completely for those making over the
full payment income cap.
To assist States, Tribes, and local governments that must pay for new expenses related to
COVID-19 response.
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Emergency Appropriations
($330 billion, including $100 billion for hospitals and providers mentioned above)
• $1 billion for the Defense Production Act to bolster domestic supply chains, enabling
industry to quickly ramp up production of personal protective equipment, ventilators, and
other urgently needed medical supplies, and billions dollars more for federal, state, and
local health agencies to purchase such equipment.
• $4.3 billion to support federal, state, and local public health agencies to prevent, prepare
for, and respond to the coronavirus, 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.
• $45 billion for FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, more than doubling the available funding,
to provide for the immediate needs of state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as
well as private non-profits performing critical and essential services, to protect citizens
and help them recover from the overwhelming effects of COVID-19. Reimbursable
activities may include medical response, personal protective equipment, National Guard
deployment, coordination of logistics, safety measures, and community services
nationwide.
• $25 billion in aid to our nation’s transit systems to help protect public health and safety
while ensuring access to jobs, medical treatment, food, and other essential services.
• $10 billion in grants to help our nation’s airports as the aviation sector grapples with the
most steep and potentially sustained decline in air travel in history.
• $3.5 billion in additional funding for the Child Care Development Block Grant to provide
child care assistance to health care sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation
workers, and other workers deemed essential during the response to the coronavirus.
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• More than $7 billion for affordable housing and homelessness assistance programs. This
funding will help low-income and working class Americans avoid evictions and
minimize any impacts caused by loss of employment, and child care, or other unforeseen
circumstances related to COVID-19, and support additional assistance to prevent eviction
and for people experiencing homelessness
• More than $6.5 billion in Federal funding for CDBG, the Economic Development
Administration, and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership to help mitigate the local
economic crisis and rebuild impacted industries such as tourism or manufacturing supply
chains.
• $400 million in election assistance for the states to help prepare for the
2020 election cycle, including to increase the ability to vote by mail,
expand early voting and online registration, and increase the safety of
voting in-person by providing additional voting facilities and more poll-
workers.
• $2 billion in funding to strengthen response capacity and support tribal governments:
o $1.03 billion to the Indian Health Service to support tribal health care system
response efforts;
o $100 million more for the USDA Food Distribution Program for Indian
Reservations;
o $453 million to assist tribes through the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
o $69 million to help tribal schools, colleges and universities through for the Bureau
of Indian Education; and
o $300 million more to the HUD Indian Tribal Block Grant program.
• $1 billion to recapitalize Amtrak after steep ridership declines related to the outbreak.
This will keep thousands of Amtrak employees employed, and ensure America’s intercity
passenger rail stays on track, continuing service in the Northeast and nationwide.