; (D) janitorial services; (E) staffing; (F) workforce retention; (G) paid leave; (H) procurement and use of protective health equipment and training for employees and contractors; (I) debt service payments; (J) infrastructure repair projects; and (K) other maritime transportation system operations. (4) Emergency The term emergency means a natural disaster affecting a wide area (such as a flood, hurricane, tidal wave, earthquake, severe storm, or landslide) or a catastrophic failure from any external cause, that impacts the United States maritime transportation system and as a result of which— (A) the Governor of a State has declared an emergency and the Maritime Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration, has concurred in the declaration; (B) the President has declared a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ); (C) national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is in effect; or (D) a public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) is in effect. (b) General authority The Maritime Administrator may— (1) make grants to eligible State entities for eligible operating costs; and (2) make grants and enter into contracts and other agreements with eligible entities for— (A) the costs of capital projects to protect, repair, reconstruct, or replace equipment and facilities of the United States maritime transportation system that the Maritime Administrator determines is in danger of suffering serious damage, or has suffered serious damage, as a result of an emergency; and (B) eligible operating costs of United States maritime transportation equipment and facilities in an area directly affected by an emergency during— (i) the 1-year period beginning on the date of a declaration described in subsections (a)(4)(A) and (a)(4)(B)