; (2) provisioning the United States Navy Hospital Ships Comfort and Mercy that provided emergency care in Los Angeles and New York to free up civilian hospitals to focus on COVID–19 patients; (3) supporting Federal and State efforts to establish pop-up hospitals; (4) maintaining offices and providing other services in local, State, and Federal buildings where vital work is being performed; (5) providing deep cleaning and sanitizing services in hospitals and other health care facilities; (6) providing call center and technical support to State and Federal entities, including operating crisis hotlines and call centers to process the surge in State unemployment claims; (7) sourcing and providing urgently needed PPE; (8) providing custodial services at military installations to slow the spread of COVID–19 and protect military personnel from exposure to the virus thus shielding our combat readiness; and (9) working in essential businesses such as grocery stores, retail, and restaurants that have continued to supply the Nation with food and other essential supplies throughout the pandemic; Whereas the essential employees with disabilities who perform these jobs play a central and invaluable role in protecting the United States and its territories in fighting the pandemic; Whereas this essential workforce has continued to perform its regular duties and more throughout the pandemic; Whereas this essential workforce is vital to the economy of the United States and its territories; Whereas competitive, integrated employment is vital to the personal economies and well-being of the essential workforce; and Whereas these essential employees with disabilities were essential before the pandemic and will continue to be essential after the pandemic has passed into history: Now, therefore, be it