; and . (e) Coronavirus public health emergency defined In this section, the term coronavirus public health emergency means the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID–19. 5. Authorization for surge capacity for Federal Emergency Management Agency (a) In general The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall appoint, administer, and expedite the training of an additional 10,000 Cadre of On-Call Response/Recovery Employees, under the Response and Recover Directorate (referred to in this section as CORE employees ) under the Office of Response and Recovery, above the level of such employees in fiscal year 2019, to address the coronavirus public health emergency. (b) Detail of CORE employees A CORE employee may be detailed, through mutual agreement, to any Federal agency that is a participating agency in the White House Coronavirus Task Force, to fulfill an assignment for the Task Force, including— (1) logistical support for the supply chain of medical equipment; (2) tracing contacts of infected individuals and their status while being quarantined; (3) providing nutritional assistance to vulnerable populations