; and (3) the degree to which applicants who are eligible entities are using eligible loans in providing services in persistent poverty counties, as defined by the Secretary. (e) Report to the Congress Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report detailing, for each eligible entity awarded a grant under this section, the name of the eligible entity and the geographic areas benefitting from the grant. (f) Authorization of appropriations To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated not more than $2,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2022. O COVID–19 HERO ACT 1. Short title This division may be cited as the COVID–19 Housing, Economic Relief, and Oversight Act or the COVID–19 HERO Act . I Providing Medical Equipment for First Responders and Essential Workers 101. COVID–19 emergency medical supplies enhancement (a) Determination on emergency supplies and relationship to state and local efforts (1) Determination For the purposes of section 101 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4511 ), the following materials shall be deemed to be scarce and critical materials essential to the national defense and otherwise meet the requirements of section 101(b) of such Act during the COVID–19 emergency period: (A) Diagnostic tests, including serological tests, for COVID–19 and the reagents and other materials necessary for producing or conducting such tests. (B) Personal protective equipment, including face shields, N–95 respirator masks, and any other masks determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to be needed to respond to the COVID–19 pandemic, and the materials to produce such equipment. (C) Medical ventilators, the components necessary to make such ventilators, and medicines needed to use a ventilator as a treatment for any individual who is