; or (II) individuals in urban, rural, or suburban local areas with excess poverty; (ii) in health care and health care support positions responding to the COVID–19 national emergency; (iii) to support State, local, or tribal health departments; or (iv) in a sector directly responding to the COVID–19 national emergency such as childcare, food retail, public service, manufacturing, or transportation. (B) Activities responding to layoffs of 50 or more individuals laid off by one employer, or layoffs that significantly increase unemployment in a community, as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency, such as layoffs in the hospitality, transportation, manufacturing, or retail industry sectors or occupations. (e) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available through fiscal year 2022. 113. State dislocated worker activities responding to the COVID–19 emergency (a) Distribution of funds (1) States From the amounts appropriated under subsection (d), the Secretary shall make allotments to States in accordance with section 132(b)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3172(b)(2) ). (2) Local areas Not later than 30 days after a State receives an allotment under paragraph (1), the State shall use the allotted funds— (A) to make the reservations required under section 133(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3173(a) ), which reserved funds may be used for statewide activities described in section 134(a) of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3174(a) ) related to the COVID–19 national emergency and the activities described in subsection (c)