1. Short title; table of contents (a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Act of 2020 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—Hazard Pay for Essential Workers Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Pandemic premium pay for essential workers. Sec. 103. COVID–19 Hazard Fund. Sec. 104. COVID–19 Hazard Fund grants. Sec. 105. Enforcement and outreach. Sec. 106. Funding for the Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General. Sec. 107. Authorization and appropriations. I Hazard Pay for Essential Workers 101. Definitions In this title: (1) COVID–19 public health emergency The term COVID–19 Public Health Emergency means the public health emergency first declared on January 31, 2020, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 247d ) with respect to COVID–19. (2) Employee Except as provided in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), the term employee means an individual (not employed by an entity excluded from the definition of the term employer for purposes of this title under paragraph (3)(B)) who is— (A) an employee, as defined in section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 203(e) ), except that a reference in such section 3(e) to an employer shall be considered to be a reference to an employer described in clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of paragraph (3)(A); (B) a State employee described in section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e–16c(a)); or (C) an employee of a Tribal employer. (3) Employer (A) In general The term employer means, except as provided in subparagraph (B), a person who is— (i) (I) a covered employer, as defined in subparagraph (C); (II) an entity employing a State employee described in section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991; or (III) a Tribal employer