1. Short title This Act may be cited as the COVID–19 Cost Share Adjustment Relief Act of 2020 . 2. Cost share Assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191(b) ), and under any subsequent major disaster declaration under section 401 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ) that supersedes such emergency declaration, shall be at a 100 percent Federal cost share. 3. Clarification of assistance (a) In general For the emergency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5191 ), the President may provide assistance for activities, costs, and purchases of States or local governments or the owners or operators of eligible private nonprofits, including— (1) activities eligible for assistance under sections 301, 415, 416, and 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5141 , 5182, 5183, 5189d); (2) backfill costs for first responders and other essential employees who are ill or quarantined; (3) increased operating costs for essential government services due to such emergency, including costs for implementing continuity plans, and sheltering or housing for first responders, emergency managers, health providers, and other essential employees; (4) costs of providing guidance and information to the public and for call centers to disseminate such guidance and information; (5) costs associated with establishing and operating virtual services; (6) costs for establishing and operating remote test sites; (7) training provided specifically in anticipation of or in response to the event on which such emergency declaration is predicated; (8) personal protective equipment and other critical supplies for first responders and other essential employees