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Under committee review
What it doesSummary reported to house with amendment(s) (Nov 21, 2017)
Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking any action to recoup major disaster assistance from a recipient that received such assistance more than three years before FEMA first provided such recipient written notification of an intent to recoup it unless there is evidence of fraud.
What just happenedNov 21, 2017
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.
Who’s behind it
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-418.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-418.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
(Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking any action to recoup major disaster assistance from a recipient that received such assistance more than three years before FEMA first provided such recipient written notification of an intent to recoup it unless there is evidence of fraud.
Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking any action to recoup major disaster assistance from a recipient that received such assistance more than three years before FEMA first provided such recipient written notification of an intent to recoup it.