US Congress Senate Bill 3556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on October 5 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-10-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

DEBRIS Act Diversifying Emergency Benchmarks for the Recovery of Individuals after Storms Act This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide disaster relief assistance to individuals for the removal of debris from owner-occupied private residences and property. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, by rulemaking, amend the factors for evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to include the estimated cost of removing fallen debris from owner-occupied residences and property.

DEBRIS Act Diversifying Emergency Benchmarks for the Recovery of Individuals after Storms Act

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-10-05	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB7053 (Same As) 2018-10-09 - Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3556/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s3556/BILLS-115s3556is.pdf