US Congress House Bill 638 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 13-3)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-02-05 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H843-844)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2015 Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking any actions to recoup from a recipient assistance provided in relation to a major disaster declared by the President on or after January 1, 2012, if: (1) the recipient's application was made in good faith and provided accurate information and the receipt of such assistance could reasonably have been expected by the recipient, or (2) the receipt of such assistance occurred more than three years before FEMA first notifies the recipient of FEMA's intent to recoup. Requires FEMA, in carrying out a recoupment of disaster assistance that is not prohibited under this Act, to provide documentation that demonstrates that the recipient did not apply in good faith with accurate information or could not reasonably have expected to receive such assistance.

Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2015

Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]	Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]	Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Ken Buck [R-CO]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-05	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H843-844)
2015-02-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2015-02-02	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2015-02-02	House	Introduced in House

SB634 (Related) 2015-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/638/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr638/BILLS-114hr638ih.pdf