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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2887 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives 

damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2013 

Mr. ISRAEL (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. MENG, Mr. SIRES, Mr. CROWLEY, 

Mr. KING of New York, Mr. NADLER, Mr. PALLONE, Mrs. MCCARTHY

of New York, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, 

Ms. CLARKE, and Mr. PASCRELL) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

5 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(11) CONDOMINIUM.—The term ‘condo2 minium’ means a multi-unit housing project in which 

3 each dwelling unit is separately owned, and the re4 maining portions of the real estate are designated 

5 for common ownership solely by the owners of those 

6 units, each owner having an undivided interest in 

7 the common elements, and which is represented by 

8 a condominium association consisting exclusively of 

9 all the unit owners in the project, which is, or will 

10 be responsible for the operation, administration, and 

11 management of the project. 

12 ‘‘(12) HOUSING COOPERATIVE.—The term 

13 ‘housing cooperative’ means a multi-unit housing 

14 project in which each dwelling unit is subject to sep15 arate use and possession by one or more cooperative 

16 members whose interest in such unit, and in any un17 divided assets of the cooperative association that are 

18 appurtenant to such unit, is evidenced by a member19 ship or share interest in a cooperative association 

20 and a lease or other document of title or possession 

21 granted by such cooperative as the owner of all coop22 erative property.’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CONDOMINIUMS AND HOUSING COOPERATIVES 

2 DAMAGED BY A MAJOR DISASTER. 

3 (a) INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS PROGRAM.— 

4 Section 408(b)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re5 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(b)(1)) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(B) CONDOMINIUMS AND HOUSING CO12 OPERATIVES.—For purposes of providing finan13 cial assistance under subsections (c)(2) and 

14 (c)(3) with respect to residential elements that 

15 are the legal responsibility of an association for 

16 a condominium or housing cooperative, the 

17 terms ‘individual’ and ‘household’ include the 

18 association for the condominium or housing co19 operative.’’. 

20 (b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 

21 408(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(h)) is amended by 

22 adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONDOMINIUMS AND

24 HOUSING COOPERATIVES.— 

25 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the limit es26 tablished under paragraph (1), the maximum 


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1 amount of assistance that an association for a 

2 condominium or housing cooperative may re3 ceive under this section with respect to a single 

4 disaster shall be an amount to be determined by 

5 the President by regulation. 

6 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT OF LIMIT.—The 

7 amount determined by the President under sub8 paragraph (A) shall be adjusted annually in ac9 cordance with paragraph (2).’’. 

10 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

11 section shall apply to a major disaster or emergency de12 clared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Dis13 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 5121 et seq.) after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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