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Union Calendar No. 57 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1678 
[Report No. 115–100] 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act concerning the statute of limitations for actions to recover disaster 
or emergency assistance payments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 22, 2017 
Ms. FRANKEL of Florida (for herself and Mr. WEBSTER of Florida) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure 
APRIL 28, 2017 
Additional sponsors: Mr. MAST and Ms. WILSON of Florida 
APRIL 28, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
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tions for actions to recover disaster or emergency assist-
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 705(a)(1) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5205(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except’’ and inserting ‘‘Not-
withstanding section 3716(e) of title 31, United 
States Code, and except’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘report for the disaster or emer-
gency’’ and inserting ‘‘report for project completion 
as certified by the grantee’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to disaster or 
emergency assistance provided to a State or local 
government on or after January 1, 2004— 
(A) no administrative action may be taken 
to recover a payment of such assistance after 
the date of enactment of this Act if the action 
is prohibited under section 705(a)(1) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5205(a)(1)), 
as amended by subsection (a); and 
(B) any administrative action to recover a 
payment of such assistance that is pending on 
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such date of enactment shall be terminated if 
the action is prohibited under section 705(a)(1) 
of that Act, as amended by subsection (a). 
(2) LIMITATION.—This section, including the 
amendments made by this section, may not be con-
strued to invalidate or otherwise affect any adminis-
tration action completed before the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
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Union Calendar No. 57 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1678 
[Report No. 115–100] 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act concerning the 
statute of limitations for actions to recover dis-
aster or emergency assistance payments, and for 
other purposes. 
APRIL 28, 2017 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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