Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-5770
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2014-12-01
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-12-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 to make the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive certain debts relating to disaster assistance provided to individuals and households applicable to such assistance provided between August 28, 2005, and December 31, 2014 (currently, December 31, 2010).</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5770 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 1, 2014 Mr. Meeks (for himself, Mr. King of New York , and Mr. Grimm ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 to extend authority granted to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive certain debts relating to disaster assistance provided to individuals and households, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2014 . 2. Extension of waiver authority Section 565 of title V of division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (125 Stat. 982; also known as the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 ) is amended in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking December 31, 2010 and inserting December 31, 2014 .