Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-4930
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-05
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

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Latest action: action_date: 2018-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-02-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the President from considering the income of an individual or household in determining whether to provide, or continue to provide, rental assistance under provisions pertaining to federal assistance to individuals and households in states affected by a major disaster.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4930 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 5, 2018 Mr. Culberson 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 with respect to Federal assistance to individuals and households, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act . 2. Federal assistance to individuals and households Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5174 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Prohibition Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the President shall not consider the income of an individual or household in determining whether to provide, or continue to provide, to that individual or household rental assistance under this section. .