CLASS Act

Bill: 115-s-2547
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-03-14
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Consolidating Losses Associated to Severe Storms Act of 2018 or the CLASS Act</b></p> <p>This bill treats state educational facilities on a campus damaged by a major disaster in 2016 and 2017 as a single facility for purposes of the reduction of assistance provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2547 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 14, 2018 Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Cassidy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To provide assistance for educational facilities, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Consolidating Losses Associated to Severe Storms Act of 2018 or the CLASS Act . 2. Assistance for educational facilities (a) Covered educational facility defined In this section, the term covered educational facility means a public facility or private nonprofit facility that— (1) is an educational facility; and (2) is located in a State or insular area for which more than 1 flood-related major disaster was declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) during calendar years 2016 and 2017. (b) Assistance For purposes of a reduction of Federal assistance under section 406(d) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5172(d) ), in the case of a campus with more than 1 covered educational facility, the reduction amount determined under such section 406(d) shall be applied to the repair, restoration, reconstruction, and replacement costs and associated expenses of only 1 covered educational facility on the campus.