Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8112
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2020-08-25
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Intergovernmental relations

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2020-08-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-08-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2020</b></p> <p>This bill increases the federal cost share from 75% to 90% for any federal disaster declaration beginning on January 20, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8112 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 25, 2020 Mr. Thompson of California (for himself, Mr. Bera , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Cisneros , Mr. Costa , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Khanna , Mr. LaMalfa , Ms. Lee of California , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Lowenthal , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Norton , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Rouda , and Ms. Speier ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To increase the Federal share provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for a certain time frame during fiscal year 2020.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2020 . 2. Increase of Federal share Notwithstanding sections 203(h)(1), 403(b), 403(c)(4), 404(a), 406(b), 408(d), 408(g)(2), 428(e)(2)(B), 503(a), and 614(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) beginning on January 20, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020, the Federal share of assistance provided under such sections shall be not less than 90 percent of the eligible cost of such assistance.