MALDEN Act

Bill: 118-hr-6435
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2023-11-15
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Fires

Intergovernmental relations

Natural disasters

Rural conditions and development

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2024-12-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 670.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 670 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6435 [Report No. 118–819] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2023 Mrs. Rodgers of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure December 5, 2024 Additional sponsors: Mr. Obernolte , Mrs. González-Colón , and Mr. Kiley December 5, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To ensure that a declaration for a major disaster or emergency is made on a timely basis, rural areas receive assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Aid for Local Disasters Equal Now Act or the MALDEN Act . 2. Rural assistance Section 326(c) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5165d(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)(D) by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) with respect to a rural area impacted by a wildfire, work in coordination with the State or Tribal emergency management agency to provide guidance to the emergency manager of the rural area on developing a recovery team, including— (A) by providing resources to help prevent flooding, mudslides, rockslides or any other natural disaster that could result after a wildfire; and (B) by identifying available resources for both short-term and long-term recovery, including resources to help prevent a future natural disaster within the burned area; (5) in a case in which a request for assistance to an individual or household in a rural area under section 408 is denied, work in coordination with the affected State or Tribal emergency management agency to make case workers available to the residents impacted by the major disaster or emergency; and .

December 5, 2024 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6435 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 15, 2023 Mrs. Rodgers of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To ensure that a declaration for a major disaster or emergency is made on a timely basis, rural areas receive assistance, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Making Aid for Local Disasters Equal Now Act or the MALDEN Act . 2. Rural assistance Section 326(c) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5165d(c) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)(D) by striking and at the end; (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) with respect to a rural area impacted by a wildfire, work in coordination with the State or Tribal emergency management agency to provide guidance to the emergency manager of the rural area on developing a recovery team, including— (A) by providing resources to help prevent flooding, mudslides, rockslides or any other natural disaster that could result after a wildfire; and (B) by identifying available resources for both short-term and long-term recovery, including resources to help prevent a future natural disaster within the burned area; (5) in a case in which a request for assistance to an individual or household in a rural area under section 408 is denied, work in coordination with the affected State or Tribal emergency management agency to make case workers available to the residents impacted by the major disaster or emergency; and .