FEMA Temporary Housing Assistance Improvement Act

Bill: 119-hr-2535
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2025-04-01
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2025-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2535 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 1, 2025 Ms. Brownley (for herself and Ms. Chu ) 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 to prohibit the President from considering insurance as a duplication of benefits for certain assistance under such Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FEMA Temporary Housing Assistance Improvement Act . 2. Duplication of benefits clarification Section 408(c)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5174(c)(1) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Duplication of benefits In determining eligibility for temporary housing assistance under this subsection, the President may not consider insurance a duplication of benefits for the purpose of applying section 312 of this Act. .