119 HR 1593 IH: Disaster Displacement Assistance Improvement Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1593IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 26, 2025Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Sherman, and Ms. Chu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Disaster Displacement Assistance Improvement Act of 2025.

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Duplication of benefits clarification

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)

Duplication of benefits

(1)

In general

In determining eligibility for displacement assistance under this section, the President may not consider insurance a duplication of benefits for the purpose of applying section 312 of this Act. (2)

Displacement assistance defined

In this section, the term displacement assistance means assistance provided under this section to stay in a hotel or motel, stay with family and friends, or for any other available housing options. .