3.0.0 1790 2023-01-15T23:18:03Z 2023-01-15T23:18:03Z House H HR 2003-04-11 108 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2003-04-14T16:00:26Z Referred to 2003-04-11T14:02:40Z 2003-04-14 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2003-04-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E766) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-11 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2003-04-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000962 Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] BARBARA CUBIN R WY N J000286 Rep. Janklow, William J. [R-SD-At Large] William Janklow R SD J. 0 2003-10-16 False Emergency Management Access to health care Administrative procedure Animals Demography Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief Disasters Economics and Public Finance Executive reorganization Federal Emergency Management Agency Government Operations and Politics Health Housing and Community Development Income statistics Law Rural conditions Rural health Veterinary medicine Emergency Management 00 2003-04-11 Introduced in House 2003-11-17T21:09:06Z Rural Disaster Assistance Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to revise the declaration that no geographic area shall be precluded from receiving assistance under such Act solely by virtue of an arithmetic formula or sliding scale based on income or population.

Directs the President to establish in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) an Office of Rural Advocacy headed by a Director who shall be an advocate for the fair treatment of rural communities in the provision of assistance under such Act. Requires the Director to: (1) participate in the disaster and the emergency declaration processes to ensure that the needs of rural communities are being addressed; (2) assist small population States in the preparation of requests for major disaster or emergency declarations; and (3) review all rules and regulations relating to the provision of assistance under such Act to ensure that rural communities receive fair and equitable treatment.

Requires the Director of FEMA to promulgate a rule to ensure that the factors used to review a Governor's request for a major disaster or an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act adequately address the needs of States with a population of less than one million individuals and the rural communities in those States.

]]> Rural Disaster Assistance Fairness Act of 2003 Display Title Rural Disaster Assistance Fairness Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced To provide for the equitable treatment of rural communities in the distribution of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Rural Disaster Assistance Fairness Act of 2003 Introduced in House 2003-04-11T04:00:00Z 2003-04-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.