3.0.0 1059 2023-01-13T04:48:07Z 2023-01-13T04:48:07Z Senate S S 2005-05-18 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2005-05-18T19:19:05Z Referred to 2005-05-18T15:42:46Z 2005-05-18 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-161. Committee 2005-05-18 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2005-05-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N Emergency Management Administrative procedure Burglary Conflict of interests Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Disaster relief Drug abuse Drug traffic Ex-offenders Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Forgery Fraud Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Governmental investigations Home repair and improvement Housing and Community Development Identification of criminals Law Losses Motor vehicles Standards Transportation and Public Works Valuation Emergency Management 00 2005-05-18 Introduced in Senate 2005-06-20T21:42:54Z Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relielf and Emergency Assistance Act to: (1) specify procedures for the conduct of preliminary disaster damage assessments; and (2) increase the associated penalties for fraud.

Directs the President to: (1) investigate vigorously any allegations and instances of fraud, including fraud relating to the handling and approval of claims for federal emergency assistance; and (2) refer to the Attorney General appropriate allegations, instances, and investigation results.

Requires the Attorney General to: (1) give serious consideration to any allegation or instance of fraud and begin an investigation into it not later than 10 days after the receipt of such a referral; and (2) report on investigation progress and results to the Secretary of Homeland Security within 45 days.

Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to propose new inspection procedures that: (1) more accurately identify disaster-related losses of household items for which applicants should be compensated; (2) modify guidelines for individual and housing inspections to require inspectors to specify any item that was not available for inspection; and (3) develop eligibility criteria for funding vehicle damage, taking into consideration damage to a vehicle sustained as a result of a disaster.

]]> A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specify procedures for the conduct of preliminary damage assessments, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to vigorously investigate and prosecute instances of fraud, including fraud in the handling and approval of claims for Federal emergency assistance, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specify procedures for the conduct of preliminary damage assessments, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to vigorously investigate and prosecute instances of fraud, including fraud in the handling and approval of claims for Federal emergency assistance, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to specify procedures for the conduct of preliminary damage assessments, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to vigorously investigate and prosecute instances of fraud, including fraud in the handling and approval of claims for Federal emergency assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2005-05-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1059is/xml/BILLS-109s1059is.xml 2005-05-18 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-161. 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.