3.0.0 1859 2020-02-14T19:14:02Z 2020-02-14T19:14:02Z House H HR 2013-05-07 113 [Pages H2484-H2485]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SCHIFF:H.R. 1859.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The Disaster Declaration Improvement Act is constitutionalunder Article I, Section 8,[[Page H2485]]Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause. The bill isconstitutionally authorized under the Necessary and ProperClause, which supports the expansion of congressionalauthority beyond the explicit authorities that are directlydiscernible from the text.]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2013-05-08T19:30:23Z Referred to 2013-05-07T14:00:41Z 2013-05-08 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 2013-05-07 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2013-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-05-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001150 Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] ADAM SCHIFF D CA B. 28 N C001080 Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27] Judy Chu D CA 27 2013-05-07 True Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Disaster relief and insurance Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management

00 2013-05-07 Introduced in House 2013-07-01T21:19:06Z Disaster Declaration Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue regulations to ensure that: (1) in any review of a request for major disaster assistance conducted by FEMA, the factor relating to the estimated cost of assistance (evaluating the estimated cost of federal and nonfederal public assistance against the statewide population) is provided consideration that is equal to that provided to each of the other factors (i.e., localized impacts, insurance coverage in force, hazard mitigation, recent multiple disasters, and other federal assistance programs); and (2) FEMA considers a state's request for major disaster assistance for recommendation to the President without regard to any per capita damage threshold (other than a threshold described below) in any case in which a disaster occurs with respect to a city or unincorporated jurisdiction with a population of less than 250,000, located in a county with a population of more than 1 million and a state with a population of more than 5 million, and with respect to which the financial damage relating to the disaster exceeds 10% of a city's general fund or $100 per capita (in the case of an unincorporated jurisdiction).

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