3.0.0 1823 2023-01-11T13:38:34Z 2023-01-11T13:38:34Z Senate S 2017-09-18 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-09-18T20:03:24Z Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017 115 2405 HR 2017-05-11 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Identical bill CRS 2017-09-18 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-09-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2017-09-18 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-09-18 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-09-18 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2017-09-25 False C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-09-25 False F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ 2017-09-25 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2017-09-27 False K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2017-10-04 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2017-10-05 False S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-10-05 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2017-10-05 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2017-10-16 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2017-10-17 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2017-10-17 False S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2017-11-06 False Emergency Management Community life and organization Disaster relief and insurance Religion Tax-exempt organizations Emergency Management 00 2017-09-18 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-26T20:03:12Z Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017

This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community centers, including tax-exempt houses of worship, as "private nonprofit facilities" for purposes of disaster relief and emergency assistance eligibility under such Act.

A church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship, and a private nonprofit facility operated by a religious organization, are eligible for federal contributions for the repair, restoration, and replacement of facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster, without regard to the religious character of the facility or the primary religious use of the facility.

This bill is applicable to the provision of assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency declared on or after October 28, 2012.

]]> Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017 Display Title Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1823is/xml/BILLS-115s1823is.xml 2017-09-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.