3.0.0 3556 2023-01-11T13:41:10Z 2023-01-11T13:41:10Z Senate S 2018-10-05 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-10-05T21:02:15Z DEBRIS Act 115 7053 HR 2018-10-09 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Identical bill CRS 2018-10-05 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2018-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2018-10-05 True Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief and insurance Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Residential rehabilitation and home repair Solid waste and recycling Emergency Management 00 2018-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-30T14:14:16Z Diversifying Emergency Benchmarks for the Recovery of Individuals after Storms Act or the DEBRIS Act

This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide disaster relief assistance to individuals for the removal of debris from owner-occupied private residences and property.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, by rulemaking, amend the factors for evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to include the estimated cost of removing fallen debris from owner-occupied residences and property.

]]> DEBRIS Act Display Title DEBRIS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide disaster relief assistance to individuals for the purpose of clearing fallen debris, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced DEBRIS Act Short Titles as Introduced Diversifying Emergency Benchmarks for the Recovery of Individuals after Storms Act Introduced in Senate 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3556is/xml/BILLS-115s3556is.xml 2018-10-05 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.