3.0.0 600 2023-01-11T13:36:17Z 2023-01-11T13:36:17Z Senate S 2017-03-09 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-09T21:36:47Z 2017-03-09 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1746) IntroReferral 2017-03-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2017-03-09 True Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief and insurance Economic performance and conditions Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Poverty and welfare assistance Sales and excise taxes State and local taxation Emergency Management 00 2017-03-09 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-23T21:30:03Z Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2017

This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to amend the rules concerning the factors it considers when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the need for public assistance: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to the estimated cost of the assistance (10%), localized impacts (40%), insurance coverage in force (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters (10%), programs of other federal assistance (10%), and economic circumstances (10%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of both the local economy of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate) and the state economy (including the unemployment rate).

Such rules must provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the severity, magnitude, and impact of the disaster and the evaluation of the need for assistance to individuals: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to concentration of damages (20%), trauma (20%), special populations (20%), voluntary agency assistance (10%), insurance (20%), average amount of individual assistance by state (5%), and economic considerations (5%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate).

Such rules are applicable to any disaster for which a governor requested a major disaster declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and was denied on or after January 1, 2012.

]]> Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2017 Display Title Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require rulemaking by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s600is/xml/BILLS-115s600is.xml 2017-03-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1746) 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.