3.0.0 709 2023-01-11T13:36:13Z 2023-01-11T13:36:13Z Senate S 2017-03-23 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-23T18:13:23Z Post-Disaster Fairness to States Act of 2017 115 1641 S 2017-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act concerning the statute of limitations for actions to recover disaster or emergency assistance payments, and for other purposes. 115 1678 HR 2017-05-04 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS 2017-03-23 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2018-06-11 False Emergency Management Accounting and auditing Administrative remedies Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief and insurance Evidence and witnesses Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Government information and archives State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2017-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-20T18:18:50Z Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2017

This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking administrative action to recover any payment made to a state or local government for disaster or emergency assistance initiated in any forum (with exceptions for fraud) after three years following the transmission of the final expenditure report for project completion, as certified by the grantee (currently, after three years following the transmission of the final expenditure report for the disaster or emergency).

The bill makes the same change with respect to the deadline: (1) for any dispute arising under such Act for which there shall be a presumption that accounting records were maintained that adequately identify the source and application of funds provided for financially assisted activities, and (2) by which the inability of the government to produce source documentation supporting expenditure reports shall not constitute evidence to rebut such presumption.

With respect to a payment for disaster or emergency assistance provided to a state or local government on or after January 1, 2004, FEMA may not take administrative action to recover such payment after the date of enactment of this bill if the action is prohibited under such Act as amended by this bill.

]]> Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2017 Display Title Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from taking administrative action to recover certain payments for disaster or emergency assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s709is/xml/BILLS-115s709is.xml 2017-03-23 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.