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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2887" measure-id="id113hr2887" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-07-31" update-date="2013-11-14">
<title>To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes.</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr2887v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-11-14">
<action-date>2013-07-31</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include a condominium or housing cooperative association as an &quot;individual&quot; or &quot;household&quot; for purposes of the provision of federal disaster assistance (thus authorizing assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster).</p> <p>Requires the President to determine the maximum amount of assistance that any such association may receive under such Act for a single disaster.</p>]]></summary-text>
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