[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1059 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1059

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to provide eligibility for an heir of a deceased 
   homeowner to receive certain housing-related disaster assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2009

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Tanner, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to provide eligibility for an heir of a deceased 
   homeowner to receive certain housing-related disaster assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR HOUSING-RELATED DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 408(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(b)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Eligibility of heirs of deceased homeowners.--In the 
        event the owner of an owner-occupied private residence dies, an 
        heir taking legal possession of the residence under applicable 
        law shall be eligible for assistance under subsections (c)(2) 
        and (c)(3) in place of the deceased owner.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a major disaster declared by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) on or after January 1, 2008.
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