[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1684 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1684

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
    to provide technical assistance to common interest communities 
 regarding eligibility for disaster assistance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2017

 Mr. Nadler (for himself and Mr. Engel) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
    to provide technical assistance to common interest communities 
 regarding eligibility for disaster assistance, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Assistance Support for 
Communities and Homeowners Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Technical Assistance.--The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall provide technical assistance to a 
common interest community that provides essential services of a 
governmental nature on actions that a common interest community may 
take in order to be eligible to receive reimbursement from a grantee 
that receives funds from the Agency for certain activities performed 
after an event that results in a disaster declaration.
    (b) Recommendations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall provide recommendations 
to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on how 
common areas of condominiums and housing cooperatives may be eligible 
for assistance, including any progress the Agency has made in its 
explorations of this issue and the potential challenges identified 
since the Agency issued its report on May 22, 2014.
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