[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4277 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4277

  To ensure that the Federal share of the costs of certain assistance 
  relating to Hurricanes Irma and Maria is 100 percent, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 7, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure that the Federal share of the costs of certain assistance 
  relating to Hurricanes Irma and Maria is 100 percent, 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 ``Waiver of Emergency Payments Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL SHARE OF ASSISTANCE.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any 
agreement, the Federal share of assistance, including direct Federal 
assistance, provided for Puerto Rico in connection with Hurricanes Irma 
and Maria under sections 403, 404, 406, 407, and 408 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 
5170c, 5172, 5173, and 5174) shall be 100 percent of the eligible costs 
under such sections.
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