[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4912 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4912

To prohibit the recoupment of Federal disaster and emergency assistance 
        from individuals and households, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2019

 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the recoupment of Federal disaster and emergency assistance 
        from individuals and households, 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 ``Nation Owes Community Lifelines 
After Weathering Sandy Act'' or ``NO CLAWS Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON RECOUPMENT OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE 
              FROM INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.

    Section 1216(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 
5174a(b)) is amended by--
            (1) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) No recoupment from individuals or households.--Unless 
        there is evidence of civil or criminal fraud, the Agency may 
        not take any action to recoup covered assistance from an 
        individual or a household that is a recipient of such 
        assistance.''.
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