119 HR 7829 IH: Disaster Aid Without Delay Act of 2026 U.S. House of Representatives 2026-03-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 7829IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMarch 5, 2026Mr. Hernández (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Pou, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Soto, and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from carrying out any policy that imposes an arbitrary monetary threshold on the obligation or disbursement of disaster relief funds, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Disaster Aid Without Delay Act of 2026.

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Prohibition on certain actions with respect to disaster relief funds

(a)

In general

The Secretary of Homeland Security may not issue, implement, enforce, or carry out any policy, directive, guidance, or practice that imposes an arbitrary monetary threshold on the obligation or disbursement of funds made available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for major disaster or emergency assistance provided pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).(b)

Monetary threshold defined

In this section, the term monetary threshold means any fixed dollar amount requirement that conditions, delays, or requires additional approval for the obligation or disbursement of funds.