[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5276 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5276

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to adjust the time period for the eligibility of certain 
 base and overtime wages associated with the repair, restoration, and 
                   replacement of damaged facilities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2026

 Mr. Schiff (for himself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to adjust the time period for the eligibility of certain 
 base and overtime wages associated with the repair, restoration, and 
                   replacement of damaged facilities.

    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 ``Reducing Red Tape for Rebuilding 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

    Section 406(a)(2)(D) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(a)(2)(D)) is amended to read 
as follows:
                    ``(D) base and overtime wages for extra hires 
                utilized for substantial damage determinations 
                occurring within 180 days after the major disaster is 
                declared or, for all other activities to facilitate the 
                implementation and enforcement of adopted building 
                codes, for a period of not more than 2 years after a 
                date selected by the recipient of the relevant 
                contribution.''.
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