DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Disasters: clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (see H.R. 592), H430 [8FE]

——— provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see S. 1480), S6208 [1AU] (see H.R. 2887), H5260 [31JY]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see S. 1819), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 2647), H4369 [10JY]

FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see S. 905), S3256 [8MY] (see S. 924), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 1878), H2532 [8MY]

——— establish pilot program to provide for wildfire mitigation grants (see S. 1428), S6206 [1AU]

——— reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 3282), H6492 [10OC]

Letters

Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act: Abba Cohen, Agudath Israel of America (organization), H470 [13FE]

——— Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, H469 [13FE]

——— Carl H. Esbeck, University of Missouri School of Law, E144 [14FE]

——— Christine C. Quinn, Peter F. Vallone, Jr., and Fernando Cabrera, New York, NY, City Council, H470 [13FE]

——— David M. O’Connell, Trenton, NJ, Diocese, H477 [13FE]

——— Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law, H469 [13FE]

——— Eric C. Rassbach and Daniel Blomberg, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (organization), H478 [13FE]

——— Galen Carey, National Association of Evangelicals, H477 [13FE]

——— Laura W. Murphy and Dena Sher, ACLU, H471 [13FE]

——— Maggie Garrett, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (organization), H471 [13FE]

——— Marc D. Stern and Richard T. Foltin, American Jewish Committee, H469 [13FE]

——— Nan Futrell, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (organization), H472 [13FE]

——— Ruth Cole and Jacob Toporek, New Jersey State Association of Jewish Federations, H476 [13FE]

——— Samuel Tendler, Congregation Sons of Israel, Lakewood, NJ, H477 [13FE]

——— Suhag A. Shukla, Hindu American Foundation, H472 [13FE]

——— Tom McClusky, Family Research Council, H470 [13FE]

——— William C. Daroff, Jewish Federations of North America, H477 [13FE]

——— William E. Lori and Denis J. Madden, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H476 [13FE]

——— William Murphy, Rockville Centre, NY, Diocese, H468 [13FE]

——— Yehuda Neuberger and Nathan J. Diament, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, H476 [13FE]

——— Yisroel Schenkolewski, Bais Kaila Torah Preparatory High School for Girls, Lakewood, NJ, H477 [13FE]

Memorandums

Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act: Nathan J. Diament, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, H474–H476 [13FE]

——— UJA-Federation of New York, H469 [13FE]

Remarks in House

Disasters: clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (H.R. 592), H465–H480 [13FE], E143, E153 [14FE], E161 [15FE], E174 [25FE]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (H.R. 2647), H5598 [18SE]

FEMA: reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (H.R. 3282), E1474 [10OC]

Remarks in Senate

Disasters: allow for a more effective recovery from disasters, S36 [22JA]

Texts of

H.R. 592, Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act, H465 [13FE]