DISASTER RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT

Bills and resolutions

Disasters: provide assistance for housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster and provide relief to homeowners affected by major disasters with mortgages insured, owned, or guaranteed by certain organizations (see H.R. 1297), H1612 [4MR]

FEMA: 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. 3066), H5235 [15JY]

——— develop an integrated plan to reduce administrative costs relative to certain disaster relief and emergency assistance (see S. 2109), S7046 [30SE]

——— enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1748), H2152 [13AP]

——— provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see H.R. 3863), H7346 [29OC]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see S. 1090), S2431 [27AP] (see H.R. 1546), H1848 [23MR]

——— provide for wildfire mitigation grants and financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires (see S. 1997), S6381 [5AU]

——— reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 830), H915 [10FE]

——— release local governments from certain land restrictions imposed under hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 3955), H8150 [5NO]

Public lands: establish wildfire on Federal lands as a major disaster (see H.R. 2996), H5029 [9JY]

SBA: exempt certain loans from prohibition against receiving duplicative financial assistance in the case of a disaster (see H.R. 2594), H3641 [1JN]

Remarks in House

FEMA: 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. 3066), E1071 [15JY]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (S. 1090), H9337 [16DE]

——— reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (H.R. 830), E188 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

FEMA: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (S. 1090), S6819 [17SE]

Reports filed

Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2109) (S. Rept. 114–173), S8437 [7DE]

Emergency Information Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1090) (S. Rept. 114–142), S6651 [15SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1090, Emergency Information Improvement Act, S6819 [17SE]

S. 1090, Emergency Information Improvement Act, H9337 [16DE]