HR 1796 · 118th Congress · Emergency Management
Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2023
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 319.(2024-02-14)
Plain Language Summary
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Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2023 This bill makes changes in the process for seeking and providing assistance following a major disaster. Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and maintain a web-based interagency electronic information sharing system, to be known as the unified disaster application system, to facilitate the administration of a universal application for direct federal disaster assistance. The President may provide (1) assistance to respond to the disaster-related housing needs of individuals and households who are displaced from their predisaster primary residence that is damaged by a major disaster (currently, such residences must be rendered uninhabitable); and (2) direct assistance for repairs and for cost-effective hazard mitigation measures that reduce threats to life and property or future damage. FEMA may (1) provide funding to a state agency to establish, update, or operate a website to provide information relating to postdisaster recovery funding and resources; and (2) reimburse a state, tribal, or local government for certain costs relating to sheltering emergency response personnel. The bill exten…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1796, Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2023
Sep 22, 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on May 23, 2023
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Cosponsors (9)
5 Democrats4 Republicans