Federal Disaster Assistance Improvement Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8582 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8582 To improve Federal disaster management and response for disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 31, 2024 Ms. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve Federal disaster management and response for disadvantaged communities, and for other purposes. 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 ``Federal Disaster Assistance Improvement Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANDING ACCESS TO DECLARATION PROCESS. (a) Major Disaster.--Section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) County Requests.-- ``(1) In general.--The chief executive officer of…