[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1946 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1946
To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive
certain debts owed to the United States related to covered assistance
provided to an individual or household, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 27, 2021
Mr. Portman (for himself and Mr. Peters) 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 Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive
certain debts owed to the United States related to covered assistance
provided to an individual or household, 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 ``Preventing Disaster Revictimization
Act''.
SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY.
Section 1216(a) of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (42
U.S.C. 5174a(a)) is amended--
(1) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as follows:
``(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B),
shall--
``(i) waive a debt owed to the United
States related to covered assistance provided
to an individual or household if the covered
assistance was distributed based on an error by
the Agency and such debt shall be construed as
a hardship; and
``(ii) waive a debt owed to the United
States related to covered assistance provided
to an individual or household if such
assistance is subject to a claim or legal
action, including in accordance with section
317 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5160);
and''; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)--
(A) by striking ``Removal of'' and inserting
``Report on''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``the authority of
the Administrator to waive debt under paragraph (2)
shall no longer be effective'' and inserting ``the
Administrator shall report to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate actions that the
Administrator will take to reduce the error rate''.
SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report containing a description of
the internal processes used to make decisions regarding the
distribution of covered assistance under section 1216 of the Disaster
Recovery and Reform Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 5174a) and any changes made
to such processes.
SEC. 4. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional
Record by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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