[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10399 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10399

 To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to direct the President 
 to end financial assistance for funeral expenses related to the COVID-
                              19 pandemic.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2024

Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to direct the President 
 to end financial assistance for funeral expenses related to the COVID-
                              19 pandemic.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ENDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES RELATED TO 
              COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

    Section 4006(a) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (42 U.S.C. 
5174 note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Emergency Declarations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), if 
        the President issues an emergency declaration pursuant to 
        section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), the President 
        shall provide financial assistance to an individual or 
        household to meet such emergency-related funeral expenses under 
        section 408(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(e)), for which the 
        Federal cost share shall be 100 percent.
            ``(2) Exception.--Under paragraph (1), the President may 
        not provide financial assistance to an individual or household 
        to meet funeral expenses related to the emergency declaration 
        issued by the President on March 13, 2020 (commonly referred to 
        as the `COVID-19 Emergency Declaration').''.
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