[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1593 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1593

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to prohibit the President from considering insurance as 
    a duplication of benefits for certain assistance under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2025

 Ms. Brownley (for herself, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Sherman, and 
   Ms. Chu) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to prohibit the President from considering insurance as 
    a duplication of benefits for certain assistance under such Act.

    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 ``Disaster Displacement Assistance 
Improvement Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS CLARIFICATION.

    Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(k) Duplication of Benefits.--
            ``(1) In general.--In determining eligibility for 
        displacement assistance under this section, the President may 
        not consider insurance a duplication of benefits for the 
        purpose of applying section 312 of this Act.
            ``(2) Displacement assistance defined.--In this section, 
        the term `displacement assistance' means assistance provided 
        under this section to stay in a hotel or motel, stay with 
        family and friends, or for any other available housing 
        options.''.
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