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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1164 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency |
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| 6 | 6 | | to ensure that certain applicants for assistance after a declared major |
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| 7 | 7 | | disaster do not receive a notice of denial while the applicant has a |
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| 8 | 8 | | pending insurance claim for disaster-related losses, and for other pur- |
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| 9 | 9 | | poses. |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 11 | 11 | | FEBRUARY10, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. G |
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| 13 | 13 | | ARCIAof California (for himself, Mr. EDWARDS, and Ms. CHU) intro- |
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| 14 | 14 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Trans- |
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| 15 | 15 | | portation and Infrastructure |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man- |
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| 18 | 18 | | agement Agency to ensure that certain applicants for |
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| 19 | 19 | | assistance after a declared major disaster do not receive |
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| 20 | 20 | | a notice of denial while the applicant has a pending |
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| 21 | 21 | | insurance claim for disaster-related losses, and for other |
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| 22 | 22 | | purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Disaster Assist-4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ance Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 1164 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE NOTIFI-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | CATION BEFORE INSURANCE CLAIM DETER-2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | MINATION. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | agement Agency shall issue such regulations as are nec-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | essary to ensure that an applicant for assistance under 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) that has indi-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | cated ownership of an insurance policy for a home or facil-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ity damaged by a major disaster declared under section 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 401 of such Act that is owned by such applicant does not 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | receive a notice that indicates a denial of assistance before 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | a final determination has been made regarding the ap-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | proval or denial of a claim under such policy. 14 |
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