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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2535 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance |
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| 6 | 6 | | Act to prohibit the President from considering insurance as a duplication |
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| 7 | 7 | | of benefits for certain assistance under such Act. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL1, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ROWNLEY(for herself and Ms. CHU) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 12 | 12 | | was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- |
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| 15 | 15 | | gency Assistance Act to prohibit the President from con- |
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| 16 | 16 | | sidering insurance as a duplication of benefits for certain |
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| 17 | 17 | | assistance under such Act. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FEMA Temporary 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Housing Assistance Improvement Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS CLARIFICATION. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 408(c)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:40 Apr 04, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2535.IH H2535 |
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| 27 | 27 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | •HR 2535 IH |
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| 29 | 29 | | 5174(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(C) D |
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| 32 | 32 | | UPLICATION OF BENEFITS .—In de-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | termining eligibility for temporary housing as-4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sistance under this subsection, the President 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | may not consider insurance a duplication of 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | benefits for the purpose of applying section 312 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of this Act.’’. 8 |
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