S 3556
115th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling
DEBRIS Act
Introduced: October 5, 2018
Introduced by:
Blumenthal, Richard
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Oct 5, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Oct 5, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Diversifying Emergency Benchmarks for the Recovery of Individuals after Storms Act or the DEBRIS Act
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide disaster relief assistance to individuals for the removal of debris from owner-occupied private residences and property.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must, by rulemaking, amend the factors for evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to include the estimated cost of removing fallen debris from owner-occupied residences and property.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1