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Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2019

Introduced: December 6, 2019 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Became law
Dec 9, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Dec 6, 2019
Introduced in House
Dec 6, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2019

This bill makes common interest communities, such as housing cooperatives (co-ops) and condominiums, eligible for the same assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as other homeowners.

Specifically, the bill

  • adds definitions of residential common interest community, condominium, and housing cooperative to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;
  • requires FEMA to issue rules for the removal of debris or wreckage from real estate owned by a residential common interest community resulting from a major disaster and deems such removal to be in the public interest when a state or local government determines in writing that such debris or wreckage constitutes a threat to life, public health or safety, or the economic recovery of such community; and
  • provides for the repair of essential common elements of a condominium or co-op damaged by a disaster under FEMA's Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program.
What's happening now December 9, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 9 Republican 2
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jun 30, 2020
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 30, 2020
 D
Golden, Jared F.
Maine · Jun 30, 2020
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 30, 2020
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Jun 30, 2020
 D
Sherrill, Mikie
New Jersey · Jun 30, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Jun 30, 2020
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jan 10, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 10, 2020
Rice, Tom
· Jan 9, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Jan 9, 2020
Olson, Pete
· Dec 19, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Dec 19, 2019
ENGEL, ELIOT
· Dec 6, 2019
KING, PETER
· Dec 6, 2019
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Dec 6, 2019
Zeldin, Lee
· Dec 6, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5337: Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5337/
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