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Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021

Introduced: September 20, 2021 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Sep 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Sep 20, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Sep 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021

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 September 21, 2021

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 11
All 11 Democratic 6 Republican 3
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Nov 3, 2022
Cartwright, Matt
· Feb 2, 2022
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Feb 2, 2022
 D
Meng, Grace
New York · Sep 28, 2021
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Sep 20, 2021
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Sep 20, 2021
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Sep 20, 2021
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Sep 20, 2021
Zeldin, Lee
· Sep 20, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5298: Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5298/
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"H.R. 5298: Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5298/.
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H.R. 5298, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5298/.
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