,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1        
#bjah,miss ,rice of ,new ,york 7for     
herself and ,mr4 ,king of ,new ,york7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on ,small
 ,business1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,robert ,t4    
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act to increase 
transparency with respect to duplication
 of benefits requirements1 to amend the 
,small ,business ,act to notify disaster
 loan recipients of their ability to    
refuse assistance1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,transparent        
,disaster ,relief ,act of #bjah4  #b4   

,duplication of benefits ,section #cab  
of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster  
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaee7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7e7   
,transparency  7#a7 ,statement of       
acknowledgment ,the ,president shall    
ensure that each person receiving       
,federal assistance for a major disaster
 or emergency signs a statement1 as a   
condition of such assistance1 that      
acknowledges the requirements under this
 section relating to duplication of     
benefits1 including an acknowledgment of
 the types of assistance that may result
 in a duplication of benefits4  7#b7    
,recoupment ,not later than #ij days    
after the date of enactment of this     
subsection1 the ,president shall ensure 
that any action to collect duplicative  
assistance from a recipient under this  
section includes the provision to the   
recipient of all documentation used to  
determine the relevant duplication of   
benefits4  4  #c4 ,notification to      

disaster loan recipients ,section       
#g7;b77#aj7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;b77#aj77 is       
amended-- 7#a7 by amending the paragraph
 heading to read as follows3            
,,notification2  7#b7 by striking loan4 
and inserting loan2 and2  7#c7 by       
striking the applicant may submit and   
inserting  the applicant-- 7,a7 may     
submit  2 and  7#d7 by adding at the end
 the following3  7,b7 is not required to
 accept the loan for which the applicant
 applied1 including for any reason      
relating to eligibility for other       
,federal assistance4  4