,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afda  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjag ,mr4 ,rubio introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,robert ,t4    
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act to limit    
certain administrative actions1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the               
,post-,disaster ,fairness to ,states    
,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,statute of         
limitations  7a7 ,in ,general ,section  
#gje of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford       
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ebje7  
is amended--  7#a7 in subsection        
7a77#a7-- 7,a7 by striking ,except and  
inserting ,notwithstanding section      
#cgaf7;e7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 and except2 and  7,b7 by striking
 report for the disaster or emergency   

and inserting report for project        
completion as certified by the grantee  
if the purpose of the grant was         
accomplished2 and  7#b7 in subsection   
7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by        
striking report for the disaster or     
emergency and inserting report for      
project completion as certified by the  
grantee if the purpose of the grant was 
accomplished2 and  7,b7 in paragraph    
7#c71 by inserting for project          
completion as certified by the grantee  
if the purpose of the grant was         
accomplished after final expenditure    
report4  7b7 ,applicability  7#a7 ,in   
general ,with respect to disaster or    
emergency assistance provided to a      
,state or local government after        
,january #a1 #bjjd1 section #gje of the 
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #ebje71 as amended by         
subsection 7a71 is applicable to any    
administrative action to recover a      
payment of such assistance for which a  

final agency decision has not been made 
as of the date of enactment of this     
,act4  7#b7 ,rule of construction       
,nothing in this section1 or the        
amendments made by this section1 shall  
be construed to invalidate or otherwise 
affect any administration action or     
final agency decision completed before  
the date of enactment of this ,act4  #c4
 ,limitation on recovery of ,,fema      
assistance funds  7a7 ,in general       
,notwithstanding section #cgaf7;e7 of   
title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 the   
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency may not  
take any action to recoup covered       
assistance from the recipient of the    
covered assistance if the receipt of the
 covered assistance occurred on a date  
that is more than #c years before the   
date on which the ,federal ,emergency   
,management ,agency first provided to   
the recipient written notification of an
 intent to recoup the covered           
assistance4  7b7 ,covered assistance    

defined ,in this section1 the term      
covered assistance means assistance     
provided-- 7#a7 under section #djh of   
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagd72 and  7#b7 in     
relation to a major disaster declared by
 the ,president under section #dja of   
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7 on or   
after ,january #a1 #bjab4