,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gji  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #bc1         
#bjag,mr4 ,nelson introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the             
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency from     
taking administrative action to recover 
certain payments for disaster or        
emergency assistance1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,disaster           
,assistance ,improvement ,act of #bjag4 
#b4 ,actions to recover payment for     
disaster or emergency assistance  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  
grantee2 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 grantee2 and  7,b7 
in paragraph 7#c71 by inserting for     
project completion as certified by the  
grantee after final expenditure report4 
7b7 ,applicability ,with respect to a   
payment for disaster or emergency       
assistance provided to a ,state or local
 government on or after ,january #a1    
#bjjd1 the ,administrator of the        
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
may not take administrative action to   
recover such payment for assistance     
after the date of enactment of this ,act
 if the action is prohibited under      
section #gje7;a77#a7 of the ,robert ,t4 
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        

,u4,s4,c4 #ebje7;a77#a771 as amended by 
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,limitation        
,nothing in this section1 including the 
amendments made by this section1 shall  
be construed to invalidate or otherwise 
affect any administrative action        
completed before the date of enactment  
of this ,act4