#aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #eiec  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the    
,disaster ,recovery ,reform ,act of     
#bjah to require the ,administrator of  
the ,federal ,emergency ,management     
,agency to waive certain debts owed to  
the ,united ,states related to covered  
assistance provided to an individual or 
household1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,preventing ,disaster               
,revictimization ,act4  #b4 ,flexibility
 ,section #abaf7;a7 of the ,disaster    
,recovery ,reform ,act of #bjah 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eagd;a7a77 is amended--  7#a7
 by amending paragraph 7#b77;,a7 to read
 as follows3  7,a7 except as provided in
 subparagraph 7,b71 shall--  7i7 waive a
 debt owed to the ,united ,states       
related to covered assistance provided  
to an individual or household if the    
covered assistance was distributed based
 on an error by the ,agency and such    
debt shall be construed as a hardship2  
and  7ii7 waive a debt owed to the      

,united ,states related to covered      
assistance provided to an individual or 
household if such assistance is subject 
to a claim or legal action1 including in
 accordance with section #cag of the    
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eafj72 and  2 and  7#b7 in   
paragraph 7#c77;,b7-- 7,a7 by striking  
,removal of and inserting ,report on2   
and  7,b7 in clause 7ii7 by striking the
 authority of the ,administrator to     
waive debt under paragraph 7#b7 shall no
 longer be effective and inserting the  
,administrator shall report to the      
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate actions that the
 ,administrator will take to reduce the 
error rate4  #c4 ,report to ,congress   
,the ,administrator of the ,federal     
,emergency ,management ,agency shall    
submit to the ,committee on             

,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate a 
report containing a description of the  
internal processes used to make         
decisions regarding the distribution of 
covered assistance under section #abaf  
of the ,disaster ,recovery and ,reform  
,act of #bjah 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagd;a7   
and any changes made to such processes4 
#d4 ,determination of budgetary effects 
,the budgetary effects of this ,act1 for
 the purpose of complying with the      
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj1 shall be determined by reference 
to the latest statement titled          
,budgetary ,effects of ,,paygo          
,legislation for this ,act1 submitted   
for printing in the ,congressional      
,record by the ,chairman of the ,house  
,budget ,committee1 provided that such  
statement has been submitted prior to   
the vote on passage4  ,passed the ,house
 of ,representatives ,november #ag1     

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