,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eiec  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #be1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,graves of ,missouri 7for     
himself1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 
,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,ms4     
,plaskett1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of      
,puerto ,rico1 and ,mr4 ,carbajal7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,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