H.R. 5953 — Reported in House

IB Union Calendar No. 475 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5953 [Report No. 116–577] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2020Mr. Graves of Missouri (for himself, Mr. Huffman, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Plaskett, Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico, and Mr. Carbajal) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure November 16, 2020Additional sponsor: Mr. Garamendi November 16, 2020Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printedStrike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italicFor text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 25, 2020 A BILL To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 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 household, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act. 2. Flexibility Section 1216(a) of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 5174a(a)) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (2)(A) to read as follows: (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), shall— (i) 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 hardship; and (ii) 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 action, including in accordance with section 317 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5160); and ; and (2) in paragraph (3)(B)— (A) by striking Removal of and inserting Report on; and (B) in clause (ii) by striking the authority of the Administrator to waive debt under paragraph (2) 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 rate. 3. 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 1216 of the Disaster Recovery and Reform Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 5174a) and any changes made to such processes. November 16, 2020Reported with an amendment; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed