,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dge #aafth  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #eiec
 ,report ,no4 #aaf-egg ,,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  ,november #af1         
#bjbj;,additional sponsor3 ,mr4         
,garamendi  ,november #af1              
#bjbj,reported with an amendment2       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union and ordered to be printed,strike 
out all after the enacting clause and   
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,february #be1    
#bjbj  ,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  #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 
,november #af1 #bjbj,reported with an   
amendment2 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed