,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dc #aagth   
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #eci 
,report ,no4 #aag-fa1 ,part ,i ,,in     
,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives    
,january #bh1 #bjba,mr4 ,graves of      
,missouri 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 
,mr4 ,garamendi1 ,miss ,gonzlez-,coln1  
,mr4 ,thompson of ,california1 ,mr4     
,huffman1 and ,mr4 ,carbajal7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on the ,budget1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,june #ad1 #bjba;,additional sponsors3  
,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1 ,mr4         
,delgado1 and ,ms4 ,plaskett  ,june #ad1
 #bjba,reported from the ,committee on  
,transportation and ,infrastructure     
,june #ad1 #bjba;,committee on the      
,budget discharged2 committed to the    
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  

,state of the ,union and ordered to be  
printed  ,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 
#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  ,june #ad1        
#bjba,reported from the ,committee on   

,transportation and ,infrastructure,june
 #ad1 #bjba;,committee on the ,budget   
discharged2 committed to the ,committee 
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union and ordered to be printed