,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cgei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjbe,mr4  
,dunn of ,florida introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide 
for streamlined cost exemptions for     
public assistance projects by the       
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,streamlined ,,fema ,cost ,exemption    
,act4  #b4 ,recoupment of certain       
assistance prohibited ,section          
#gje7;a77#a7 of the ,robert ,t4         
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #ebje7;a77#a77 is amended by  
striking #c years and inserting #b      
years4  #c4 ,restoration of waiver      
authority  7a7 ,authority ,section      
#cab7;b7 of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford   
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4         

#eaee7;b77 is amended by adding at the  
end the following3  7#d7 ,waiver of     
general prohibition  7,a7 ,in general   
,the ,president may waive the general   
prohibition provided in subsection 7a7  
upon request of a ,governor on behalf of
 the ,state or on behalf of a person1   
business concern1 or any other entity   
suffering losses as a result of a major 
disaster or emergency1 if the ,president
 finds such waiver is in the public     
interest and will not result in waste1  
fraud1 or abuse4 ,in making this        
decision1 the ,president may consider   
the following3 7i7 ,the recommendations 
of the ,administrator of the ,federal   
,emergency ,management ,agency made in  
consultation with the ,federal agency or
 agencies administering the duplicative 
program4  7ii7 ,if a waiver is granted1 
the assistance to be funded is cost     
effective4  7iii7 ,equity and good      
conscience4  7iv7 ,other matters of     
public policy considered appropriate by 
the ,president4  7,b7 ,grant or denial  

of waiver ,a request under subparagraph 
7,a7 shall be granted or denied not     
later than #de days after submission of 
such request4  7,c7 ,prohibition on     
determination that loan is a duplication
 ,notwithstanding subsection 7c71 in    
carrying out subparagraph 7,a71 the     
,president may not determine that a loan
 is a duplication of assistance1        
provided that all ,federal assistance is
 used toward a loss suffered as a result
 of the major disaster or emergency4  4 
7b7 ,limitation ,this subsection1       
including the amendment made by         
subsection 7a71 shall not be construed  
to apply to section #djf or #djh of the 
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eagb1 #eagd74  7c7           
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 shall apply to any major 
disaster or emergency declared by the   
,president under section #dja or #eja1  
respectively1 of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         

,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj1 #eaia7 on or after the 
date of enactment of this ,act4  #d4    
,waiver of certain recoupment of funds  
,title ,,vii of the ,robert ,t4         
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq47 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  #gjg4 
,waiver of certain recoupment of funds  
7a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding        
subchapter ,,iv of chapter #cc of title 
#ca1 ,united ,states ,code1 the         
,administrator may waive recoupment of  
funds provided for a covered project    
that-- 7#a7 are otherwise eligible to be
 recouped by a provision of this ,act2  
and  7#b7 that exceed the total cost of 
a covered project by not greater than #e
 percent4  7b7 ,covered project ,in this
 section1 the term covered project means
 a project for which financial          
assistance was provided under section   
#djc1 #djf1 #djg1 #dbh1 or #ejb4  4  #e4
 ,acceptable error ratio ,title ,,vii of

 the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster    
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq47 is further
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  #gjh4 ,acceptable error     
ratio  7a7 ,establishment               
,notwithstanding subchapter ,,iv of     
chapter #cc of title #ca1 ,united       
,states ,code1 the ,administrator of the
 ,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency
 shall develop and establish an         
acceptable error ratio for allocations  
during eligibility negotiations relating
 to financial assistance provided under 
this ,act4  7b7 ,use of funds ,the      
,administrator shall ensure that any    
amount provided under this ,act that the
 ,administrator considers to be within  
the error ratio established under       
subsection 7a7 is used for an eligible  
purpose for which the assistance is     
provided4  4