,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ejah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #af1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,reed 7for himself and ,mr4   
,whitehouse7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to approve certain requests for a major
 disaster declaration1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,disaster ,relief   
,fairness ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,approval 
of major disaster declaration requests  
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,covered period ,the term covered period
 means the period beginning on ,january 
#bj1 #bjbe1 and ending on ,january #bj1 
#bjbi4  7#b7 ,covered request ,the term 
covered request means a request for a   
declaration by the ,president that a    
major disaster exists that is submitted 
by the ,governor of a ,state or a ,chief
 ,executive of an ,indian tribal        
government under section #dja of the    

,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7 during the covered     
period4  7#c7 ,governor2 ,indian tribal 
government2 major disaster2 ,state ,the 
terms ,governor1 ,indian tribal         
government1 major disaster1 and ,state  
have the meanings given those terms in  
section #ajb of the ,robert ,t4         
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eabb74  7b7 ,declaration of  
major disasters during covered period   
,notwithstanding the last sentence of   
subsection 7a7 and subsection 7b77#a7 of
 section #dja of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj71 for purposes of       
assistance provided under that ,act--   
7#a7 any covered request shall be deemed
 to have been approved by the           
,president2 and  7#b7 the ,president    
shall provide the assistance requested  
in the covered request-- 7,a7 if the    

incident in the covered request1 based  
on the joint preliminary damage         
assessment of the ,federal ,emergency   
,management ,agency1 meets or exceeds   
the per capita indicators or cost of    
assistance estimates for public         
assistance under section #bjf4dh7;a7 of 
title #dd1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 as in effect on the date  
of enactment of this ,act2 or  7,b7 if  
the ,regional ,administrator of the     
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
for the region in which the incident in 
the covered request occurred determines 
that individual assistance is warranted1
 according to the factors outlined in   
section #bjf4dh7;b7 of title #dd1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations1 as in effect  
on the date of enactment of this ,act4  
7c7 ,no denial of assistance            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 the ,president may not withhold or 
deny assistance provided under the      
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    

,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq47 with respect to
 a covered request solely due to a      
missed deadline relating to that        
assistance4