118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 3777Disaster Assistance Fairness Act

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for common interest communities, condominiums, and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes.

Emergency management
Introduced May 31, 2023
Last action Jun 1, 2023
Pipeline · Bill → Law
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Introduced
May 31, 2023
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Referred
Jun 1, 2023
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Committee
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House floor
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Senate
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill makes common interest communities, such as housing cooperatives (co-ops) and condominiums, eligible for the same assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as other homeowners. Specifically, the bill adds definitions of residential common interest community, condominium, and housing cooperative to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; requires FEMA to issue rules for the removal of debris or wreckage from real estate owned by a residential common interest community resulting from a major disaster and deems such removal to be in the public interest when a state or local government determines in writing that such debris or wreckag...

Provisions · 5 sectionsIntroduced in House
Timeline · 3 actions
Jun 1, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 31, 2023
Introduced in House
May 31, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.