Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act

Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness Act

This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit the President from considering the income of an individual or household in determining whether to provide, or continue to provide, rental assistance under provisions pertaining to federal assistance to individuals and households in states affected by a major disaster.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4930 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4930

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act with respect to Federal assistance to individuals and 
                  households, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 5, 2018

Mr. Culberson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act with respect to Federal assistance to individuals and 
                  households, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Assistance Rental Fairness 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.

    Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(k) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section, the President shall not consider the income of an individual 
or household in determining whether to provide, or continue to provide, 
to that individual or household rental assistance under this 
section.''.
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