Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7568 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7568

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to establish a deadline for applying for disaster 
                        unemployment assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2024

  Mr. Neguse 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 to establish a deadline for applying for disaster 
                        unemployment assistance.

    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 Deadlines 
Alignment Act''.

SEC. 2. DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPLICATION DEADLINE.

    Section 410 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5177) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Application Deadline.--
            ``(1) In general.--With respect to a major disaster for 
        which assistance is provided under this section and section 
        408, the application deadline for an individual seeking 
        assistance under this section shall match the application 
        deadline for individuals and households seeking assistance 
        under section 408.
            ``(2) Extension.--The President may accept an application 
        from an individual described in paragraph (1) that is submitted 
        after the deadline described in paragraph (1) if--
                    ``(A) the individual has good cause for the late 
                submission; and
                    ``(B) the individual submits the application before 
                the date on which the period during which assistance is 
                provided under this section for the applicable major 
                disaster expires.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendment made by section 2 shall apply only with respect to 
amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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