Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013
Latest action · Mar 13, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2013
- Passed HouseFeb 13, 2013
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community centers, including tax-exempt houses of worship, as "private nonprofit facilities" for purposes of disaster relief and emergency assistance eligibility under such Act.
Makes a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship, and a private nonprofit facility operated by a religious organization, eligible for federal contributions for the repair, restoration, and replacement of facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster, without regard to the religious character of the facility or the primary religious use of the facility.
Makes this Act applicable to the provision of assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency declared on or after October 28, 2012.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2013 to Feb 12, 2013; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Original | Feb 8, 2013 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Feb 8, 2013 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Feb 12, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Feb 12, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 12, 2013 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Feb 12, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Feb 12, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Michael G. Grimm | Feb 12, 2013 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Feb 12, 2013 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2013 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 11, 2013 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 13, 2013 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 14, 2013Received in the Senate.
- Feb 13, 2013Mr. Barletta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 13, 2013Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H465-479)
- Feb 13, 2013DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 592.
In the Congressional Record 5
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E174 | Betty McCollum D-MN | Feb 25, 2013 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E161 | Rush Holt D-NJ | Feb 15, 2013 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E143, E153 | Christopher H. Smith R-NJ | Feb 14, 2013 |
| House | Debate and remarks H465–H480Text printed H465Recorded votes H479enact | Bob Goodlatte R-VA, Christopher H. Smith R-NJ, Grace Meng D-NY, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Joseph R. Pitts R-PA, Lou Barletta R-PA, Nick J. Rahall II D-WV, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Sander M. Levin D-MI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Trent Franks R-AZ | Feb 13, 2013 |
| House | Lists H431H.R. 592–608 | — | Feb 8, 2013 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H431.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1274 | A bill to extend assistance to certain private nonprofit facilities following a disaster, and for other purposes. | Related bill | Jul 10, 2013 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 13, 2013Referred in Senate
- Feb 13, 2013Engrossed in House
- Feb 8, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
