Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act
Latest action · May 3, 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 359.
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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Passed HouseJun 15, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive certain debts owed to the United States related to disaster assistance provided to an individual or household.
Specifically, FEMA must waive a debt owed to the United States related to disaster assistance provided to an individual or household if such assistance (1) was distributed based on an error by FEMA and such debt is construed as a hardship, and (2) is subject to a claim or legal action.
FEMA must report to Congress on (1) actions that it will take to reduce the assistance payment error rate, and (2) the internal processes used to make decisions regarding the distribution of federal disaster assistance to individuals and households and any changes made to such processes.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to Jun 11, 2021; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Apr 14, 2021 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Jun 11, 2021 |
Committees 3
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 Jan 28, 2021Markup Mar 24, 2021Reported Jun 14, 2021 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2021Discharged Mar 24, 2021 | |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2021Discharged Jun 14, 2021 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 16, 2021Markup Jul 14, 2021Reported May 3, 2022 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 3, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-101.
- May 3, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 359.
- Jul 14, 2021Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Jun 16, 2021Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jun 15, 2021Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jun 15, 2021Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2767-2768)
- Jun 15, 2021DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 539.
- Jun 15, 2021Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2767)
- Jun 15, 2021Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 14, 2021Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-61, Part I.
- Jun 14, 2021Committee on the Budget discharged.
- Jun 14, 2021Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 43.
- Mar 24, 2021Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
- Mar 24, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 24, 2021Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2021Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2767, H2768Text printed H2767Notices H2814Estimated budget effects of H.R. 539, Preventing Disaster Revictimization ActTables H2814Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 539, Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Garret Graves R-LA, John A. Yarmuth D-KY | Jun 15, 2021 |
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.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 9, 2021H.R. 539, Preventing Disaster Revictimization ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 14, 2021
- Jun 14, 2021H.R. 539, Preventing Disaster Revictimization ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 24, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 17, January 28, 2021, page H251.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-58 | RECOVERY UPDATE: STATUS OF FEMA RECOVERY EFFORTS IN PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS FIVE YEARS AFTER HURRICANES IRMA AND MARIA124 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Sep 15, 2022 |
| Serial No. 117-45 | FEMA PRIORITIES FOR 2022 AND THE 2022 2026 STRATEGIC PLAN58 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Serial No. 117-41 | FEMA PRIORITIES FOR 2022: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES101 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Serial No. 117-20 | FEMA'S PRIORITIES FOR FY22 AND BEYOND: COORDINATING MISSION, VISION, AND BUDGET45 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jun 23, 2021 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1946 | Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act | Identical bill | May 27, 2021 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to waive certain debts owed to the United States related to covered assistance provided to an individual or household, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 3, 2022Reported to Senate
- Jun 16, 2021Referred in Senate
- Jun 15, 2021Engrossed in House
- Jun 14, 2021Reported in House
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced 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.
