Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2019

Summary

Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 201 9 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 wreckage constitutes a threat to life, public health or safety, or the economic recovery of such community; and provides for the repair of essential common elements of a condominium or co-op damaged by a disaster under FEMA's Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program.

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Timeline

1. 6 December 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 December 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 December 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 9 December 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 6 December 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 6 December 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 6 December 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 6 December 2019

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Sponsors

• Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] · D · Sponsor
• David Rouzer · R · Sponsor
• Joe Cunningham · D · Sponsor
• Lee Zeldin · R · Sponsor
• ELIOT ENGEL · D · Sponsor
• PETER KING · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] · D · Cosponsor
• Pete Olson · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Tom Rice · R · Cosponsor
• Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Cosponsor
• Mario Diaz-Balart · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Ed Case · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] · D · Cosponsor
• Raul Ruiz · D · Cosponsor
• Jared Golden · D · Cosponsor
• Mikie Sherrill · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] · D · Cosponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2021