119-hr1164

HR
✓ Complete Data

Fair Disaster Assistance Act of 2025

Login to track bills
Introduced:
Feb 10, 2025
Policy Area:
Emergency Management

Bill Statistics

4
Actions
3
Cosponsors
0
Summaries
1
Subjects
1
Text Versions
Yes
Full Text

AI Summary

No AI Summary Available

Click the button above to generate an AI-powered summary of this bill using Claude.

The summary will analyze the bill's key provisions, impact, and implementation details.

Latest Action

Feb 10, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Actions (4)

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Type: Committee | Source: House committee actions | Code: H11000
Feb 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Type: IntroReferral | Source: House floor actions | Code: H11100
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: Intro-H
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral | Source: Library of Congress | Code: 1000
Feb 10, 2025

Subjects (1)

Emergency Management (Policy Area)

Cosponsors (3)

(D-CA)
Feb 13, 2025
(D-CA)
Feb 10, 2025

Text Versions (1)

Introduced in House

Feb 10, 2025

Full Bill Text

Length: 2,083 characters Version: Introduced in House Version Date: Feb 10, 2025 Last Updated: Nov 14, 2025 6:23 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1164 Introduced in House

(IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1164

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to ensure that certain applicants for assistance after a declared major
disaster do not receive a notice of denial while the applicant has a
pending insurance claim for disaster-related losses, and for other
purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 10, 2025

Mr. Garcia of California (for himself, Mr. Edwards, and Ms. Chu)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to ensure that certain applicants for assistance after a declared major
disaster do not receive a notice of denial while the applicant has a
pending insurance claim for disaster-related losses, 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.

This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Disaster Assistance Act of
2025''.
SEC. 2.
INSURANCE CLAIM DETERMINATION.

The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall
issue such regulations as are necessary to ensure that an applicant for
assistance under
section 408 of the Robert T.
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) that has indicated
ownership of an insurance policy for a home or facility damaged by a
major disaster declared under
section 401 of such Act that is owned by such applicant does not receive a notice that indicates a denial of assistance before a final determination has been made regarding the approval or denial of a claim under such policy.
such applicant does not receive a notice that indicates a denial of
assistance before a final determination has been made regarding the
approval or denial of a claim under such policy.
<all>