Seal of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
Prohibits administrative action to recover payments made to state and local governments for disaster relief or emergency assistance after more than three years since the payments were made.
Official Summary
This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to prohibit any administrative action to recover any payment made to a state or local government for disaster or emergency assistance initiated in any forum (with exceptions for fraud) after three years following the transmission of the final expenditure report for project completion, as certified by the grantee (currently, after three years following the transmission of the final expenditure report for the disaster or emergency).
Such revised prohibition shall apply to any such payment provided on or after January 1, 2004. Any administrative action to recover such a payment that is pending on the date of enactment of this bill shall be terminated.
Amendments
Amended in committee.
Sponsors
Original sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Cosponsors: Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11], Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18], Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Votes
Passed House: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll250.xml
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