H.R. 3176: Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
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H.R. 3176: Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-11 · Emergency Management · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-11 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
Plain summary
Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking any action to recoup major disaster assistance from a recipient that received such assistance more than three years before FEMA first provided such recipient written notification of an intent to recoup it unless there is evidence of fraud.
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Official text
Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3] · 12 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3176, Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017 (2017-10-13)
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Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr3176.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr3176 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115