Official Summaries

Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act

This bill prohibits discrimination on the basis of political affiliation by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other participating entities (i.e., public or private entities providing or receiving assistance) in carrying out federal major disaster or emergency relief and assistance activities.

Current law requires FEMA and other participating entities to provide federal major disaster or emergency relief and assistance without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English proficiency, or economic status. The bill adds political affiliation to the classes protected under this requirement. 

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1342 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1342

 To prohibit discrimination based on political affiliation in granting 
                          disaster assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2025

  Mr. Perry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit discrimination based on political affiliation in granting 
                          disaster assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stopping Political Discrimination in 
Disaster Assistance Act''.

SEC. 2. NONDISCRIMINATION IN DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    Section 308(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5151(a)) is amended by striking 
``or economic status'' and inserting ``economic status, or political 
affiliation''.
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