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Senate Bill 2575
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Disaster Assistance Simplification Act
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S. 2575 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2575


To prohibit recipients of disaster recovery relief assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development from penalizing applicants that declined assistance from the Small Business Administration.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 26, 2019

Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To prohibit recipients of disaster recovery relief assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development from penalizing applicants that declined assistance from the Small Business Administration.

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 “Disaster Assistance Simplification Act”.

SEC. 2. Duplication of benefits for disaster relief.

(a) Definitions.—In this section—

(1) the term “Administration” means the Small Business Administration; and

(2) the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

(b) Prohibitions.—With respect to a grant provided to a grantee under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), the Secretary and the grantee shall not—

(1) take into consideration whether an applicant for assistance from the grantee applied and was approved for, but declined, assistance related to the major disaster from the Administration under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)); or

(2) reduce the amount provided to an applicant described in paragraph (1) by any amount that the applicant would have received from the Administration if the applicant had not declined the assistance.

(c) Application.—Subsection (b) shall apply with respect to applicants for assistance from a grantee under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect to a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) who applied for assistance from the Administration under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) related to the major disaster before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.