[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7829 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7829

 To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from carrying out any 
 policy that imposes an arbitrary monetary threshold on the obligation 
   or disbursement of disaster relief funds, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2026

 Mr. Hernandez (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Stanton, Ms. 
Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Beatty, Ms. Pou, 
Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Torres of New York, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Soto, 
 and Mr. Carter of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from carrying out any 
 policy that imposes an arbitrary monetary threshold on the obligation 
   or disbursement of disaster relief funds, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Aid Without Delay Act of 
2026''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO DISASTER RELIEF 
              FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security may not issue, 
implement, enforce, or carry out any policy, directive, guidance, or 
practice that imposes an arbitrary monetary threshold on the obligation 
or disbursement of funds made available to the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency for major disaster or emergency assistance provided 
pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
    (b) Monetary Threshold Defined.--In this section, the term 
``monetary threshold'' means any fixed dollar amount requirement that 
conditions, delays, or requires additional approval for the obligation 
or disbursement of funds.
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