S1858 ENR: Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act U.S. Senate text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America2d SessionBegun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty fourS. 1858IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESAN ACTTo amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish a deadline for applying for disaster unemployment assistance.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act.

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Disaster unemployment assistance application deadline

Section 410 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5177) is amended by adding at the end the following:(c)

Application deadline

(1)

In general

With respect to a major disaster for which assistance is provided under this section and section 408, the application deadline for an individual seeking assistance under this section shall match the application deadline for individuals and households seeking assistance under section 408.(2)

Extension

The President may accept an application from an individual described in paragraph (1) that is submitted after the deadline described in paragraph (1) if—(A)the individual has good cause for the late submission; and(B)the individual submits the application before the date on which the period during which assistance is provided under this section for the applicable major disaster expires..

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Applicability

The amendment made by section 2 shall apply only with respect to amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of RepresentativesVice President of the United States and President of the Senate