Skip to main content
CivicGate

HR 8409
Introduced Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.

Post-Disaster Protection Act

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish parity for submission and decision timelines for appeals of assistance decisions under such Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced Apr 21, 2026

Latest action (Sep 15, 2026) Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Referred to
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Policy area
Emergency Management
Legislative subjects (2)
Disaster relief and insuranceJudicial review and appeals

Summary

- Extends the deadline for submitting appeals of disaster relief assistance decisions from 60 days to 90 days under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
15 cosponsors

Actions (6)
  1. Sep 15, 2026 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. · house
  2. Sep 15, 2026 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
  3. Sep 15, 2026 Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged · house
  4. Apr 22, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. · house
  5. Apr 21, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
  6. Apr 21, 2026 Introduced in House

More bills on these subjects (8)

Other bills that carry the most legislative subjects in common with this one (topical discovery — distinct from the procedural related bills above).

  • HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1654 — CUTS Act (shares 2 subjects)
  • S 568 — Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 1315 — Gold King Mine Spill Compensation Act of 2025 (shares 2 subjects)
  • HR 10326 — PROOF Act (shares 1 subject)
  • S 91 — Western Wildfire Support Act of 2026 (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 10355 — Disaster Loan Outreach Consistency Act (shares 1 subject)
  • HR 1342 — Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act (shares 1 subject)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3251 — Disaster Response Flexibility Act of 2025 · Introduced May 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 78%
  • HR 5310 — Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 5067 — Rapid Disaster Relief Act · Introduced Aug 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 5395 — Disaster Relief Disbursement Accountability Act · Introduced Sep 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 834 — Disaster Assistance Fairness Act · Introduced Feb 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%
  • HR 3252 — Disaster Housing Flexibility Act of 2025 · Introduced May 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 74%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 21, 2026

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 21, 2026

Mr. Frost (for himself, Mr. Ezell, Ms. King-Hinds, and Mr. Moskowitz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish parity for submission and decision timelines for appeals of assistance decisions under such Act, 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 “Post-Disaster Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. APPEALS OF ASSISTANCE DECISIONS.

Section 423(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189a(a)) is amended by striking “60 days” and inserting “90 days”. <all>

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…