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Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5310

Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025

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Introduced 2025-09-11Topic: social services · budget · governance ethics

Summary

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This bill changes the federal disaster relief law that lets applicants appeal FEMA decisions about disaster assistance or ask for arbitration. Under the bill, if an applicant who appealed or requested arbitration receives a favorable decision, the FEMA Administrator would have to pay back the applicant's attorney's fees related to that appeal or arbitration.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-09-11HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.refer
2025-09-11Introduced in Houseintroduce
2025-09-11Introduced in Houseintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.