Reducing Red Tape for Rebuilding Act

This bill changes a section of the federal disaster relief law (the Stafford Act) that covers federal contributions for repairing, restoring, and replacing damaged facilities after a major disaster. It allows base and overtime wages for extra hires used for substantial damage determinations to be eligible if the work occurs within 180 days after the major disaster is declared. For other work to carry out and enforce adopted building codes, wages for extra hires would be eligible for up to 2 years after a date chosen by the recipient of the federal contribution.

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Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors