FEMA Requests Approval to Continue Post-Disaster Debt Forms
Published Date: 4/30/2025
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Summary
FEMA is asking for approval to keep collecting info about money people owe after disasters. If you’ve got a debt with FEMA, this affects you! They’re also inviting everyone to share thoughts before the paperwork gets renewed—no big changes or costs, just keeping things rolling smoothly.
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FEMA Keeps Collecting Debt Info
FEMA is asking OMB to approve an extension of its existing information collection that gathers details about disaster program accounts and debts people owe to FEMA. If you owe money to FEMA after a disaster, this continuing paperwork collection applies to you; FEMA says this is an extension with no big changes or costs.
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