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119-hr-6342119th CongressWALLET

Clean Up DEBRIS Act

Sponsored By: Representative Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

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Summary

Clarifies federal debris-removal authority for residential common interest communities like condominiums, housing cooperatives, and manufactured-home parks. This bill would add definitions for those housing forms and require the President to issue rules that make debris removal from individual units eligible for federal disaster response when a state or local government determines in writing the debris threatens life, public health or safety, or the community's economic recovery.

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  • Residents: Condo owners, co-op members, and residents of manufactured-home parks would have a clearer path to federal cleanup of debris inside individual units when local officials certify a threat.
  • Community organizations: Homeowners associations and cooperative associations would gain definitions that let federal rules treat unit-level wreckage in their projects as a public-interest cleanup when signed off by state or local governments.
  • Federal and local roles: The President would be required to issue rules and to defer to state and local legal definitions and ordinances when applying those rules.
  • Timing: The changes would apply to major disasters or emergencies declared under the Stafford Act on or after enactment.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Defines condo, co-op, and park homes

This bill would add definitions to the Stafford Act for residential common‑interest communities, condominiums, housing cooperatives, and manufactured home parks. The definitions would apply to major disasters and emergencies the President declares on or after the law's enactment. If enacted, owners, occupants, and associations in these housing types would have clearer rules about whether federal disaster programs apply to their homes.

Federal debris help for community homes

This bill would require the President to issue rules saying federal removal of debris or wreckage from a unit inside a condo, housing cooperative, manufactured home park, or residential common‑interest community is in the public interest after a major disaster. That federal debris removal would be allowed when a State or local government provides a written determination that the debris threatens life, public health or safety, or the community's economic recovery. The President would be told to be deferential to State and local definitions and ordinances when writing those rules. These rules would apply to disasters and emergencies the President declares on or after the law's enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

FL • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 12/1/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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