# 119-s-352: Disaster Assistance Fairness Act

119-s-352, Disaster Assistance Fairness Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-352
- Congress: 119
- Title: Disaster Assistance Fairness Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Expands disaster aid to condominiums, housing cooperatives, and residential common interest communities.** This bill would amend the Stafford Act so FEMA can cover debris removal and pay for essential shared repairs when those communities are damaged in a major disaster and owners document their pro rata shares. - Residents and households in condos, co-ops, and residential common interest communities would be able to get federal help for debris removal on community-owned land and for repairs to shared systems when damage threatens life, health, safety, or economic recovery. - Condominium and cooperative associations could receive funds for essential common-element repairs such as roofs, exterior walls, elevators, stairwells, utility access, heating and cooling, plumbing, and electricity if each household’s share of the cost is documented. - The bill adds clear definitions for RCICs, condominiums, and housing cooperatives and directs the President to issue rules making debris removal in these communities eligible when a state or local written determination supports it. It applies to major disasters declared after enactment.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Debris removal for condo and co-op communities: benefit, medium. If enacted, the President would issue rules allowing federal debris removal from property owned by residential common interest communities after a major disaster. A State or local government must write that the debris threatens life, public health or safety, or the community's economic recovery. Th…
- Federal help for condo and co-op repairs: benefit, medium. If enacted, condo and co-op unit owners could get federal help to repair essential shared parts after a major disaster. Covered items include roofs, exterior walls, heating and cooling, elevators, stairwells, utility access, plumbing, and electricity. You would need documents that show your pro rat…
- New legal definitions for condos and co-ops: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would add definitions for residential common interest community, condominium, and housing cooperative to the Stafford Act. The definitions say when unit ownership creates mandatory shared obligations for taxes, insurance, and maintenance. These definitions would apply only to d…
- Effective date for disaster changes: benefit, low. If enacted, these changes would apply only to major disasters the President declares on or after the law's enactment. Disasters declared before that date would follow current rules. This is a timing rule and does not itself create new payments.

## Related bills

- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025
- 119-s-1246: FEMA Independence Act of 2025
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-124: Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-352 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/352)

## Related
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-292: Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-292)
- [119-s-1246: FEMA Independence Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1246)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-124: Restore VA Accountability Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-124)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-352 (as of 2025-12-21).