S. 1858 (ENR) - Disaster Assistance Deadlines Alignment Act

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[S. 1858 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.1858

                     One Hundred Eighteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
         the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four


                                 An Act


 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
   Act to establish a deadline for applying for disaster unemployment 
                               assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Assistance Deadlines 
Alignment Act''.
SEC. 2. DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE APPLICATION DEADLINE.
    Section 410 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5177) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(c) Application Deadline.--
        ``(1) In general.--With respect to a major disaster for which 
    assistance is provided under this section and section 408, the 
    application deadline for an individual seeking assistance under 
    this section shall match the application deadline for individuals 
    and households seeking assistance under section 408.
        ``(2) Extension.--The President may accept an application from 
    an individual described in paragraph (1) that is submitted after 
    the deadline described in paragraph (1) if--
            ``(A) the individual has good cause for the late 
        submission; and
            ``(B) the individual submits the application before the 
        date on which the period during which assistance is provided 
        under this section for the applicable major disaster 
        expires.''.
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.
    The amendment made by section 2 shall apply only with respect to 
amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.