S 373 · in committee · major
Stopping Political Discrimination in Disaster Assistance Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- The bill prohibits FEMA and disaster relief organizations from discriminating based on political affiliation when providing aid.
- Disaster victims and organizations providing federal emergency assistance are affected by this protection.
- The bill adds political affiliation to existing federal nondiscrimination protections with no stated cost or implementation timeline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would FEMA verify that aid decisions are based on need rather than the political views of applicants or their communities?
- 02
What evidence suggests that disaster relief organizations have denied assistance based on political affiliation, and how widespread is the problem?
- 03
Should political affiliation be treated the same as protected categories like race and religion in federal nondiscrimination law, and what are the practical differences?
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Sponsor · R-OK
James Lankford
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Introduced 2025-02-03
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-03 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-02-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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