A bill to authorize transitional sheltering assistance for individuals who live in areas with unhealthy air quality caused by wildfires, and for other purposes.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Clean Air Refugee Assistance Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the President, in carrying out the Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide transitional shelter assistance to individuals living in an area where the air quality index is determined to be unhealthy for not less than three consecutive days as a result of a wildfire declared by the President to be a major disaster or declared to be a major disaster by the governor of the state in which the individuals are located.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5993)
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5993)
Emergency Management
A bill to authorize transitional sheltering assistance for individuals who live in areas with unhealthy air quality caused by wildfires, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressS-3403| Senate
| Updated: 8/28/2018
Clean Air Refugee Assistance Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the President, in carrying out the Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide transitional shelter assistance to individuals living in an area where the air quality index is determined to be unhealthy for not less than three consecutive days as a result of a wildfire declared by the President to be a major disaster or declared to be a major disaster by the governor of the state in which the individuals are located.