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Activities must relate to recovery and may not duplicate FEMA or Corps funding

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, section 504, Sec. 504. Written by .

Activities must relate to recovery and may not duplicate FEMA or Corps funding

The document says “may not”Who acts: grantees under the new section 124How: statuteSec. 504 in the PDF
What the document says

“Grant funds under this section may not be used for costs reimbursable by, or for which funds have been made available by, the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the United States Army Corps of Engineers.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504

The new section 124 provides that assisted activities may include those permitted under section 105 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 or others the Secretary permits by waiver, and must relate to relief, long-term recovery, restoration of housing and infrastructure, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the worst hit areas. Grant funds may not pay costs that the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the United States Army Corps of Engineers reimburses or has funded.

What the document actually says

“Grant funds under this section may not be used for costs reimbursable by, or for which funds have been made available by, the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the United States Army Corps of Engineers.”

To increase the supply of housing in America, and for other purposes, Sec. 504
That sentence, in plain words

The money may not pay a cost another agency covers. Two other agencies do much of this work. It may not pay for what they have funded.

What this is about

Two federal bodies pay for much disaster work already. Paying twice would waste money. This bars that.

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  1. The document itself

    Increase the supply of housing in America, Public Law 119-101, sec. 504, 140 Stat. 929 (2026).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ101/html/PLAW-119publ101.htm

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    “Activities must relate to recovery and may not duplicate FEMA or Corps funding,” Increase the supply of housing in America, section 504, Sec. 504. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-101/proposal/sec504-eligible-activities/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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