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Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] · R–AZ
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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-10-06 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposal would lower the disaster-damage threshold used in one measure of local disaster impact for certain counties. Counties where less than 15 percent of the land area is subject to county real property taxes would need half the estimated public assistance damages otherwise required to meet the county’s per-person damage indicator.
In measuring the local impact of a disaster pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that the threshold amount of estimated public assistance damages needed to meet the county per capita indicator is reduced by 50 percent if less than 15 percent of the total land area of the county is subject to the real property taxes of such county.
The Rural Disaster Fairness Act of 2026 would amend section 1232 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018. It would require the Administrator to apply the reduction, rather than leave it optional. Eligibility would turn on the share of county land area subject to county property taxes, not the share of residents paying taxes.
This Act may be cited as the Rural Disaster Fairness Act of 2026.
Section 1232 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 5170 note) is amended
the Administrator shall ensure that the threshold amount of estimated public assistance damages needed to meet the county per capita indicator is reduced by 50 percent if less than 15 percent of the total land area of the county is subject to the real property taxes of such county.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated October 14, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 6, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-10-14T14:30:51Z. 2026-10-06: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 2026-10-06: Introduced in House
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Counties where less than 15 percent of land area is subject to county real property taxes would receive a 50 percent reduction in the damage threshold needed to meet the county per-person indicator. This gives qualifying counties a lower threshold under the bill’s local-impact policy.
In measuring the local impact of a disaster pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that the threshold amount of estimated public assistance damages needed to meet the county per capita indicator is reduced by 50 percent if less than 15 percent of the total land area of the county is subject to the real property taxes of such county.
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