HEIR Act of 2024

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8117 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8117 To assist applicants for community development block grant recovery assistance not having traditionally accepted forms of documentation of ownership of property to prove such ownership, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2024 Mrs. Fletcher (for herself, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To assist applicants for community development block grant recovery assistance not having traditionally accepted forms of documentation of ownership of property to prove such ownership, and for other purposes. 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 ``Heirs Empowerment and Inheritance Rights Act of 2024'' or the ``HEIR Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. CDBG-DISASTER RECOVERY AND CDBG-MITIGATION PROGRAMS. (a) Documentation of Property Ownership.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall amend the regulations at part 570 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations, to ensure that in providing assistance for the Community Development Block Grant program for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and the Community Development Block Grant program for Mitigation (CDBG-MIT), in connection with a Presidentially declared disaster, in a case in which a homeowner is required to demonstrate ownership of a property heir property owners and any other owners not having traditionally accepted forms of documentation of ownership of property are provided resources and options for proving ownership for purposes of receiving assistance under s