Improving Disaster Assistance for Veterans Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4480 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4480 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to designate a Veteran Advocate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 17, 2025 Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to designate a Veteran Advocate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 ``Improving Disaster Assistance for Veterans Act''. SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF VETERANS ADVOCATE. (a) In General.--Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (15 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 328. DESIGNATION OF VETERAN ADVOCATE. ``(a) In General.--The President shall designate in the Federal Emergency Management Agency a Veteran Advocate. ``(b) Responsibilities.--The Veterans Advocate shall be an advocate for the fair treatment of veterans in the provision of assistance under this Act. ``(c) Duties.--The Veterans Advocate shall-- ``(1) participate in the disaster declaration process under section 401 and the emergency declaration process under section 501 to ensure that the needs of veterans are being addressed; ``(2) serve as the primary point of contact between veterans service organizations and the Federal Emergency Management Agency; ``(3) identify opportunitie