H.R. 5310

Summary

H.R. 5310, the Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 11, 2025 by Rep. Mike Ezell (R). It was referred to Transportation And Infrastructure, and last saw action on Sep 11, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Record

Text

H.R. 5310 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 5310 IH: Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-11
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5310  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 11, 2025   Mr. Ezell  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure    A BILL
To amend section 423 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for reimbursement of attorney’s fees under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025  .
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Appeals of assistance decisions
Section 423 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5189a ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(e)
Attorney’s fees
In any case in which an applicant who requested an appeal under subsection (a) or arbitration under subsection (d) receives a favorable decision following such appeal or arbitration, the Administrator shall reimburse such applicant for any attorney’s fees of the applicant relating to such appeal or arbitration.
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To amend section 423 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for reimbursement of attorney's fees under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Mike Ezell (R) sponsors H.R. 5310 alone.

Mike Ezell

Rep. · R–MS-4 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 5310 went before 1 committee: Transportation and Infrastructure.

Transportation and Infrastructure

Transportation and Infrastructure

Referred To · Sep 11, 2025 · 156 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5310 has taken 2 actions since Sep 11, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5310 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5310 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend section 423 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for reimbursement of attorney's fees under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5310 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Agriculture, Automotive Industry, Banking, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Disaster Planning/Emergencies, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Insurance, Science/Technology.

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5310 under Emergency Management, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5310’s is Emergency Management.

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