Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025”.
Fairness and Accountability of Appeals Act of 2025
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.
Sec. 2 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.”