02/13/2013
In light of Congress voting on H.R. 592—the “Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act.” during today’s session, Nachum hosted Nathan Diament, Orthodox Union (OU) Executive Director for Public Policy, to discuss various details about the bill and the odds of it being passed. The purpose of the act is to add houses of worship as FEMA beneficiaries, after natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy.