Restoring Access to Mountain Homes Act

This bill allows FEMA to use its Public Assistance grant program to help pay for fixing private roads and bridges in North Carolina that were damaged by Tropical Storm Helene, as long as those roads or bridges are the only way for people to reach their homes or essential community services. Normally, FEMA's Public Assistance program only covers damage to roads and bridges owned or maintained by government entities, but this bill expands that to include privately owned ones, and it also allows repairs even if the roads or bridges had damage before the storm. State, tribal, or local governments that do this repair work can be reimbursed by FEMA, and the costs must be based on estimates from engineers. People who already received money from FEMA's separate assistance program for individuals can use those funds for these road and bridge repairs without it reducing the total help they're allowed to get.

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