1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2017 . 2. Waiver of certain debts (a) Waiver authority Notwithstanding section 3716(e) of title 31, United States Code, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may waive a debt owed to the United States related to covered assistance provided to an individual or household if— (1) the covered assistance was distributed based on an error by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (2) there was no fault on behalf of the debtor, including that there was no fraud, presentation of a false claim, or misrepresentation by the debtor or any party having an interest in the applicable claim; and (3) the collection of the debt would be against equity and good conscience. (b) Monitoring of covered assistance distributed based on error (1) In general The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall monitor, on an ongoing basis, the distribution of covered assistance to determine the percentage of such assistance that is distributed based on an error by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2) Removal of waiver authority due to excessive error rate If the Inspector General determines, with respect to any 12-month period, that the percentage of covered assistance that is distributed based on an error by the Federal Emergency Management Agency exceeds 4 percent of the total amount of covered assistance distributed— (A) the Inspector General shall— (i) notify the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the determination; and (ii) publish the determination in the Federal Register