This Act may be cited as the Rural Disaster Fairness Act of 2026.

Section 1232 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (42 U.S.C. 5170U.S. Code — Title 42, Section 5170View official source on GovInfo note) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) County per capita evaluation In measuring the local impact of a disaster pursuant to subsection (a), the Administrator shall ensure that the threshold amount of estimated public assistance damages needed to meet the county per capita indicator is reduced by 50 percent if less than 15 percent of the total land area of the county is subject to the real property taxes of such county..