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1	2		118THCONGRESS
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3	4		STSESSION H. R. 259
4		-	AN ACT
	5	+	To provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for
	6	+	recipients of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
	7	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	8	+	JANUARY10, 2023
	9	+	Miss G
	10	+	ONZA´LEZ-COLO´N(for herself, Ms. PLASKETT, and Ms. MALLIOTAKIS)
	11	+	introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
	12	+	Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on
	13	+	Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently
	14	+	determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
	15	+	sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
	16	+	A BILL
5	17		To provide for an online repository for certain reporting
6	18		requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assist-
7	19		ance, and for other purposes.
8	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
9		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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11		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
12		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Post-Disaster Assist-2
13		-	ance Online Accountability Act’’. 3
14		-	SEC. 2. SUBPAGE FOR TRANSPARENCY OF DISASTER AS-4
15		-	SISTANCE. 5
	21	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
	22	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
	23	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Post-Disaster Assist-4
	24	+	ance Online Accountability Act’’. 5
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	28	+	SEC. 2. SUBPAGE FOR TRANSPARENCY OF DISASTER AS-1
	29	+	SISTANCE. 2
16	30		(a) E
17		-	STABLISHMENT OF REPOSITORY FORREPORT-6
18		-	INGREQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Office of Man-7
19		-	agement and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary 8
20		-	of the Treasury and the head of each covered Federal 9
21		-	agency, shall establish a subpage within the website estab-10
22		-	lished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account-11
23		-	ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 12
24		-	note) to publish the information required to be made avail-13
25		-	able to the public under this section. 14
	31	+	STABLISHMENT OF REPOSITORY FORREPORT-3
	32	+	INGREQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Office of Man-4
	33	+	agement and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary 5
	34	+	of the Treasury and the head of each covered Federal 6
	35	+	agency, shall establish a subpage within the website estab-7
	36	+	lished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account-8
	37	+	ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 9
	38	+	note) to publish the information required to be made avail-10
	39	+	able to the public under this section. 11
26	40		(b) S
27		-	UBMISSION OF INFORMATION BY FEDERAL 15
	41	+	UBMISSION OF INFORMATION BY FEDERAL 12
28	42		A
29		-	GENCIES.—Not later than 30 days after the end of a 16
30		-	calendar quarter, each covered Federal agency that made 17
31		-	disaster assistance available to an eligible recipient during 18
32		-	such quarter shall, in coordination with the Director of 19
33		-	the Office of Management and Budget, make available to 20
34		-	the public on the subpage established under subsection (a) 21
35		-	the information described in subsection (c), and ensure 22
36		-	that any data asset of the agency is machine readable. 23
	43	+	GENCIES.—Not later than 30 days after the end of a 13
	44	+	calendar quarter, each covered Federal agency that made 14
	45	+	disaster assistance available to an eligible recipient during 15
	46	+	such quarter shall, in coordination with the Director of 16
	47	+	the Office of Management and Budget, make available to 17
	48	+	the public on the subpage established under subsection (a) 18
	49	+	the information described in subsection (c), and ensure 19
	50	+	that any data asset of the agency is machine readable. 20
37	51		(c) I
38		-	NFORMATIONREQUIRED.—The information de-24
39		-	scribed in this subsection is, with respect to disaster as-25
40		-	sistance provided by the covered Federal agency— 26 3
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42		-	(1) the total amount of disaster assistance pro-1
43		-	vided by the agency during such quarter; 2
44		-	(2) the amount of disaster assistance provided 3
45		-	by the agency that was expended or obligated to 4
46		-	projects or activities; and 5
47		-	(3) a detailed list of all projects or activities for 6
48		-	which disaster assistance dispersed by the agency 7
49		-	was expended, obligated, or used, including— 8
50		-	(A) the name of the project or activity; 9
51		-	(B) a description of the project or activity; 10
52		-	(C) an evaluation of the completion status 11
53		-	of the project or activity; 12
54		-	(D) any award identification number as-13
55		-	signed to the project; 14
56		-	(E) the Catalog for Disaster Assistance 15
57		-	number assigned by the Federal Emergency 16
58		-	Management Agency; 17
59		-	(F) the location of the project, including 18
60		-	ZIP Codes; and 19
61		-	(G) any reporting requirement information 20
62		-	being collected by a covered Federal agency 21
63		-	with respect to that agency’s disaster assist-22
64		-	ance. 23
	52	+	NFORMATIONREQUIRED.—The information de-21
	53	+	scribed in this subsection is, with respect to disaster as-22
	54	+	sistance provided by the covered Federal agency— 23
	55	+	(1) the total amount of disaster assistance pro-24
	56	+	vided by the agency during such quarter; 25
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	60	+	(2) the amount of disaster assistance provided 1
	61	+	by the agency that was expended or obligated to 2
	62	+	projects or activities; and 3
	63	+	(3) a detailed list of all projects or activities for 4
	64	+	which disaster assistance dispersed by the agency 5
	65	+	was expended, obligated, or used, including— 6
	66	+	(A) the name of the project or activity; 7
	67	+	(B) a description of the project or activity; 8
	68	+	(C) an evaluation of the completion status 9
	69	+	of the project or activity; 10
	70	+	(D) any award identification number as-11
	71	+	signed to the project; 12
	72	+	(E) the Catalog for Disaster Assistance 13
	73	+	number assigned by the Federal Emergency 14
	74	+	Management Agency; 15
	75	+	(F) the location of the project, including 16
	76	+	ZIP Codes; and 17
	77	+	(G) any reporting requirement information 18
	78	+	being collected by a covered Federal agency 19
	79	+	with respect to that agency’s disaster assist-20
	80	+	ance. 21
65	81		(d) G
66		-	UIDANCE.—Each covered Federal agency, in co-24
67		-	ordination with the Director of the Office of Management 25 4
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69		-	and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue 1
70		-	such guidance as is necessary to meet the requirements 2
71		-	of this Act. 3
	82	+	UIDANCE.—Each covered Federal agency, in co-22
	83	+	ordination with the Director of the Office of Management 23
	84	+	and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue 24
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	88	+	such guidance as is necessary to meet the requirements 1
	89	+	of this Act. 2
72	90		(e) A
73		-	GREEMENTWITHPRIVATEENTITY.—The Di-4
74		-	rector, if necessary for purposes of transparency, may 5
75		-	enter into an agreement with a private entity, including 6
76		-	a nonprofit organization, to develop the subpage required 7
77		-	under this section. 8
78		-	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 9
79		-	In this Act, the following definitions apply: 10
	91	+	GREEMENTWITHPRIVATEENTITY.—The Di-3
	92	+	rector, if necessary for purposes of transparency, may 4
	93	+	enter into an agreement with a private entity, including 5
	94	+	a nonprofit organization, to develop the subpage required 6
	95	+	under this section. 7
	96	+	SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 8
	97	+	In this Act, the following definitions apply: 9
80	98		(1) C
81		-	OVERED FEDERAL AGENCY .—The term 11
82		-	‘‘covered Federal agency’’ means— 12
83		-	(A) any agency providing assistance under 13
84		-	the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 14
85		-	Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 15
86		-	seq.); 16
87		-	(B) the Small Business Administration; 17
88		-	and 18
89		-	(C) the Department of Housing and Urban 19
90		-	Development. 20
	99	+	OVERED FEDERAL AGENCY .—The term 10
	100	+	‘‘covered Federal agency’’ means— 11
	101	+	(A) any agency providing assistance under 12
	102	+	the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 13
	103	+	Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 14
	104	+	seq.); 15
	105	+	(B) the Small Business Administration; 16
	106	+	and 17
	107	+	(C) the Department of Housing and Urban 18
	108	+	Development. 19
91	109		(2) D
92		-	ISASTER ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘dis-21
93		-	aster assistance’’ means any funds that are made 22
94		-	available by the Federal Government in response to 23
95		-	a specified natural disaster, including— 24 5
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97		-	(A) any assistance provided by the Admin-1
98		-	istrator of the Small Business Administration 2
99		-	as a result of a disaster declared under section 3
100		-	7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 4
101		-	636(b)); 5
102		-	(B) any assistance provided by the Sec-6
103		-	retary of Housing and Urban Development 7
104		-	for— 8
105		-	(i) activities authorized under title I 9
106		-	of the Housing and Community Develop-10
107		-	ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 11
108		-	related to disaster relief, long-term recov-12
109		-	ery, restoration of infrastructure and hous-13
110		-	ing, and economic revitalization in the 14
111		-	most impacted and distressed areas result-15
112		-	ing from a major disaster declared pursu-16
113		-	ant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-17
114		-	lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 18
115		-	U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and 19
116		-	(ii) flood insurance coverage provided 20
117		-	under the National Flood Insurance Pro-21
118		-	gram pursuant to the National Flood In-22
119		-	surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 23
120		-	seq.); and 24 6
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122		-	(C) any assistance provided under the Rob-1
123		-	ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 2
124		-	Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 3
125		-	(3) E
126		-	LIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 4
127		-	recipient’’— 5
128		-	(A) means any entity that receives disaster 6
129		-	assistance directly from the Federal Govern-7
130		-	ment (including disaster assistance received 8
131		-	through grant, loan, or contract) other than an 9
132		-	individual; and 10
133		-	(B) includes a State that receives disaster 11
134		-	assistance. 12
	110	+	ISASTER ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘dis-20
	111	+	aster assistance’’ means any funds that are made 21
	112	+	available by the Federal Government in response to 22
	113	+	a specified natural disaster, including— 23
	114	+	(A) any assistance provided by the Admin-24
	115	+	istrator of the Small Business Administration 25
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	119	+	as a result of a disaster declared under section 1
	120	+	7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 2
	121	+	636(b)); 3
	122	+	(B) any assistance provided by the Sec-4
	123	+	retary of Housing and Urban Development 5
	124	+	for— 6
	125	+	(i) activities authorized under title I 7
	126	+	of the Housing and Community Develop-8
	127	+	ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 9
	128	+	related to disaster relief, long-term recov-10
	129	+	ery, restoration of infrastructure and hous-11
	130	+	ing, and economic revitalization in the 12
	131	+	most impacted and distressed areas result-13
	132	+	ing from a major disaster declared pursu-14
	133	+	ant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-15
	134	+	lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 16
	135	+	U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and 17
	136	+	(ii) flood insurance coverage provided 18
	137	+	under the National Flood Insurance Pro-19
	138	+	gram pursuant to the National Flood In-20
	139	+	surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 21
	140	+	seq.); and 22
	141	+	(C) any assistance provided under the Rob-23
	142	+	ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 24
	143	+	Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 25
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	147	+	(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 1
	148	+	recipient’’— 2
	149	+	(A) means any entity that receives disaster 3
	150	+	assistance directly from the Federal Govern-4
	151	+	ment (including disaster assistance received 5
	152	+	through grant, loan, or contract) other than an 6
	153	+	individual; and 7
	154	+	(B) includes a State that receives disaster 8
	155	+	assistance. 9
135	156		(4) S
136		-	PECIFIED NATURAL DISASTER .—The term 13
137		-	‘‘specified natural disaster’’ means— 14
138		-	(A) a fire on public or private forest land 15
139		-	or grassland described in section 420 of the 16
140		-	Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-17
141		-	gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187); 18
142		-	(B) a major disaster declared by the Presi-19
143		-	dent under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 20
144		-	5170); 21
145		-	(C) an emergency declared by the Presi-22
146		-	dent under section 501 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 23
147		-	5191); and 24 7
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149		-	(D) any other natural disaster for which a 1
150		-	disaster declaration is made by the Federal 2
151		-	Government. 3
152		-	Passed the House of Representatives January 25,
153		-	2023.
154		-	Attest:
155		-	Clerk. 118
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163		-	H. R. 259
164		-	AN ACT
165		-	To provide for an online repository for certain re-
166		-	porting requirements for recipients of Federal
167		-	disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
	157	+	PECIFIED NATURAL DISASTER .—The term 10
	158	+	‘‘specified natural disaster’’ means— 11
	159	+	(A) a fire on public or private forest land 12
	160	+	or grassland described in section 420 of the 13
	161	+	Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-14
	162	+	gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187); 15
	163	+	(B) a major disaster declared by the Presi-16
	164	+	dent under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 17
	165	+	5170); 18
	166	+	(C) an emergency declared by the Presi-19
	167	+	dent under section 501 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 20
	168	+	5191); and 21
	169	+	(D) any other natural disaster for which a 22
	170	+	disaster declaration is made by the Federal 23
	171	+	Government. 24
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