119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 152
AN ACT
To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to
develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating
information collection and preliminary damage assess-
ments, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Disaster As-2
sistance Coordination Act’’. 3
SEC. 2. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE INFOR-4
MATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 5
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 6
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 1223 of the Disaster Re-7
covery Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is 8
amended to read as follows: 9
‘‘SEC. 1223. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE IN-10
FORMATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 11
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 12
‘‘(a) I
NFORMATIONCOLLECTION.—Not later than 2 13
years after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-14
ministrator, in coordination with the Small Business Ad-15
ministration, the Department of Housing and Urban De-16
velopment, the Disaster Assistance Working Group of the 17
Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-18
ciency, and other appropriate agencies, shall— 19
‘‘(1) conduct a study and develop a plan, con-20
sistent with law, under which the collection of infor-21
mation from disaster assistance applicants and 22
grantees will be modified, streamlined, expedited, ef-23
ficient, flexible, consolidated, and simplified to be 24
less burdensome, duplicative, and time consuming 25
for applicants and grantees; and 26 3
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‘‘(2) develop a plan for the regular collection 1
and reporting of information on Federal disaster as-2
sistance awarded, including the establishment and 3
maintenance of a website for presenting the informa-4
tion to the public. 5
‘‘(b) P
RELIMINARYDAMAGEASSESSMENTS.—Not 6
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec-7
tion, the Administrator, in consultation with the Council 8
of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 9
shall convene a working group on a regular basis with the 10
Secretary of Labor, the Director of the Office of Manage-11
ment and Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human 12
Services, the Administrator of the Small Business Admin-13
istration, the Secretary of Transportation, the Assistant 14
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and 15
other appropriate agencies as the Administrator considers 16
necessary, to— 17
‘‘(1) identify and describe the potential areas of 18
duplication or fragmentation in preliminary damage 19
assessments after disaster declarations; 20
‘‘(2) determine the applicability of having one 21
Federal agency make the assessments for all agen-22
cies; and 23
‘‘(3) identify potential emerging technologies, 24
such as unmanned aircraft systems, consistent with 25 4
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the requirements established in the FEMA Account-1
ability, Modernization and Transparency Act of 2
2017 (42 U.S.C. 5121 note), to expedite the admin-3
istration of preliminary damage assessments. 4
‘‘(c) C
OMPREHENSIVE REPORT.—The Administrator 5
shall submit one comprehensive report that comprises the 6
plans developed under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) and 7
a report of the findings of the working group convened 8
under subsection (b), which may include recommenda-9
tions, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-10
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 11
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 12
Senate. 13
‘‘(d) P
UBLICAVAILABILITY.—The comprehensive re-14
port developed under subsection (c) shall be made avail-15
able to the public and posted on the website of the Federal 16
Emergency Management Agency— 17
‘‘(1) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable 18
versions that are made available in all appropriate 19
formats; and 20
‘‘(2) in machine-readable format, if applicable. 21
‘‘(e) S
OURCES OFINFORMATION.—In preparing the 22
comprehensive report, any publication, database, or web- 23
based resource, and any information compiled by any gov-24 5
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ernment agency, nongovernmental organization, or other 1
entity that is made available may be used. 2
‘‘(f) B
RIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after sub-3
mission of the comprehensive report, the Administrator of 4
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or a des-5
ignee, and a member of the Council of the Inspectors Gen-6
eral on Integrity and Efficiency, or a designee, shall brief, 7
upon request, the appropriate congressional committees on 8
the findings and any recommendations made in the com-9
prehensive report.’’. 10
(b) T
ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—The item relating to 11
section 1223 in the table of contents of the FAA Reau-12
thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is amended 13
to read as follows: 14
‘‘Sec. 1223. Study to streamline and consolidate information collection and pre-
liminary damage assessments.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives January 13,
2025.
Attest:
Clerk. 119
TH
CONGRESS
1
ST
S
ESSION
H. R. 152
AN ACT
To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of
2018 to develop a study regarding streamlining
and consolidating information collection and pre-
liminary damage assessments, and for other pur-
poses.