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2	1		119THCONGRESS
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4	3		STSESSION H. R. 152
5		-	To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to develop a study
6		-	regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and pre-
7		-	liminary damage assessments, and for other purposes.
8		-	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9		-	JANUARY3, 2025
10		-	Mr. E
11		-	ZELLintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
12		-	on Transportation and Infrastructure
13		-	A BILL
	4	+	AN ACT
14	5		To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to
15	6		develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating
16	7		information collection and preliminary damage assess-
17	8		ments, and for other purposes.
18	9		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
19		-	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
20		-	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
21		-	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Disaster As-4
22		-	sistance Coordination Act’’. 5
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26		-	SEC. 2. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE INFOR-1
27		-	MATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 2
28		-	DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 3
	10	+	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 2
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	12	+	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
	13	+	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Disaster As-2
	14	+	sistance Coordination Act’’. 3
	15	+	SEC. 2. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE INFOR-4
	16	+	MATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 5
	17	+	DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 6
29	18		(a) I
30		-	NGENERAL.—Section 1223 of the Disaster Re-4
31		-	covery Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is 5
32		-	amended to read as follows: 6
33		-	‘‘SEC. 1223. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE IN-7
34		-	FORMATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 8
35		-	DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 9
	19	+	NGENERAL.—Section 1223 of the Disaster Re-7
	20	+	covery Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is 8
	21	+	amended to read as follows: 9
	22	+	‘‘SEC. 1223. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE IN-10
	23	+	FORMATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 11
	24	+	DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 12
36	25		‘‘(a) I
37		-	NFORMATIONCOLLECTION.—Not later than 2 10
38		-	years after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-11
39		-	ministrator, in coordination with the Small Business Ad-12
40		-	ministration, the Department of Housing and Urban De-13
41		-	velopment, the Disaster Assistance Working Group of the 14
42		-	Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-15
43		-	ciency, and other appropriate agencies, shall— 16
44		-	‘‘(1) conduct a study and develop a plan, con-17
45		-	sistent with law, under which the collection of infor-18
46		-	mation from disaster assistance applicants and 19
47		-	grantees will be modified, streamlined, expedited, ef-20
48		-	ficient, flexible, consolidated, and simplified to be 21
49		-	less burdensome, duplicative, and time consuming 22
50		-	for applicants and grantees; and 23
51		-	‘‘(2) develop a plan for the regular collection 24
52		-	and reporting of information on Federal disaster as-25
53		-	sistance awarded, including the establishment and 26
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57		-	maintenance of a website for presenting the informa-1
58		-	tion to the public. 2
	26	+	NFORMATIONCOLLECTION.—Not later than 2 13
	27	+	years after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad-14
	28	+	ministrator, in coordination with the Small Business Ad-15
	29	+	ministration, the Department of Housing and Urban De-16
	30	+	velopment, the Disaster Assistance Working Group of the 17
	31	+	Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi-18
	32	+	ciency, and other appropriate agencies, shall— 19
	33	+	‘‘(1) conduct a study and develop a plan, con-20
	34	+	sistent with law, under which the collection of infor-21
	35	+	mation from disaster assistance applicants and 22
	36	+	grantees will be modified, streamlined, expedited, ef-23
	37	+	ficient, flexible, consolidated, and simplified to be 24
	38	+	less burdensome, duplicative, and time consuming 25
	39	+	for applicants and grantees; and 26 3
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	41	+	‘‘(2) develop a plan for the regular collection 1
	42	+	and reporting of information on Federal disaster as-2
	43	+	sistance awarded, including the establishment and 3
	44	+	maintenance of a website for presenting the informa-4
	45	+	tion to the public. 5
59	46		‘‘(b) P
60		-	RELIMINARYDAMAGEASSESSMENTS.—Not 3
61		-	later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec-4
62		-	tion, the Administrator, in consultation with the Council 5
63		-	of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 6
64		-	shall convene a working group on a regular basis with the 7
65		-	Secretary of Labor, the Director of the Office of Manage-8
66		-	ment and Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human 9
67		-	Services, the Administrator of the Small Business Admin-10
68		-	istration, the Secretary of Transportation, the Assistant 11
69		-	Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and 12
70		-	other appropriate agencies as the Administrator considers 13
71		-	necessary, to— 14
72		-	‘‘(1) identify and describe the potential areas of 15
73		-	duplication or fragmentation in preliminary damage 16
74		-	assessments after disaster declarations; 17
75		-	‘‘(2) determine the applicability of having one 18
76		-	Federal agency make the assessments for all agen-19
77		-	cies; and 20
78		-	‘‘(3) identify potential emerging technologies, 21
79		-	such as unmanned aircraft systems, consistent with 22
80		-	the requirements established in the FEMA Account-23
81		-	ability, Modernization and Transparency Act of 24
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85		-	2017 (42 U.S.C. 5121 note), to expedite the admin-1
86		-	istration of preliminary damage assessments. 2
	47	+	RELIMINARYDAMAGEASSESSMENTS.—Not 6
	48	+	later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec-7
	49	+	tion, the Administrator, in consultation with the Council 8
	50	+	of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 9
	51	+	shall convene a working group on a regular basis with the 10
	52	+	Secretary of Labor, the Director of the Office of Manage-11
	53	+	ment and Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human 12
	54	+	Services, the Administrator of the Small Business Admin-13
	55	+	istration, the Secretary of Transportation, the Assistant 14
	56	+	Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and 15
	57	+	other appropriate agencies as the Administrator considers 16
	58	+	necessary, to— 17
	59	+	‘‘(1) identify and describe the potential areas of 18
	60	+	duplication or fragmentation in preliminary damage 19
	61	+	assessments after disaster declarations; 20
	62	+	‘‘(2) determine the applicability of having one 21
	63	+	Federal agency make the assessments for all agen-22
	64	+	cies; and 23
	65	+	‘‘(3) identify potential emerging technologies, 24
	66	+	such as unmanned aircraft systems, consistent with 25 4
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	68	+	the requirements established in the FEMA Account-1
	69	+	ability, Modernization and Transparency Act of 2
	70	+	2017 (42 U.S.C. 5121 note), to expedite the admin-3
	71	+	istration of preliminary damage assessments. 4
87	72		‘‘(c) C
88		-	OMPREHENSIVE REPORT.—The Administrator 3
89		-	shall submit one comprehensive report that comprises the 4
90		-	plans developed under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) and 5
91		-	a report of the findings of the working group convened 6
92		-	under subsection (b), which may include recommenda-7
93		-	tions, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-8
94		-	ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 9
95		-	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 10
96		-	Senate. 11
	73	+	OMPREHENSIVE REPORT.—The Administrator 5
	74	+	shall submit one comprehensive report that comprises the 6
	75	+	plans developed under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) and 7
	76	+	a report of the findings of the working group convened 8
	77	+	under subsection (b), which may include recommenda-9
	78	+	tions, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-10
	79	+	ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 11
	80	+	on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 12
	81	+	Senate. 13
97	82		‘‘(d) P
98		-	UBLICAVAILABILITY.—The comprehensive re-12
99		-	port developed under subsection (c) shall be made avail-13
100		-	able to the public and posted on the website of the Federal 14
101		-	Emergency Management Agency— 15
102		-	‘‘(1) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable 16
103		-	versions that are made available in all appropriate 17
104		-	formats; and 18
105		-	‘‘(2) in machine-readable format, if applicable. 19
	83	+	UBLICAVAILABILITY.—The comprehensive re-14
	84	+	port developed under subsection (c) shall be made avail-15
	85	+	able to the public and posted on the website of the Federal 16
	86	+	Emergency Management Agency— 17
	87	+	‘‘(1) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable 18
	88	+	versions that are made available in all appropriate 19
	89	+	formats; and 20
	90	+	‘‘(2) in machine-readable format, if applicable. 21
106	91		‘‘(e) S
107		-	OURCES OFINFORMATION.—In preparing the 20
108		-	comprehensive report, any publication, database, or web- 21
109		-	based resource, and any information compiled by any gov-22
110		-	ernment agency, nongovernmental organization, or other 23
111		-	entity that is made available may be used. 24
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115		-	‘‘(f) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after sub-1
116		-	mission of the comprehensive report, the Administrator of 2
117		-	the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or a des-3
118		-	ignee, and a member of the Council of the Inspectors Gen-4
119		-	eral on Integrity and Efficiency, or a designee, shall brief, 5
120		-	upon request, the appropriate congressional committees on 6
121		-	the findings and any recommendations made in the com-7
122		-	prehensive report.’’. 8
	92	+	OURCES OFINFORMATION.—In preparing the 22
	93	+	comprehensive report, any publication, database, or web- 23
	94	+	based resource, and any information compiled by any gov-24 5
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	96	+	ernment agency, nongovernmental organization, or other 1
	97	+	entity that is made available may be used. 2
	98	+	‘‘(f) B
	99	+	RIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after sub-3
	100	+	mission of the comprehensive report, the Administrator of 4
	101	+	the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or a des-5
	102	+	ignee, and a member of the Council of the Inspectors Gen-6
	103	+	eral on Integrity and Efficiency, or a designee, shall brief, 7
	104	+	upon request, the appropriate congressional committees on 8
	105	+	the findings and any recommendations made in the com-9
	106	+	prehensive report.’’. 10
123	107		(b) T
124		-	ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—The item relating to 9
125		-	section 1223 in the table of contents of the FAA Reau-10
126		-	thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is amended 11
127		-	to read as follows: 12
	108	+	ECHNICALAMENDMENT.—The item relating to 11
	109	+	section 1223 in the table of contents of the FAA Reau-12
	110	+	thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is amended 13
	111	+	to read as follows: 14
128	112		‘‘Sec. 1223. Study to streamline and consolidate information collection and pre-
129	113		liminary damage assessments.’’.
130		-	Æ
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	114	+	Passed the House of Representatives January 13,
	115	+	2025.
	116	+	Attest:
	117	+	Clerk. 119
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	122	+	S
	123	+	ESSION
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	125	+	H. R. 152
	126	+	AN ACT
	127	+	To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of
	128	+	2018 to develop a study regarding streamlining
	129	+	and consolidating information collection and pre-
	130	+	liminary damage assessments, and for other pur-
	131	+	poses.