HR152Passed House
Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-01-03
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
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Sponsor
Mike Ezell
Republican · MS · Representative
Votes with party: 97.0% (594 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/E000235
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Cosponsors (2)
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-01-14
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-01-14
- House Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureReferred To · 2025-01-03
Plain-English Summary
Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to streamline disaster information collection, convene a working group on preliminary damage assessments, and provide a report to Congress. FEMA must (1) conduct a study and develop a plan under which the collection of information from disaster assistance applicants and grantees will be made less burdensome, duplicative, and time consuming for applicants and grantees; and (2) develop a plan for the regular collection and reporting of information on federal disaster assistance awarded. Additionally, not later than two years after enactment of the bill, FEMA must convene a working group on a regular basis to (1) identify potential areas of duplication or fragmentation in preliminary damage assessments after disaster declarations; (2) determine the applicability of having one federal agency make the assessments for all agencies; and (3) identify potential emerging technologies, such as unmanned aircraft systems (i.e., drones), to expedite the administration of preliminary damage assessments. FEMA must submit a comprehensive report on the plans for streamlining and consolidating information collection and the findings and recommendations of the working group to Congress with a briefing. The report must be made available to the public and posted on FEMA's website.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Emergency Management
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