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Disaster Assistance Simplification Act
Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-03-05
Introduced
5
Cosponsors
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ⓘType
Sponsor
Gary C. Peters
Democrat · MI · Senator
Votes with party: 81.6% (841 recorded votes)
Full profile: /officials/P000595
Source: Congress.gov · FEC
Cosponsors (5)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
Latest Action
The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →
Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReported By · 2025-11-07
Previously
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeReported By · 2025-11-07
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-07-30
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsMarkup By · 2025-07-30
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs CommitteeReferred To · 2025-03-05
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsReferred To · 2025-03-05
Plain-English Summary
Disaster Assistance Simplification Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop and establish a unified intake process and system for applicants for assistance provided by a disaster assistance agency. The system must facilitate a consolidated application for any form of disaster assistance provided by a disaster assistance agency when appropriate to support the nature and purposes of the assistance; carry out the purposes of disaster assistance programs swiftly, efficiently, equitably, and in accordance with specified laws and privacy and data protections; and support the detection, prevention, and investigation of waste, fraud, abuse, or discrimination in the administration of disaster assistance programs. Further, the system must, among other things accept applications for disaster assistance programs; permit applicants to receive status updates on such applications; allow applicants to update disaster assistance information throughout their recovery journeys; permit the distribution of information on additional recovery resources to disaster survivors that may be available in a disaster-stricken jurisdiction in coordination with appropriate federal, state, local, and tribal partners; and permit disaster assistance agencies to communicate directly with disaster survivors. Not later than 30 days after receiving a request from a disaster assistance agency to update questions in the consolidated application needed to administer the disaster assistance programs of the agency, FEMA must make those updates. The bill requires reports and congressional briefings from FEMA, and a report from the Government Accountability Office, relating to the bill's implementation.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
Subjects
Emergency Management
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