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H.R. 152 (119th): Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act

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.

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Recorded summary

The bill directs FEMA to study and plan ways to make information collection from disaster assistance applicants and grantees less burdensome, duplicative, and time-consuming, and to develop a plan for regular collection and reporting on federal disaster aid awarded. Within two years of enactment, FEMA must convene a recurring working group to examine duplication in preliminary damage assessments, whether one federal agency should conduct assessments for all agencies, and emerging technologies such as drones for expediting assessments. FEMA must submit a comprehensive report and findings to Congress with a briefing, and post the report publicly on its website.

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Theological note: The bill concerns the administration of disaster aid, an area where Scripture's call to mercy and to faithful stewardship of resources is relevant. Reducing needless paperwork for those in distress and avoiding wasteful duplication bear on stewardship and neighbor-love. The bill raises no direct moral question about the ends it serves, and its own text is administrative, so it is relevant to issue stewardship rather than to a moral verdict.

How this bill is scored

Recorded votes

Roll 9 · 13-Jan-2025 7:00 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed

Yea 405 · Nay 5 · Other 24

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  • BIGGS, ANDY REP · AZ-05 · Qualified on the 118th–119th Congress record
  • BURCHETT, TIM REP · TN-02 · Qualified on the 118th–119th Congress record
  • CRANE, ELI REP · AZ-02 · Compromises on record
  • GOSAR, PAUL DR. REP · AZ-09 · Compromises on record
  • ROY, CHIP REP · TX-21 · Compromises on record

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