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H.R. 153 (119th): Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act

Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act This bill establishes a centralized location to publish information on disaster assistance provided by federal agencies. The Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and any agencies providing disaster assistance must make available to the public on a quarterly basis information regarding (1) the total amount of assistance provided by the agency; (2) the amount provided that was expended or obligated; and (3) all projects or activities for which assistance was expended, obligated, or used.

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Recorded summary

The bill would create a centralized public location for information on federal disaster assistance. The Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other agencies providing disaster assistance would have to publish quarterly reports on (1) the total assistance provided by each agency, (2) the amount expended or obligated, and (3) all projects or activities for which assistance was expended, obligated, or used.

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Theological note: The measure concerns stewardship and honest accounting of public funds, which bears on truthfulness and civil order. It does not itself restrain a named moral evil or directly advance one, so its relevance is prudential rather than a hard moral verdict.

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Roll 10 · 14-Jan-2025 2:28 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed

Yea 426 · Nay 0 · Other 8

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