# 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: accountability. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: disaster_response. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fiscal_transparency. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: government_spending_disclosure. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 10: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a government transparency and reporting measure. It promotes ordinary good governance and public accountability for disaster spending, but it does not directly restrain a named evil or defend a specific justice claim, and the summary raises no concrete moral harm. This is a prudential governance measure, so 'mixed' fits better than 'unclear' given the summary's clear basic content.
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.

## Recorded votes

Roll 10: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass. Yea 426 · Nay 0 · Other 8.

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