To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement certain recommendations made by the Comptroller General with respect to disaster recovery, and for other purposes.

Summary

This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to take any actions that may be necessary to implement the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO’s) priority recommendations within the report titled Disaster Recovery: Actions Needed to Improve the Federal Approach , which was published on November 15, 2022. In the report, the GAO recommends that FEMA and HUD better manage fragmentation between their disaster recovery programs and other federal programs, and that FEMA better manage fragmentation across FEMA’s own disaster recovery programs.  

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Timeline

1. 17 May 2024

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 17 May 2024

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 17 May 2024

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 20 May 2024

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 17 May 2024 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 May 2024

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 17 May 2024

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 17 May 2024

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Sponsors

• Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] · D · Sponsor
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