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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10087 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act to provide for certain procedures following the declaration of a 

major disaster, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2024 

Ms. FOXX (for herself, Mr. GRIFFITH, and Mr. MCCORMICK) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 

and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for certain procedures 

following the declaration of a major disaster, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Recovery and 

5 Resilience Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MAJOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS.—Title IV of the 

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1 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding 

2 at the end the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 431. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS. 

4 ‘‘(a) JONES ACT.—Notwithstanding sections 12103, 

5 12112, and 55102 of title 46, United States Code, the 

6 Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is 

7 operating shall exempt a vessel from the requirements of 

8 such sections if the Secretary determines that the owner 

9 or operator of the vessel has reasonably demonstrated that 

10 the exemption is needed to provide disaster relief to an 

11 area affected by a major disaster declared under this title 

12 for a period of 180 days after the declaration of such 

13 major disaster. 

14 ‘‘(b) DAVIS-BACON ACT.—With respect to a major 

15 disaster declared under this title, any requirement under 

16 subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 

17 Code (commonly referred to as the ‘Davis-Bacon Act’), 

18 shall not apply with respect to any project carried out 

19 under this title that is related to the repair of damage 

20 caused by such major disaster.’’. 

21 (b) EMERGENCY RECOVERY BOARD.—Title IV of the 

22 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist23 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amended by adding 

24 at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 432. EMERGENCY RECOVERY BOARD. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

3 first declaration of a major disaster under section 401, 

4 for each category of disaster in any calendar year, the 

5 President shall establish a board to review the process and 

6 procedures related to recovery following such category of 

7 disaster. 

8 ‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—Each board established under sub9 section (a) shall include the following members: 

10 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Transportation. 

11 ‘‘(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security. 

12 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Housing and Urban De13 velopment. 

14 ‘‘(4) The Administrator of the Federal Emer15 gency Management Agency. 

16 ‘‘(5) The State officials in areas affected by the 

17 category of disaster who are equivalent to the offi18 cials described in paragraphs (1) through (3). 

19 ‘‘(6) Local officials in areas affected by the cat20 egory of disaster. 

21 ‘‘(7) An employee of the House of Representa22 tives appointed by the Speaker in consultation with 

23 the minority leader. 

24 ‘‘(8) An employee of the Senate appointed by 

25 the majority leader in consultation with the minority 

26 leader. 


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1 ‘‘(c) REPORT.— 

2 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days 

3 after the establishment of each board under sub4 section (a), such board shall submit to Congress and 

5 to the heads of each agency described in paragraphs 

6 (1) through (3) of subsection (b) a report providing 

7 recommendations on any immediate barriers that the 

8 Federal and State governments may remove to aid 

9 recovery. 

10 ‘‘(2) SECONDARY REPORT.—Not later than 90 

11 days after the establishment of each board under 

12 subsection (a), such board shall submit to Congress 

13 a report providing recommendations on any legisla14 tive or regulatory changes to aid in the recovery of 

15 future disasters in the category of disaster. 

16 ‘‘(d) CATEGORY OF DISASTER DEFINED.—In this 

17 section, the term ‘category of disaster’ means each indi18 vidual type of disaster described in the definition of ‘major 

19 disaster’ in section 102 of this Act.’’. 

20 (c) HAZARD MITIGATION.—Section 404(d)(1) of the 

21 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist22 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(d)(1)) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘that applicable environ25 mental reviews’’ and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) that applicable environmental re2 views’’; and 

3 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(ii) compliance with any applicable 

5 requirements under the Federal Water Pol6 lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 

7 seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 

8 et seq.), and the Endangered Species Act 

9 of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and’’; 

10 and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘, the 

12 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 

13 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 

14 et seq.), and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 

15 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),’’ after ‘‘1969’’. 

16 (d) REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND REPLACEMENT OF

17 DAMAGED FACILITIES.—Section 406 of the Robert T. 

18 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

19 (42 U.S.C. 5172) is amended by adding at the end the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(f) ALLOWANCE FOR PRESCHEDULED TECHNO22 LOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the repair, 

24 restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of a facil25 ity carried out under this section, the President shall 


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1 install any prescheduled technological improvement 

2 to such facility during any such repair, restoration, 

3 reconstruction, or replacement. 

4 ‘‘(2) PRESCHEDULED TECHNOLOGICAL IM5 PROVEMENT DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 

6 ‘prescheduled technological improvement’ means a 

7 technological improvement to a facility that was 

8 scheduled, procured, and had funding set aside for 

9 installation before the major disaster declaration.’’. 

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