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Union Calendar No. 640 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7671 

[Report No. 118–774] 

To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories 

to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds 

for management costs for other disaster recovery projects. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2024 

Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Mr. D’ESPOSITO, Ms. TITUS, Mr. EZELL, and Mr. 

STANTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HARDER of California, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. PELTOLA, 

Ms. STANSBURY, Mrs. GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N, Mr. FULCHER, and Ms. BONAMICI

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize 

States, Indian Tribes, and Territories to close disaster 

recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds 

for management costs for other disaster recovery 

projects. 


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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 Management 

5 Costs Modernization Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT COSTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 324 of the Robert T. 

8 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 5165b) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)(2)— 

11 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 

12 and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and 

13 adjusting the margins accordingly; and 

14 (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as 

15 so redesignated, by striking ‘‘provide the fol16 lowing percentage rates’’ and inserting ‘‘pro17 vide— 

18 ‘‘(A) excess funds for management costs as 

19 described in subsection (c); and 

20 ‘‘(B) the following percentage rates’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub22 section (d); and 

23 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(c) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT

2 COSTS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

4 ‘excess funds for management costs’ means the dif5 ference between— 

6 ‘‘(A) the amount of the applicable specific 

7 management costs authorized under subsection 

8 (b)(1) and subsection (b)(2)(B); and 

9 ‘‘(B) as of the date on which the grant 

10 award is closed, the amount of funding for 

11 management costs activities expended by the 

12 grantee or subgrantee receiving the financial as13 sistance for costs described in subparagraph 

14 (A). 

15 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR

16 MANAGEMENT COSTS.—The President may make 

17 available to a grantee or subgrantee receiving finan18 cial assistance under section 403, 404, 406, 407, or 

19 502 any excess funds for management costs. 

20 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Excess funds for man21 agement costs made available to a grantee or sub22 grantee under paragraph (2) may be used for— 

23 ‘‘(A) activities associated with building ca24 pacity to prepare for, recover from, or mitigate 

25 the impacts of a major disaster or emergency 


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1 declared under section 401 or 501, respectively; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(B) management costs associated with 

4 any— 

5 ‘‘(i) major disaster; 

6 ‘‘(ii) emergency; 

7 ‘‘(iii) disaster preparedness measure; 

8 or 

9 ‘‘(iv) mitigation activity or measure 

10 authorized under section 203, 204, 205, or 

11 404. 

12 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—Excess funds for manage13 ment costs made available to a grantee or sub14 grantee under paragraph (2) shall remain available 

15 to the grantee or subgrantee until the date that is 

16 5 years after the date on which the excess funds for 

17 management costs are made available under para18 graph (2).’’. 

19 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub20 section (a) shall apply with respect to any grant award 

21 in relation to a major disaster or emergency declared 

22 under section 401 or 501, respectively, of the Robert T. 

23 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 5170, 5191)— 


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1 (1) the declaration of which is made on or after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act; and 

3 (2) that is funded with amounts appropriated 

4 on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

5 (c) GAO STUDY.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 

7 of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 

8 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen9 ate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc10 ture of the House of Representatives a report— 

11 (1) on the actual management costs described 

12 in section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

13 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 5165b) during the period of a major disaster dec15 laration under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 5170) to determine whether the amount set aside for 

17 those management costs after the date of enactment 

18 of this Act is appropriate; and 

19 (2) that includes the management costs de20 scribed in section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis21 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 

22 U.S.C. 5165b) for each disaster declared under dur23 ing the period of a major disaster declaration under 

24 section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) during the 

25 5-year period preceding the date of the report, the 


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1 amount set aside for those management costs, the 

2 use of those management costs, the length of each 

3 disaster, and the reason for the length of each dis4 aster. 

5 (d) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS.—No additional funds 

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amend7 ments made by subsection (a). 


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Union Calendar No. 640 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7671 

[Report No. 118–774] 

A BILL 

To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford 

other disaster recovery projects. the use of excess funds for management costs for to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to 

NOVEMBER 26, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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