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Union Calendar No. 29 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2016 

[Report No. 117–46] 

To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to develop a study 

regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 18, 2021 

Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MAY 28, 2021 

Additional sponsor: Mr. PETERS

MAY 28, 2021 

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; 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 the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to 

develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating 

information collection and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Federal Disaster As5 sistance Coordination Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE INFOR7 MATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 

8 DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1223 of the Disaster Re10 covery Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is 

11 amended to read as follows: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 1223. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE IN13 FORMATION COLLECTION AND PRELIMINARY 

14 DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS. 

15 ‘‘(a) INFORMATION COLLECTION.—Not later than 2 

16 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Ad17 ministrator, in coordination with the Small Business Ad18 ministration, the Department of Housing and Urban De19 velopment, the Disaster Assistance Working Group of the 

20 Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Effi21 ciency, and other appropriate agencies, shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) conduct a study and develop a plan, con23 sistent with law, under which the collection of infor24 mation from disaster assistance applicants and 

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1 ficient, flexible, consolidated, and simplified to be 

2 less burdensome, duplicative, and time consuming 

3 for applicants and grantees; and 

4 ‘‘(2) develop a plan for the regular collection 

5 and reporting of information on Federal disaster as6 sistance awarded, including the establishment and 

7 maintenance of a website for presenting the informa8 tion to the public. 

9 ‘‘(b) PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.—Not 

10 later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec11 tion, the Administrator, in consultation with the Council 

12 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 

13 shall convene a working group on a regular basis with the 

14 Secretary of Labor, the Director of the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human 

16 Services, the Administrator of the Small Business Admin17 istration, the Secretary of Transportation, the Assistant 

18 Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and 

19 other appropriate agencies as the Administrator considers 

20 necessary, to— 

21 ‘‘(1) identify and describe the potential areas of 

22 duplication or fragmentation in preliminary damage 

23 assessments after disaster declarations; 


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1 ‘‘(2) determine the applicability of having one 

2 Federal agency make the assessments for all agen3 cies; and 

4 ‘‘(3) identify potential emerging technologies, 

5 such as unmanned aircraft systems, consistent with 

6 the requirements established in the FEMA Account7 ability, Modernization and Transparency Act of 

8 2017 (42 U.S.C. 5121 note), to expedite the admin9 istration of preliminary damage assessments. 

10 ‘‘(c) COMPREHENSIVE REPORT.—The Administrator 

11 shall submit one comprehensive report that comprises the 

12 plans developed under subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2) and 

13 a report of the findings of the working group convened 

14 under subsection (b), which may include recommenda15 tions, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc16 ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

17 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

18 Senate. 

19 ‘‘(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The comprehensive re20 port developed under subsection (c) shall be made avail21 able to the public and posted on the website of the Federal 

22 Emergency Management Agency— 

23 ‘‘(1) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable 

24 versions that are made available in all appropriate 

25 formats; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) in machine-readable format, if applicable. 

2 ‘‘(e) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—In preparing the 

3 comprehensive report, any publication, database, or web4 based resource, and any information compiled by any gov5 ernment agency, nongovernmental organization, or other 

6 entity that is made available may be used. 

7 ‘‘(f) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after sub8 mission of the comprehensive report, the Administrator of 

9 the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or a des10 ignee, and a member of the Council of the Inspectors Gen11 eral on Integrity and Efficiency, or a designee, shall brief, 

12 upon request, the appropriate congressional committees on 

13 the findings and any recommendations made in the com14 prehensive report.’’. 

15 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 

16 section 1223 in the table of contents of the FAA Reau17 thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is amended 

18 to read as follows: 

‘‘Sec. 1223. Study to streamline and consolidate information collection and preliminary damage assessments.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 29 

117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2016 

[Report No. 117–46] 

A BILL 

To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 

poses. liminary damage assessments, and for other purand consolidating information collection and pre2018 to develop a study regarding streamlining 

MAY 28, 2021 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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