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Union Calendar No. 107 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1306 

[Report No. 116–145] 

To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act to develop a study regarding 

streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary 

damage assessments, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 15, 2019 

Mr. MEADOWS (for himself and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

JULY 11, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Mr. HARDER of 

California, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. ROUZER, and Ms. DAVIDS of 

Kansas 

JULY 11, 2019 

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 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 

25 grantees will be modified, streamlined, expedited, efVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:48 Jul 11, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1306.RH H1306

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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 Public Law 115–87, 

7 to expedite the administration of preliminary dam8 age assessments. 

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

10 shall submit 1 comprehensive report that comprises the 

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

12 a report of the findings of the working group convened 

13 under subsection (b), which may include recommenda14 tions, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc15 ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

16 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

17 Senate. 

18 ‘‘(d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The comprehensive re19 port developed under subsection (c) shall be made avail20 able to the public and posted on the website of the Federal 

21 Emergency Management Agency— 

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

23 versions that are made available in all appropriate 

24 formats; and 

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


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

2 comprehensive report, any publication, database, or web3 based resource, and any information compiled by any gov4 ernment agency, nongovernmental organization, or other 

5 entity that is made available may be used. 

6 ‘‘(f) BRIEFING.—Not later than 180 days after sub7 mission of the comprehensive report, the Administrator of 

8 the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or a des9 ignee, and a member of the Council of the Inspectors Gen10 eral on Integrity and Efficiency, or a designee, shall brief, 

11 upon request, the appropriate congressional committees on 

12 the findings and any recommendations made in the com13 prehensive report.’’. 

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

15 section 1223 in the table of contents of the Disaster Re16 covery Reform Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–254) is 

17 amended to read as follows: 

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


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Union Calendar No. 107 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1306 

[Report No. 116–145] 

A BILL 

To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act to dedamage assessments, and for other purposes. dating information collection and preliminary velop a study regarding streamlining and consoliJULY 11, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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