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Union Calendar No. 13 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1117 

[Report No. 115–31] 

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 16, 2017 

Mrs. HARTZLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

MARCH 9, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 16, 2017] 

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A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency to submit a report regarding certain 

plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees 

during the response to an emergency or disaster. 

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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. ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE FIELD TRANSITION. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed6 eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall report 

7 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Home9 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re10 garding the plans the agency will undertake to provide the 

11 following: 

12 (1) Consistent guidance to applicants on FEMA 

13 disaster funding procedures during the response to an 

14 emergency or disaster. 

15 (2) Appropriate record maintenance and trans16 fer of documents to new teams during staff transi17 tions. 

18 (3) Accurate assistance to applicants and grant19 ees to ease the administrative burden throughout the 

20 process of obtaining and monitoring assistance. 

21 (b) MAINTAINING RECORDS.—The report shall also in22 clude a plan for implementing operating procedures and 

23 document retention requirements to ensure the maintenance 

24 of appropriate records throughout the lifecycle of the emer25 gency or disaster. 

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1 (c) NEW TECHNOLOGIES.—Finally, the report shall 

2 identify new technologies that further aid the disaster work3 force in partnering with State, local, and tribal govern4 ments and private nonprofits in the wake of a disaster or 

5 emergency to educate, assist, and inform applicants on the 

6 status of their emergency or disaster assistance applications 

7 and projects. 

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Union Calendar No. 13 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1117 

[Report No. 115–31] 

A BILL 

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emeremergency or disaster. plicants and grantees during the response to an garding certain plans regarding assistance to ap- gency Management Agency to submit a report reMARCH 9, 2017 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 

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