IIB 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1984 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 25, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to 

require the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget to annually submit to Congress a report on all 

disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Government. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disclosing Aid Spent 

3 to Ensure Relief Act’’ or the ‘‘DISASTER Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 Congress finds the following: 

6 (1) At a time of constrained budgets, it is fis7 cally prudent to understand the amount and the 

8 scope of the Federal Government’s involvement in 

9 providing disaster-related assistance to communities 

10 in need. 

11 (2) The Federal Government does not provide 

12 a single, publicly available estimate of the amount it 

13 is spending on disaster-related assistance. 

14 (3) Because recovery is a long-term process, 

15 providing disaster-related assistance requires signifi16 cant Federal resources to support a multi-agency, 

17 multi-year restoration of infrastructure and com18 merce in affected communities. 

19 (4) Understanding the expenditures of indi20 vidual Federal agencies for disaster-related assist21 ance will help better inform the congressional appro22 priations process, as well as presidential budget re23 quests. 

24 (5) Knowledge about disaster-related expenses 

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1 penses through efforts to reduce vulnerabilities to 

2 future natural disasters. 

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

4 The purpose of this Act is to require the Director 

5 of the Office of Management and Budget to annually sub6 mit to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance 

7 provided by the Federal Government. 

8 SEC. 4. REPORTING OF DISASTER-RELATED ASSISTANCE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United 

10 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On the same day that the Presi14 dent makes the annual budget submission to the Congress 

15 under section 1105(a) for a fiscal year, the Director of 

16 the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to 

17 Congress a report on Federal disaster-related assistance 

18 for the fiscal year ending in the calendar year immediately 

19 preceding the calendar year in which the annual budget 

20 submission is made. Disaster-related assistance encom21 passes Federal obligations related to disaster response, re22 covery, and mitigation efforts, as well as administrative 

23 costs associated with these activities, including spending 

24 by the following agencies and programs: 

25 ‘‘(1) Department of Agriculture: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Agriculture Research Service. 

2 ‘‘(B) Farm Service Agency. 

3 ‘‘(C) Food and Nutrition Service. 

4 ‘‘(D) Natural Resource Conservation Serv5 ice. 

6 ‘‘(E) Forest Service. 

7 ‘‘(F) Rural Housing Service. 

8 ‘‘(G) Rural Utilities Service. 

9 ‘‘(2) Department of Commerce: 

10 ‘‘(A) National Marine Fisheries Service of 

11 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin12 istration. 

13 ‘‘(B) Economic Development Administra14 tion Economic Adjustment Assistance. 

15 ‘‘(3) Army Corps of Engineers of the Depart16 ment of Defense (Civil). 

17 ‘‘(4) Department of Defense (Military): 

18 ‘‘(A) Military Personnel. 

19 ‘‘(B) Operations and Maintenance. 

20 ‘‘(C) Procurement. 

21 ‘‘(D) Research, Development, Test, and 

22 Evaluation. 

23 ‘‘(E) Military Construction (MILCON) and 

24 Family Housing. 

25 ‘‘(F) Management Funds. 


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1 ‘‘(G) Other Department of Defense Pro2 grams. 

3 ‘‘(5) Department of Education: 

4 ‘‘(A) Elementary and Secondary Edu5 cation. 

6 ‘‘(B) Higher Education. 

7 ‘‘(6) Department of Health and Human Serv8 ices: 

9 ‘‘(A) Administration for Children and 

10 Families. 

11 ‘‘(B) Public Health and Medical Assist12 ance. 

13 ‘‘(C) Public Health Emergency Fund. 

14 ‘‘(7) Department of Homeland Security: 

15 ‘‘(A) Federal Emergency Management 

16 Agency: 

17 ‘‘(i) Emergency Declarations. 

18 ‘‘(ii) Fire Management Assistance 

19 Grants. 

20 ‘‘(iii) Major Disaster Declarations. 

21 ‘‘(iv) Administrative Assistance. 

22 ‘‘(B) FEMA Missions Assignments by 

23 Federal Agency. 

24 ‘‘(C) Community Disaster Loan Program. 


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1 ‘‘(8) Department of Housing and Urban Devel2 opment (HUD): 

3 ‘‘(A) Community Development Block 

4 Grants. 

5 ‘‘(B) Rental Assistance/Section 8 Vouch6 ers. 

7 ‘‘(C) Supportive Housing. 

8 ‘‘(D) Public Housing Repair. 

9 ‘‘(E) Inspector General. 

10 ‘‘(9) Department of the Interior: 

11 ‘‘(A) Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

12 ‘‘(B) United States Fish and Wildlife Serv13 ice. 

14 ‘‘(C) National Park Service. 

15 ‘‘(D) Wildland Fire Management. 

16 ‘‘(10) Department of Justice: 

17 ‘‘(A) Legal Activities. 

18 ‘‘(B) United States Marshals Service. 

19 ‘‘(C) Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

20 ‘‘(D) Drug Enforcement Administration. 

21 ‘‘(E) Bureau of Tobacco, Firearms, and 

22 Explosives. 

23 ‘‘(F) Federal Prison System (Bureau of 

24 Prisons). 

25 ‘‘(G) Office of Justice Programs. 


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1 ‘‘(11) Department of Labor: 

2 ‘‘(A) National Emergency Grants for Dis3 location Events. 

4 ‘‘(B) Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 

5 Dislocated Worker Program. 

6 ‘‘(12) Department of Transportation: 

7 ‘‘(A) Federal Highway Administration: 

8 Emergency Relief Program (ER). 

9 ‘‘(B) Federal Aviation Administration 

10 (FAA). 

11 ‘‘(C) Federal Transit Administration 

12 (FTA). 

13 ‘‘(13) Department of the Treasury: Internal 

14 Revenue Service. 

15 ‘‘(14) Department of Veterans Affairs. 

16 ‘‘(15) Corporation for National and Community 

17 Service. 

18 ‘‘(16) Environmental Protection Agency: 

19 ‘‘(A) Hurricane Emergency Response Au20 thorities. 

21 ‘‘(B) EPA Hurricane Response. 

22 ‘‘(C) EPA Regular Appropriations. 

23 ‘‘(17) The Federal Judiciary. 

24 ‘‘(18) Disaster Assistance Program of the Small 

25 Business Administration. 


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1 ‘‘(19) Department of Energy: 

2 ‘‘(A) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Secu3 rity, and Emergency Response. 

4 ‘‘(B) Office of Petroleum Services. 

5 ‘‘(20) General Services Administration. 

6 ‘‘(21) Other authorities as appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(b) CONTENT.—The report shall detail the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(1) Overall amount of disaster-related assist10 ance obligations during the fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(2) Disaster-related assistance obligations by 

12 agency and account. 

13 ‘‘(3) Disaster for which the spending was obli14 gated. 

15 ‘‘(4) Obligations by disaster. 

16 ‘‘(5) Disaster-related assistance by disaster 

17 type. 

18 ‘‘(6) Response and recovery spending. 

19 ‘‘(7) Mitigation spending. 

20 ‘‘(8) Spending in the form of loans. 

21 ‘‘(9) Spending in the form of grants. 

22 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The report shall be 

23 made publicly available on the website of the Office of 

24 Management and Budget and should be searchable, sort25 able and downloadable.’’. 


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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap2 ters for chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 

‘‘1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance.’’. 

4 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

5 The reporting requirement under the amendment 

6 made by section 3(a) shall take effect with the budget sub7 mission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

8 United States Code, for fiscal year 2022. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2019. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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