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Union Calendar No. 110 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1984 

[Report No. 116–148] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 28, 2019 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 

GARAMENDI, Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. 

HILL of California, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. 

ROUDA, Mr. TONKO, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) 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. SPANO, and 

Mr. HIMES

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 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. 


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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 ‘‘Disclosing Aid Spent 

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

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) At a time of constrained budgets, it is fis9 cally prudent to understand the amount and the 

10 scope of the Federal Government’s involvement in 

11 providing disaster-related assistance to communities 

12 in need. 

13 (2) The Federal Government does not provide 

14 a single, publicly available estimate of the amount it 

15 is spending on disaster-related assistance. 

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

17 providing disaster-related assistance requires signifi18 cant Federal resources to support a multi-agency, 

19 multi-year restoration of infrastructure and com20 merce in affected communities. 

21 (4) Understanding the expenditures of indi22 vidual Federal agencies for disaster-related assist23 ance will help better inform the congressional appro24 priations process, as well as presidential budget re25 quests. 


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1 (5) Knowledge about disaster-related expenses 

2 will illustrate opportunities for reducing these ex3 penses through efforts to reduce vulnerabilities to 

4 future natural disasters. 

5 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

6 The purpose of this Act is to require the Director 

7 of the Office of Management and Budget to annually sub8 mit to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance 

9 provided by the Federal Government. 

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

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

12 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing new section: 

14 ‘‘§ 1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance 

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On the same day that the Presi16 dent makes the annual budget submission to the Congress 

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

18 the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to 

19 Congress a report on Federal disaster-related assistance 

20 for the fiscal year ending in the calendar year immediately 

21 preceding the calendar year in which the annual budget 

22 submission is made. Disaster-related assistance encom23 passes Federal obligations related to disaster response, re24 covery, and mitigation efforts, as well as administrative 


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1 costs associated with these activities, including spending 

2 by the following agencies and programs: 

3 ‘‘(1) Department of Agriculture: 

4 ‘‘(A) Agriculture Research Service. 

5 ‘‘(B) Farm Service Agency. 

6 ‘‘(C) Food and Nutrition Service. 

7 ‘‘(D) Natural Resource Conservation Serv8 ice. 

9 ‘‘(E) Forest Service. 

10 ‘‘(F) Rural Housing Service. 

11 ‘‘(G) Rural Utilities Service. 

12 ‘‘(2) Department of Commerce: 

13 ‘‘(A) National Marine Fisheries Service of 

14 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin15 istration. 

16 ‘‘(B) Economic Development Administra17 tion Economic Adjustment Assistance. 

18 ‘‘(3) Army Corps of Engineers of the Depart19 ment of Defense (Civil). 

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

21 ‘‘(A) Military Personnel. 

22 ‘‘(B) Operations and Maintenance. 

23 ‘‘(C) Procurement. 

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

25 Evaluation. 


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

2 Family Housing. 

3 ‘‘(F) Management Funds. 

4 ‘‘(G) Other Department of Defense Pro5 grams. 

6 ‘‘(5) Department of Education: 

7 ‘‘(A) Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation. 

9 ‘‘(B) Higher Education. 

10 ‘‘(6) Department of Health and Human Serv11 ices: 

12 ‘‘(A) Administration for Children and 

13 Families. 

14 ‘‘(B) Public Health and Medical Assist15 ance. 

16 ‘‘(C) Public Health Emergency Fund. 

17 ‘‘(7) Department of Homeland Security: 

18 ‘‘(A) Federal Emergency Management 

19 Agency: 

20 ‘‘(i) Emergency Declarations. 

21 ‘‘(ii) Fire Management Assistance 

22 Grants. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Major Disaster Declarations. 

24 ‘‘(iv) Administrative Assistance. 


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1 ‘‘(B) FEMA Missions Assignments by 

2 Federal Agency. 

3 ‘‘(C) Community Disaster Loan Program. 

4 ‘‘(8) Department of Housing and Urban Devel5 opment (HUD): 

6 ‘‘(A) Community Development Block 

7 Grants. 

8 ‘‘(B) Rental Assistance/Section 8 Vouch9 ers. 

10 ‘‘(C) Supportive Housing. 

11 ‘‘(D) Public Housing Repair. 

12 ‘‘(E) Inspector General. 

13 ‘‘(9) Department of the Interior: 

14 ‘‘(A) Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

15 ‘‘(B) United States Fish and Wildlife Serv16 ice. 

17 ‘‘(C) National Park Service. 

18 ‘‘(D) Wildland Fire Management. 

19 ‘‘(10) Department of Justice: 

20 ‘‘(A) Legal Activities. 

21 ‘‘(B) United States Marshals Service. 

22 ‘‘(C) Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

23 ‘‘(D) Drug Enforcement Administration. 

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

25 Explosives. 


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

2 Prisons). 

3 ‘‘(G) Office of Justice Programs. 

4 ‘‘(11) Department of Labor: 

5 ‘‘(A) National Emergency Grants for Dis6 location Events. 

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

8 Dislocated Worker Program. 

9 ‘‘(12) Department of Transportation: 

10 ‘‘(A) Federal Highway Administration: 

11 Emergency Relief Program (ER). 

12 ‘‘(B) Federal Aviation Administration 

13 (FAA). 

14 ‘‘(C) Federal Transit Administration 

15 (FTA). 

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

17 Revenue Service. 

18 ‘‘(14) Department of Veterans Affairs. 

19 ‘‘(15) Corporation for National and Community 

20 Service. 

21 ‘‘(16) Environmental Protection Agency: 

22 ‘‘(A) Hurricane Emergency Response Au23 thorities. 

24 ‘‘(B) EPA Hurricane Response. 

25 ‘‘(C) EPA Regular Appropriations. 


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1 ‘‘(17) The Federal Judiciary. 

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

3 Business Administration. 

4 ‘‘(19) Department of Energy: 

5 ‘‘(A) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Secu6 rity, and Emergency Response. 

7 ‘‘(B) Office of Petroleum Services. 

8 ‘‘(20) General Services Administration. 

9 ‘‘(21) Other authorities as appropriate. 

10 ‘‘(b) CONTENT.—The report shall detail the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(1) Overall amount of disaster-related assist13 ance obligations during the fiscal year. 

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

15 agency and account. 

16 ‘‘(3) Disaster for which the spending was obli17 gated. 

18 ‘‘(4) Obligations by disaster. 

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

20 type. 

21 ‘‘(6) Response and recovery spending. 

22 ‘‘(7) Mitigation spending. 

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

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


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

2 made publicly available on the website of the Office of 

3 Management and Budget and should be searchable, sort4 able and downloadable.’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap6 ters for chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is 

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

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

8 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

9 The reporting requirement under the amendment 

10 made by section 3(a) shall take effect with the budget sub11 mission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 

12 United States Code, for fiscal year 2022. 


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Union Calendar No. 110 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1984 

[Report No. 116–148] 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States 

ance provided by the Federal Government. Congress a report on all disaster-related assistManagement and Budget to annually submit to Code, to require the Director of the Office of 

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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