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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4376 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act to require Federal agencies impacted by a major disaster to submit 

to Congress a report on the estimated cost of the impact, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 

Mr. DUNN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee 

on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require Federal agencies impacted by a major disaster to submit to Congress a 

report on the estimated cost of the impact, and for 

other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Streamlining The Offi5 cial Response and Monetary Aid for Disasters Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘STORM Aid for Disasters Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ESTIMATED COST OF IMPACT TO FEDERAL AGEN2 CIES. 

3 Section 430 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

4 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189h) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(f) ESTIMATED COST OF IMPACT ON FEDERAL

7 AGENCIES.— 

8 ‘‘(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days 

9 after the date on which the President declares a 

10 major disaster under section 401, any Federal agen11 cy that sustained specified damage as a result of the 

12 disaster shall submit to the appropriate entities a re13 port that contains— 

14 ‘‘(A) a description of the specified damage 

15 incurred by the agency; 

16 ‘‘(B) an estimate of the cost of such speci17 fied damage; and 

18 ‘‘(C) a description of any effects to agency 

19 operations if the agency does not receive addi20 tional resources. 

21 ‘‘(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 

22 after such date, a Federal agency that submitted an 

23 initial report under paragraph (1) shall update such 

24 initial report and submit to the appropriate entities 

25 a final report containing the information described 

26 in such paragraph. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

2 ‘‘(A) APPROPRIATE ENTITIES.—The term 

3 ‘appropriate entities’ means the Committee on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, 

5 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

6 the Office of Management and Budget, and any 

7 Member of Congress representing a location im8 pacted by the disaster. 

9 ‘‘(B) SPECIFIED DAMAGE.—The term 

10 ‘specified damage’ means— 

11 ‘‘(i) damage to Federal facilities and 

12 property; 

13 ‘‘(ii) negative impacts on Federal op14 erations, including damage to equipment, 

15 loss of program support, and any other 

16 calculable costs, as well as costs necessary 

17 to resume operations; and 

18 ‘‘(iii) loss of services, totaling a cost 

19 exceeding $500,000, that would have been 

20 provided by the agency but for the dis21 aster.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF BILL MAKING SUP2 PLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TO AGENCIES 

3 IN RESPONSE TO REPORT ON SPECIFIED 

4 DAMAGE. 

5 (a) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 

7 2908 (other than subsection (a)) of the Defense 

8 Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 

9 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall apply to the consideration of 

10 a bill described in subsection (b) in the same manner 

11 as such provisions apply to a joint resolution de12 scribed in section 2908(a) of such Act. 

13 (2) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of applying 

14 paragraph (1) with respect to such provisions, the 

15 following rules shall apply: 

16 (A) Any reference to the Committee on 

17 Armed Services of the House of Representatives 

18 shall be deemed a reference to the Committee 

19 on Appropriations of the House of Representa20 tives, and any reference to the Committee on 

21 Armed Services of the Senate shall be deemed 

22 a reference to the Committee on Appropriations 

23 of the Senate. 

24 (B) Any reference to the date on which the 

25 President transmits a report shall be deemed a 

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1 duced in the House of Representatives or Sen2 ate (as the case may be). 

3 (b) BILL DESCRIBED.—For purposes of subsection 

4 (a), a bill described in this subsection is a bill— 

5 (1) which is introduced during the 90-day pe6 riod which begins on the date the President declares 

7 a major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. 

8 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); 

10 (2) which consists solely of appropriations made 

11 to each Federal agency which submitted a final re12 port with respect to such major disaster under sec13 tion 430(f)(2) of such Act (as added by section 2) 

14 for costs associated with, and in the amount of, the 

15 specified damage incurred by the agency, as set 

16 forth in such final report; and 

17 (3) the title of which is as follows: ‘‘A bill mak18 ing supplemental appropriations in response to the 

19 major disaster declared by the President under sec20 tion 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

21 and Emergency Assistance Act on 

22 llllllll.’’, with the blank space filled in 

23 with the date on which the President declared a 

24 major disaster under section 401 of the Robert T. 


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1 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 

3 (c) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWER.—This sec4 tion is enacted by Congress— 

5 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

6 the Senate and House of Representatives, respec7 tively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 

8 of each House, respectively, but applicable only with 

9 respect to the procedure to be followed in that 

10 House in the case of a bill described in subsection 

11 (b), and it supersedes other rules only to the extent 

12 that it is inconsistent with such rules; and 

13 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

14 right of either House to change the rules (so far as 

15 relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, 

16 in the same manner, and to the same extent as in 

17 the case of any other rule of that House. 

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