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Union Calendar No. 658 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5623 

[Report No. 118–797] 

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

Act to authorize the President to provide substance use and alcohol 

use disorder services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 

Ms. BALINT (for herself and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. LAMALFA, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. 

COSTA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. THANEDAR, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Ms. 

TITUS, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. MOSKOWITZ, Ms. CARAVEO, Mr. DAVIS of 

North Carolina, Mr. MOLINARO, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. PETTERSEN, 

Mr. TRONE, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. PEREZ, Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas, Mr. 

FITZPATRICK, and Ms. UNDERWOOD

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

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 September 21, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide substance use and alcohol use disorder services, 

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 ‘‘Addressing Addiction 

5 After Disasters Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CRISIS COUNSELING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING. 

7 Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

8 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by inserting ‘‘, substance use, or alcohol 

12 use’’ after ‘‘private mental health’’; and 

13 (B) by inserting ‘‘, substance use, and alco14 hol use’’ after ‘‘relieve mental health’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘, substance 

16 use, or alcohol use’’ before ‘‘organization providing’’. 

17 SEC. 3. REPORT ON CHANGES TO APPLICATION. 

18 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

20 Management Agency, in consultation with the Assistant 

21 Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use, the Direc22 tor for the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, and State 

23 alcohol and drug agencies, shall review, adjust, and report 

24 to Congress any changes made to the application for assist25 ance under section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 


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1 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) and 

2 to any other relevant guidance documents to reflect the 

3 amendments made by this Act. 

4 SEC. 4. GAO REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

5 The Comptroller General of the United States shall 

6 conduct a review of the assistance provided under the crisis 

7 counseling assistance and training program established 

8 pursuant to section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

9 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5183) and 

10 submit to Congress a report describing— 

11 (1) the duration of assistance provided to indi12 viduals under such program; and 

13 (2) the compliance of the Administrator of the 

14 Federal Emergency Management Agency with the re15 quirement that such assistance may only be used for 

16 mental health, substance use, and alcohol use prob17 lems caused or aggravated by a major disaster or its 

18 aftermath. 


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Union Calendar No. 658 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5623 

[Report No. 118–797] 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

use disorder services, and for other purposes. President to provide substance use and alcohol and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the 

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

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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