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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7183 

To develop a report regarding possible duplication of Federal damage 

assessments, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 28, 2018 

Mr. MEADOWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To develop a report regarding possible duplication of Federal 

damage assessments, 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 ‘‘Federal Disaster As5 sistance Coordination Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORT WITH RESPECT TO STREAMLINING FED2 ERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE ASSESSMENTS 

3 AND THE POTENTIAL USES OF EMERGING 

4 TECHNOLOGIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting 

7 through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

8 Management Agency, and in consultation with the Council 

9 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 

10 shall convene a working group on a regular basis with the 

11 Secretary of the Department of Labor, the Director of the 

12 Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of 

13 Health and Human Service, the Administrator of the 

14 Small Business Administration, the Secretary of the De15 partment of Transportation, the Assistant Secretary of 

16 Commerce for Economic Development, and other appro17 priate agencies as the Administrator considers necessary, 

18 to develop— 

19 (1) a report that identifies and describes the 

20 potential areas of duplication or fragmentation in 

21 post-disaster declarations in Federal assessments of 

22 data collection methods and data collected and pro23 gram delivery after post-disaster declarations; 

24 (2) determine the applicability of having one 

25 Federal agency make the assessments for all agen26 cies; 


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1 (3) identify potential emerging technologies, 

2 such as Unmanned Aircraft Systems, consistent with 

3 the requirements established in Public Law 115–87, 

4 to expedite the administration of disaster assistance 

5 assessments; and 

6 (4) develop and submit to the Committee on 

7 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 

8 Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 

9 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 

10 report on the findings of the working group that 

11 may include recommendations. 

12 (b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report developed 

13 under subsection (a) shall be made available to the public 

14 and posted on the internet website of the Federal Emer15 gency Management Agency— 

16 (1) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable 

17 versions that are made available in all appropriate 

18 formats; and 

19 (2) in machine-readable format, if applicable. 

20 (c) SOURCES OF INFORMATION.—In preparing such 

21 report, any publication, database, web-based resource, and 

22 any information compiled by any government agency, non23 governmental organization, or other entity that is made 

24 available may be used. 


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1 SEC. 3. BRIEFING. 

2 Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emer4 gency Management Agency, or a designee, and a member 

5 of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 

6 Efficiency, or a designee, shall brief, upon request, the ap7 propriate congressional committees on the report’s find8 ings and any recommendations made in the report, if ap9 plicable. 

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