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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2950 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit 
to the Congress a report that describes the methodology used to allocate 
amounts appropriated in covered provisions for the Community Develop-
ment Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Community Devel-
opment Block Grant Mitigation Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2025 
Mr. MOORE of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. FIELDS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
to submit to the Congress a report that describes the 
methodology used to allocate amounts appropriated in 
covered provisions for the Community Development 
Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Com-
munity Development Block Grant Mitigation Program, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Relief Trans-
parency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. HUD REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’), after consultation with the Comptroller 
General of the United States, shall submit to the Financial 
Services, Oversight and Reform, and Transportation and 
Infrastructure Committees of the House of Representa-
tives and Banking Committee of the Senate a report 
that— 
(1) describes and explains the methodology used 
by the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to allocate, to States, Tribes, Territories, and 
local governments, any amounts appropriated for the 
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Re-
covery Program and the Community Development 
Block Grant Mitigation Program; 
(2) addresses why such methodology may result 
in allocations to States, Tribes, Territories, and local 
governments differing between appropriations; and 
(3) provides legislative and administrative rec-
ommendations for improving the consistency and 
timeliness of the allocation of amounts appropriated 
for the Community Development Block Grant Dis-
aster Recovery Program and the Community Devel-
opment Block Grant Mitigation Program. 
(b) FIRST REPORT.—The Secretary shall— 
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(1) submit the first report described in sub-
section (a) not later than 90 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) examine the amounts appropriated for fiscal 
years 2025 and 2024 in such report. 
(c) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.—After the submission of 
the first report described in subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) beginning in fiscal year 2026, submit the 
report described in subsection (a) not later than the 
final day of each fiscal year; and 
(2) examine the amounts appropriated for the 
fiscal year. 
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