SEC. 6. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES. 
In awarding grants under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.), the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency may coordinate with other rel-
evant agencies, including the Environmental Protection 
Agency, the Department of Energy, the Department of 
Transportation, the Corps of Engineers, the Department 
of Agriculture, and the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, as necessary, to improve collabora-
tion for eligible activities under the Act. 
SEC. 7. GAO REPORTS. 
(a) EXTREME TEMPERATURE EVENTS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall evaluate and issue to Congress and 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency a report re-
garding the impacts of extreme temperatures events on 
communities, the challenges posed to the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency in addressing extreme tem-
perature events, and recommendations for the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency to better provide assist-
ance to communities experiencing extreme temperature 
events. The report may also include examples of specific 
mitigation and resilience projects that communities may 
undertake, and the Federal Emergency Management 
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Agency may consider, to reduce the impacts of extreme 
temperatures 
on 
and 
within 
building 
structures, 
participatory processes that allow for public engagement 
in 
determining 
and 
addressing 
local 
risks 
and 
vulnerabilities related to extreme temperatures events, and 
community infrastructure, including heating or cooling 
shelters. 
(b) SMOKE AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and 
every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General shall 
evaluate and issue to Congress and the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency a report regarding the impacts 
of wildfire smoke and poor indoor air quality, the chal-
lenges posed to Federal Emergency Management Agency 
in addressing wildfire smoke and indoor air quality, and 
recommendations for the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency to better provide assistance to communities and 
individuals in dealing with wildfire smoke and indoor air 
quality. 
SEC. 8. REPORT CONGRESS AND UPDATE OF COST EFFEC-
TIVENESS DETERMINATIONS AND DECLARA-
TIONS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the 
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Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall 
submit to Congress a report regarding the challenges 
posed by the Agency’s requirements for declaring an inci-
dent or determining the cost effectiveness of mitigation ac-
tivities and specifically how such requirements may dis-
proportionately burden small impoverished communities, 
or specific vulnerable populations within communities. 
(b) UPDATE OF COST EFFECTIVENESS DETERMINA-
TION.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator, to the extent practicable, 
shall update the requirements for determining cost effec-
tiveness and declaring incidents, including selection of ap-
propriate interest rates, based on the findings made under 
subsection (a). 
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