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Union Calendar No. 850 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4460 
[Report No. 115–1098, Part I] 
To improve the provision of disaster and mitigation assistance to eligible 
individuals and households and to eligible State, local, Tribal, and terri-
torial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 28, 2017 
Mr. BARLETTA (for himself and Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 
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 
DECEMBER 21, 2018 
Additional sponsors: Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana and Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N of 
Puerto Rico 
DECEMBER 21, 2018 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an 
amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 21, 2018 
Committee on Financial Services discharged; committed to the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 28, 2017] 
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A BILL 
To improve the provision of disaster and mitigation assist-
ance to eligible individuals and households and to eligible 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and cer-
tain private nonprofit organizations, and for other pur-
poses. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dis-
aster Recovery Reform Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—DISASTER MITIGATION 
Sec. 101. National public infrastructure predisaster hazard mitigation. 
Sec. 102. Additional mitigation activities. 
Sec. 103. Wildfire prevention. 
Sec. 104. Additional activities. 
TITLE II—DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY 
Sec. 201. Federal cost-share adjustments for repair, restoration, and replacement 
of damaged facilities. 
Sec. 202. Eligibility for code implementation and enforcement. 
Sec. 203. Program improvements. 
Sec. 204. Prioritization of facilities. 
Sec. 205. Guidance on evacuation routes. 
Sec. 206. Proof of insurance. 
Sec. 207. Duplication of benefits. 
Sec. 208. State administration of assistance for direct temporary housing and 
permanent housing construction. 
Sec. 209. Assistance to individuals and households. 
Sec. 210. Multifamily lease and repair assistance. 
Sec. 211. Federal disaster assistance nonprofit fairness. 
Sec. 212. Management costs. 
Sec. 213. Flexibility. 
Sec. 214. Additional disaster assistance. 
Sec. 215. National veterinary emergency teams. 
Sec. 216. Dispute resolution pilot program. 
Sec. 217. Emergency relief. 
TITLE III—AGENCY MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
Sec. 301. Unified Federal environmental and historic preservation review. 
Sec. 302. Closeout incentives. 
Sec. 303. Performance of services. 
Sec. 304. Study to streamline and consolidate information collection. 
Sec. 305. Agency accountability. 
Sec. 306. Audit of contracts. 
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Sec. 307. Inspector general audit of FEMA contracts for tarps and plastic sheet-
ing. 
Sec. 308. Relief organizations. 
Sec. 309. Guidance on inundated and submerged roads. 
TITLE I—DISASTER MITIGATION 
SEC. 
101. 
NATIONAL 
PUBLIC 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 
Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘Public’’ after 
‘‘the National’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(ii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) to establish and carry out en-
forcement activities to implement the latest 
published editions of relevant consensus- 
based codes, specifications, and standards 
that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant 
designs and establish minimum acceptable 
criteria for the design, construction, and 
maintenance of residential structures and 
facilities that may be eligible for assistance 
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under this Act for the purpose of protecting 
the health, safety, and general welfare of the 
buildings’ users against disasters.’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘for 
mitigation activities that are cost effective’’ after 
‘‘competitive basis’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) 
REDISTRIBUTION
OF
UNOBLIGATED 
AMOUNTS.—The President shall— 
‘‘(A) withdraw amounts of financial assist-
ance made available to a State (including 
amounts made available to local governments of 
a State) under this subsection that remain unob-
ligated by the end of the third fiscal year after 
the fiscal year for which the amounts were allo-
cated; and 
‘‘(B) in the fiscal year following a fiscal 
year in which amounts were withdrawn under 
subparagraph (A), add the amounts to any other 
amounts available to be awarded on a competi-
tive basis pursuant to paragraph (1).’’; 
(4) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (9) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
paragraph (12); and 
(C) by adding after paragraph (9) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(10) the extent to which the State or local gov-
ernment has facilitated the adoption and enforcement 
of the latest published editions of relevant consensus- 
based codes, specifications, and standards that incor-
porate the latest hazard-resistant designs and estab-
lish criteria for the design, construction, and mainte-
nance of residential structures and facilities that may 
be eligible for assistance under this Act for the pur-
pose of protecting the health, safety, and general wel-
fare of the buildings’ users against disasters; 
‘‘(11) the extent to which the assistance will fund 
activities that increase the level of resiliency; and’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (i) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(i) 
NATIONAL
PUBLIC
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall es-
tablish in the Treasury of the United States a sepa-
rate account called the National Public Infrastructure 
Predisaster Mitigation Fund (in this section referred 
to as the ‘Predisaster Mitigation Fund’), which shall 
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be used exclusively to carry out this section, with 
amounts in such account to be available until ex-
pended unless otherwise provided. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFERS TO PREDISASTER MITIGATION 
FUND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be deposited 
in the Predisaster Mitigation Fund with respect 
to each disaster declared on or after August 1, 
2017, an additional amount equal to 6 percent 
of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be 
made pursuant to sections 403, 406, 407, 408, 
410, and 416. 
‘‘(B) ESTIMATED
AGGREGATE
AMOUNT.— 
Not later than 180 days after each major dis-
aster 
declaration, 
the 
estimated 
aggregate 
amount of grants on which the amount cal-
culated in subparagraph (A) is based shall be de-
termined and need not be reduced, increased, or 
changed due to variations in estimates.’’; and 
(6) by striking subsection (m) and redesignating 
subsection (n) as subsection (m). 
SEC. 102. ADDITIONAL MITIGATION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) HAZARD MITIGATION CLARIFICATION.—Section 
404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a)) is amended by 
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