SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Relief Trans-
parency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. HUD REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development, after consultation with the 
Comptroller General of the United States, shall submit to 
the Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Trans-
portation and Infrastructure Committees of the House of 
Representatives 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, amounts appropriated in covered 
provisions for the Community Development Block 
Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Commu-
nity Development Block Grant Mitigation Program; 
(2) addresses why the such methodology may 
result in allocations to States, Tribes, Territories, 
and local governments differing between appropria-
tions; and 
(3) provides legislative and administrative rec-
ommendations for improving the consistency and 
timeliness of the allocation of amounts appropriated 
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for the Community Development Block Grant Dis-
aster Recovery Program and the Community Devel-
opment Block Grant Mitigation Program. 
(b) COVERED PROVISION.—The term ‘‘covered provi-
sion’’ means— 
(1) Public Law 116–20; 
(2) the Weather Research and Forecasting In-
novation Act of 2017; 
(3) the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018; 
(4) the Additional Supplemental Appropriations 
for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017; 
(5) the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 
and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 
Requirements Act, 2017; 
(6) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017; 
(7) the Further Continuing and Security Assist-
ance Appropriations Act, 2017; 
(8) the Continuing Appropriations and Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response 
and Preparedness Act; and 
(9) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016. 
SEC. 3. FEMA REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
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Management Agency shall submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate 
a report describing, for each fiscal year beginning after 
September 30, 2015— 
(1) the average amount of individual assistance 
and individual and household assistance provided 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) 
to, and the rate of denial of individual assistance 
and individual and household assistance provided 
under such Act for— 
(A) all individuals; 
(B) all individuals and households; 
(C) individuals with an annual income 
under 75 percent of the National Median 
Household Income; 
(D) individuals and households with an an-
nual income under 75 percent of the National 
Median Household Income; 
(E) individuals with an annual income over 
125 percent of the National Median Household 
Income; 
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(F) individuals and households with an an-
nual income over 125 percent of the National 
Median Household Income; 
(G) individuals with an annual income be-
tween 75 percent and 125 percent of the Na-
tional Median Household Income; and 
(H) individuals and households with an an-
nual income between 75 percent and 125 per-
cent of the National Median Household Income; 
and 
(2) an explanation for any factors causing an 
increase in the rate of denial of individual assistance 
or individual and household assistance, if applicable. 
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