IB 
Union Calendar No. 13 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1117 
[Report No. 115–31] 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to appli-
cants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 16, 2017 
Mrs. HARTZLER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
MARCH 9, 2017 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 16, 2017] 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:54 Mar 09, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6652
E:\BILLS\H1117.RH
H1117
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to submit a report regarding certain 
plans regarding assistance to applicants and grantees 
during the response to an emergency or disaster. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:54 Mar 09, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6652
E:\BILLS\H1117.RH
H1117
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE FIELD TRANSITION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall report 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate re-
garding the plans the agency will undertake to provide the 
following: 
(1) Consistent guidance to applicants on FEMA 
disaster funding procedures during the response to an 
emergency or disaster. 
(2) Appropriate record maintenance and trans-
fer of documents to new teams during staff transi-
tions. 
(3) Accurate assistance to applicants and grant-
ees to ease the administrative burden throughout the 
process of obtaining and monitoring assistance. 
(b) MAINTAINING RECORDS.—The report shall also in-
clude a plan for implementing operating procedures and 
document retention requirements to ensure the maintenance 
of appropriate records throughout the lifecycle of the emer-
gency or disaster. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:54 Mar 09, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H1117.RH
H1117
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
(c) NEW TECHNOLOGIES.—Finally, the report shall 
identify new technologies that further aid the disaster work-
force in partnering with State, local, and tribal govern-
ments and private nonprofits in the wake of a disaster or 
emergency to educate, assist, and inform applicants on the 
status of their emergency or disaster assistance applications 
and projects. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:54 Mar 09, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H1117.RH
H1117
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
21:54 Mar 09, 2017
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6203
E:\BILLS\H1117.RH
H1117
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with BILLS