I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 259 
To provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for 
recipients of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 10, 2023 
Miss GONZA´LEZ-COLO´N (for herself, Ms. PLASKETT, and Ms. MALLIOTAKIS) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on 
Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for an online repository for certain reporting 
requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assist-
ance, 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 ‘‘Post-Disaster Assist-
ance Online Accountability Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. SUBPAGE FOR TRANSPARENCY OF DISASTER AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF REPOSITORY FOR REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Treasury and the head of each covered Federal 
agency, shall establish a subpage within the website estab-
lished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 
note) to publish the information required to be made avail-
able to the public under this section. 
(b) SUBMISSION
OF INFORMATION
BY FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—Not later than 30 days after the end of a 
calendar quarter, each covered Federal agency that made 
disaster assistance available to an eligible recipient during 
such quarter shall, in coordination with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, make available to 
the public on the subpage established under subsection (a) 
the information described in subsection (c), and ensure 
that any data asset of the agency is machine readable. 
(c) INFORMATION REQUIRED.—The information de-
scribed in this subsection is, with respect to disaster as-
sistance provided by the covered Federal agency— 
(1) the total amount of disaster assistance pro-
vided by the agency during such quarter; 
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(2) the amount of disaster assistance provided 
by the agency that was expended or obligated to 
projects or activities; and 
(3) a detailed list of all projects or activities for 
which disaster assistance dispersed by the agency 
was expended, obligated, or used, including— 
(A) the name of the project or activity; 
(B) a description of the project or activity; 
(C) an evaluation of the completion status 
of the project or activity; 
(D) any award identification number as-
signed to the project; 
(E) the Catalog for Disaster Assistance 
number assigned by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency; 
(F) the location of the project, including 
ZIP Codes; and 
(G) any reporting requirement information 
being collected by a covered Federal agency 
with respect to that agency’s disaster assist-
ance. 
(d) GUIDANCE.—Each covered Federal agency, in co-
ordination with the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall issue 
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such guidance as is necessary to meet the requirements 
of this Act. 
(e) AGREEMENT WITH PRIVATE ENTITY.—The Di-
rector, if necessary for purposes of transparency, may 
enter into an agreement with a private entity, including 
a nonprofit organization, to develop the subpage required 
under this section. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) COVERED
FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘covered Federal agency’’ means— 
(A) any agency providing assistance under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
seq.); 
(B) the Small Business Administration; 
and 
(C) the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development. 
(2) DISASTER
ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘dis-
aster assistance’’ means any funds that are made 
available by the Federal Government in response to 
a specified natural disaster, including— 
(A) any assistance provided by the Admin-
istrator of the Small Business Administration 
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as a result of a disaster declared under section 
7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(b)); 
(B) any assistance provided by the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development 
for— 
(i) activities authorized under title I 
of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
related to disaster relief, long-term recov-
ery, restoration of infrastructure and hous-
ing, and economic revitalization in the 
most impacted and distressed areas result-
ing from a major disaster declared pursu-
ant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and 
(ii) flood insurance coverage provided 
under the National Flood Insurance Pro-
gram pursuant to the National Flood In-
surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et 
seq.); and 
(C) any assistance provided under the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
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(3) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENT.—The term ‘‘eligible 
recipient’’— 
(A) means any entity that receives disaster 
assistance directly from the Federal Govern-
ment (including disaster assistance received 
through grant, loan, or contract) other than an 
individual; and 
(B) includes a State that receives disaster 
assistance. 
(4) SPECIFIED NATURAL DISASTER.—The term 
‘‘specified natural disaster’’ means— 
(A) a fire on public or private forest land 
or grassland described in section 420 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187); 
(B) a major disaster declared by the Presi-
dent under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170); 
(C) an emergency declared by the Presi-
dent under section 501 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5191); and 
(D) any other natural disaster for which a 
disaster declaration is made by the Federal 
Government. 
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