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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2956 
To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget to annually submit to Congress 
a report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 17, 2025 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. OBERNOLTE, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. VALADAO, 
Mr. MOSKOWITZ, and Mr. WOMACK) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to 
require the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to annually submit to Congress a report on all 
disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
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 ‘‘Disclosing Aid Spent 
to Ensure Relief Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘DISASTER Act 
of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) At a time of constrained budgets, it is fis-
cally prudent to understand the amount and the 
scope of the Federal Government’s involvement in 
providing disaster-related assistance to communities 
in need. 
(2) The Federal Government does not provide 
a single, publicly available estimate of the amount it 
is spending on disaster-related assistance. 
(3) Because recovery is a long-term process, 
providing disaster-related assistance requires signifi-
cant Federal resources to support a multi-agency, 
multi-year restoration of infrastructure and com-
merce in affected communities. 
(4) Understanding the expenditures of indi-
vidual Federal agencies for disaster-related assist-
ance will help better inform the congressional appro-
priations process, as well as presidential budget re-
quests. 
(5) Knowledge about disaster-related expenses 
will illustrate opportunities for reducing these ex-
penses through efforts to reduce vulnerabilities to 
future natural disasters. 
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SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to require the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget to annually sub-
mit to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance 
provided by the Federal Government. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING OF DISASTER-RELATED ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On the same day that the Presi-
dent makes the annual budget submission to the Congress 
under section 1105(a) for a fiscal year, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to 
Congress a report on Federal disaster-related assistance 
for the fiscal year ending in the calendar year immediately 
preceding the calendar year in which the annual budget 
submission is made. Disaster-related assistance encom-
passes Federal obligations related to disaster response, re-
covery, and mitigation efforts, as well as administrative 
costs associated with these activities, including spending 
by the following agencies and programs: 
‘‘(1) Department of Agriculture: 
‘‘(A) Agriculture Research Service. 
‘‘(B) Farm Service Agency. 
‘‘(C) Food and Nutrition Service. 
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‘‘(D) Natural Resource Conservation Serv-
ice. 
‘‘(E) Forest Service. 
‘‘(F) Rural Housing Service. 
‘‘(G) Rural Utilities Service. 
‘‘(2) Department of Commerce: 
‘‘(A) National Marine Fisheries Service of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration. 
‘‘(B) Economic Development Administra-
tion Economic Adjustment Assistance. 
‘‘(3) Army Corps of Engineers of the Depart-
ment of Defense (Civil). 
‘‘(4) Department of Defense (Military): 
‘‘(A) Military Personnel. 
‘‘(B) Operations and Maintenance. 
‘‘(C) Procurement. 
‘‘(D) Research, Development, Test, and 
Evaluation. 
‘‘(E) Military Construction (MILCON) and 
Family Housing. 
‘‘(F) Management Funds. 
‘‘(G) Other Department of Defense Pro-
grams. 
‘‘(5) Department of Education: 
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‘‘(A) Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation. 
‘‘(B) Higher Education. 
‘‘(6) Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices: 
‘‘(A) Administration for Children and 
Families. 
‘‘(B) Public Health and Medical Assist-
ance. 
‘‘(C) Public Health Emergency Fund. 
‘‘(7) Department of Homeland Security: 
‘‘(A) Federal Emergency Management 
Agency: 
‘‘(i) Emergency Declarations. 
‘‘(ii) Fire Management Assistance 
Grants. 
‘‘(iii) Major Disaster Declarations. 
‘‘(iv) Administrative Assistance. 
‘‘(B) FEMA Missions Assignments by 
Federal Agency. 
‘‘(C) Community Disaster Loan Program. 
‘‘(8) Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment (HUD): 
‘‘(A) 
Community 
Development 
Block 
Grants. 
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‘‘(B) Rental Assistance/Section 8 Vouch-
ers. 
‘‘(C) Supportive Housing. 
‘‘(D) Public Housing Repair. 
‘‘(E) Inspector General. 
‘‘(9) Department of the Interior: 
‘‘(A) Bureau of Indian Affairs. 
‘‘(B) United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice. 
‘‘(C) National Park Service. 
‘‘(D) Wildland Fire Management. 
‘‘(10) Department of Justice: 
‘‘(A) Legal Activities. 
‘‘(B) United States Marshals Service. 
‘‘(C) Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
‘‘(D) Drug Enforcement Administration. 
‘‘(E) Bureau of Tobacco, Firearms, and 
Explosives. 
‘‘(F) Federal Prison System (Bureau of 
Prisons). 
‘‘(G) Office of Justice Programs. 
‘‘(11) Department of Labor: 
‘‘(A) National Emergency Grants for Dis-
location Events. 
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SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The reporting requirement under the amendment 
made by section 3(a) shall take effect with the budget sub-
mission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, for fiscal year 2027. 
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