(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amendment 
made by this section shall apply to funds appropriated on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 8. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON MAJOR DISASTER DEC-
LARATIONS. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives a report con-
taining the following information with respect to each 
major disaster declared pursuant to section 401 of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) during the 5-year period preceding 
such date of enactment: 
(1) The process used by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to determine individual house-
hold need. 
(2) An itemization of the most common reasons 
for denial of individual and household assistance pur-
suant to section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5174). 
(3) The rate of appeals of denial of such assist-
ance. 
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(4) The amount of time the Agency takes to issue 
a decision regarding eligibility for individual assist-
ance, disaggregated by each such major disaster. 
(5) Information on the use of Disaster Legal 
Services and the number of applicants who were eligi-
ble for such services. 
(6) The total number of Disaster Legal Services 
volunteers as of such date of enactment. 
(7) The number of such volunteers who were acti-
vated for each such major disaster. 
(8) The amount of time taken after the declara-
tion of each such major disaster to set up disaster re-
covery centers that provide access to individual assist-
ance. 
(9) The number of disaster recovery centers 
opened for each such major disaster. 
(10) The process used for selecting the location of 
such disaster recovery centers. 
(11) The average amount of time disaster recov-
ery centers remained open. 
(12) The average amount of time individual sur-
vivors spend at such centers. 
(13) A description of outreach efforts in low-in-
come, rural, and underserved communities regarding 
the availability of assistance provided by the Federal 
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Emergency Management Agency under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act. 
SEC. 9. REVIEW BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL. 
Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall— 
(1) conduct a review of the fiscal controls of 
States that receive assistance under section 432 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act, as added by section 3; and 
(2) make recommendations regarding the pro-
gram established under such section to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 10. GAO STUDY ON TIMING OF CLOSING OUT DIS-
ASTER RECOVERY. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to Congress a report on how long it takes the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
officially close out each major disaster declared under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) pursuant to section 705 
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of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5205). 
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Union Calendar No. 663 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9750 
[Report No. 118–811] 
A BILL 
To authorize the President to provide disaster as-
sistance to States and Indian Tribes under a 
major disaster recovery program, and for other 
purposes. 
DECEMBER 5, 2024 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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