(D) Recommendations of the Comptroller 
General for what should be defined as a long- 
term disaster recovery project using existing au-
thority and responsibility of FEMA to advise 
and make recommendations to the President re-
garding Presidential Disaster Declarations. 
(E) Recommendations of FEMA on the ca-
pacity and competence of FEMA to manage 
multiple major Presidential Disaster Declara-
tions simultaneously of the magnitude of 3, 4, 
or all 5 of the disasters described in subsection 
(a) occurring within weeks of each other. 
(F) FEMA’s capability (as such term is 
defined in section 741 of title 6, United States 
Code) and capacities of the Federal Govern-
ment to respond to a range of catastrophic 
events occurring either singularly or concur-
rently, including an assessment of the capacities 
of each Federal agency and the total capacity 
of the Federal Government. 
(c) PETS.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port assessing the activity of the Federal Government re-
lating to— 
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(1) the Pets Evacuation and Transportation 
Standards Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–308); 
(2) disaster response resources for pets; and 
(3) the activity of the Federal Government dur-
ing the 2017 hurricane season with respect to— 
(A) evacuation, rescue, and boarding facili-
ties for animals; 
(B) feeding and housing of animals; and 
(C) transition to post-disaster placement of 
animals. 
(d) NATIONAL ALL-HAZARDS DISASTER INSURANCE 
PROGRAM.—Not later than 320 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit 
to Congress a report on— 
(1) the feasibility and design of a national all- 
hazards disaster insurance program; 
(2) the risk of property owners continuing to 
underinsure or have no insurance on homes and the 
implications of those actions on the financial sta-
bility of the housing market; 
(3) the challenge of developing actuarial tables 
to determine premiums and the setting options for 
premium payments for disaster declaration policies 
to be collected annual, quarterly, or monthly; and 
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(4) the challenges and feasibility of selling poli-
cies at the same time a property casualty policy is 
purchased. 
(e) HOMELESSNESS.—Not later than 12 months 
after the date of enactment of the FEMA Modernization 
Act of 2018, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to Congress a report on homelessness 
that contains a collection of data based upon registrations 
for disaster assistance, information provided by National 
Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, Bureau of the 
Census data, and other sources that provide information 
on the state of homelessness in an area impacted by a 
disaster. Such report shall— 
(1) include an analysis of individuals who were 
housed or receiving housing assistance at the time of 
the disaster and because of the disaster may be at 
risk of homelessness; 
(2) determine the best measures for assessing 
the potential for homelessness during the long-term 
recovery from a disaster; and 
(3) make recommendations on how local and 
State jurisdictions can identify the homeless during 
disaster response and how to structure recovery ef-
forts to minimize homelessness. 
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(f) PEER-TO-PEER LODGING.—Not later than 240 
days after the date of enactment of the FEMA Moderniza-
tion Act of 2018, the Comptroller General shall submit 
to Congress a report on the use of emergency disaster 
housing provided by peer-to-peer lodging or short-term 
rental by FEMA staff and other owners of peer-to-peer 
lodging who donate, rent, or lease housing to individuals 
impacted by disasters during 2017 and 2018. 
(g) POST-DISASTER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.—Not later 
than 8 months after the date of enactment of the FEMA 
Modernization Act of 2018, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress a report on civic engagement following 
a disaster, including 9/11 and Hurricanes Katrina, Har-
vey, Michael, Marie, and Florence. The report shall— 
(1) analyze how jurisdictions provided support 
for citizen voting after those events; 
(2) include analysis of the role that Federal, 
State, and local governments play in facilitating dis-
aster survivors’ reconnection with the public election 
voting process; 
(3) state any actions governments have taken 
that have impeded civic participation in the form of 
registering to vote and casting a ballot in a public 
election; and 
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(4) make recommendations on what can be 
done to protect voting by persons impacted by disas-
ters. 
SEC. 203. CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MAY IMPACT FIRST RE-
SPONDERS DURING A TERRORIST EVENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a report that describes select State 
and local programs and policies, as appropriate, related 
to the preparedness and protection of first responders. 
The report may include information on— 
(1) the degree to which such programs and poli-
cies include consideration of the presence of a first 
responder’s family in an area impacted by a terrorist 
attack; 
(2) the availability of personal protective equip-
ment for first responders; 
(3) the availability of home Medkits for first re-
sponders and their families for biological incident re-
sponse; and 
(4) other related factors. 
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