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 
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. 
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(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 
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-
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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.). 
(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); 
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(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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Union Calendar No. 127 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1307 
[Report No. 116–167, Part I] 
A BILL 
To provide for an online repository for certain re-
porting requirements for recipients of Federal 
disaster assistance, and for other purposes. 
JULY 23, 2019 
Reported from the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
JULY 23, 2019 
Committees on Small Business and Financial Services 
discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
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