(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 
(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 this Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Comptroller General shall submit to Con-
gress 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 homeless-
ness 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 
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(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. 
(f) PEER-TO-PEER LODGING.—Not later than 240 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller 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 this Act, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report 
on civic engagement following a disaster, including 9/11 
and Hurricanes Katrina, Harvey, 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, 
Tribal and Territorial, State, and local governments 
play in facilitating disaster survivors’ reconnection 
with the public election voting process; 
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(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 
(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 and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 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; 
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(3) the availability of home Medkits for first re-
sponders and their families for biological incident re-
sponse; and 
(4) other related factors. 
(b) CONTEXT.—In preparing the report required 
under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the 
United States may, as appropriate, provide information— 
(1) in a format that delineates high risk urban 
areas from rural communities; and 
(2) on the degree to which the selected State 
and local programs and policies included in such re-
port were developed or are being executed with fund-
ing from the Department of Homeland Security, in-
cluding grant funding from the State Homeland Se-
curity Grant Program or the Urban Area Security 
Initiative under sections 2002 and 2003, respec-
tively, of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 603; 604). 
(c) HOMELAND SECURITY CONSIDERATION.—After 
issuance of the report required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall consider such re-
port’s findings and assess its applicability for Federal first 
responders. 
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TITLE III—DISASTER RECOVERY 
SMALL 
BUSINESS 
GRANT 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Recovery 
Small Business Grant Act’’. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title, the following definitions apply: 
(1) CLAIM.—The term ‘‘claim’’ means a claim 
by an injured concern under this title for payment 
for substantial economic injury suffered by the in-
jured concern as a result of a federally declared dis-
aster. 
(2) CLAIMANT.—The term ‘‘claimant’’ means 
an injured concern that submits a claim under sec-
tion 304(b). 
(3) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(4) INJURED
CONCERN.—The term ‘‘injured 
concern’’— 
(A) means a small business concern that is 
located in an area that is a qualified disaster 
area as a result of a federally declared disaster; 
and 
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