FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-6155
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2023-11-01
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government studies and investigations

Personnel records
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-11-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on case management personnel turnover at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).</p> <p>Specifically, the GAO must report on the turnover rate for FEMA case management personnel, the average and median length of employment for such personnel, the steps that FEMA is taking or plans to take to lower the turnover rate, the number of FEMA personnel detailed to work disaster recovery, and personnel rotations.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6155 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 1, 2023 Mr. LaLota (for himself and Ms. Wilson of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on case management personnel turnover of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act . 2. Report on staff turnover Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report containing— (1) the turnover rate for case management personnel of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; (2) the average and median length of employment for the personnel described in paragraph (1); (3) the steps that the Agency is taking, or plans to take, to lower the rate of turnover for the personnel described in paragraph (1); (4) the number of personnel of the Agency that is detailed to work disaster recovery and then return to such personnel’s full-time assignment after a disaster, disaggregated by full-time, part-time, temporary, and contract personnel; and (5) the average time and median length of the rotations of personnel described in paragraph (4) and how often rotations and reassignment of personnel occur for each disaster recovery position and function, disaggregated by full-time, part-time, temporary, and contract personnel.