Natural Disaster Transparency Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-hr-5795
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-09-28
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

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Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5795 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2023 Mr. Donalds introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the heads of Federal agencies and departments to publish certain data with respect to disaster relief, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Natural Disaster Transparency Enhancement Act . 2. Publication of disaster relief data The head of each Federal agency or department that approves Federal funds for natural disaster relief shall publish and regularly update on the website of such agency or department a breakdown of— (1) the amount of funds approved with respect to each disaster; and (2) the amount of funds disbursed with respect to each disaster.