The Disaster Recovery Efficiency Act

Bill: 119-hr-732
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2025-01-24
Policy area: Emergency Management
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 732 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2025 Ms. Jacobs (for herself, Mr. Whitesides , Ms. Friedman , and Ms. Rivas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to implement certain recommendations made by the Comptroller General with respect to disaster recovery, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Disaster Recovery Efficiency Act . 2. Implementation of GAO recommendations The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall take such actions as may be necessary to implement the priority recommendations of the Comptroller General of the United States contained in the report published on November 15, 2022, and titled Disaster Recovery: Actions Needed to Improve the Federal Approach (GAO–23–104956).