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.
This bill requires the FEMA Administrator and HUD Secretary to implement priority recommendations from a 2022 GAO report (GAO-23-104956) titled *Disaster Recovery: Actions Needed to Improve the Federal Approach*. It directly affects FEMA and HUD by mandating they take necessary steps to adopt specific changes identified in the report to improve federal disaster recovery processes. The key mechanism is the binding requirement to act on the GAO’s identified recommendations, not creating new policies. The focus is on operational changes to streamline recovery efforts, with no new funding or eligibility rules added.
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Introduced May 17, 2024
Last action May 20, 2024
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May 20, 2024
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
lower
May 17, 2024
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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.
lower
May 17, 2024
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Sara Jacobs
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