Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 152

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 14, 2025

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

                                 AN ACT

 
 To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to develop a study 
  regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and 
        preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Disaster Assistance 
Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE INFORMATION COLLECTION AND 
              PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1223 of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115-254) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 1223. STUDY TO STREAMLINE AND CONSOLIDATE INFORMATION COLLECTION 
              AND PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.

    ``(a) Information Collection.--Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Administrator, in coordination 
with the Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, the Disaster Assistance Working Group of the Council 
of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and other 
appropriate agencies, shall--
            ``(1) conduct a study and develop a plan, consistent with 
        law, under which the collection of information from disaster 
        assistance applicants and grantees will be modified, 
        streamlined, expedited, efficient, flexible, consolidated, and 
        simplified to be less burdensome, duplicative, and time 
        consuming for applicants and grantees; and
            ``(2) develop a plan for the regular collection and 
        reporting of information on Federal disaster assistance 
        awarded, including the establishment and maintenance of a 
        website for presenting the information to the public.
    ``(b) Preliminary Damage Assessments.--Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator, in 
consultation with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 
and Efficiency, shall convene a working group on a regular basis with 
the Secretary of Labor, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator 
of the Small Business Administration, the Secretary of Transportation, 
the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and other 
appropriate agencies as the Administrator considers necessary, to--
            ``(1) identify and describe the potential areas of 
        duplication or fragmentation in preliminary damage assessments 
        after disaster declarations;
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