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H.R. 152 · Emergency Management
Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
What does this mean?

FEMA, the federal agency that helps people and communities recover after disasters like hurricanes or floods, would be required to find ways to make the paperwork and information requests it demands from disaster victims and local governments less repetitive and time-consuming. It also has to set up a group that regularly reviews how damage assessments are done after disasters — including looking at whether drones or other new technology could speed up the process — and figure out if one agency could handle assessments instead of multiple agencies duplicating the work. Finally, FEMA has to send Congress a public report explaining what it plans to do and what this group recommends, so anyone can see the results on FEMA's website.

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Bill Lifecycle
Real action history from Congress.gov — where this bill is in the process, and every recorded step along the way.
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2025
Referred to Committee
Jan 3, 2025
Passed House
Jan 13, 2025
Received in Senate
Jan 14, 2025
Full action history (12)
Jan 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
Jan 4, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jan 13, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 13, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 5 (Roll no. 9). (text: CR H100-101)
Jan 13, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 405 - 5 (Roll no. 9). (text: CR H100-101)
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