3.0.0 4243 2023-01-11T13:32:28Z 2023-01-11T13:32:28Z House HR 2015-12-11 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 180 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KILMER:H.R. 4243.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section 8 Clause 18 ``To make all Laws which shall benecessary and proper . . .''[Page H9307]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2015-12-14T21:37:20Z Referred to 2015-12-11T14:00:31Z 2015-12-14 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2015-12-11 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2015-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-12-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 N N000189 Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] Dan Newhouse R WA 4 2015-12-11 True R000578 Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8] David Reichert R WA G. 8 2015-12-11 True M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2015-12-18 False Emergency Management Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Federal-Indian relations Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Rural conditions and development Emergency Management 00 2015-12-11 Introduced in House 2016-02-22T16:50:12Z Individual Assistance Improvement Act of 2015

This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress an annual report on recommendations for improving federal assistance for small states and rural areas under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and additional resources required for such improvements.

In measuring the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster and evaluating the need for assistance to individuals under that Act, FEMA shall not apply, with respect to a rural area, the factor relating to concentration of damages.

FEMA shall provide the governor or the chief executive of an Indian tribal government with documentation related to a major disaster declaration decision within 25 days after such individual requests that documentation, including: (1) an analysis of the factors that it considered in making the decision, and (2) its rationale.

The Government Accountability Office shall conduct a comprehensive review of: (1) FEMA's damage assessment processes for major disaster declarations, and (2) the teams that carry out such processes.

FEMA shall conduct a study, biennially, to: (1) compare the average amount of individual assistance provided per person for each major disaster declared during the five most recently completed fiscal years, the average damages realized per individual for each disaster, and the average damages realized per individual for each event where a request for a major disaster declaration was denied during the five most recently completed fiscal years; and (2) collect the data needed to update a table relating to the average amount of individual assistance by state.

]]> Individual Assistance Improvement Act of 2015 Display Title Individual Assistance Improvement Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To improve Federal disaster relief and emergency assistance, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Individual Assistance Improvement Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4243ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4243ih.xml 2015-12-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.