3.0.0 601 2024-07-24T15:23:27Z 2024-07-24T15:23:27Z House H HR 2023-01-27 118 [Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mrs. GONZALEZ-COLON:H.R. 601.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section I of the U.S. Constitution``All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested ina Congress of the United States, which shall consist of aSenate and a House of Representatives.''Article I, Section 18, Clause 18 of the U.S. ConstitutionCongress shall have the power . . . ``To make all Lawswhich shall be necessary and proper for carrying intoExecution of the foregoing Powers, and all other Powersvested by this Constitution in the Government of the UnitedStates, or any Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H490]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2023-02-01T17:09:49Z Referred to 2023-01-27T14:04:05Z 2023-02-01 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 2023-01-27 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2023-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2023-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000582 Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon R PR N Emergency Management Emergency Management 2023-03-27T15:47:28Z 00 2023-01-27 Introduced in House 2023-04-04T17:13:15Z This bill modifies certain requirements to assist Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands in recovering from specified incidents relating to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Specifically, the bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in providing assistance for critical services for the duration of the recovery for such incidents, to

  • revise specified guidance definitions to provide explicitly that multicomponent systems or facilities be inspected, evaluated, and estimated as a single project rather than requiring every component of the system to be inspected, evaluated, and estimated;
  • put into effect, at the request of a disaster assistance applicant, a procedure for evaluation and authorization of projects through professionally licensed engineers; and
  • extend the deadline for the presentation of cost estimates and project worksheets until October 31, 2021.

The bill requires (currently, authorizes) FEMA to provide specified assistance for critical services for the duration of the recovery.

Public assistance program alternative procedures adopted by FEMA must ensure that work performed by providers, suppliers, and contractors to the federal, state, local, or tribal governments or nonprofit facilities is paid for and reimbursed in a timely manner.

A local government or nongovernmental organization, in meeting any federal cost-sharing requirement, may use funds from any disaster recovery program or source to meet federal cost-sharing requirements with respect to such incidents.

]]> To modify certain requirements to encourage the recovery of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. Display Title 45 To modify certain requirements to encourage the recovery of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. 2024-07-24T15:23:27Z Official Title as Introduced 6 To modify certain requirements to encourage the recovery of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands. 2024-03-18T20:14:54Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hr601ih/xml/BILLS-118hr601ih.xml 2023-02-01 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.