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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="3709" measure-id="id117hr3709" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-06-04" update-date="2023-01-11">
        <title>Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr3709v25" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2023-01-11">
            <action-date>2022-11-14</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to Senate</action-desc>
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     <p><b>Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 20</b><strong>21</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as carried out by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) convene an advisory panel to assist FEMA in improving critical components of that process.</p>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr3709v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-11-18">
            <action-date>2021-11-04</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 20</b><strong>21</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as carried out by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) convene an advisory panel to assist FEMA in improving critical components of that process.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr3709v07" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-11-15">
            <action-date>2021-11-01</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 20</b><strong>21</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as carried out by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) convene an advisory panel to assist FEMA in improving critical components of that process.</p>]]></summary-text>
        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr3709v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2021-11-01">
            <action-date>2021-06-04</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 20</b><strong>21</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as carried out by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) convene an advisory panel to assist FEMA in improving critical components of that process.</p>]]></summary-text>
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