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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5641" measure-id="id117hr5641" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-10-20" update-date="2022-12-21">
        <title>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5641v49" currentChamber="BOTH" update-date="2022-12-21">
            <action-date>2022-10-10</action-date>
            <action-desc>Public Law</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[
     <p><strong>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act</strong></p> <p>This act increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a <em>small project</em> under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures.</p> <p>The threshold must be reviewed every three years.</p> <p>The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security must conduct an audit, and report to Congress, on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the change in the threshold.</p>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr5641v59" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-10-20">
            <action-date>2022-09-29</action-date>
            <action-desc>House agreed to Senate amendment</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[
     <p><strong>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a <em>small project</em> under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures.</p> <p>The threshold must be reviewed every three years.</p> <p>The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security must conduct an audit, and report to Congress, on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the change in the threshold.</p>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr5641v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2022-10-12">
            <action-date>2022-09-20</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[
     <p><strong>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a <em>small project</em> under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures.</p> <p>The threshold must be reviewed every three years.</p> <p>The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security must conduct an audit, and report to Congress, on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the change in the threshold.</p>
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        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5641v25" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2022-09-26">
            <action-date>2022-09-12</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[
     <p><strong>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a <em>small project</em> under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures.</p> <p>The threshold must be reviewed every three years.</p> <p>The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security must conduct an audit, and report to Congress, on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the change in the threshold.</p>
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        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5641v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-04-18">
            <action-date>2022-04-05</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a <em>small project</em> under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures.</p> <p>The threshold must be reviewed every three years.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117hr5641v07" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-03-30">
            <action-date>2022-03-24</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a <em>small project</em> under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures.</p> <p>The threshold must be reviewed every three years.</p>]]></summary-text>
        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr5641v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-03-25">
            <action-date>2021-10-20</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act</strong></p> <p>This bill increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a <em>small project</em> under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures.</p> <p>The threshold must be reviewed every three years.</p>]]></summary-text>
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