[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1117 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1117

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
   to submit a report regarding certain plans regarding assistance to 
applicants and grantees during the response to an emergency or disaster.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE FIELD TRANSITION.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency (FEMA) shall report to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding the 
plans the agency will undertake to provide the following:
        (1) Consistent guidance to applicants on FEMA disaster funding 
    procedures during the response to an emergency or disaster.
        (2) Appropriate record maintenance and transfer of documents to 
    new teams during staff transitions.
        (3) Accurate assistance to applicants and grantees to ease the 
    administrative burden throughout the process of obtaining and 
    monitoring assistance.
    (b) Maintaining Records.--The report shall also include a plan for 
implementing operating procedures and document retention requirements 
to ensure the maintenance of appropriate records throughout the 
lifecycle of the emergency or disaster.
    (c) New Technologies.--Finally, the report shall identify new 
technologies that further aid the disaster workforce in partnering with 
State, local, and tribal governments and private nonprofits in the wake 
of a disaster or emergency to educate, assist, and inform applicants on 
the status of their emergency or disaster assistance applications and 
projects.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.