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[H.R. 1117 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 222
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1117

                          [Report No. 115-158]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 2017

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

                           September 18, 2017

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, without amendment

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                                 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.
                                                       Calendar No. 222

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1117

                          [Report No. 115-158]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 18, 2017

                       Reported without amendment