[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1214 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1214

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
   to conduct a program to use simplified procedures to issue public 
 assistance for certain projects under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
      Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2017

 Mr. Barletta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
   to conduct a program to use simplified procedures to issue public 
 assistance for certain projects under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
      Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Simplified Assistance Value 
Enhancement Act'' or the ``Disaster SAVE Act''.

SEC. 2. SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE PROGRAM.

    (a) Threshold.--The Administrator shall immediately establish the 
threshold for eligibility pursuant to section 422(b)(2) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5189(b)(2)) at $500,000.
    (b) Report.--Not later than May 1, 2021, the Administrator shall 
submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House a report on the comprehensive review of the Program conducted 
under this section, to include an assessment of cost-effectiveness, 
speed of recovery, capacity of the grantees, past performance and 
accountability measures.
    (c) Sunset.--This Act shall expire on September 30, 2021.
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