[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1214 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1214


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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

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency 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 Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report containing the results of a 
comprehensive review of the program conducted under section 422 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5189), as modified by 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 27, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.