[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1665 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1665

To ensure that Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
    considers severe local impact in making a recommendation to the 
              President for a major disaster declaration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 22, 2017

 Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois (for himself and Mrs. Bustos) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
    considers severe local impact in making a recommendation to the 
              President for a major disaster declaration.

    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 Declaration Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL IMPACT.

    In making recommendations to the President regarding a major 
disaster declaration, the Administrator shall give greater weight and 
consideration to severe local impact. Further, the Administrator shall 
make corresponding adjustments to the Agency's policies and regulations 
regarding such consideration. Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Administrator shall report to the 
Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate on the changes made to regulations and policies 
and the number of declarations that have been declared based on the new 
criteria.
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