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[H.R. 1665 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                  Union Calendar No. 56
115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1665

                          [Report No. 115-99]

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

                             April 28, 2017

Additional sponsors: Mr. Kinzinger, Mr. Bost, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. LaHood, 
               Mr. Graves of Louisiana, and Mr. Barletta

                             April 28, 2017

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 
                               22, 2017]


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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 of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall give greater weight and consideration to severe 
local impact or recent multiple disasters. 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 Committee 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.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 56

115th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1665

                          [Report No. 115-99]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 28, 2017

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed