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[H.R. 1679 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1679

                     One Hundred Fifteenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and seventeen


                                 An Act


 
To ensure that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's current efforts 
      to modernize its grant management system includes applicant 
         accessibility and transparency, 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 ``FEMA Accountability, Modernization 
and Transparency Act of 2017''.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS.
    (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall ensure the ongoing modernization of the grant 
systems for the administration of assistance under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) includes the following:
        (1) An online interface, including online assistance, for 
    applicants to complete application forms, submit materials, and 
    access the status of applications.
        (2) Mechanisms to eliminate duplication of benefits.
        (3) If appropriate, enable the sharing of information among 
    agencies and with State, local, and tribal governments, to 
    eliminate the need to file multiple applications and speed disaster 
    recovery.
        (4) Any additional tools the Administrator determines will 
    improve the implementation of this section.
    (b) Implementation.--To the extent practicable, the Administrator 
shall deliver the system capabilities described in subsection (a) in 
increments or iterations as working components for applicant use.
SEC. 3. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.
    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise authorized.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.