[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4462 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4462

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to prohibit certain reimbursements relating to disaster 
                  assistance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 28, 2017

Ms. Sinema (for herself and Mr. Donovan) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to prohibit certain reimbursements relating to disaster 
                  assistance, 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 ``Taking Responsibility by Accounting 
for Corruption and Excess Act'' or the ``TRACE Act''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENTS PROHIBITED.

    Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5201 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 707. CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENTS PROHIBITED.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal 
Government may not reimburse an entity for an activity carried out 
pursuant to a contract that--
            ``(1) involves assistance under this Act; and
            ``(2) prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency or the Comptroller General of the United 
        States from auditing or otherwise reviewing any aspect of the 
        contract.''.
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