[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7183 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7183

 To develop a report regarding possible duplication of Federal damage 
                  assessments, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 28, 2018

 Mr. Meadows introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To develop a report regarding possible duplication of Federal damage 
                  assessments, 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 ``Federal Disaster Assistance 
Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT WITH RESPECT TO STREAMLINING FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
              ASSESSMENTS AND THE POTENTIAL USES OF EMERGING 
              TECHNOLOGIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and in consultation with 
the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, 
shall convene a working group on a regular basis with the Secretary of 
the Department of Labor, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human Service, the Administrator of 
the Small Business Administration, the Secretary of the Department of 
Transportation, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic 
Development, and other appropriate agencies as the Administrator 
considers necessary, to develop--
            (1) a report that identifies and describes the potential 
        areas of duplication or fragmentation in post-disaster 
        declarations in Federal assessments of data collection methods 
        and data collected and program delivery after post-disaster 
        declarations;
            (2) determine the applicability of having one Federal 
        agency make the assessments for all agencies;
            (3) identify potential emerging technologies, such as 
        Unmanned Aircraft Systems, consistent with the requirements 
        established in Public Law 115-87, to expedite the 
        administration of disaster assistance assessments; and
            (4) develop and 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 on the findings of the working group that may 
        include recommendations.
    (b) Public Availability.--The report developed under subsection (a) 
shall be made available to the public and posted on the internet 
website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency--
            (1) in pre-compressed, easily downloadable versions that 
        are made available in all appropriate formats; and
            (2) in machine-readable format, if applicable.
    (c) Sources of Information.--In preparing such report, any 
publication, database, web-based resource, and any information compiled 
by any government agency, nongovernmental organization, or other entity 
that is made available may be used.

SEC. 3. BRIEFING.

    Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or a 
designee, and a member of the Council of the Inspectors General on 
Integrity and Efficiency, or a designee, shall brief, upon request, the 
appropriate congressional committees on the report's findings and any 
recommendations made in the report, if applicable.
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