[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4376 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4376

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to require Federal agencies impacted by a major disaster 
to submit to Congress a report on the estimated cost of the impact, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2019

   Mr. Dunn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
 Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to require Federal agencies impacted by a major disaster 
to submit to Congress a report on the estimated cost of the impact, 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 ``Streamlining The Official Response 
and Monetary Aid for Disasters Act'' or the ``STORM Aid for Disasters 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTIMATED COST OF IMPACT TO FEDERAL AGENCIES.

    Section 430 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189h) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(f) Estimated Cost of Impact on Federal Agencies.--
            ``(1) Initial report.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        date on which the President declares a major disaster under 
        section 401, any Federal agency that sustained specified damage 
        as a result of the disaster shall submit to the appropriate 
        entities a report that contains--
                    ``(A) a description of the specified damage 
                incurred by the agency;
                    ``(B) an estimate of the cost of such specified 
                damage; and
                    ``(C) a description of any effects to agency 
                operations if the agency does not receive additional 
                resources.
            ``(2) Final report.--Not later than 60 days after such 
        date, a Federal agency that submitted an initial report under 
        paragraph (1) shall update such initial report and submit to 
        the appropriate entities a final report containing the 
        information described in such paragraph.
            ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Appropriate entities.--The term `appropriate 
                entities' means the Committee on Appropriations of the 
                House of Representatives, the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate, the Office of Management 
                and Budget, and any Member of Congress representing a 
                location impacted by the disaster.
                    ``(B) Specified damage.--The term `specified 
                damage' means--
                            ``(i) damage to Federal facilities and 
                        property;
                            ``(ii) negative impacts on Federal 
                        operations, including damage to equipment, loss 
                        of program support, and any other calculable 
                        costs, as well as costs necessary to resume 
                        operations; and
                            ``(iii) loss of services, totaling a cost 
                        exceeding $500,000, that would have been 
                        provided by the agency but for the disaster.''.

SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF BILL MAKING SUPPLEMENTAL 
              APPROPRIATIONS TO AGENCIES IN RESPONSE TO REPORT ON 
              SPECIFIED DAMAGE.

    (a) Expedited Consideration.--
            (1) In general.--The provisions of section 2908 (other than 
        subsection (a)) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act 
        of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note) shall apply to the consideration 
        of a bill described in subsection (b) in the same manner as 
        such provisions apply to a joint resolution described in 
        section 2908(a) of such Act.
            (2) Special rules.--For purposes of applying paragraph (1) 
        with respect to such provisions, the following rules shall 
        apply:
                    (A) Any reference to the Committee on Armed 
                Services of the House of Representatives shall be 
                deemed a reference to the Committee on Appropriations 
                of the House of Representatives, and any reference to 
                the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate shall be 
                deemed a reference to the Committee on Appropriations 
                of the Senate.
                    (B) Any reference to the date on which the 
                President transmits a report shall be deemed a 
                reference to the date on which the bill is introduced 
                in the House of Representatives or Senate (as the case 
                may be).
    (b) Bill Described.--For purposes of subsection (a), a bill 
described in this subsection is a bill--
            (1) which is introduced during the 90-day period which 
        begins on the date the President declares a major disaster 
        under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170);
            (2) which consists solely of appropriations made to each 
        Federal agency which submitted a final report with respect to 
        such major disaster under section 430(f)(2) of such Act (as 
        added by section 2) for costs associated with, and in the 
        amount of, the specified damage incurred by the agency, as set 
        forth in such final report; and
            (3) the title of which is as follows: ``A bill making 
        supplemental appropriations in response to the major disaster 
        declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act on 
        ________.'', with the blank space filled in with the date on 
        which the President declared a major disaster under section 401 
        of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170).
    (c) Exercise of Rulemaking Power.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a bill described in subsection (b), 
        and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is 
        inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that 
        House.
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