[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5641 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5641


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 6, 2022

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to increase the threshold for eligibility for assistance 
   under sections 403, 406, 407, and 502 of such Act, 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 ``Small Project Efficient and 
Effective Disaster Recovery Act'' or the ``SPEED Recovery Act''.

SEC. 2. SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE.

    (a) In General.--Section 422 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``$35,000'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``$1,000,000''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(3)--
                    (A) in the heading by inserting ``AND REPORT'' 
                after ``REVIEW''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``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 
                regarding such review, including any recommendations 
                developed pursuant to such review'' after ``under this 
                section''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any amounts appropriated after the date of 
enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 5, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.