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[H.R. 5641 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 483
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5641

                          [Report No. 117-145]


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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

                           September 12, 2022

        Reported by Mr. Carper (for Mr. Peters), with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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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 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.

SEC. 3. AUDIT AND REVIEW.

    Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall conduct 
an audit, and submit to Congress a report, on whether there has been 
waste and abuse as a result of the amendment made under section 
2(a)(1).
                                                       Calendar No. 483

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5641

                          [Report No. 117-145]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

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                           September 12, 2022

                        Reported with amendments