Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act Public Law 117–189 Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act 189 117–189 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2023-01-20 Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act SPEED Recovery Act 17039 117 2022-10-10 Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act [(Public Law 117–189)] [This law has not been amended] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of Public Law 117–189. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]
AN ACTTo 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. [42 U.S.C. 5121 note] 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) [42 U.S.C. 5189 note] 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).