[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4876-S4877]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      SMALL PROJECT EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE DISASTER RECOVERY ACT

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate

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proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 483, H.R. 5641.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 5641) 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.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with amendments, as follows:
  (The parts of the bill intended to be stricken are shown in boldface 
brackets and the parts of the bill intended to be inserted are shown in 
italics.)

                               H.R. 5641

     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).
  Mr. DURBIN. I further ask that the committee-reported amendments be 
agreed to; the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time and 
passed; and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid 
upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendments were agreed to.
  The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The bill (H.R. 5641), as amended, was passed.

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