Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
Latest action · Oct 29, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 28, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
This bill extends the deadline by which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must (1) conduct a study and develop a plan under which the collection of information from disaster assistance applicants and grantees will be made less burdensome, duplicative, and time consuming for applicants and grantees; and (2) develop a plan for the regular collection and reporting of information on federal disaster assistance awarded.
Not later than two years after enactment of this bill, FEMA shall convene a working group on a regular basis to (among other things) identify (1) potential areas of duplication or fragmentation in preliminary damage assessments after disaster declarations; and (2) potential emerging technologies, such as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (i.e., drones), to expedite the administration of preliminary damage assessments.
FEMA must submit a comprehensive report on the plans for streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments and the findings and recommendations of the working group to Congress with a briefing. The report must be made available to the public and posted on FEMA's website.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2019 to May 21, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Original | Feb 15, 2019 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Mar 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| R-LA | Garret Graves | Mar 26, 2019 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Mar 27, 2019 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | May 21, 2019 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2019Markup Mar 27, 2019Reported Jul 11, 2019 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 19, 2019Discharged Mar 27, 2019 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 29, 2019 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Oct 28, 2019Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 28, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8484-8487)
- Oct 28, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1306.
- Oct 28, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8485)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1362 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Oct 29, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8484–H8487Text printed H8485 | Garret Graves R-LA, Mark Meadows R-NC, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Scott H. Peters D-CA | Oct 28, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- May 17, 2019H.R. 1306, Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on March 27, 2019
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 30, February 15, 2019, page H2039.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49028 | Fixing Emergency Management for Americans (FEMA) Act of 2025: Context, Overview, and Summary of Provisions | Report | Jul 10, 2026 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act to develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2019Referred in Senate
- Oct 28, 2019Engrossed in House
- Jul 11, 2019Reported in House
- Feb 15, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
