Congress 116 - HR 3060 - FEMA Modernization Act of 2019

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Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Animal protection and human-animal relationships Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Economic performance and conditions Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Emergency Management Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal-Indian relations Fires First responders and emergency personnel Foreign language and bilingual programs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Government studies and investigations Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Homelessness and emergency shelter Housing and community development funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Life, casualty, property insurance Low- and moderate-income housing Natural disasters Performance measurement Residential rehabilitation and home repair Small business Small Business Administration Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations State and local government operations Terrorism Voting rights

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FEMA Modernization Act of 2019

This bill revamps, modifies, and revises the organization, activities, and processes of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Among other things, it requires FEMA to divide its Office of Response and Recovery into an Office of Disaster Response and an Office of Disaster Recovery, and to report on its ability to support a state managed and locally executed casework management system to coordinate and deliver direct assistance to disaster survivors.

Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant Act

The bill establishes within the Small Business Administration an Office of Disaster Recovery Small Business Grants. It also reauthorizes through FY2029 the temporary reassignment of state and local personnel during a public health emergency.

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Jun 28, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jun 28, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Jun 4, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 4, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Jun 3, 2019

Introduced in House
Jun 3, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, the Judiciary, Financial Services, and Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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