FEMA Modernization Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 28, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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.
- IntroducedJun 3, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 3, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jun 3, 2019 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jun 3, 2019 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jun 3, 2019 |
Committees 7
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 Jun 3, 2019 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2019 | |
| House | Small Business Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2019 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2019 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 4, 2019 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2019 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2019 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Jun 28, 2019 | |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Jun 28, 2019 | |
| House | Financial Services Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2019 |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Jun 3, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Jun 28, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Jun 4, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Jun 4, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Jun 3, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 3, 2019Referred 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.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 92, June 3, 2019, page H4217.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-26 | ASSESSING FEMA'S READINESS FOR FUTURE DISASTERS105 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 12, 2019 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 42 | FRIENDS Act | Related bill | Feb 7, 2019 |
| HR 6292 | COVID–19 Small Business Recovery Grants Act | Related bill | Mar 20, 2020 |
| HR 7333 | FEMA Modernization Act of 2018 | Reintroduction of | Dec 20, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for reform and reorganization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FEMA Modernization Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Disaster Recovery Small Business Grant Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 3, 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.
