HR 5343 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 15, 2022 Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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.

  1. IntroducedSep 22, 2021
  2. Passed HouseMar 30, 2022
  3. Passed SenateDec 14, 2022
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report to Congress on case management personnel turnover at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Specifically, the GAO must report on the turnover rate for FEMA case management personnel, the average and median length of employment for such personnel, the steps that FEMA is taking or plans to take to lower the turnover rate, the number of FEMA personnel detailed to work disaster recovery, and personnel rotations.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll callQuestionResultDate
House 93Passed409–17Mar 30, 2022

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2021 to Oct 26, 2021, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-SCNancy MaceOriginalSep 22, 2021
R-PRJenniffer González-ColónOct 26, 2021

Actions 25

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 15, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  2. Dec 14, 2022Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7188; text: CR S7188)
  3. Dec 14, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  4. Nov 16, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-199.
  5. Nov 16, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 550.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 6

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 14, 2022Engrossed Amendment Senate
  2. Nov 16, 2022Reported to Senate
  3. Mar 31, 2022Referred in Senate
  4. Mar 30, 2022Engrossed in House
  5. Mar 29, 2022Reported in House
  6. Sep 22, 2021Introduced in House

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