FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
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.
- IntroducedSep 22, 2021
- Passed HouseMar 30, 2022
- Passed SenateDec 14, 2022
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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 call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 93 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed409–17 | Mar 30, 2022 |
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 22, 2021 to Oct 26, 2021; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Sep 22, 2021 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Oct 26, 2021 |
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 Sep 22, 2021Markup Oct 27, 2021Reported Mar 29, 2022 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Sep 23, 2021Discharged Oct 27, 2021 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 31, 2022Markup May 25, 2022Reported Nov 16, 2022 |
Actions 23
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 15, 2022Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 14, 2022Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7188; text: CR S7188)
- 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.
- Nov 16, 2022Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 550.
- May 25, 2022Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- May 16, 2022Star Print ordered on the bill.
- Mar 31, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 30, 2022Ms. Williams (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 30, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3990)
- Mar 30, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5343.
- Mar 30, 2022At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Mar 30, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3998)
- Mar 30, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 17 (Roll no. 93). (text: CR H3990)
- Mar 30, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 30, 2022The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 29, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-281.
- Mar 29, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 208.
- Oct 27, 2021Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
- Oct 27, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 27, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Sep 23, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Sep 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Sep 22, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7188Text printed S7188Amendments S7188 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Dec 14, 2022 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E329 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Mar 31, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3990Text printed H3990Recorded votes H3998enactLists H3998Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5343, FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act | — | Mar 30, 2022 |
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 reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 30, 2022H.R. 5343, FEMA Caseworker Accountability ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 25, 2022
- Feb 7, 2022H.R. 5343, FEMA Caseworker Accountability ActAs reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 27, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 164, September 22, 2021, page H5092.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48591 | Suspension of the Rules: House Practice in the 117th Congress (2021-2022) | Report | Jul 3, 2025 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit a report to Congress on case management personnel turnover, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on case management personnel turnover of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Passed Senate
- FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment Senate bill text
- FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2022Engrossed Amendment Senate
- Nov 16, 2022Reported to Senate
- Mar 31, 2022Referred in Senate
- Mar 30, 2022Engrossed in House
- Mar 29, 2022Reported in House
- Sep 22, 2021Introduced 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.
