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[H.R. 7671 Reported in House (RH)]
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Union Calendar No. 640
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7671
[Report No. 118-774]
To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and
Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use
of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery
projects.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2024
Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. D'Esposito, Ms. Titus, Mr. Ezell, and Mr.
Stanton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
November 26, 2024
Additional sponsors: Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Raskin, Mrs.
Peltola, Ms. Stansbury, Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon, Mr. Fulcher, and Ms.
Bonamici
November 26, 2024
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and
Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use
of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery
projects.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Management Costs
Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT COSTS.
(a) In General.--Section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(2)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting the
margins accordingly; and
(B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as so
redesignated, by striking ``provide the following
percentage rates'' and inserting ``provide--
``(A) excess funds for management costs as
described in subsection (c); and
``(B) the following percentage rates'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Use of Excess Funds for Management Costs.--
``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `excess
funds for management costs' means the difference between--
``(A) the amount of the applicable specific
management costs authorized under subsection (b)(1) and
subsection (b)(2)(B); and
``(B) as of the date on which the grant award is
closed, the amount of funding for management costs
activities expended by the grantee or subgrantee
receiving the financial assistance for costs described
in subparagraph (A).
``(2) Availability of excess funds for management costs.--
The President may make available to a grantee or subgrantee
receiving financial assistance under section 403, 404, 406,
407, or 502 any excess funds for management costs.
``(3) Use of funds.--Excess funds for management costs made
available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph (2) may be
used for--
``(A) activities associated with building capacity
to prepare for, recover from, or mitigate the impacts
of a major disaster or emergency declared under section
401 or 501, respectively; and
``(B) management costs associated with any--
``(i) major disaster;
``(ii) emergency;
``(iii) disaster preparedness measure; or
``(iv) mitigation activity or measure
authorized under section 203, 204, 205, or 404.
``(4) Availability.--Excess funds for management costs made
available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph (2) shall
remain available to the grantee or subgrantee until the date
that is 5 years after the date on which the excess funds for
management costs are made available under paragraph (2).''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to any grant award in relation to a major disaster
or emergency declared under section 401 or 501, respectively, of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5170, 5191)--
(1) the declaration of which is made on or after the date
of enactment of this Act; and
(2) that is funded with amounts appropriated on or after
the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) GAO Study.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the
House of Representatives a report--
(1) on the actual management costs described in section 324
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b) during the period of a major
disaster declaration under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
5170) to determine whether the amount set aside for those
management costs after the date of enactment of this Act is
appropriate; and
(2) that includes the management costs described in section
324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b) for each disaster declared
under during the period of a major disaster declaration under
section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) during the 5-year
period preceding the date of the report, the amount set aside
for those management costs, the use of those management costs,
the length of each disaster, and the reason for the length of
each disaster.
(d) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a).
Union Calendar No. 640
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7671
[Report No. 118-774]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and
Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use
of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery
projects.
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November 26, 2024
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed