DISASTER Act

IIB 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1984 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 25, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To amend chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to annually submit to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the Federal Gov- ernment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 HR 1984 RFS SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disclosing Aid Spent 2 to Ensure Relief Act’’ or the ‘‘DISASTER Act’’. 3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 4 Congress finds the following: 5 (1) At a time of constrained budgets, it is fis- 6 cally prudent to understand the amount and the 7 scope of the Federal Government’s involvement in 8 providing disaster-related assistance to communities 9 in need. 10 (2) The Federal Government does not provide 11 a single, publicly available estimate of the amount it 12 is spending on disaster-related assistance. 13 (3) Because recovery is a long-term process, 14 providing disaster-related assistance requires signifi- 15 cant Federal resources to support a multi-agency, 16 multi-year restoration of infrastructure and com- 17 merce in affected communities. 18 (4) Understanding the expenditures of indi- 19 vidual Federal agencies for disaster-related assist- 20 ance will help better inform the congressional appro- 21 priations process, as well as presidential budget re- 22 quests. 23 (5) Knowledge about disaster-related expenses 24 will illustrate opportunities for reducing these ex- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 HR 1984 RFS penses through efforts to reduce vulnerabilities to 1 future natural disasters. 2 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 3 The purpose of this Act is to require the Director 4 of the Office of Management and Budget to annually sub- 5 mit to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance 6 provided by the Federal Government. 7 SEC. 4. REPORTING OF DISASTER-RELATED ASSISTANCE. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United 9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 10 lowing new section: 11 ‘‘§ 1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance 12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On the same day that the Presi- 13 dent makes the annual budget submission to the Congress 14 under section 1105(a) for a fiscal year, the Director of 15 the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to 16 Congress a report on Federal disaster-related assistance 17 for the fiscal year ending in the calendar year immediately 18 preceding the calendar year in which the annual budget 19 submission is made. Disaster-related assistance encom- 20 passes Federal obligations related to disaster response, re- 21 covery, and mitigation efforts, as well as administrative 22 costs associated with these activities, including spending 23 by the following agencies and programs: 24 ‘‘(1) Department of Agriculture: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 HR 1984 RFS ‘‘(A) Agriculture Research Service. 1 ‘‘(B) Farm Service Agency. 2 ‘‘(C) Food and Nutrition Service. 3 ‘‘(D) Natural Resource Conservation Serv- 4 ice. 5 ‘‘(E) Forest Service. 6 ‘‘(F) Rural Housing Service. 7 ‘‘(G) Rural Utilities Service. 8 ‘‘(2) Department of Commerce: 9 ‘‘(A) National Marine Fisheries Service of 10 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin- 11 istration. 12 ‘‘(B) Economic Development Administra- 13 tion Economic Adjustment Assistance. 14 ‘‘(3) Army Corps of Engineers of the Depart- 15 ment of Defense (Civil). 16 ‘‘(4) Department of Defense (Military): 17 ‘‘(A) Military Personnel. 18 ‘‘(B) Operations and Maintenance. 19 ‘‘(C) Procurement. 20 ‘‘(D) Research, Development, Test, and 21 Evaluation. 22 ‘‘(E) Military Construction (MILCON) and 23 Family Housing. 24 ‘‘(F) Management Funds. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 5 HR 1984 RFS ‘‘(G) Other Department of Defense Pro- 1 grams. 2 ‘‘(5) Department of Education: 3 ‘‘(A) Elementary and Secondary Edu- 4 cation. 5 ‘‘(B) Higher Education. 6 ‘‘(6) Department of Health and Human Serv- 7 ices: 8 ‘‘(A) Administration for Children and 9 Families. 10 ‘‘(B) Public Health and Medical Assist- 11 ance. 12 ‘‘(C) Public Health Emergency Fund. 13 ‘‘(7) Department of Homeland Security: 14 ‘‘(A) Federal Emergency Management 15 Agency: 16 ‘‘(i) Emergency Declarations. 17 ‘‘(ii) Fire Management Assistance 18 Grants. 19 ‘‘(iii) Major Disaster Declarations. 20 ‘‘(iv) Administrative Assistance. 21 ‘‘(B) FEMA Missions Assignments by 22 Federal Agency. 23 ‘‘(C) Community Disaster Loan Program. 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 6 HR 1984 RFS ‘‘(8) Department of Housing and Urban Devel- 1 opment (HUD): 2 ‘‘(A) Community Development Block 3 Grants. 4 ‘‘(B) Rental Assistance/Section 8 Vouch- 5 ers. 6 ‘‘(C) Supportive Housing. 7 ‘‘(D) Public Housing Repair. 8 ‘‘(E) Inspector General. 9 ‘‘(9) Department of the Interior: 10 ‘‘(A) Bureau of Indian Affairs. 11 ‘‘(B) United States Fish and Wildlife Serv- 12 ice. 13 ‘‘(C) National Park Service. 14 ‘‘(D) Wildland Fire Management. 15 ‘‘(10) Department of Justice: 16 ‘‘(A) Legal Activities. 17 ‘‘(B) United States Marshals Service. 18 ‘‘(C) Federal Bureau of Investigation. 19 ‘‘(D) Drug Enforcement Administration. 20 ‘‘(E) Bureau of Tobacco, Firearms, and 21 Explosives. 22 ‘‘(F) Federal Prison System (Bureau of 23 Prisons). 24 ‘‘(G) Office of Justice Programs. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 7 HR 1984 RFS ‘‘(11) Department of Labor: 1 ‘‘(A) National Emergency Grants for Dis- 2 location Events. 3 ‘‘(B) Workforce Investment Act (WIA) 4 Dislocated Worker Program. 5 ‘‘(12) Department of Transportation: 6 ‘‘(A) Federal Highway Administration: 7 Emergency Relief Program (ER). 8 ‘‘(B) Federal Aviation Administration 9 (FAA). 10 ‘‘(C) Federal Transit Administration 11 (FTA). 12 ‘‘(13) Department of the Treasury: Internal 13 Revenue Service. 14 ‘‘(14) Department of Veterans Affairs. 15 ‘‘(15) Corporation for National and Community 16 Service. 17 ‘‘(16) Environmental Protection Agency: 18 ‘‘(A) Hurricane Emergency Response Au- 19 thorities. 20 ‘‘(B) EPA Hurricane Response. 21 ‘‘(C) EPA Regular Appropriations. 22 ‘‘(17) The Federal Judiciary. 23 ‘‘(18) Disaster Assistance Program of the Small 24 Business Administration. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 8 HR 1984 RFS ‘‘(19) Department of Energy: 1 ‘‘(A) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Secu- 2 rity, and Emergency Response. 3 ‘‘(B) Office of Petroleum Services. 4 ‘‘(20) General Services Administration. 5 ‘‘(21) Other authorities as appropriate. 6 ‘‘(b) CONTENT.—The report shall detail the fol- 7 lowing: 8 ‘‘(1) Overall amount of disaster-related assist- 9 ance obligations during the fiscal year. 10 ‘‘(2) Disaster-related assistance obligations by 11 agency and account. 12 ‘‘(3) Disaster for which the spending was obli- 13 gated. 14 ‘‘(4) Obligations by disaster. 15 ‘‘(5) Disaster-related assistance by disaster 16 type. 17 ‘‘(6) Response and recovery spending. 18 ‘‘(7) Mitigation spending. 19 ‘‘(8) Spending in the form of loans. 20 ‘‘(9) Spending in the form of grants. 21 ‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY OF REPORT.—The report shall be 22 made publicly available on the website of the Office of 23 Management and Budget and should be searchable, sort- 24 able and downloadable.’’. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 9 HR 1984 RFS (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of chap- 1 ters for chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is 2 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 3 ‘‘1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance.’’. SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 4 The reporting requirement under the amendment 5 made by section 3(a) shall take effect with the budget sub- 6 mission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, 7 United States Code, for fiscal year 2022. 8 Passed the House of Representatives July 24, 2019. Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:34 Jul 25, 2019 Jkt 034408 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1984.RFS H1984 Pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS