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Disaster Relief Disbursement Accountability Act

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US HR 5395 · House Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
In committee
Started in
House
Sponsors
3
Latest action
Sep 17, 2025

What it does

The Disaster Relief Disbursement Accountability Act amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the FEMA Administrator to ensure funds are disbursed as quickly as possible after project approval under key disaster assistance programs, including hazard mitigation and public assistance. It mandates that recipients of such assistance submit reports to the Administrator detailing the average time they take to disburse funds to subrecipients—retroactively for ongoing disasters and annually for new ones—and requires the Administrator to summarize and report this data to Congress every three years, starting three years after enactment. The bill aims to…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Sep 16, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Sep 17, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

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