119-hr2956

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2956 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2956

 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 Government.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 17, 2025

Mr. Peters (for himself, Mr. Obernolte, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Valadao, Mr. 
 Moskowitz, and Mr. Womack) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 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 Government.

 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 ``Disclosing Aid Spent to Ensure 
Relief Act of 2025'' or the ``DISASTER Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) At a time of constrained budgets, it is fiscally 
 prudent to understand the amount and the scope of the Federal 
 Government's involvement in providing disaster-related 
 assistance to communities in need.

    (2) The Federal Government does not provide a single, 
 publicly available estimate of the amount it is spending on 
 disaster-related assistance.

    (3) Because recovery is a long-term process, providing 
 disaster-related assistance requires significant Federal 
 resources to support a multi-agency, multi-year restoration of 
 infrastructure and commerce in affected communities.

    (4) Understanding the expenditures of individual Federal 
 agencies for disaster-related assistance will help better 
 inform the congressional appropriations process, as well as 
 presidential budget requests.

    (5) Knowledge about disaster-related expenses will 
 illustrate opportunities for reducing these expenses through 
 efforts to reduce vulnerabilities to future natural disasters.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

 The purpose of this Act is 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 Government.

SEC. 4. REPORTING OF DISASTER-RELATED ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``

Sec. 1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance
 ``

    (a) In General.--On the same day that the President makes the 
annual budget submission to the Congress under 

section 1105

    (a) for a 
fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit to Congress a report on Federal disaster-related assistance for 
the fiscal year ending in the calendar year immediately preceding the 
calendar year in which the annual budget submission is made. Disaster-
related assistance encompasses Federal obligations related to disaster 
response, recovery, and mitigation efforts, as well as administrative 
costs associated with these activities, including spending by the 
following agencies and programs:
 ``

    (1) Department of Agriculture:
 ``
        (A) Agriculture Research Service.
 ``
        (B) Farm Service Agency.
 ``
            (C) Food and Nutrition Service.
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            (D) Natural Resource Conservation Service.
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        (E) Forest Service.
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        (F) Rural Housing Service.
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        (G) Rural Utilities Service.
 ``

    (2) Department of Commerce:
 ``
        (A) National Marine Fisheries Service of the 
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
 ``
        (B) Economic Development Administration Economic 
 Adjustment Assistance.
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    (3) Army Corps of Engineers of the Department of Defense
            (Civil) .
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    (4) Department of Defense

    (Military) :
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        (A) Military Personnel.
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        (B) Operations and Maintenance.
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            (C) Procurement.
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            (D) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation.
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        (E) Military Construction

    (MILCON) and Family 
 Housing.
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        (F) Management Funds.
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        (G) Other Department of Defense Programs.
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    (5) Department of Education:
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        (A) Elementary and Secondary Education.
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        (B) Higher Education.
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    (6) Department of Health and Human Services:
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        (A) Administration for Children and Families.
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        (B) Public Health and Medical Assistance.
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            (C) Public Health Emergency Fund.
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    (7) Department of Homeland Security:
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        (A) Federal Emergency Management Agency:
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            (i) Emergency Declarations.
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            (ii) Fire Management Assistance Grants.
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            (iii) Major Disaster Declarations.
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            (iv) Administrative Assistance.
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        (B) FEMA Missions Assignments by Federal Agency.
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            (C) Community Disaster Loan Program.
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    (8) Department of Housing and Urban Development

    (HUD) :
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        (A) Community Development Block Grants.
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        (B) Rental Assistance/

Section 8 Vouchers.
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            (C) Supportive Housing.
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            (D) Public Housing Repair.
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        (E) Inspector General.
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    (9) Department of the Interior:
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        (A) Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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        (B) United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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            (C) National Park Service.
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            (D) Wildland Fire Management.
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    (10) Department of Justice:
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        (A) Legal Activities.
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        (B) United States Marshals Service.
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            (C) Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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            (D) Drug Enforcement Administration.
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        (E) Bureau of Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
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        (F) Federal Prison System (Bureau of Prisons).
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        (G) Office of Justice Programs.
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    (11) Department of Labor:
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        (A) National Emergency Grants for Dislocation 
 Events.
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        (B) Workforce Investment Act

    (WIA) Dislocated 
 Worker Program.
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    (12) Department of Transportation:
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        (A) Federal Highway Administration: Emergency 
 Relief Program

    (ER) .
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        (B) Federal Aviation Administration

    (FAA) .
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            (C) Federal Transit Administration

    (FTA) .
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    (13) Department of the Treasury: Internal Revenue 
 Service.
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    (14) Department of Veterans Affairs.
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    (15) Corporation for National and Community Service.
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    (16) Environmental Protection Agency:
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        (A) Hurricane Emergency Response Authorities.
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        (B) EPA Hurricane Response.
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            (C) EPA Regular Appropriations.
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    (17) The Federal Judiciary.
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    (18) Disaster Assistance Program of the Small Business 
 Administration.
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    (19) Department of Energy:
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        (A) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and 
 Emergency Response.
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        (B) Office of Petroleum Services.
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    (20) General Services Administration.
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    (21) Other authorities as appropriate.
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    (b) Content.--The report shall detail the following:
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    (1) Overall amount of disaster-related assistance 
 obligations during the fiscal year.
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    (2) Disaster-related assistance obligations by agency and 
 account.
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    (3) Disaster for which the spending was obligated.
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    (4) Obligations by disaster.
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    (5) Disaster-related assistance by disaster type.
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    (6) Response and recovery spending.
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    (7) Mitigation spending.
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    (8) Spending in the form of loans.
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    (9) Spending in the form of grants.
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            (c) Availability of Report.--The report shall be made publicly 
available on the website of the Office of Management and Budget and 
should be searchable, sortable and downloadable.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of chapters for chapter 11 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``1127. Reporting of disaster-related assistance.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 The reporting requirement under the amendment made by 

section 3

    (a) shall take effect with the budget submission of the President under 

section 1105

    (a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2027.
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