Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes and provides for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance.

Highlights:

• Authorizes and provides for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance, that specifies the following information, including (Sec. 2):

• The total amount of disaster assistance provided by the agency during such quarter;

• The amount of disaster assistance provided by the agency that was expended or obligated to projects or activities; and

• A detailed list of all projects or activities for which disaster assistance dispersed by the agency was expended, obligated, or used, including:

• The name of the project or activity;

• A description of the project or activity;

• An evaluation of the completion status of the project or activity;

• Any award identification number assigned to the project;

• The Catalog for Disaster Assistance number assigned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

• The location of the project, including ZIP Codes; and

• Any reporting requirement information is being collected by a covered federal agency with respect to that agency’s disaster assistance.

• Defines “disaster assistance” as any funds that are made available by the Federal Government in response to a specified natural disaster, including (Sec. 3):

• Any assistance provided by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration as a result of a disaster declared under the Small Business Act;

• Any assistance provided by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for activities authorized under Title I  of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, and economic revitalization in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and

• Flood insurance coverage is provided  under the National Flood Insurance Program under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and

• Any assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the President (Sec. 3).

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