The record

LegislationLegislation· Dec 2024
HR 255

Sponsored by Jenniffer Rescom. González-Colón (R)

Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act

Would have extended FEMA's deadline to study and simplify disaster aid paperwork and damage assessments.

Tradeoff

Would have given FEMA two more years to streamline disaster aid paperwork and damage assessments. Would have required a public report and a congressional briefing on the results.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 255, Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Actwww.cbo.gov/publication/61085 · Dec 2024

The House passed this by on January 25, 2023. The Senate never voted on it before the Congress ended, so the bill expired.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 10, 2023)

  2. House

    Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure(Jan 10, 2023)

  3. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jan 25, 2023)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  4. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs(Jan 26, 2023)

  5. Senate

    The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Nov 20, 2024)

    Committee report S. Rept. 118-297.