HR 153
Passed a chamber
Requires federal agencies that provide disaster aid to post quarterly public reports on that aid, including project details and locations, on a subpage of the federal spending transparency website.
Official title: Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
03-JAN-2025
Referred
03-JAN-2025
Passed
14-JAN-2025
Senate
Received
15-JAN-2025
- Directs the Office of Management and Budget, with the Treasury Department, to create a disaster assistance subpage on the federal spending transparency website.
- Requires covered agencies to post information within 30 days after each calendar quarter, in machine-readable form, including total aid provided and the amount expended or obligated.
- Requires a detailed list of each project or activity, including its name, description, completion status, award number, Catalog for Disaster Assistance number, and ZIP Code location.
- Covers aid under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Small Business Administration disaster loans, and certain Housing and Urban Development disaster funds and flood insurance coverage.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (03-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 14-JAN-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Financial Services Committee (House)
- Small Business Committee (House)
- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Senate)
Emergency Management
■ 2 D
2 Democrats