Sec. 2. Report with respect to streamlining Federal disaster assistance assessments and the potential uses of emerging technologies
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Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and in consultation with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, shall convene a working group on a regular basis with the Secretary of the Department of Labor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human Service, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and other appropriate agencies as the Administrator considers necessary, to develop— a report that identifies and describes the potential areas of duplication or fragmentation in post-disaster declarations in Federal assessments of data collection methods and data collected and program delivery after post-disaster declarations; determine the applicability of having one Federal agency make the assessments for all agencies; identify potential emerging technologies, such as Unmanned Aircraft Systems, consistent with the requirements established in Public Law 115–87 , to expedite the administration of disaster assistance assessments; and develop and submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the findings of the working group that may include recommendations.
The report developed under subsection
(a)shall be made available to the public and posted on the internet website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency— in pre-compressed, easily downloadable versions that are made available in all appropriate formats; and in machine-readable format, if applicable. In preparing such report, any publication, database, web-based resource, and any information compiled by any government agency, nongovernmental organization, or other entity that is made available may be used.
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