Sec. 201. Federal Emergency Management Agency reports
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit a report on the ability of FEMA to support a State managed and locally executed casework management system to coordinate and deliver direct assistance to disaster survivors in placing applications for Federal post disaster assistance to the following: The Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
The Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives. The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. The Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator of FEMA shall submit to the committees listed in subsection
(a)an after-action report on the activities of the Office of Disaster Response and the Office of Disaster Recovery, including— the types of disasters responded to; the resources needed; strengths and weaknesses of the response or mitigation effort; lessons learned; and recommendations on how to improve. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator of FEMA shall develop and submit to the committees listed in subsection
(a)an estimate of the resources of FEMA and other Federal agencies that are needed for and devoted specifically to developing the disaster response capabilities of Federal, State, local, and Tribal governments. At the discretion of the Secretary, the Administrator may include in the estimate under paragraph
(1)a classified annex that reports on what the Federal Government has on hand to meet a range of response or recovery needs related to specific types of events, which may include floods, wildfires, earth movements, windstorms, disease outbreaks, manmade disasters such as chemical attacks, cyberattacks, or radiological incidents. Each estimate under paragraph
(1)shall include an estimate of the resources both necessary for and devoted to— planning; training and exercises; Regional Office enhancements; staffing, including for surge capacity during a catastrophic incident; additional logistics capabilities; other responsibilities under the catastrophic incident annex and the catastrophic incident supplement of the National Response Framework; reporting on the costs of support of State, local, and Tribal governments’ catastrophic incident preparedness planning; and covering increases in the fixed costs or expenses of FEMA, including rent or property acquisition costs or expenses, taxes, contributions to the working capital fund of the Department of Homeland Security, and security costs for the year after the year in which such estimate is submitted. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of FEMA shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a study on what technology may provide better predictive information on the detection of pending disasters and what technology may better measure the scope of a disaster. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of the Office of Disaster Response shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a volunteers and disaster response report that specifies— the role that volunteers fill in disaster response and rescue; and recommendations on the contributions of volunteers and best practices for official disaster response, without formalizing the role of volunteers in disaster response. Not later than 1 year after the date on which the President declares a major disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the Administrator of FEMA shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that compiles the number of fatalities and missing persons as a result of such major disaster or emergency, including the causes of such fatalities, based on data from— local and State jurisdictions; mortuary services that operated in the area of such major disaster or emergency; and forensics experts, anthropologists, and other resources the Administrator deems appropriate for determining accurate and complete fatality and missing persons data. Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of FEMA shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the status of Federal reimbursements owed to local and State governments for activities related to disaster recovery incurred following a presidential declaration of a major disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in the years 2010 through 2017. Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of FEMA, acting through the Office of Long-Term Recovery, shall submit to the committees specified in paragraphs
(1)through
(8)of subsection
(a)a report that assesses the means of providing short- and long-term housing for people impacted by federally declared disasters following September 11, 2001, Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, and Maria, and the Camp Fire (Paradise, California). The report required under paragraph
(1)shall consider— how mucking out of homes or property post disaster occurred; how long it took for construction repairs to be performed; and the adequacy of labor and materials to meet demand and note any challenges to a rapid recovery of housing and critical infrastructure posed by materials supply, labor supply or contracting expertise in the disaster area. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall— assess the feasibility and efficiency of providing long-term housing at hotels or other equivalent daily rate accommodation; consider alternatives that may include private residences, mass construction of temporary housing, Federal property, or planned communities for occupancy for under 5 years in the event of significant loss of housing stock; and make recommendations on how best to resettle individuals who will be displaced from homes permanently or for a long-term recovery that will last 3 or more years.
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