Sec. 202. Government Accountability Office

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Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities of the Office of Disaster Response and the Office of Disaster Recovery, including recommendations and assessments of the effectiveness of the offices. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on long-term recovery efforts following Hurricane Andrew, the attacks of September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Maria, Hurricane Florence, and California wild fires.

The report shall contain the following: Information on defining a long-term recovery, the stages of a long-term recovery, and the transition from Federal Government responsibilities for long-term recovery efforts to State and local leadership. An assessment of the personnel needed, and the types of expertise or certifications required, to accomplish the administration and management of recovery efforts for each of the disasters described in subsection (a). An analysis of the success and efficiency of the long-term disaster recovery, and best practices learned that may be applied to future long-term disaster recovery plans.

Recommendations of the Comptroller General for what should be defined as a long-term disaster recovery project using existing authority and responsibility of FEMA to advise and make recommendations to the President regarding Presidential Disaster Declarations. Recommendations of FEMA on the capacity and competence of FEMA to manage multiple major Presidential Disaster Declarations simultaneously of the magnitude of 3, 4, or all 5 of the disasters described in subsection

(a)occurring within weeks of each other. FEMA’s capability (as such term is defined in section 741 of title 6, United States Code) and capacities of the Federal Government to respond to a range of catastrophic events occurring either singularly or concurrently, including an assessment of the capacities of each Federal agency and the total capacity of the Federal Government. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report assessing the activity of the Federal Government relating to— the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006 ( Public Law 109–308 ); disaster response resources for pets; and the activity of the Federal Government during the 2017 hurricane season with respect to— evacuation, rescue, and boarding facilities for animals; feeding and housing of animals; and transition to post-disaster placement of animals. Not later than 320 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on— the feasibility and design of a national all-hazards disaster insurance program; the risk of property owners continuing to underinsure or have no insurance on homes and the implications of those actions on the financial stability of the housing market; the challenge of developing actuarial tables to determine premiums and the setting options for premium payments for disaster declaration policies to be collected annual, quarterly, or monthly; and the challenges and feasibility of selling policies at the same time a property casualty policy is purchased. Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of the FEMA Modernization Act of 2018 , and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on homelessness that contains a collection of data based upon registrations for disaster assistance, information provided by National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, Bureau of the Census data, and other sources that provide information on the state of homelessness in an area impacted by a disaster. Such report shall— include an analysis of individuals who were housed or receiving housing assistance at the time of the disaster and because of the disaster may be at risk of homelessness; determine the best measures for assessing the potential for homelessness during the long-term recovery from a disaster; and make recommendations on how local and State jurisdictions can identify the homeless during disaster response and how to structure recovery efforts to minimize homelessness. Not later than 240 days after the date of enactment of the FEMA Modernization Act of 2018 , the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the use of emergency disaster housing provided by peer-to-peer lodging or short-term rental by FEMA staff and other owners of peer-to-peer lodging who donate, rent, or lease housing to individuals impacted by disasters during 2017 and 2018. Not later than 8 months after the date of enactment of the FEMA Modernization Act of 2018 , the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on civic engagement following a disaster, including 9/11 and Hurricanes Katrina, Harvey, Michael, Marie, and Florence. The report shall— analyze how jurisdictions provided support for citizen voting after those events; include analysis of the role that Federal, State, and local governments play in facilitating disaster survivors’ reconnection with the public election voting process; state any actions governments have taken that have impeded civic participation in the form of registering to vote and casting a ballot in a public election; and make recommendations on what can be done to protect voting by persons impacted by disasters.

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