HR1796-118

Reported

To improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 24, 2023

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 14, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Molinaro, Mrs. González-Colón, Mr. Edwards, Ms. Balint, …

Feb 14, 2024

Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an …

Feb 14, 2024

Committees on Financial Services and Small Business discharged; committed to …

Mar 24, 2023

Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Graves of Louisiana, and Mr. …

Summary

What This Bill Does

Creates unified web-based disaster application system for FEMA to share information across agencies, detect fraud, and streamline assistance to disaster survivors.

Who Benefits and How

  • Disaster survivors apply once for multiple programs through single system
  • Federal agencies share information for efficient assistance delivery
  • Fraud detection improves through interagency data sharing

Who Bears the Burden and How

  • FEMA must develop and maintain unified application system
  • Disaster assistance agencies share data through the system
  • Privacy concerns require data protection safeguards

Key Provisions

  • Unified disaster application system established
  • Applicants receive status updates and can update information
  • Information shared among disaster assistance agencies
  • Supports fraud detection and prevention
Model: claude-opus-4
Generated: Jan 10, 2026 17:33

Evidence Chain:

This summary is derived from the structured analysis below. See "Detailed Analysis" for per-title beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

Primary Purpose

Improves FEMA individual assistance through unified disaster application system and information sharing

Policy Domains

Emergency Management Disaster Relief Government Technology

Legislative Strategy

"Improve disaster assistance through technology and information sharing"

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Emergency Management Disaster Relief
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ FEMA Administrator

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