To improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
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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
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
Legislative Strategy
"Improve disaster assistance through technology and information sharing"
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → FEMA Administrator
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