HR7671-118

Introduced

To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects.

118th Congress Introduced Dec 10, 2024

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers. The main policy domain is Transportation, Environment, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

transportation operators and travelers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, transportation operators and travelers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HE1993243CCB14D789ED5D9D9B8394FA8: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act.
  • Section HFD27492EE5DB4FB08B52F1D63811C02F: 2. Use of excess funds for management costs Section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b) is amended— in...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Environment, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting transportation operators and travelers.

Policy Domains

Transportation Environment Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • transportation operators and travelers
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transportation operators and travelers:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • transportation operators and travelers
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federal implementing agencies:
transportation operators and travelers:

Legislative Progress

Introduced
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 10, 2024

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

Nov 26, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Harder of California, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Peltola, …

Nov 26, 2024

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the …

Mar 13, 2024

Mr. Neguse (for himself, Mr. D'Esposito, Ms. Titus, Mr. Ezell, …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Transportation Environment Finance
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"excess funds for management costs" §HFD27492EE5DB4FB08B52F1D63811C02F

the difference between— the amount of the applicable specific management costs authorized under subsection (b)(1) and subsection (b)(2)(B)

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