HR8291-119

In Committee

Reforming Disaster Recovery Act

119th Congress Introduced Apr 15, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Housing.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators 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 may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H34E8B7367AF6466DBC21E0C6182BF5F9: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act.
  • Section H58D5347763F24B7CAC8E837F4527704F: 2. Findings Congress finds that— following a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency...
  • Section H379C9B54BF9649AD86C539757B576A84: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Department means the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The term Fund means the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund...
  • Section HF3EFDB9DC00443E197CC9D0FCB3E657A: 4. Duties of the Department of Housing and Urban Development The offices and officers of the Department shall be responsible for— leading and coordinating the...
  • Section HC61B47F7F4814DFD942AA5990F71BFD3: 5. Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund There is established in the Treasury of the United States an account to be known as the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund....

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Housing

Primary Purpose

This bill, Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Housing

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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federal implementing agencies: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Apr 15, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition …

Apr 15, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 15, 2026

Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill; which was …

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
Government Operations Finance Housing
Actor Mappings
"administrator_of_sba"
→ Administrator of the Small Business Administration
"administrator_of_fema"
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
"secretary_of_housing_and_urban_development"
→ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

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