HR 744
Cleared committee
Lets states, Indian Tribes, and territories spend leftover management cost funds from closed disaster recovery grants on other disaster recovery projects.
Official title: Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
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House
Introduced
28-JAN-2025
Referred
28-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
26-FEB-2025
Reported
03-OCT-2025
On the calendar
03-OCT-2025
- Allows the President to make excess management cost funds from closed disaster grants available to grantees and subgrantees under sections 403, 404, 406, 407, or 502 of the Stafford Act.
- Permits those funds to build capacity for disaster preparedness, recovery, or mitigation, and to cover management costs for other major disasters, emergencies, preparedness measures, or mitigation activities.
- Keeps the funds available to the grantee or subgrantee for five years after they are made available.
- Applies to major disaster and emergency declarations made on or after enactment and funded with amounts appropriated on or after enactment.
- Requires the Comptroller General to report within 180 days on whether the amounts set aside for management costs are appropriate.
- Authorizes no additional appropriations to carry out the changes.
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- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Emergency Management
■ 8 D■ 3 R
8 Democrats
3 Republicans