US Congress Senate Bill 2109 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Passed on February 29 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-29 - Became Public Law No: 114-132. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act of 2015 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: develop and implement an integrated plan to control and reduce administrative costs incurred by FEMA in support of the delivery of assistance for major disasters; compare the costs and benefits of tracking the administrative cost data for major disasters by the public assistance, individual assistance, hazard mitigation, and mission assignment programs; track such information; and clarify FEMA guidance and minimum documentation requirements for a direct administrative cost claimed by a grantee or subgrantee of a public assistance grant program authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. (Sec. 4) FEMA must submit to Congress, by November 30 of each year for seven years beginning on the date of this Act's enactment, and make publicly available on its website, a report on the development and implementation of the plan for the previous fiscal year, with three-year and five-year updates. Each report shall contain: the total amount spent on administrative costs and the average annual percentage of administrative costs for the fiscal year period for which the report is being submitted; an assessment of the effectiveness of the plan; an analysis of whether FEMA is achieving its strategic goals for the average annual percentage of administrative costs of major disasters for each fiscal year and, in the case of it not achieving such goals, what is preventing it from doing so; any actions FEMA has identified as useful in improving upon and reaching those goals; and any administrative cost data for major disasters, if FEMA determines it is feasible to track such data.

Directing Dollars to Disaster Relief Act of 2015

Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]

Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]

Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-29	House	Became Public Law No: 114-132. (TXT | PDF)
2016-02-29	House	Signed by President.
2016-02-25	House	Presented to President.
2016-02-23	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-02-23	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H823)
2016-02-23	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 2109.
2016-02-23	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H823-824)
2016-02-23	House	Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2016-02-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2016-02-10	House	Received in the House.
2016-02-10	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2016-02-09	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S756)
2016-02-09	Senate	The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (text of committee substitute as amended: CR S755)
2016-02-09	Senate	S.Amdt.3296 Amendment SA 3296 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
2016-02-09	Senate	S.Amdt.3296 Amendment SA 3296 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Johnson. (consideration: CR S755; text: CR S755)
2016-02-09	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S755-756)
2015-12-07	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 313.
2015-12-07	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-173.
2015-10-07	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2015-09-30	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2109/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2109/BILLS-114s2109is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2109/BILLS-114s2109rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2109/BILLS-114s2109es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2109/BILLS-114s2109enr.pdf