UPDATE: H.R.4358 – Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2020

LATEST ACTION: November 18, 2020 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

BILL TITLE: Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2020

BILL SUMMARY:

Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2019

This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as carried out by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) establish damage assessment teams within FEMA to conduct preliminary damage assessments with state and local governments and appropriate relief or disaster assistance organizations.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on November 20, 2020.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: House Bill 4358 (H.R.4358)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.4358, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4358

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4358/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

11/18/2020 -- Senate -- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

11/17/2020 -- House -- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

11/17/2020 -- House -- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5858)

11/17/2020 -- House -- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4358.

11/17/2020 -- House -- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5858-5859)

11/17/2020 -- House -- Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

11/16/2020 -- House -- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 473.

11/16/2020 -- House -- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-575.

09/30/2020 -- House -- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

09/30/2020 -- House -- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

09/30/2020 -- House -- Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.

09/18/2019 -- House -- Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

09/17/2019 -- House -- Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

09/17/2019 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of November 18, 2020. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4358/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1]

-- Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]

-- Rep. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]

-- Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]

COMMITTEES: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

SUBJECTS: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Congressional oversight, Disaster relief and insurance, Emergency planning and evacuation, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Government studies and investigations, Performance measurement.