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HOUSE 3709117th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.

Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021

Last Action
11/14/2022

Actions

  • 2022-11-14Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.
  • 2022-11-14Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-194.
  • 2022-11-14Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-194.
  • 2022-08-03Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2021-11-15Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2021-11-04Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2021-11-04On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 11 (Roll no. 362). (text: 11/3/2021 CR H6143)
  • 2021-11-04Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 11 (Roll no. 362).(text: 11/3/2021 CR H6143)
  • 2021-11-04Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6199-6200)
  • 2021-11-03At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  • 2021-11-03DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3709.
  • 2021-11-03Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6143-6144)
  • 2021-11-03Mr. Pappas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  • 2021-11-01Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
  • 2021-11-01Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-160.

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CRS Summary

As of 2022-11-14 (25)

Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021

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) convene an advisory panel to assist FEMA in improving critical components of that process.

Cosponsors (4)

  • Antonio Delgado (D-NY)
  • Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R-PR)
  • Tom Rice (R-SC)
  • Andrew Garbarino (R-NY)

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Census and government statistics
  • Congressional oversight
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Performance measurement
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