,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #affe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bb1 #bjag,mr4
 ,rodney ,davis of ,illinois 7for       
himself and ,mrs4 ,bustos7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to ensure 
that ,administrator of the ,federal     
,emergency ,management ,agency considers
 severe local impact in making a        
recommendation to the ,president for a  
major disaster declaration4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,disaster ,declaration ,improvement     
,act4  #b4 ,local impact ,in making     
recommendations to the ,president       
regarding a major disaster declaration1 
the ,administrator shall give greater   
weight and consideration to severe local
 impact4 ,further1 the ,administrator   
shall make corresponding adjustments to 
the ,agency's policies and regulations  
regarding such consideration4 ,not later
 than #a year after the date of         

enactment of this section1 the          
,administrator shall report to the      
,committees on ,transportation and      
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate on the changes  
made to regulations and policies and the
 number of declarations that have been  
declared based on the new criteria4