,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gahc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #bh1       
#bjah,mr4 ,meadows introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to develop 
a report regarding possible duplication 
of ,federal damage assessments1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,federal       
,disaster ,assistance ,coordination     
,act4  #b4 ,report with respect to      
streamlining ,federal disaster          
assistance assessments and the potential
 uses of emerging technologies  7a7 ,in 
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,president1 acting through the      
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency1 and in  
consultation with the ,council of the   
,inspectors ,general on ,integrity and  
,efficiency1 shall convene a working    
group on a regular basis with the       

,secretary of the ,department of ,labor1
 the ,director of the ,office of        
,management and ,budget1 the ,secretary 
of ,health and ,human ,service1 the     
,administrator of the ,small ,business  
,administration1 the ,secretary of the  
,department of ,transportation1 the     
,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce for  
,economic ,development1 and other       
appropriate agencies as the             
,administrator considers necessary1 to  
develop--  7#a7 a report that identifies
 and describes the potential areas of   
duplication or fragmentation in         
post-disaster declarations in ,federal  
assessments of data collection methods  
and data collected and program delivery 
after post-disaster declarations2  7#b7 
determine the applicability of having   
one ,federal agency make the assessments
 for all agencies2  7#c7 identify       
potential emerging technologies1 such as
 ,unmanned ,aircraft ,systems1          
consistent with the requirements        
established in ,public ,law #aae-hg1 to 

expedite the administration of disaster 
assistance assessments2 and  7#d7       
develop and submit to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate a 
report on the findings of the working   
group that may include recommendations4 
7b7 ,public availability ,the report    
developed under subsection 7a7 shall be 
made available to the public and posted 
on the internet website of the ,federal 
,emergency ,management ,agency--  7#a7  
in pre-compressed1 easily downloadable  
versions that are made available in all 
appropriate formats2 and  7#b7 in       
machine-readable format1 if applicable4 
7c7 ,sources of information ,in         
preparing such report1 any publication1 
database1 web-based resource1 and any   
information compiled by any government  
agency1 nongovernmental organization1 or
 other entity that is made available may
 be used4  #c4 ,briefing ,not later than

 #b years after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency1 or a    
designee1 and a member of the ,council  
of the ,inspectors ,general on          
,integrity and ,efficiency1 or a        
designee1 shall brief1 upon request1 the
 appropriate congressional committees on
 the report's findings and any          
recommendations made in the report1 if  
applicable4