,,iib  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,h4 ,r4 #acjf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of 
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bi1  
#bjai,received2 read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,,an ,,act 
,to amend the ,disaster ,recovery       
,reform ,act of #bjah to develop a study
 regarding streamlining and             
consolidating information collection and
 preliminary damage assessments1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,federal      
,disaster ,assistance ,coordination     
,act4  #b4 ,study to streamline and     
consolidate information collection and  
preliminary damage assessments  7a7 ,in 
general ,section #abbc of the ,disaster 
,recovery ,reform ,act of #bjah 7,public
 ,law #aae-bed7 is amended to read as   
follows3  #abbc4 ,study to streamline   
and consolidate information collection  
and preliminary damage assessments  7a7 
,information collection ,not later than 
#b years after the date of enactment of 

this section1 the ,administrator1 in    
coordination with the ,small ,business  
,administration1 the ,department of     
,housing and ,urban ,development1 the   
,disaster ,assistance ,working ,group of
 the ,council of the ,inspectors        
,general on ,integrity and ,efficiency1 
and other appropriate agencies1 shall-- 
7#a7 conduct a study and develop a plan1
 consistent with law1 under which the   
collection of information from disaster 
assistance applicants and grantees will 
be modified1 streamlined1 expedited1    
efficient1 flexible1 consolidated1 and  
simplified to be less burdensome1       
duplicative1 and time consuming for     
applicants and grantees2 and  7#b7      
develop a plan for the regular          
collection and reporting of information 
on ,federal disaster assistance awarded1
 including the establishment and        
maintenance of a website for presenting 
the information to the public4  7b7     
,preliminary damage assessments ,not    
later than #b years after the date of   

enactment of this section1 the          
,administrator1 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 ,labor1 the
 ,director of the ,office of ,management
 and ,budget1 the ,secretary of ,health 
and ,human ,services1 the ,administrator
 of the ,small ,business                
,administration1 the ,secretary of      
,transportation1 the ,assistant         
,secretary of ,commerce for ,economic   
,development1 and other appropriate     
agencies as the ,administrator considers
 necessary1 to--  7#a7 identify and     
describe the potential areas of         
duplication or fragmentation in         
preliminary damage assessments after    
disaster declarations2  7#b7 determine  
the applicability of having one ,federal
 agency make the assessments for all    
agencies2 and  7#c7 identify potential  
emerging technologies1 such as unmanned 
aircraft systems1 consistent with the   

requirements established in the ,,fema  
,accountability1 ,modernization and     
,transparency ,act of #bjag 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba note71 to expedite the  
administration of preliminary damage    
assessments4  7c7 ,comprehensive report 
,the ,administrator shall submit one    
comprehensive report that comprises the 
plans developed under subsections       
7a77#a7 and 7a77#b7 and a report of the 
findings of the working group convened  
under subsection 7b71 which may include 
recommendations1 to the ,committee on   
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate4  
7d7 ,public availability ,the           
comprehensive report developed under    
subsection 7c7 shall be made available  
to the public and posted on the 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  7e7 ,sources of 
information ,in preparing the           
comprehensive report1 any publication1  
database1 or web-based resource1 and any
 information compiled by any government 
agency1 nongovernmental organization1 or
 other entity that is made available may
 be used4  7f7 ,briefing ,not later than
 #ahj days after submission of the      
comprehensive report1 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 findings and any recommendations   
made in the comprehensive report4  4    
7b7 ,technical amendment ,the item      
relating to section #abbc in the table  
of contents of the ,,faa                
,reauthorization ,act of #bjah 7,public 
,law #aae-bed7 is amended to read as    
follows3  ,sec4 #abbc4 ,study to        

streamline and consolidate information  
collection and preliminary damage       
assessments4  4  ,passed the ,house of  
,representatives ,october #bh1          
#bjai4;,cheryl ,l4 ,johnson1,clerk4