,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #biej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ag1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,moore of ,north ,carolina 7for himself
 and ,mr4 ,fields7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,financial ,services  
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of
 ,housing and ,urban ,development to    
submit to the ,congress a report that   
describes the methodology used to       
allocate amounts appropriated in covered
 provisions for the ,community          
,development ,block ,grant ,disaster    
,recovery ,program and the ,community   
,development ,block ,grant ,mitigation  
,program1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,disaster ,relief ,transparency     
,act4  #b4 ,,hud ,report  7a7 ,in       
general ,the ,secretary of ,housing and 
,urban ,development 7in this section    
referred to as the ,secretary71 after   
consultation with the ,comptroller      
,general of the ,united ,states1 shall  

submit to the ,financial ,services1     
,oversight and ,reform1 and             
,transportation and ,infrastructure     
,committees of the ,house of            
,representatives and ,banking ,committee
 of the ,senate a report that--  7#a7   
describes and explains the methodology  
used by the ,department of ,housing and 
,urban ,development to allocate1 to     
,states1 ,tribes1 ,territories1 and     
local governments1 any amounts          
appropriated for the ,community         
,development ,block ,grant ,disaster    
,recovery ,program and the ,community   
,development ,block ,grant ,mitigation  
,program2  7#b7 addresses why such      
methodology may result in allocations to
 ,states1 ,tribes1 ,territories1 and    
local governments differing between     
appropriations2 and  7#c7 provides      
legislative and administrative          
recommendations for improving the       
consistency and timeliness of the       
allocation of amounts appropriated for  
the ,community ,development ,block      

,grant ,disaster ,recovery ,program and 
the ,community ,development ,block      
,grant ,mitigation ,program4  7b7 ,first
 report ,the ,secretary shall--  7#a7   
submit the first report described in    
subsection 7a7 not later than #ij days  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act2 and  7#b7 examine the amounts     
appropriated for fiscal years #bjbe and 
#bjbd in such report4  7c7 ,subsequent  
reports ,after the submission of the    
first report described in subsection    
7b71 the ,secretary shall-- 7#a7        
beginning in fiscal year #bjbf1 submit  
the report described in subsection 7a7  
not later than the final day of each    
fiscal year2 and  7#b7 examine the      
amounts appropriated for the fiscal     
year4