,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bgd #aaith ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #gdd ,report ,no4 #aai-cbj ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,january #bh1 #bjbe,mr4 ,neguse 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,ezell1 ,mr4 ,harder of ,california1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,ms4 ,stansbury1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,ms4 ,titus1 and ,mr4 ,raskin7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,transportation and ,infrastructure ,october #c1 #bjbe;,additional sponsors3 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 and ,mr4 ,fulcher ,october #c1 #bjbe;,committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed ,a ,,bill ,to amend section #cbd of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act to incentivize ,states1 ,indian ,tribes1 and ,territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery projects4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,disaster ,management ,costs ,modernization ,act4 #b4 ,use of excess funds for management costs 7a7 ,in general ,section #cbd of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eafe;b7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b77#b7-- 7,a7 by redesignating subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b7 as clauses 7i7 and 7ii71 respectively1 and adjusting the margins accordingly2 and 7,b7 in the matter preceding clause 7i71 as so redesignated1 by striking provide the following percentage rates and inserting 8provide-- 7,a7 excess funds for management costs as described in subsection 7c72 and 7,b7 the following percentage rates 2 7#b7 by redesignating subsection 7c7 as subsection 7d72 and 7#c7 by inserting after subsection 7b7 the following3 7c7 ,use of excess funds for management costs 7#a7 ,definition ,in this subsection1 the term excess funds for management costs means the difference between-- 7,a7 the amount of the applicable specific management costs authorized under subsection 7b77#a7 and subsection 7b77#b77;,b72 and 7,b7 as of the date on which the grant award is closed1 the amount of funding for management costs activities expended by the grantee or subgrantee receiving the financial assistance for costs described in subparagraph 7,a74 7#b7 ,availability of excess funds for management costs ,the ,president may make available to a grantee or subgrantee receiving financial assistance under section #djc1 #djd1 #djf1 #djg1 or #ejb any excess funds for management costs4 7#c7 ,use of funds ,excess funds for management costs made available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph 7#b7 may be used for-- 7,a7 activities associated with building capacity to prepare for1 recover from1 or mitigate the impacts of a major disaster or emergency declared under section #dja or #eja1 respectively2 and 7,b7 management costs associated with any-- 7i7 major disaster2 7ii7 emergency2 7iii7 disaster preparedness measure2 or 7iv7 mitigation activity or measure authorized under section #bjc1 #bjd1 #bje1 or #djd4 7#d7 ,availability ,excess funds for management costs made available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph 7#b7 shall remain available to the grantee or subgrantee until the date that is #e years after the date on which the excess funds for management costs are made available under paragraph 7#b74 4 7b7 ,applicability ,the amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect to any grant award in relation to a major disaster or emergency declared under section #dja or #eja1 respectively1 of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj1 #eaia7-- 7#a7 the declaration of which is made on or after the date of enactment of this ,act2 and 7#b7 that is funded with amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment of this ,act4 7c7 ,,gao study ,not later than #ahj days after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller ,general of the ,united ,states shall submit to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate and the ,committee on ,transportation and ,infrastructure of the ,house of ,representatives a report-- 7#a7 on the actual management costs described in section #cbd of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eafe;b7 during the period of a major disaster declaration under section #dja of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7 to determine whether the amount set aside for those management costs after the date of enactment of this ,act is appropriate2 and 7#b7 that includes the management costs described in section #cbd of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eafe;b7 for each disaster declared under during the period of a major disaster declaration under section #dja of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7 during the #e-year period preceding the date of the report1 the amount set aside for those management costs1 the use of those management costs1 the length of each disaster1 and the reason for the length of each disaster4 7d7 ,no additional funds ,no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the amendments made by subsection 7a74 ,october #c1 #bjbe;,committed to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of the ,union and ordered to be printed