,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aj1       
#bjbf,mr4 ,bell 7for himself and ,mr4   
,moskowitz7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct  
the ,administrator of the ,federal      
,emergency ,management ,agency to submit
 a monthly report on the status of all  
projects and activities funded through  
the ,disaster ,relief ,fund1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,,fema         
,accountability ,act4  #b4 ,reporting on
 ,disaster ,relief ,fund obligations and
 disbursements  7a7 ,reporting ,not     
later than #fj days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 and monthly     
thereafter1 the ,administrator of the   
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
shall submit to the appropriate         
committees of ,congress a report on the 
status of all projects and activities   

funded through the ,disaster ,relief    
,fund4  7b7 ,contents of report ,each   
monthly report under subsection 7a7     
shall include1 with respect to the      
preceding month-- 7#a7 the total        
unobligated balance of the ,disaster    
,relief ,fund2  7#b7 the total amount of
 ,disaster ,relief ,fund funds          
obligated2  7#c7 the total amount of    
,disaster ,relief ,fund funds disbursed2
  7#d7 a breakdown by disaster          
declaration 7major disaster or          
emergency71 including-- 7,a7 the name   
and date of each declaration2  7,b7 the 
,states1 territories1 or tribal areas   
affected2  7,c7 the total funds         
obligated to date2  7,d7 the total funds
 disbursed to date2 and  7,e7 the       
percentage of obligated funds that have 
been disbursed2  7#e7 a list of all     
public assistance projects submitted for
 approval and obligation2  7#f7 a list  
of all projects that have been approved 
for obligation2  7#g7 a list of all     
funds for projects that have been       

disbursed2  7#h7 a list of all projects 
for which obligation decisions remain   
pending for more than #ahj days2 and    
7#i7 any funds withheld1 deferred1 or   
reprogrammed for future use1 with an    
explanation of the reason and estimated 
disbursement timeline4  7c7 ,public     
availability ,the ,administrator shall  
make each report required under this    
section publicly available on the       
website of the ,federal ,emergency      
,management ,agency not later than #aj  
days after the submission of each       
report4  7d7 ,standardization of        
reporting ,not later than #ij days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act1 the
 ,administrator shall establish a       
uniform reporting template for ,disaster
 ,relief ,fund obligation and           
disbursement data1 consistent with      
,federal open data standards1 and update
 such data on a rolling monthly basis4  
7e7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,disaster ,relief ,fund ,the term       
,disaster ,relief ,fund means the fund  

established under section #ajb7d7 of the
 ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief
 and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db   
,u4,s4,c4 #eabb7d774  7#b7 ,obligation  
,the term obligation means a legally    
binding commitment by the ,federal      
,emergency ,management ,agency to make  
payments under specific disaster        
recovery programs or projects4  7#c7    
,appropriate committees of ,congress    
,the term appropriate committees of     
,congress means the ,committees on      
,appropriations and ,transportation and 
,infrastructure of the ,house of        
,representatives and the ,committees on 
,appropriations and ,homeland ,security 
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       
,senate4