,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #d1  
#bjbe,mrs4 ,moody 7for herself and ,ms4 
,alsobrooks7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to require the ,federal ,emergency     
,management ,agency to publish          
information related to public assistance
 awards1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,transparency in ,recovery          
,assistance and ,claims ,knowledge ,act 
or the ,,track ,act4  #b4 ,public       
assistance dashboard  ,section #dcj7;a7 
of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster  
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eahi;h7a77 is amended-- 
7#a7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#a7   
through 7#g7 as subparagraphs 7,a7      
through 7,g71 respectively1 and         
adjusting the margins accordingly2  7#b7
 by striking ,not later than and        

inserting the following3  7#a7 ,section 
#djf grants ,not later than  2 and  7#c7
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#b7 ,public assistance dashboard  7,a7 
,public assistance defined ,in this     
paragraph1 the term public assistance   
means assistance provided under section 
#djb1 #djc1 #djf1 #djg1 #dah1 or #dai4  
7,b7 ,dashboard ,for each major disaster
 declared by the ,president1 the        
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency shall    
make publicly available on the website  
of the ,federal ,emergency ,management  
,agency an interactive dashboard that   
tracks the following information with   
respect to public assistance awards     
related to each such major disaster3 7i7
 ,the damage category code4  7ii7 ,for  
each proposed grant award1 information  
on each cost estimate1 applicant ,,id1  
the date of each submission1 the        
descriptions for each project1 and the  
cost of each project with a breakdown of
 the ,federal cost-share and            

non-,federal cost-share4  7iii7 ,status 
of the ,agency review and approval of   
each cost estimate submitted1 including 
the date on which a project is approved 
and the date on which the grant is      
issued4  7iv7 ,an explanation for any   
cost estimate that is not approved1 or  
if the grant is not provided in the     
timeline as required1 and any corrective
 action taken by the ,agency4  7v7      
,project-level progress updates4  7vi7  
,information on requests for assistance 
made1 including dates and amounts of    
each request1 timelines for submissions 
of required information1 and dates of   
approval and disbursement of awards4    
7vii7 ,any other information the        
,administrator determines to be         
appropriate to ensure transparency and  
accountability in the administration of 
public assistance4  4