# 117-hr-5343: FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act

117-hr-5343, FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC); status Message on Senate action sent to the House. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-5343
- Congress: 117
- Title: FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act
- Status: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Introduced: 2021-09-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

FEMA Caseworker Accountability Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to report to Congress on case management personnel turnover. Specifically, FEMA must report on the turnover rate for FEMA case management personnel, the average and median length of employment for such personnel, the steps that FEMA is taking or plans to take to lower the turnover rate, and other specified points.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2021-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2021-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-03-30T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 409 | 17 |

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## Sources
- [117-hr-5343 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5343)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5343 (as of 2025-11-18).