# 117-hr-5641: SPEED Recovery Act

117-hr-5641, SPEED Recovery Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO); status Star Print ordered on the reported bill.; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-01-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-5641
- Congress: 117
- Title: SPEED Recovery Act
- Status: Star Print ordered on the reported bill.
- Introduced: 2021-10-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-01-05

## Summary

**Raises the small-project threshold to $1 million for streamlined disaster recovery.** It lets more repair and rebuilding projects use simplified federal procedures and builds in regular oversight and an independent audit. - Families and communities: More local repair and rebuilding projects can qualify for faster, simplified federal help because the cap rises from $35,000 to $1 million. - State and local governments and FEMA: More work in the $35,000 to $1 million range can move through streamlined assistance rules, reducing administrative burden on individual projects. - Congress and watchdogs: Requires the Secretary to review the threshold every three years and report recommendations to House and Senate committees, and orders an Inspector General audit and report within three years on any waste or abuse.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2021-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR), 2021-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6] (R-LA), 2021-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2022-04-05T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 414 | 11 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster disaster repairs up to $1M: benefit, high. If enacted, this bill would raise the small-project disaster grant threshold from $35,000 to $1,000,000. You would be able to use a faster, simplified process for repairs and rebuilding up to $1,000,000. The change would apply only to disaster funds Congress provides after the law is enacted. The b…

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## Sources
- [117-hr-5641 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5641 (as of 2026-01-05).