# 119-hr-152: Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act

119-hr-152, Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-152
- Congress: 119
- Title: Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-15

## Summary

The Hook: This bill would require a coordinated two-year study to **streamline federal disaster assistance information collection and preliminary damage assessments**. It directs agencies to create plans that cut duplicative paperwork for applicants and explore centralized damage checks and faster assessment tools. The Impact: - Applicants and grantees: The study must produce a plan within 2 years to make information collection less burdensome, consolidated, and faster so survivors and organizations face less duplicated paperwork. - Federal agencies and responders: A recurring working group will map duplication in preliminary damage assessments, evaluate having one agency perform those checks, and identify emerging technologies such as unmanned aircraft systems to speed assessments. - Public and Congress: FEMA must publish a comprehensive, machine-readable report of the plans and findings on its website and provide briefings to congressional committees within 180 days after the report is submitted. The Bottom Line:

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large] (D-PR), 2025-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] (D-VI), 2025-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-13T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 405 | 5 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Faster unified damage checks after disasters: benefit, medium. If enacted, FEMA would convene a regular federal working group within 2 years to improve preliminary damage assessments. The group would look for duplicate work, consider whether one agency should do all assessments, and identify tech like drones to speed reviews. Agencies involved would include La…
- Simpler disaster paperwork and public aid data: benefit, medium. If enacted, FEMA would work with other agencies to study and plan ways to cut and simplify disaster aid forms. Within 2 years, they would set a plan to collect and regularly report award data and run a public website showing federal disaster aid awards. FEMA would send one combined report to Congre…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-152 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/152)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-4275: Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4275)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-979: AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-979)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-152 (as of 2026-07-15).