All Roll Calls
Yes: 426 • No: 0
119-hr-153119th CongressWALLET
Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
Sponsored By: Representative Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]
Passed House
Summary
Creates a public, machine-readable federal webpage to track how disaster assistance is spent. The bill would require covered agencies to post quarterly, project-level details on disaster aid so the public can see amounts, locations, and completion status.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
See disaster aid spending online
If enacted, OMB, Treasury, and agencies would create a public page on the federal spending website to show disaster aid. Any covered agency that gave disaster help in a quarter would have 30 days after the quarter to post data. Posts would show total aid, amounts spent or obligated, and a list of projects with name, description, status, award ID, FEMA catalog number, and location by ZIP code. All data would be machine readable. Agencies would issue guidance to carry out these rules, and OMB could use a private or nonprofit partner to build the page. Reports would cover SBA, HUD, and agencies under the Stafford Act, and apply to federally declared disasters, including major disasters, emergencies, and certain wildfires. Reports would cover entities that get money directly from the federal government, not individual people.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]
MS • R
Cosponsors
Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
VI • D
Sponsored 1/13/2025
Roll Call Votes
house vote • 1/14/2025
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
Yes: 426 • No: 0