# 119-hr-153: Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act

119-hr-153, Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability 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 2026-09-21).

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- As of: 2026-09-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-153
- Congress: 119
- Title: Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability 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: 2026-09-21

## 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.

## 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-01-14T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed | 426 | 0 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- See disaster aid spending online: benefit, medium. 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 p…

## 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-152: Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-153 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/153)

## 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-152: Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-152)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-153 (as of 2026-09-21).