# 119-s-1619: Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act

119-s-1619, Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1619
- Congress: 119
- Title: Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-06
- Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

This bill would create an **online transparency repository for federal disaster assistance data**. It would require agencies that provide disaster aid to publish quarterly, machine-readable reports within 30 days after each quarter showing total assistance, amounts expended or obligated, and detailed project-level information. - Agencies that provide assistance under the Stafford Act, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development would have to post totals, amounts expended or obligated, and project lists and ensure any agency data assets are machine readable within 30 days after each quarter. - States and other non-individual recipients would have public listings of projects that include project name, description, an evaluation of completion status, any award identification number, the FEMA Catalog for Disaster Assistance number, project location including ZIP Codes, and any reporting information collected by the agency. - The Director of the Office of Management and Budget would establish a subpage on the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act website and may contract with a private or nonprofit entity to develop it, and agency heads would issue guidance to implement the requirements.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-05-06T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Online public dashboard for disaster aid: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require OMB to add a subpage on the federal spending transparency website for disaster aid. Covered agencies would include Stafford Act agencies, the SBA, and HUD. They would post machine-readable data each quarter, no later than 30 days after the quarter ends. Required d…

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## Sources
- [119-s-1619 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1619)

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- [119-s-882: Patients Before Middlemen Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-882)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-545: Combating Illicit Xylazine Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-545)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1619 (as of 2025-12-21).