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H.R. 5641 — what changed

Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act

From Referred in Senate to Reported in Senate. 1 section amended and 1 added between Referred in Senate and Reported in Senate.

Sec. 2 Simplified procedure

(a)
In general— Section 422 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189) is amended—
(1)
changed in subsection (a) (a), by striking “$35,000” each place it appears and inserting “$1,000,000”; and
(2)
in subsection (b)(3)—
(A)
changed in the heading heading, by inserting “AND REPORT” after “REVIEW”; “REVIEW”“and report” after “Review”; and
(B)
by inserting “and submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report regarding such review, including any recommendations developed pursuant to such review” after “under this section”.
(b)
Applicability— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any amounts appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act.

Sec. 3 Audit and review

added

added Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall conduct an audit, and submit to Congress a report, on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the amendment made under section 2(a)(1).