Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2020

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit to Congress a report on preliminary damage assessment and to establish damage assessment teams in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

Subjects

Emergency Management

Summary

Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2020

This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as supported by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) establish a training regime within FEMA to ensure preliminary damage assessments are conducted and reviewed under consistent guidelines.

FEMA shall annually submit to Congress a report on the number and type of instances under which FEMA personnel have overturned decisions made by personnel in the field.

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Legislative Actions

2019-09-17
Introduced in House
2019-09-17
Introduced in House
2019-09-17
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-09-18
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
2020-09-30
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
2020-09-30
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2020-09-30
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2020-11-16
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-575.
2020-11-16
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-575.
2020-11-16
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 473.
2020-11-17
Ms. Norton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
2020-11-17
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5858-5859)
2020-11-17
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4358.
2020-11-17
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5858)
2020-11-17
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5858)
2020-11-17
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2020-11-18
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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