Disaster Relief Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2950 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2950

To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit to 
 the Congress a report that describes the methodology used to allocate 
     amounts appropriated in covered provisions for the Community 
  Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Community 
  Development Block Grant Mitigation Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2025

Mr. Moore of North Carolina (for himself and Mr. Fields) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial 
                                Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to submit to 
 the Congress a report that describes the methodology used to allocate 
     amounts appropriated in covered provisions for the Community 
  Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Community 
  Development Block Grant Mitigation Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Relief Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. HUD REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in 
this section referred to as the ``Secretary''), after consultation with 
the Comptroller General of the United States, shall submit to the 
Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Transportation and 
Infrastructure Committees of the House of Representatives and Banking 
Committee of the Senate a report that--
            (1) describes and explains the methodology used by the 
        Department of Housing and Urban Development to allocate, to 
        States, Tribes, Territories, and local governments, any amounts 
        appropriated for the Community Development Block Grant Disaster 
        Recovery Program and the Community Development Block Grant 
        Mitigation Program;
            (2) addresses why such methodology may result in 
        allocations to States, Tribes, Territories, and local 
        governments differing between appropriations; and
            (3) provides legislative and administrative recommendations 
        for improving the consistency and timeliness of the allocation 
        of amounts appropriated for the Community Development Block 
        Grant Disaster Recovery Program and the Community Development 
        Block Grant Mitigation Program.
    (b) First Report.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) submit the first report described in subsection (a) not 
        later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; 
        and
            (2) examine the amounts appropriated for fiscal years 2025 
        and 2024 in such report.
    (c) Subsequent Reports.--After the submission of the first report 
described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall--
            (1) beginning in fiscal year 2026, submit the report 
        described in subsection (a) not later than the final day of 
        each fiscal year; and
            (2) examine the amounts appropriated for the fiscal year.
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