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On the recordJanuary 13, 2025
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 153) to provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 153 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 ``Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. SUBPAGE FOR TRANSPARENCY OF DISASTER ASSISTANCE. (a) Establishment of Repository for Reporting Requirements.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the head of each covered Federal agency, shall establish a subpage within the website established under section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) to publish the information required to be made available to the public under this section.…
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Garret Graves
Republican · Louisiana

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