Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8416) to improve individual assistance provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 8416 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Survivors Fairness Act of 2022''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Information sharing for Federal agencies. Sec. 3. Universal application for individual assistance. Sec. 4. Repair and rebuilding. Sec. 5. Direct assistance. Sec. 6. State-managed housing pilot authority. Sec. 7. Management costs. Sec. 8. Individual assistance post-disaster housing study. Sec. 9. Funding for online guides for post-disaster assistance. Sec. 10. Individual assistance dashboard. Sec. 11. FEMA reports. Sec. 12. Sheltering of emergency response personnel. Sec. 13. GAO report on preliminary damage assessments. Sec. 14. Applicability. (c) Definitions.--Except as otherwise provided, the terms used in this Act have the meanings given such terms in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). SEC. 2. INFORMATION SHARING FOR FEDERAL AGENCIES.…
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