{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-2020","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 2020","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-03-18","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-06-13","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h258","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act","result":"Passed","yea":412,"nay":2,"present":0,"not_voting":13,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll258.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2022-06-14"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-06-13","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes a centralized location to publish information on disaster assistance provided by federal agencies."},{"k":"p","t":"The Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and any agencies providing disaster assistance must make available to the public on a quarterly basis information regarding (1) the total amount of assistance provided by the agency; (2) the amount provided that was expended or obligated; and (3) all projects or activities for which assistance was expended, obligated, or used."}],"words":83},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to set up a public website subpage where federal agencies report each calendar quarter on the disaster assistance they provided.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#HB03AB04152DB4989B460683406FD1FB7"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#H137B590FE274432FA35F64B8A3689DA3"}]},"core_areas":["Public online reporting on federal disaster assistance","Definitions of covered agencies, disaster assistance, eligible recipients and specified natural disasters"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Directs 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, to establish a subpage within the website created under section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#HB03AB04152DB4989B460683406FD1FB7"}},{"text":"Requires each covered Federal agency that made disaster assistance available to an eligible recipient in a calendar quarter to post the required information on the subpage within 30 days after the quarter ends and to make any agency data asset machine-readable.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#HB03AB04152DB4989B460683406FD1FB7"}},{"text":"Requires each agency to report the total disaster assistance it provided during the quarter and the amount that was expended or obligated to projects or activities.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#HB03AB04152DB4989B460683406FD1FB7"}},{"text":"Requires a list of all projects or activities for which the agency's disaster assistance was expended, obligated, or used, including each project's name, description, completion status evaluation, award identification number, Catalog for Disaster Assistance number, and location with ZIP codes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#HB03AB04152DB4989B460683406FD1FB7"}},{"text":"Defines covered Federal agencies as any agency providing assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#H137B590FE274432FA35F64B8A3689DA3"}},{"text":"Allows the Director, if necessary for purposes of transparency, to enter into an agreement with a private entity, including a nonprofit organization, to develop the subpage.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh#HB03AB04152DB4989B460683406FD1FB7"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-06-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/2020/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-2020.png","v":"fc9eadb696c8","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 2020, 117th Congress: Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act. House: 412 Yea, 2 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Jun 2022."}}