{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-5641","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 5641","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"SPEED Recovery Act","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to increase the threshold for eligibility for assistance under sections 403, 406, 407, and 502 of such Act, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Robert T. 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Res. 1396, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 1638, as amended; H.R. 3304, as amended; H.R. 4081, as amended; H.R. 4821, as amended; H.R. 6889, as amended; H.R. 6967, as amended; H.R. 8163, as amended; H.R. 8510, as amended; H.R. 8681, as amended; H.R. 8875, as amended; H.R. 8956; S. 1198; and agree to the Senate amendments to H.R. 5641."},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-09-20","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-10-10"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Star Print ordered on the reported bill.","date":"2022-11-17"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[{"chamber":"house","date":"2022-04-05","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"SPEED Recovery Act","result":"Passed","yea":414,"nay":11,"present":0,"not_voting":4,"kind":"final_candidate","source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll114.xml"}],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-10-10","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act or the SPEED Recovery Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This act increases to $1 million the threshold for eligibility for assistance for what qualifies as a small project under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, thereby allowing more recovery projects to proceed under simplified procedures."},{"k":"p","t":"The threshold must be reviewed every three years."},{"k":"p","t":"The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security must conduct an audit, and report to Congress, on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the change in the threshold."}],"words":95},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Raises the dollar threshold in section 422 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, adds a committee reporting requirement to that section's review provision, and requires an audit by the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#HB4C020B2F0E94500BC85D9E31EC1AE43:~:text=2.%20Simplified%20procedure"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#H3FD5E697B2004B2DBFB0969AA5BC69D1:~:text=3.%20Audit%20and%20review"}]},"core_areas":["Simplified procedure threshold under the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act","Committee reporting on the threshold review","Inspector General audit of the threshold change"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Amends section 422(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by striking \"$35,000\" each place it appears and inserting \"$1,000,000\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#HB4C020B2F0E94500BC85D9E31EC1AE43:~:text=2.%20Simplified%20procedure"}},{"text":"Requires that the review under section 422(b)(3) of the Stafford Act also be submitted as a report, with any recommendations, to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#HB4C020B2F0E94500BC85D9E31EC1AE43:~:text=2.%20Simplified%20procedure"}},{"text":"Applies the amendments made by section 2(a) to any amounts appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#HB4C020B2F0E94500BC85D9E31EC1AE43:~:text=2.%20Simplified%20procedure"}},{"text":"Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, not later than 3 years after enactment, to conduct an audit and submit to Congress a report on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the threshold amendment made by section 2(a)(1).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#H3FD5E697B2004B2DBFB0969AA5BC69D1:~:text=3.%20Audit%20and%20review"}},{"text":"Provides that the Act may be cited as the \"Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act\" or the \"SPEED Recovery Act\".","cite":{"label":"Sec. 1","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#HAFE26114506A448DAD260B126A9205B4:~:text=1.%20Short%20title"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"changes":{"first":{"chamber":"House","type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2022-04-05","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/eh"},"final":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr"},"kept":1.0,"replaced":false,"removed":[],"added":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text/enr#H3FD5E697B2004B2DBFB0969AA5BC69D1:~:text=3.%20Audit%20and%20review"},"heading":"Audit and review","effect":"Requires the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General, within 3 years after enactment, to audit and report to Congress on whether there has been waste and abuse as a result of the amendment made under section 2(a)(1).","partly":null,"part":null}],"added_count":1,"approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5641/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-5641.png","v":"b1fe17db3b21","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5641, 117th Congress: SPEED Recovery Act. House: no roll call. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 10 Oct 2022."}}