H.R. 5641: SPEED Recovery Act
Bill · 117th Congress (2021–2022). Became law, 10 Oct 2022 · Public Law 117-189. Introduced 20 Oct 2021.
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.
Vote results
- House, 29 Sep 2022: agreed to without a roll call; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 10 of H. 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, 20 Sep 2022: agreed to by unanimous consent; the record lists no member’s position. In the record’s words: “Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.”
- President: Signed 10 Oct 2022 · Public Law 117-189
How each member voted
White House
Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).
Not in office (1): Donald Trump (R, President).
Senate
Agreed to by unanimous consent: the record lists no member’s position.
House
Agreed to without a roll call: the record lists no member’s position.
Summary
Main subject: 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. Sec. 2, Sec. 3
Its 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.
Unexpected Items: 0 provisions
What it does
- Sec. 2: 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".
- Sec. 2: 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.
- Sec. 2: Applies the amendments made by section 2(a) to any amounts appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act.
- Sec. 3: 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).
- Sec. 1: Provides that the Act may be cited as the "Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster Recovery Act" or the "SPEED Recovery Act".
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 15 Oct 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.
Changed after House passage
Compares the bill as passed by the House, 5 Apr 2022, with the final text passed by both chambers. About 100% of the wording the House passed stands in the final text.
Removed before the final vote (0)
None.
Added after House passage (1)
- Sec. 3: Audit and review: 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).