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Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
The public will gain access to a centralized, searchable website that tracks federal disaster relief money distributed after major emergencies and natural disasters. Every three months, federal agencies like FEMA, the Small Business Administration, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development must post detailed spending data for non-individual recipients such as states, businesses, and local organizations. This allows taxpayers and local communities to look up funded projects by ZIP code, check how much money was spent, and see the completion status of recovery work.
People affected—not determinable from the text provided; the bill establishes agency reporting requirements for assistance given to non-individual entities and explicitly excludes individuals from the reporting scope.
Fiscal magnitude—not determinable from the text provided; no specific appropriation or authorization of funding is stated.
Reach25provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
What this bill touches.
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Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- The public and researchersGains access to a centralized, machine-readable public database tracking federal disaster assistance spending, specific project details, and progress across communities (Sec. 2(a), 2(b), 2(c)).
- Private tech contractors and nonprofit organizationsMay enter into agreements or contracts with the Office of Management and Budget to design and develop the public disaster reporting subpage (Sec. 2(e)).
Who it burdens
- Federal disaster assistance agencies (including FEMA, SBA, and HUD)Must collect, format, and publicly publish machine-readable quarterly data on all disaster aid provided to non-individual recipients, including project descriptions, completion status, funding amounts, and ZIP codes, and must issue implementing guidance (Sec. 2(b), 2(c), 2(d)).
- Office of Management and BudgetMust establish a dedicated public subpage on USAspending.gov, coordinate data submissions from agencies, and coordinate the issuance of implementation guidance (Sec. 2(a), 2(b), 2(d)).
- Department of the TreasuryMust consult on the creation of the disaster assistance subpage and coordinate with OMB and disaster agencies to issue implementation guidance (Sec. 2(a), 2(d)).