CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Brittany Pettersen (D-CO)

Guaranteed Disaster Assistance Act

H.R. 10002 · House bill Emergency Management

A Democratic bill with no cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the ``Guaranteed Disaster Assistance Act'', aims to change how the hazard mitigation program is handled. It focuses on the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Specifically, it seeks to amend section 404(a) of that Act. The primary change is to require the President to carry out the hazard mitigation program. This shifts the language from giving the President permission to mandating the action.

Yes

  • Scored +7

    Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?

    The bill mandates that the President carry out the hazard mitigation program, ensuring more reliable disaster prevention.

  • Scored +5

    Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?

    Mandating hazard mitigation helps protect the environment and communities from disaster impacts.

  • Scored +5

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    By mandating action rather than allowing it, the bill increases federal responsibility in hazard mitigation.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.