James Lankford (R-OK)
Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act requires the creation of a public online subpage to track Federal disaster assistance. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, along with other officials, must establish this repository to publish specific reporting data. Covered Federal agencies must provide quarterly updates on the total amount of assistance provided and how those funds were spent. This includes detailed lists of projects, their descriptions, locations, and completion status. The goal is to make this data machine readable and available to the public.
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- Scored +8
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?
Requires a public online repository for detailed reporting of federal disaster assistance spending.
- Scored +5
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?
Improves the transparency and accountability of disaster relief funding and project tracking.
- Scored +3
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?
Increases accountability and transparency in how federal disaster funds are spent.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Transparency: The act requires the public release of the total amount of disaster assistance provided and a detailed list of projects, including descriptions and completion status, which allows people to see how funds are used (Section 2(b) and 2(c)).
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Detailed Project Tracking: People can find specific information about disaster projects, such as the project name and the ZIP Code location, making it easier to identify local recovery efforts (Section 2(c)(3)(A) and 2(c)(3)(F)).
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Accessible Data: By requiring that data assets be machine readable, the information is more usable for those analyzing how disaster aid is distributed (Section 2(b)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts for individuals or groups of people are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Would households on low incomes be better off under this? — Increased transparency in disaster aid may help vulnerable populations ensure funds reach their communities. Would middle-income households be better off under this? — Increased transparency in disaster aid may help vulnerable populations ensure funds reach their communities. Would people in rural areas be better off under this? — Allows residents to track disaster recovery projects in their ZIP codes. Would people in cities be better off under this? — Allows residents to track disaster recovery projects in their ZIP codes.
- Governance And Ideology
- Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see? — Requires a public online repository for detailed reporting of federal disaster assistance spending.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — Improves the transparency and accountability of disaster relief funding and project tracking.
- Economy And Finance
- Does this make the government pay for what it commits to? — Increases accountability and transparency in how federal disaster funds are spent.
- 5/6/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Maggie HassanDemocrat · New Hampshire