Bill · S. 1619· Senate(119-S-1619)
Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
- Introduced
- 5/6/2025
- Last activity
- 5/6/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sponsored by
- James Lankford
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- 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.
Yes· 3 of 7
Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?+8
Requires a public online repository for detailed reporting of federal disaster assistance spending.
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?+5
Improves the transparency and accountability of disaster relief funding and project tracking.
Does this make the government pay for what it commits to?+3
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. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Low Income Households+2Good For Middle Class Households+2Good For Rural Residents+2Good For Urban Residents+2
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+8
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Disaster Relief And F E M A+5
- Economy And Finance
- Improves Fiscal Responsibility+3
- 5/6/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
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Maggie HassanDemocrat · New Hampshire