Bills · 119th Congress · Emergency Management

Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act

Where it stands

  1. Introduced1/3/25
  2. Passed HousePassed 1/14/25
  3. Senate
  4. President
  5. Law

Passed the House 426–0 on January 14, 2025 (Roll Call 10 →). Received in the Senate on January 15, 2025. No Senate action since.

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Roll calls on this bill

Votes on passage
HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · 1/14/25Suspension of the rulesA fast-track House procedure, usually for measures expected to have broad support. Debate is limited to 40 minutes, no amendments can be offered, and it needs a two-thirds vote of members voting — not a simple majority. A yes vote passes the bill.Rules of the House, Rule XV, clause 1 ↗
Passed
  • Democratic209 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Not voting
  • Republican217 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Not voting
  • Independent / Other0 Yea · 0 Nay · 0 Not voting
Official summary (CRS)

Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act

This bill establishes a centralized location to publish information on disaster assistance provided by federal agencies.

The Small Business Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and any agencies providing disaster assistance must make available to the public on a quarterly basis information regarding (1) the total amount of assistance provided by the agency; (2) the amount provided that was expended or obligated; and (3) all projects or activities for which assistance was expended, obligated, or used.

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Sponsor
Rep. Mike Ezell ( Republican · MS-4)
Cosponsors
2
Introduced
1/3/25
Policy area
Emergency Management

What happens next

The Senate must pass the same text, then it goes to the President.

If it isn't enacted by Jan 3, 2027, it expires when the 119th Congress ends.

All actions (12)
  1. 1/3/25Introduced in House
  2. 1/3/25Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  3. 1/4/25Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  4. 1/13/25Mr. Graves moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  5. 1/13/25Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H101-103)
  6. 1/13/25DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 153.
  7. 1/13/25At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  8. 1/14/25Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H138-139)
  9. 1/14/25Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 10). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H101-102)
  10. 1/14/25On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 426 - 0 (Roll no. 10). (text: 1/13/2025 CR H101-102)
  11. 1/14/25Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  12. 1/15/25Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.