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H. Rept. 116-575 1 (2020-11-16)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxadlx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 116TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-575 PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2020 NOVEMBER 16, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. DEFAZIO, from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H.R. 4358] The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4358) to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit to Congress a report on preliminary damage assessment and to establish damage assessment teams in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor- ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ 2 Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 3 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 3 Legislative H istory and Consideration .................................................................. 4 Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 4 Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 4 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 4 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate ......................................................... 5 Perform ance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 5 Duplication of Federal Program s ............................................................................ 5 Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ... 5 Federal M andates Statem ent ................................................................................. 5 Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 5 A dvisory Com m ittee Statem ent ............................................................................. 6 Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 6 Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ..................................................... 6 Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 6 19-006