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H. Rept. 117-160 1 (2021-11-01)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaebd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION . 117TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-160 PRELIMINARY DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2021 NOVEMBER 1, 2021.-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. 3709] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3709) to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to submit to Congress a report on preliminary damage assessments and make necessary improvements to processes in the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re- ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass. CONTENTS Page Purpose of Legislation ............................................................................................ 2 Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 2 Legislative H istory and Consideration .................................................................. 3 Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 3 Com m ittee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 3 New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ..................................................... 3 Congressional Budget Office Cost Estim ate ......................................................... 3 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 ................................................................................. 6 Preemption Clarification ......................................................................................... 6 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 ..................................... 7 29-006