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H. Rept. 119-320 1 (2025-10-03)

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                     119TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        1st Session    HOUSE   OF  REPRESENTATIVES           119-320







                        DISASTER   MANAGEMENT COSTS MODERNIZATION ACT



                      OCTOBER 3, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed



                          Mr.  GRAVES,  from the Committee   on Transportation  and
                                   Infrastructure, submitted  the following


                                              REPORT

                                              [To accompany H.R. 744]

                               [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                       The  Committee   on Transportation   and Infrastructure, to whom
                     was referred the bill (H.R. 744) to amend  section 324 of the Robert
                     T. Stafford  Disaster  Relief  and  Emergency Assistance Act to
                     incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and  Territories to close disaster
                     recovery projects by authorizing  the use  of excess funds for man-
                     agement  costs for other disaster recovery  projects, having consid-
                     ered the same,  reports favorably thereon  without  amendment and
                     recommends   that the bill do pass.

                                               CONTENTS
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                     Purpose of Legislation  .............................................................................................  2
                     Background and Need for  Legislation  ....................................................................  2
                     H earings ..................................................................................................................  2
                     Legislative  History  and  Consideration  ..................................................................  3
                     C om m ittee  V otes  .....................................................................................................  3
                     Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations .................. 3
                     New Budget Authority and Tax Expenditures ......................................................  3
                     Congressional Budget Office  Cost Estimate  ..........................................................  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  .................................................................................  5
                     Preem ption Clarification  .........................................................................................  6
                     Advisory Com m ittee  Statem ent  ..............................................................................  6
                     Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  ........................................................................  6
                     Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation, as Amended ...............        6
                     Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................           6


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