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Main Subject: Emergency Management

Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021 This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as carried out by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) convene an advisory panel to assist FEMA in improving critical components of that process.

Senate Actions

Calendars
Nov. 14 2022	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 545.

Committee
Nov. 14 2022	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-194.
Aug. 03 2022	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

IntroReferral
Nov. 15 2021	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Library of Congress Actions

Committee
Nov. 14 2022	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-194.
Nov. 01 2021	Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-160.

Floor
Nov. 04 2021	Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 11 (Roll no. 362).(text: 11/3/2021 CR H6143)

House floor actions Actions

Floor

Nov. 04
2021

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 11 (Roll no. 362). (text: 11/3/2021 CR H6143)
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6199-6200)

Nov. 03
2021

At 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.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3709.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6143-6144)
Mr. Pappas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Calendars
Nov. 01 2021	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 117.

Committee
Nov. 01 2021	Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-160.

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Jul. 28 2021	Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged. Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun. 07 2021	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.