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The bill improves public transparency and clarifies/expands who and what programs qualify for federal disaster assistance—helping oversight, local planning, and access to aid—while creating new administrative, implementation, privacy, and potential fiscal burdens that could fall on agencies and taxpayers.
Taxpayers and the public get regular, machine-readable quarterly disclosures of federal disaster-assistance spending, improving transparency and enabling oversight.
State and local governments, nonprofits, homeowners, and small businesses are explicitly included or clarified as eligible under the Act (including SBA, HUD programs and NFIP recognition), simplifying access to federal recovery assistance.
Local and state governments (including rural and urban communities) can track federal aid at fine geographic detail (ZIP+4), aiding coordination, planning, and local recovery efforts after disasters.
Federal agencies must meet a 30-day quarterly reporting deadline, creating a recurring administrative burden and compliance costs for agency staff.
Implementation and ongoing maintenance (including contracting and IT work) will impose costs that may require agency resources or additional appropriations, ultimately borne by taxpayers.
Publishing detailed project locations, award IDs, and reporting metadata could raise privacy and security concerns for program recipients and certain sensitive projects.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Requires a public FFATA subpage that posts quarterly machine-readable project-level data on federal disaster assistance, with agencies reporting within 30 days after each quarter.
Introduced May 6, 2025 by James Lankford · Last progress May 6, 2025
Creates a public, searchable subpage on the federal spending transparency website to publish quarterly, machine-readable data about federal disaster assistance. Federal agencies that provide disaster aid must report within 30 days after each quarter the total amounts they provided, amounts obligated or spent on projects, and a detailed list of projects or activities (names, descriptions, completion status, award IDs, program numbers, ZIP codes, and any reporting requirements). OMB and Treasury will issue guidance, may contract out development of the page, and covered agencies include those acting under the Stafford Act, the Small Business Administration, and HUD.