((a)) ** Public assistance** Not later than 5 days after an award of a public assistance grant is made under that is in excess of $1,000,000, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall publish on the website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency the specifics of each such grant award, including—
((1)) identifying the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region;
((2)) the disaster or emergency declaration number;
((3)) the State, county, and applicant name;
((4)) if the applicant is a private nonprofit organization;
((5)) the damage category code;
((6)) the amount of the Federal share obligated; and
((7)) the date of the award.
((b)) ** Mission assignments**
((1)) ** In general** Not later than 5 days after the issuance of a mission assignment or mission assignment task order, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall publish on the website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency any mission assignment or mission assignment task order to another Federal department or agency regarding a major disaster in excess of $1,000,000, including—
((A)) the name of the impacted State or Indian Tribe;
((B)) the disaster declaration for such State or Indian Tribe;
((C)) the assigned agency;
((D)) the assistance requested;
((E)) a description of the disaster;
((F)) the total cost estimate;
((G)) the amount obligated;
((H)) the State or Indian tribal government cost share, if applicable;
((I)) the authority under which the mission assignment or mission assignment task order was directed; and
((J)) if applicable, the date a State or Indian Tribe requested the mission assignment.
((2)) ** Recording changes** Not later than 10 days after the last day of each month until a mission assignment or mission assignment task order described in paragraph (1) is completed and closed out, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall update any changes to the total cost estimate and the amount obligated.
((c)) ** Disaster relief monthly report** Not later than 10 days after the first day of each month, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall publish on the website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency reports, including a specific description of the methodology and the source data used in developing such reports, including—
((1)) an estimate of the amounts for the fiscal year covered by the President’s most recent budget pursuant to including—
((A)) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried over from the prior fiscal year to the budget year;
((B)) the unobligated balance of funds to be carried over from the budget year to the budget year plus 1;
((C)) the amount of obligations for noncatastrophic events for the budget year;
((D)) the amount of obligations for the budget year for catastrophic events delineated by event and by State;
((E)) the total amount that has been previously obligated or will be required for catastrophic events delineated by event and by State for all prior years, the current fiscal year, the budget year, and each fiscal year thereafter;
((F)) the amount of previously obligated funds that will be recovered for the budget year;
((G)) the amount that will be required for obligations for emergencies, as described in , major disasters, as described in , fire management assistance grants, as described in , surge activities, and disaster readiness and support activities; and
((H)) the amount required for activities not covered under ; and
((2)) an estimate or actual amounts, if available, of the following for the current fiscal year, which shall be submitted not later than the fifth day of each month, published by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on the website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency not later than the fifth day of each month:
((A)) A summary of the amount of appropriations made available by source, the transfers executed, the previously allocated funds recovered, and the commitments, allocations, and obligations made.
((B)) A table of disaster relief activity delineated by month, including—
((i)) the beginning and ending balances;
((ii)) the total obligations to include amounts obligated for fire assistance, emergencies, surge, and disaster support activities;
((iii)) the obligations for catastrophic events delineated by event and by State; and
((iv)) the amount of previously obligated funds that are recovered.
((C)) A summary of allocations, obligations, and expenditures for catastrophic events delineated by event.
((D)) The cost of the following categories of spending:
((i)) Public assistance.
((ii)) Individual assistance.
((iii)) Mitigation.
((iv)) Administrative.
((v)) Operations.
((vi)) Any other relevant category (including emergency measures and disaster resources) delineated by disaster.
((E)) The date on which funds appropriated will be exhausted.
((d)) ** Contracts**
((1)) ** Information** Not later than 10 days after the first day of each month, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall publish on the website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency the specifics of each contract in excess of $1,000,000 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency enters into, including—
((A)) the name of the party;
((B)) the date the contract was awarded;
((C)) the amount and scope of the contract;
((D)) if the contract was awarded through a competitive bidding process;
((E)) if no competitive bidding process was used, the reason why competitive bidding was not used; and
((F)) the authority used to bypass the competitive bidding process.
((2)) ** Report** Not later than 10 days after the last day of the fiscal year, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall provide a report to the appropriate committees of Congress summarizing the following information for the preceding fiscal year:
((A)) The number of contracts awarded without competitive bidding.
((B)) The reasons why a competitive bidding process was not used.
((C)) The total amount of contracts awarded with no competitive bidding.
((D)) The damage category codes, if applicable, for contracts awarded without competitive bidding.
((e)) ** Collection of public assistance recipient and subrecipient contracts**
((1)) ** In general** Not later than 180 days after , the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall initiate and maintain an effort to collect and store information, prior to the project closeout phase on any contract entered into by a public assistance recipient or subrecipient that through the base award, available options, or any subsequent modifications has an estimated value of more than $1,000,000 and is funded through section 5165b, 5170b, 5170c, 5172, 5173, 5189f, or 5192 of this title, including—
((A)) the disaster number, project worksheet number, and the category of work associated with each contract;
((B)) the name of each party;
((C)) the date the contract was awarded;
((D)) the amount of the contract;
((E)) the scope of the contract;
((F)) the period of performance for the contract; and
((G)) whether the contract was awarded through a competitive bidding process.
((2)) ** Availability of information collected** The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall make the information collected and stored under paragraph (1) available to the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security, the Government Accountability Office, and appropriate committees of Congress, upon request.
((3)) ** Report** Not later than 365 days after , the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the efforts of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to collect the information described in paragraph (1).October 5, 20182018-10-05
