Bill > HR8949

This bill, the Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2020, would authorize the President to provide disaster assistance to states and Native American tribes under a major disaster recovery program. The key provisions include: - Allowing the President to provide assistance for unmet needs, including expenses related to disaster relief, resiliency, long-term recovery, infrastructure and housing restoration, mitigation, and economic revitalization after a major disaster declaration. - Requiring the President to coordinate with other agencies to collect and publicly release data on disaster impacts and recovery efforts, while protecting personally identifiable information. - Establishing guidelines for how states and tribes can use the disaster assistance funds, including limits on administrative costs and requirements for procurement processes. - Creating a Natural Disaster Recovery Reserve Fund to provide technical assistance and capacity building support to grantees. - Granting the President waiver authority to expedite implementation of the program. The bill aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of disaster recovery efforts by states and tribes through coordinated data collection and reporting, flexible funding, and capacity building support.