S 270
Natural Disaster Resilience and Recovery Accountability Act
Summary
Natural Disaster Resilience and Recovery Accountability Act This bill establishes the Commission on Federal Natural Disaster Resilience and Recovery within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to examine and recommend reforms to improve federal programs and activities relating to natural disaster resilience and recovery. OMB must appoint 15 members to serve on the commission. The bill requires federal agencies to advise the commission and furnish information upon request. The commission must hold its first meeting within 240 days after the bill’s enactment. Within two years after its first meeting, the commission must submit a final report to Congress. The report must provide recommendations to improve the federal government’s approach to natural disaster resilience and recovery, including program evaluation and specific policy recommendations. The commission terminates 60 days after it submits the final report.
Bill status
- Status
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Policy area
- Emergency Management
- Introduced
- 2025-01-28
- Latest action
- 2025-01-28: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2025-01-28: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2025-01-28: Introduced in Senate