This bill mandates the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to enter into a memorandum of understanding or another appropriate interagency agreement with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA). The core purpose of this agreement is to enable the sharing of relevant disaster relief data among these three agencies. This data exchange aims to significantly increase efficiency and actively mitigate waste, fraud, and abuse across disaster recovery programs managed by HUD. Moreover, the legislation requires the HUD Secretary to submit a report to Congress within 180 days of the bill's enactment. This report must outline specific opportunities for greater collaboration between HUD, FEMA, and SBA to improve the overall efficiency of HUD's disaster recovery initiatives.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Housing and Community Development
HUD Disaster Information Improvement Act
USA119th CongressHR-9992| House
| Updated: 7/30/2026
This bill mandates the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to enter into a memorandum of understanding or another appropriate interagency agreement with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA). The core purpose of this agreement is to enable the sharing of relevant disaster relief data among these three agencies. This data exchange aims to significantly increase efficiency and actively mitigate waste, fraud, and abuse across disaster recovery programs managed by HUD. Moreover, the legislation requires the HUD Secretary to submit a report to Congress within 180 days of the bill's enactment. This report must outline specific opportunities for greater collaboration between HUD, FEMA, and SBA to improve the overall efficiency of HUD's disaster recovery initiatives.